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Comparison of plans of ancient temples as to their size: The temple of Artemis at Ephesus (1), the Heraion of Samos (2), the sanctuary of Apollo at Didyma (3), the temple of Artemis at Sardes (4), the temple of Artemis Leucophryene at Magnesia on the Maeander (5), the temple of Dionysus at Teos (6), the temple of Athena Polias at Priene (7), in Ionic order. The temples of Agrigento (1) and Selinunte (2) in Doric order, the temple of Olympian Zeus at Athens (Corinthian order) and the Parthenon (Doric order).
Tags: Aegean islands, Agrigento, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Didim / anc. Didyma, Greece, Ionia, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Italy, Magnesia on the Maeander, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Plans and drawings, Priene, Samos, Sardes, Selinunte, Sicily, Sığacık – Seferihisar / anc. Teos, Southern Italy, Temple of Apollo (Didyma), Temple of Artemis Leucophryene (Magnesia on the Maeander), Temple of Athena Polias (Priene), Temple of Dionysus (Teos), Turkey
The interior of the temple of Aphaia at Aegina island.
Tags: Aegean islands, Aegina, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Doric order, Greece, Human types, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, String instruments, Temple of Aphaia (Aegina)
The west front of the Parthenon and the Erechtheion, from the Propylaea.
Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Erechtheion, Ethnic groups, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ottoman officials, Parthenon, Propylaea of the Acropolis, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turks, Women
View of the Parthenon from the Propylaea. Seated on the ground is Disdar Aga,the governor of the fortress of Acropolis. He has just been surprised by another member of the guard as he was sipping a glass of wine which he took from the travellers.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Human types, Ottoman officials, Parthenon, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Turks
Landscape with Ilissus river. In the background, the Acropolis and the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ilissus (Ilisos) river, Natural environment, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Oxen, Parthenon, Rivers
The mosque built on the site of the temple of Dionysus in Latakia (ancient Laodicea).
Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Houses, Human types, Inscriptions, Latakia / anc. Laodicea, Mosques, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Temple of Bacchus (Latakia), Women
Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "The Siege of Corinth": Ottoman official and Greek slave girl at the ruins of the Temple of Apollo in Ancient Corinth.
Tags: Ancient temples, Banners and standards, Battlefields, Cannons, Corinth, Corinthia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, History, Human types, Lord Byron, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Peloponnese, Poems, Ruins, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth), Weapons, Women
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