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Remains of Μycenean tower at Thorikos, Attica.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Human types, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Natural environment, Thorikos

Plain of Thorikos, Attica.

Tags: Animals, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Thorikos, Views

The Parthenon.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Parthenon

The Acropolis from the north.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Houses, Mosque of the Parthenon, Mosques, Parthenon, Views

The Acropolis from the east.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Houses, Mosque of the Parthenon, Mosques, Parthenon, Views

Athens from the east.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Houses, Mosque of the Parthenon, Mosques, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Views

Map of Athens showing the main monuments and ancient sites.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Maps, Parthenon, Views

Plan of the walls of Athens. Plan of the Acropolis of Athens.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Castles and fortresses, Central Greece, Greece, Maps, Parthenon, Plans and drawings, Walls

Map of Athens.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Maps, Mosque of the Parthenon, Mosques, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Parthenon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Views

Map of the coast of Attica and the islands of the Argo-saronic gulf.

Tags: Aegina, Argo-Saronic gulf, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Maps

Spring on Mount Penteli.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Attica, Central Greece, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Mount Penteli / Pentelikon, Mountains, Natural environment, Views

Landscape at Mount Penteli.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Mount Penteli / Pentelikon, Mountains, Natural environment, Views

The Acropolis of Athens seen from Pnyx hill.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Hymettus, Mountains, Natural environment, Parthenon, Pnyx, Views

Imaginary depiction of Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Athens, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Greece, Houses, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Maps, Walls

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).

1, 3: Votive offerings, possibly from Kerameikos cemetery: Urn with relief, funerary stele. 2. Statue of Nike.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Cemeteries, Central Greece, Funerary monuments, Greece, Kerameikos, Reliefs, Sculptures, Urns, Votive offerings / Ex-voto

Antiquities from Athens: 1. Ionic column capital from the inner peristyle of the Propylaea of the Acropolis. 2. Drawings of the entablature, side view and section of a column capital from the inner peristyle of the Acropolis Propylaea. Plan of Ionic column, drawings of the pedestal. 3. Inscriptions on a metope found in the ancient Agora of Athens.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient agorae, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Columns / Pillars, Greece, Inscriptions, Ionic order, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Reliefs, Sculptures

The Gate of Athena Archegetis at the Roman Agora of Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Gate of Athena Archegetis / mod. Pazaroporta, Greece, Houses

The temple of Athena Nike at the Acropolis of Athens.

Tags: Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Parthenon, Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis), Views

The Parthenon seen from the Propylaea.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Doric order, Greece, Human types, Parthenon, Views

The Acropolis seen from Pnyx hill.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Odeons, Parthenon, Views

Title page.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Coins, Greece, Title page

The plain of Marathon.

Tags: Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Human types, Marathon, Natural environment, Tumulus of Marathon

The fortresss of Fyli at the feet of Mount Parnitha in Attica.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Attica, Castles and fortresses, Fortress of Fyli (Parnitha), Greece, Human types, Mount Parnitha, Natural environment

Coins of ancient Athens. Coins of the city of Neapolis (today Kavala) in Macedonia, which was a member of the Athenian League.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Coins, Greece, Macedonia, Neapolis (Kavala)

South-east view of the temple of Poseidon at Sounion.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Attica, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doric order, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Sounion, Temple of Poseidon (Sounio), Views

Athens from the feet of Lycabettus Hill.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Athens, Attica, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Horses, Human types, Natural environment, Pack animals, Views, Women

View of the temple of Olympian Zeus and Ilissus river.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Ilissus (Ilisos) river, Natural environment, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Rivers, Views

The bazaar of Athens. On the forefront, on the right, an emancipated African slave. On the doorway, the owner of the coffeehouse who is brigning a tray with coffee to the Ottoman governor Disdar Aga. Disdar Aga is sitting on the stairs, dressed in red, and next to him sits another Turkish aga. Standing at the entrance of the coffeehouse, the Greek voivode (governor) of Salamis island, who is conversing a Greek Baratario (protegé of a foreign power). At the centre of the picture, three Turkish women covered with long white veils. According to Edward Dodwell's description, the rest of the women depicted are Arvanite. Standing, on the right, a devout Muslim in green costume, an indication that he has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.

The dance of the dervishes at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the final stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: The two main dancers whirl while holding each other by the sash. In green, wearing a white turban, the Sheich or head of the Dervishes, who animates the dancers with his voice and by playing the tambour.

Gathering of devout Muslims at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the first stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: the faithful praise God and Prophet Muhammad.

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 at Thorikos.

Tags: Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Thorikos

The plain of Marathon seen from Brauron.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Houses, Human types, Marathon, Natural environment

The quarries of Mount Pentelikon.

Tags: Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Human types, Mount Penteli / Pentelikon, Mountains, Natural environment, Quarries, Quarries of Pentelikon

The interior court of a house in Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Courts, Ethnic groups, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Greeks, Houses, Human types, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

The Choregic monument of Lysicrates in Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Choregic monuments, Greece, Houses

View of Athens from Philopappus Hill.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Houses, Human types, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Parthenon, Philopappos Hill / Mouseion Hill, Professions, Sheep, Shepherds

View of Athens from the south.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Houses, Human types, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Views, Women

View of Athens from the Academy of Plato. The Acropolis and the temple of Hephaestus (left) in the background.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Goats, Greece, Houses, Human types, Mosques, Parthenon, Plato’s Academy, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Views

Landscape at Cephissus river.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Cephissus river, Equids, Greece, Houses, Human types, Natural environment, Parthenon

Landscape at Athens, Piraeus in the background.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Natural environment, Piraeus, Views

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