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The Church of Panagia Kapnikarea (Greek: Εκκλησία της Παναγίας Καπνικαρέας) or just Kapnikarea (Greek: Καπνικαρέα) is a Greek Orthodox church and one of the oldest churches in Athens.
It is estimated that the church was built some time in the 11th century, perhaps around 1050. As it was common with the early Christian churches, this was built over an ancient Greek pagan temple dedicated to the worship of a goddess, possibly Athena or Demeter. When King Otto I King of the Kingdom of Greece brought the Bavarian architect Leo von Klenze to draw the new city plan of Athens, The church was considered for demolition and it was the King of Bavaria, Ludwig I who objected the decision and saved the church.
It appears that the Kapnikarea church may have originally been the katholikon of a monastery. Presently, the building is formed by a complex of three different units attached together; these units were built in succession: a) the largest south church dedicated to the Presentation of Mary to the Temple, b) the chapel of St Barbara on the northern side; and c) the exonarthex with the propylon to the west.
The larger of the two churches, the south one, is a domed complex, cross-in-square, which has been dated (on the basis of morphological criteria) to just after the middle of the 11th century.
The church is located in the center of the modern city of Athens, right in the middle of the high-traffic shopping area of Ermou street, at the edge of the Plaka district.
The Winged Victory of Samothrace diplayed at the main entrance to Ceasars Palace. This is a copy of the famous sculpture that has resided at the Louvre in Paris France since 1884.
Odeio irodou attikou
It was built in 161 AD by the Athenian magnate Herodes Atticus in memory of his wife, Aspasia Annia Regilla.
It was originally a steep-sloped theater with a three-story stone front wall and a wooden roof made of expensive cedar of Lebanon timber.
It was used as a venue for music concerts with a capacity of 5,000. It lasted intact until it was destroyed and left in ruins by the Heruli in 267 AD.
La Sicilia è il paese delle arance, del suolo fiorito la cui aria, in primavera, è tutto un profumo… Ma quel che ne fa una terra necessaria a vedersi e unica al mondo, è il fatto che da un’estremità all’altra, essa si può definire uno strano e divino museo di architettura.
(Guy de Maupassant)
Rendered in black figure, four ships and dolphins ride the waves on the cup interior rim, where they would appear to float if the cup were filled.
In the tondo, inside a thin red circle, a youth rendered in red figure struggles to lift with both hands a diota (two-handled transport amphora) heavy with wine. The naked youth, probably a young komast, wears a chlamys over shoulders and wreath. The amphora shape, evocative of transport amphorae, creates a fitting juxtaposition with the ships.
Nonsense inscriptions in the tondo.
Attic bilingual kylix
Diam. 15,2 cm.
Attributed to The London E2 Painter by Beazley
510 - 500 BC
From Vulci, Viterbo
Vase number E 2
London, The British Museum, Inv. No. 1843,1103.29
Figurine of Silenus, probably, from an Eleian workshop.
Bronze figurines
6th century BC
From Elis
Olympia, Archaeological Museum
Bronze solid cast figurine representing a warrior with a crested helmet
Attic bronze Figurine
8th century BC
Olympia, Archaeological Museum
The Temple of Olympian Zeus (Greek: Ναός του Ολυμπίου Διός or Naos tou Olimpiou Dios), also known as the Olympieion, is a colossal ruined temple in the centre of the Greek capital Athens that was dedicated to Zeus, king of the Olympian gods. Construction began in the 6th century BC during the rule of the Athenian tyrants, who envisaged building the greatest temple in the ancient world, but it was not completed until the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD some 650 years after the project had begun. During the Roman periods it was renowned as the largest temple in Greece and housed one of the largest cult statues in the ancient world. (from Wikipedia)
Athens. The Parthenon.
The Parthenon (ancient Greek: Παρθενών) is a temple of the Greek goddess Athena, built in the 5th century BC on the Athenian Acropolis. It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered to be the culmination of the development of the Doric order. Its decorative sculptures are considered one of the high points of Greek art. The Parthenon is regarded as an enduring symbol of ancient Greece and of Athenian democracy, and is one of the world's greatest cultural monuments. (from Wikipedia)
Trad. La storia è maestra della vita (Cicerone)
München , Staatliche Antikensammlungen, (Collezione Nazionale di Oggetti Antichi), museo di Monaco di Baviera, Kunstareal
The Corinthians originally used black-figure pottery to depict animal friezes until the mid-6th century BC, when the Athenian painters developed a sophisticated style of narrative decoration depicting subjects such as battle scenes, mythical beings and legendary episodes.
Black-figure pottery typically depicted figures in silhouette, but it was somewhat limited in artistic scope due to the limitations of engraving tools. Only a few painters are known by name, though many black-figure vases have been grouped on the basis of painting style and appear to be the work of distinct individuals or workshops. The most famous named painter is Exekias, a vase painter of the 6th century BC who is best known for his battle scenes.
München Glyptothek - opened in 1830 during Ludwig I
München, Staatliche Antikensammlungen, (Collezione Nazionale di Oggetti Antichi), museo di Monaco di Baviera, Kunstareal
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Attic krater with scenes from the life of young men:
Face A: Young rider wearing chlamy and petasus. He drives the horse holding the reins in his right and two spears in his left
Face B : Young man leaning on his stick
Red-figured Attic column krater
2nd quarter of the 5th century BC
From Argilos, Macedonia, Greace
Amphipolis, Archaeological Museum, Inv. No 2885
Purification of Orestes at Delphi inspired by Aeschylus’ tragedy “Eumenides”.
On the left is an Ionic column, indicating the temple, and by it a “bucranion” with wreath, from which hangs a sacrificial “vitta”, band or decoration of sacred persons and sacred things. Orestes to left, beardless, with white pilos at back of neck, and bordered chlamys over left arm, kneels on left knee at the base of the “omphalos”, clinging to it with left arm, with sword extended in right hand as if to ward off the Furies, and sheath in left; the omphalos is covered with the “agrenon”. Behind Orestes stands Apollo with two laurel-leaves in right hand, with which he sprinkles the blood over him; he is beardless, with hair in a knot, bordered chlamys and laurel-branch over left arm, in left hand a phiale. On the altar are two large acanthus-leaves; it bears an imitation inscription, apparently modern.
Apulian red figured bell krater
Height: 34.29 cm.
Attributed to “The Eumenides Painter”
380 – 360 BC
From Puglia
London, The British Museum – F166 – Inv. No. 1772,0320.96
Copie romaine du diadumène,
(Ier siècle (1,95 m de haut),
original de Polyclète (vers 430 av. J.-C.,
marbre, trouvé sur Délos)
Athens National Museum of Archeology
Apollo with kithara and phiale, is portrayed in front a woman, probably Artemis, purging libation liquid from an oinochoe. This lekythos belonged to the Michael P. Vlastos' collection, now housed in the Athens N.A.M.
Red figured lekythos
Attributed to The Athens Painter 12778 by Beazley
470 – 460 BC
From Kitsi, Attica
Athens, National Archaeological Museum, Inv. No. BS 21
A youth leading a horse moves from left approaching two young standing athletes. All are equipped with a spear.
On the vase shoulder a dog chasing a hare.
Attic black-figured lekythos
525 – 500 BC
From Akanthos, Macedonia
Thessaloniki, Agora Museum
The curators of the British Museum, claim that the stolen marbles belong to the institution they run... Do they afraid that by returning the Parthenon treasures back, there where they belong, they will be jobless...??? All the artifacts excibited in British Museum are stolen from other countries with great heritage and history....
GIVE THE MARBLES BACK - THE PARTHENON'S MARBLES TO BE REUNITED!!!
Selinunte is an ancient Greek archaeological site on the south coast of Sicily, southern Italy, between the valleys of the rivers Belice and Modione in the province of Trapani. The archaeological site contains five temples centered on an acropolis. Of the five temples, only the Temple of Hera, also known as "Temple E", has been re-erected.(from Wikipedia)