The Ancient Greeks 1700-300 B.C.

The Beginnings of Greek Civilization

Delphi, Temple of Appollo

Minoan Art

Palace of Knossos

Life in Knossos

Hall in Knossos

Mycenaean Gallery

Hellenic CivilizationHomer wove of ancient tales of gods and heroes inot epic poetry. No portrains were made of the blind storyteller during his lifetime

Aphrodite and ApolloAprodite

Ares and Athena

Poseidon, Hera and Zeus

Delphi, Temple of Apollo

The Statue of Zeus in Olympia

Athens

Pericles

Sparta

The Flowering of Greek CultureParthenon

Ionic, Corinthian ad Doric Columns

The above are statues which are know as the Elgin Marbles. During 1799 through 1803 Thomas Bruce, Earl of Elgin was the ambassador to Constantinople. He was asked to use his influence to obtain casts of famous sculptures in Greece, which was under Turkish control at the time. He proceeded to get permission to remove any of the sculptures. So many sculptures were removed and eventual sold to the British Museum where they are still housed today.

Aristotle and Plato

Coin of king Philip of Macedonia, Alexander's father Believed to be the oldest portrait of Alexander

Olympias (c.375-316): Epirote princess, married to the Macedonian king Phillip II, and mother of Alexander the Great

Philip II (*382): king of Macedonia (360-336), responsible for the modernization of his kingdom and its expansion into Greece, father of Alexander the Great

Map of Alexander's Empire (320 B.C.)