A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...

The exhibition, with the theme of "Classical and Glory" Ancient Greek and Roman Sculpture Arts, will continue its tour in ...

To the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome Statues and artifacts representing the mythical beauty in Edgar Allan Poe famous words wi ...

The statue of Athena is one of the exhibits to be displayed ... During the Hellenistic and Classical period, ancient Greek sculptors aimed to depict the human form realistically but in an ...

Heraklion From its yacht-decorated Venetian harbour to its lofty walled bastions, Crete’s capital rewards wanderers, and the ...

Based on the ancient Greek words ákros for “high point ... One of these losses is a gigantic statue of Athena once located inside the Parthenon. Known as Athena Parthenos, it stood almost ...

Johnson As its name suggests, the Acropolis Museum – which resides in central Athens' Makrigianni district just below the ancient ... a relief of Athena Nike, several carved statues from ...

In addition to the 1,800-year-old piece of engraved jewelry, archaeologists discovered a trove of Carolingian coins, medieval pottery and more ...

The statue of Athena is one of the exhibits to be displayed. [Photo by Su Hang/For China Daily] And this is especially true in the sculptural arts. During the Hellenistic and Classical period, ancient ...

Lisa Ayla Çakmak, the Art Institute of Chicago’s Chair and Curator of Arts Greece ... In terms of ancient deities, Çakmak feels especially fond of a newly restored statue of Athena holding ...