Athenian Black & White Stock Photos
RMBA7WPD–Alcibiades, circa 450 - 404 BC, Athenian politician and general, portrait, engraving after ancient bust, 19th century,
RMRD78TT–Alcibiades, 451 BC - 404 BC, Athenian statesman and general, historical woodcut, circa 1880
RMBA7T5T–Solon, circa 640 - circa 560 BC, Athenian lawmaker, with his students, wood engraving after drawing by Hermann Vogel, 19th century,
RMB41CAN–Alcibiades, circa 450 - 404 BC, Athenian politician and general, portrait, engraving after ancient bust, Museo Chiraramonti, Vatican, Rome, Italy, 19th century,
RM2WY5098–Plato 1638 Lucas Vorsterman (1595–1675) was a Baroque engraver. He worked with the artists Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium, Belgian. ( ( Plato was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school ) )
RMRJ70DR–John Dunton (1659-1733) was an English bookseller and author. In 1691 he founded The Athenian Society to publish The Athenian Mercury, the first major popular periodical and first miscellaneous periodical in England. In 1693, for four weeks, The Athenian Society published also The Ladies' Mercury, the first periodical published that was specifically designed just for women.
RMJH2FT0–The Athenian Army during the Peloponnesian Wars. The use and importance of light troops increased with the introduction of the peltasts: lightly armoured, if at all, and armed with javelins and a shield. Their effectiveness in battle, even against the best-trained heavy hoplites, was demonstrated by the Athenian general Iphicrates, who annihilated an entire Spartan mora with his peltasts during the 5th Century BC.
RM2AMH34K–Illustration of ancient Athenian women in tunics, taken from the book 'Life in Ancient Athens' by author TG Tucker, published by Macmillan and Co, 1907. Courtesy Internet Archive. ()
RMF1KYG0–The Destruction of the Athenian Army during the Peloponnesian War, From 415 to 413 BC. From 414 BC, Darius II, ruler of the Achaemenid Empire had started to resent increasing Athenian power in the Aegean and had his satrap Tissaphernes enter into an alliance with Sparta against Athens, which in 412 BC led to the Persian reconquest of the greater part of Ionia.
RMJH2FFB–A meeting of the Athenian Council aka Boule, in 594. Each of 10 tribes provided 50 councillors who were at least 30 years old. Their most important task was to draft the deliberations for discussion and approval in the Assembly. They also directed finances, controlled the maintenance of the fleet and of the cavalry, judged the fitness of the magistrates-elect, received foreign ambassadors, advised the generals in military matters, and they could be given special powers in an emergency.
RMD96CGG–Pericles/Perikles (c490-429 BC), Athenian statesman, and some of the public buildings erected in Athens under his patronage. Woodcut from the Rev. Royal Robbins 'The World Displayed', New York, 1830.
RFH8B48N–Young Athenian rider with hat and champs, from the frieze of the Parthenon, History of fashion, costume story
RMRD6WM9–Miltiades the Elder, Athenian, founded a principality on the Chersonese peninsula during the mid-6th century BC, today Gallipoli
RFD772CB–Alcibiades, 451 BC - 404 BC, Athenian statesman and general, historical woodcut, circa 1880
RMW0KWDB–Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. Sophocles was an Athenian of the deme of Colonus; a tragic poet born in the 73rd Olympiad （488-5 B.C. He was the first to employ three actors and the tritagonist, as he is called, and can be seen here bringing in a chorus of fifteen youths. He wrote over 120 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form.
RMBKA2DJ–money / finance, coins, Greek drachma, Athenian tetradrachmon, owl of Athena, silver coin, 454 - 449 BC, historic, historical, hard cash, clipping, cut out, cut-out, cut-outs, numismatics, ancient world,
RMJH2G0E–Alcibiades, was a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general. After the Battle of Aegospotami, the last major battle of the Peloponnesian War, that took place in 405 BC. Alcibiades took refuge in Phrygia, with the object of securing the aid of Artaxerxes against Sparta. In 404 BC, as he was about to set out for the Persian court, his residence was surrounded and set on fire. Seeing no chance of escape he rushed out on his assassins, dagger in hand, and was killed by a shower of arrows.
RMW21DWG–Following the largest expedition in the Peloponnesian War and their defeat in the sea battle in Syracuse harbour in 413 BC, 40,000 Athenians and allied troops retreated. The Syracusans blocked the planned route through Acreaen Cliff Pass, and the Athenians were forced back to their starting point. Demosthenes and his men began a night march in a different direction, but the Syracusans bombarded the Athenian troops with javelins until Demosthenes surrendered. Meanwhile the Syracusans caught up with Nicias and his half of the army and bombarded them until they also surrendered.
RFC8M8GH–Peristyle Athens Parthenon temple Athenian Acropolis Greece Greek goddess Athena virgin patron Classical cultural monument
RMWHA0XW–The legendary beginnings of the Trojan War, the bottom picture on this Athenian vase shows Paris presenting Helen to his father at his court in Troy.
RF2E5BBNR–Ancient sights of Greek cities Athens, Corinth, Knossos, Rhodes. Touristic antique landmarks: the Athenian Acropolis, the Parthenon, the Erechtheion
RFD772CK–Alcibiades, 451 BC - 404 BC, Athenian statesman and general, historical woodcut, circa 1880
RMG4T3R6–A panel from the Elgin Marbles being handled by porters after being stored in an underground tunnel for safety during the Second World War. The marbles date from 432BC and formerly graced the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis. *The picture shows the centre slab of the frieze of the Elgin marbles featuring the patron goddess of Athens, Athena. The marbles also depict gods and mortals attending the Panatheniac procession held annually in the city of Athens to celebrate the birthday of Athena. *20/11/1999 - A reported call by President Clinton to return the Elgin marbles to Greece was angrily
RMBABXF9–Cimon, circa 510 - 449 BC, Athenian politician, portrait, copper engraving, 18th century, , Artist's Copyright has not to be cleared
RMW21DPD–Following the largest single Athenian expedition in the Peloponnesian War, a final sea battle consisting of many triremes, took place in the Great Harbour at Syracuse in Sicily, part of the Greek Empire (Magna Graecia) in 413 BCe. The first impetus of the Athenian attack carried them through the Syracusan vessels guarding the boom across the harbour mouth. The Athenians began loosening the chained merchantmen, but other Syracusan warships appeared from all directions and the fighting spread throughout the harbour, from which Syracuse and Sparta Athens and its allies emerged victorious
RMBABX58–Aristides, 530 - 468 BC, Athenian politician and statesman, ostracism 482 BC, full length, history painting, German copper engraving, 1832, Artist's Copyright has not to be cleared
RMC7XR1E–Parthenon temple Athenian Acropolis Greece Greek goddess Athena virgin patron Classical cultural monument limestone ruin ruined
RMWHA0W8–The Vulci vase with its lively pictures of Athenian ships, one of them a beaked bireme of about 540 BC the other a merchantman with her sails in brails
RMBHD8HP–Demosthenes, 384 - 322 B.C., Greek orator, full length, after statue, Vatican Museums, Rome,
RMB3YT9X–Demosthenes, 384 - 322 B.C., Greek orator, portrait, bust, engraving by H. Withouc, after an by P. P. Rubens,
RMJ9N6DJ–The Syracusan cavalry killing the Athenian soldiers, Syracuse, Sicily, 415 BC, Peloponnesian War
RMT96GHY–The Plague of Athens was an epidemic that devastated the city-state of Athens in ancient Greece during the second year of the Peloponnesian War (430 BC) when an Athenian victory still seemed within reach. It is believed to have entered Athens through Piraeus, the city's port and sole source of food and supplies. Thucydides states that people ceased fearing the law since they felt they were already living under a death sentence. Likewise, people started spending money indiscriminately.
RFEH14EP–Alcibiades, 451 BC - 404 BC, Athenian statesman and general, historical woodcut, circa 1880
RMCWYEG8–Solon, circa 640 to 560 BC, ancient Greek philosopher, poet and Athenian statesman, Pre-Socratic philosopher
RMKCEPJD–Portrait of Themistocles (524 BC- 459 BC) an Athenian politician and general. Dated 4th Century BC
RMW21FJ4–An oration by Demosthenes (384 – 322 BCE), a Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide an insight into the politics and culture of ancient Greece during the 4th century BC. After the death of Philip II, King of Macedonia, Demosthenes played a leading part in his city's uprising against Alexander the Great. However, his efforts failed and Alexander's successor in Athens, Antipater, sent his men to track Demosthenes down. Demosthenes took his own life, in order to avoid arrest.
RFC8M8GD–Minerva Parthenon temple Athenian Acropolis Greek goddess Athena Athens Classical Greece Elgin Marbles ionic column columns
RMWHA41K–Socrates Greek Athenian philosopher; subject of Plato's Socratic dialogues; founder and eponym of Socratic method; teacher of Plato; executed for allegedly corrupting the young
RMPP4JCX–Portrait of Alcibiades (450-404 AC), Athenian statesman and general.. Madrid, National library. Author: ESPLUGAS P. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
RM2TARK8T–Portrait of Themistocles (c. 524 – c. 459 BC) an Athenian politician and general. He was one of a new breed of non-aristocratic politicians who rose to prominence in the early years of the Athenian democracy.
RF2E5BBNY–Antique landmarks of Greece. The Parthenon and the Erechtheion in Athens, the Acropolis of Rhodes, Temple of Apollo in Corinth. World famous sights
RM2KG3M5H–Aveley FC v Hertford Town FC 14 March 1970 played at Mill Road ground Aveley Essex. Scan made in 2022
RF2DHJGEH–Original artwork of Entrance of Greek House. Published in A pictorial history of the world's great nations: from the earliest dates to the present tim
RMT96GHW–The Plague of Athens was an epidemic that devastated the city-state of Athens in ancient Greece during the second year of the Peloponnesian War (430 BC) when an Athenian victory still seemed within reach. It is believed to have entered Athens through Piraeus, the city's port and sole source of food and supplies. Thucydides states that people ceased fearing the law since they felt they were already living under a death sentence. Likewise, people started spending money indiscriminately.
RFEH14EM–Alcibiades, 451 BC - 404 BC, Athenian statesman and general, historical woodcut, circa 1880
RFD772F4–Miltiades the Elder, Athenian, founded a principality on the Chersonese peninsula during the mid-6th century BC, today Gallipoli
RMKCEPH1–Portrait of Thucydides (460 BC-395 BC) an Athenian historian and general. Dated 4th Century BC
RMW21G16–The Battle of Chaeronea was fought in 338 BC, near the city of Chaeronea in Boeotia, between the Macedonians led by Philip II of Macedon and an alliance of some of city-states led by Athens and Thebes. The battle was the culmination of Philip's final military campaigns and resulted in a decisive victory for the Macedonians.
RMD9685H–Aristides the Just (c530-c468 BC) Ancient Greek (Athenian) soldier and statesman. Woodcut from Hartmann Schedel 'Liber chronicarum mundi' (Nuremberg Chronicle) Nuremberg, 1493.
RMW0KF94–The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC, during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. The battle was the culmination of the first attempt by Persia, under King Darius I, to subjugate Greece. The Greek army decisively defeated the more numerous Persians, marking a turning point in the Greco-Persian Wars.
RMWH9THK–The passing of a warrior - Athenian, c.440 BC. Death and Sleep, winged youths stoop to lift a young hero whose gravestone has his helmet drawn upon it. The mood is tender and solemn.
RMJH2G5F–Funeral rites following the Battle of Coronea (also known as the First Battle of Coronea) took place between the Athenian-led Delian League and the Boeotian League in 447 BC during the First Peloponnesian War.
RMPAR437–Terracotta lekythos (oil flask). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H. 14 in. (35.5 cm). Date: ca. 480-470 B.C.. Nike carrying prize hydria Inscribed 'Hippon is fair' Athenian civic life was filled with contests-athletic, musical, and theatrical. It is no wonder, therefore, that Nike, the personification of victory, hovers on many vases. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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