Alman asıllı tarihçi ve sanat eleştirmeni Jakob Falke (1825-1897) klasik filoloji okumuş ve önceleri öğretmenlik yapmıştı. Nürenberg Müzesinde görevli olarak çalışmış (1855) daha sonra ise (1858) Lihtenştayn prensinin Viyana'daki resim koleksiyonunda kütüphaneci ve danışman olarak çalışmıştı. Bu dönemde birçok sanat dergisi ve gazetede sanat eleştirileri yazar. "Sanatlar ve el sanatları" adını taşıyan yeni akımın ilk kuramcılarından biri ve Viyana'nın Sanatlar ve Meslekler Müzesinin kurucularındandır. 1871 yılında almancada yayınlanan ilk iç dekorasyon rehberinin yazarı olan Falke, 1874'te şövalye ünvanını alır.

Eserleri arasında en çok bilinenler: "Çağdaş estetik eğilimlerin tarihi" (1866); "Geçmişin sanat endüstrileri" (1868); "Yunanistan ve Roma" (1879). "Yunanistan ve Roma" eserinin bir kısmı Nikolaos Politis tarafından çağdaş yunancaya çevrilip 1874 yılında "Yunanistan ve antik Yunanlıların yaşamı" başlığıyla yayınlanmıştı.

Nitekim web sayfamızda sergilenen kitap bu çağdaş yunanca çeviridir. Kitabın birinci bölümünde "Tarih ve toplumsal örgütlenme" başlığı altında yer alan alt bölümler, yazılı tarih öncesi devir, şehirlerin siyasi birimler olarak örgütlenmesi, Pers savaşları (MÖ 5. yüzyıl), demokrasi devri, Makedonya krallığı devri (MÖ 4. y.y.) ve siyasal özgürlüğün çöküşü hakkındadır. İkinci bölüm günlük yaşam hakkındadır. Çocukluk ve ergenlik çağı, kıyafetler ve güzellikle ilgili adetler, kadınlar, evler ve ev eşyaları, konuk ağırlama, şölenler, kır yaşamı, spor ve yarışlar, dinsel yaşam ve tapınma hakkında olan alt bölümlerden oluşmakta. Son bölümde yunan sanatı, antik yunan şiir ve düzyazı, tarihçiler, hatipler ve filozoflar gibi konular incelenir.

Kitabı tamamlayan üstün nitelikli taş baskı gravürlerin konusu antik yunan sanatından çeşitli eserler ve antik Yunanlıların kamu ve özel yaşamına ilişkin düşgücüne dayanan görüntülerdir.

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  Imaginary reconstruction of the Lion Gate of Mycenae.

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  View of the site of Heinrich Schliemann's excavation at Mycenae. In the foreground, Grave Circle A.

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  Golden vessels discovered by Heinrich Schliemann at the grave sites of Mycenae acropolis (reconstructed view).

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  Imaginary reconstruction of Mycenae acropolis.

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  Imaginary reconstruction of ancient Sparta.

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  Imaginary reconstruction of the agora of Sparta. In the background, the Acropolis. In the foreground, the statue of Hermes Agoraeus with young Dionusus. On the right, the Persian stoa which housed the spoils of the Persian wars. In the background, the sanctuary of Moirai with Orpheus's grave.

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  Depiction of Spartan youth practicing sports at the Gymnasium.

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  Race in ancient Sparta.

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  The Corinthian gulf. On the left, Acrocorinth. On the right, the northern coast of the Peloponnese.

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  Quarry in ancient Corinth.

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  The excavation site at ancient Olympia.

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  Reconstruction of ancient Olympia, from drawing by Friedrich Wilhelm von Thiersch.

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  Scene from the Olympic Games (imaginary representation).

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  Statue of Nike by Paionius, Archaeological Musem of ancient Olympia.

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  Statue of Hermes by Praxiteles, Archaeological Musem of ancient Olympia.

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  Imaginary reconstruction of the interior of the temple of Zeus in Olympia, with Phidias's gold and ivory sculpture.

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  Waterfall of the Waters of the Styx, Peloponnese.

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  Section of the Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae.

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  Title page.

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  Athens seen from the ancient Sacred Way. In the middleground, the Acropolis. In the background, Mount Hymettus.

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  Allegory of History.

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  Oak tree from Mount Parnassus.

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  Dodoni.

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  The plain of Troy in the late 19th century.

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  Diadem from the Treasure of Priam, discovered by Heinrich Schliemann on the site of Troy.

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  Terracotta vases discovered by Luigi Palma di Cesnola in Cyprus in the mid-19th century (c.1865–1877).

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  View of the coast of Ithaca.

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  View of Athens from the rocks of Piraeus.

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  Greek hoplites.

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  View of Athens in the late 19th century.

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  View of Athens in the late 19th century.

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  The Parthenon at the time of Pericles (Imaginary reconstruction).

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  The plain of Marathon.

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  The grave stele of Aristion, discovered in Velanideza, Attica and kept at the Archaelogical Museum of Athens.

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  The plain of Plataeae.

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  Thermopylae.

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  Busts of Miltiades and Themistocles.

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  Megara and Salamis island.

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  Drawing of Roman copy of Kresilas's bust of Pericles, Vatican Museum.

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  Syracuse.

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  Bust of Alcibiades, Vatican Museums.

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  Imaginary reconstruction of ancient Piraeus.

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  Thebes. On the left, the Acropolis of Cadmea.

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  Statue of Demosthenes, Vatican Museums.

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  Statue of Aeschines, Museo Nazionale, Naples.

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  Drawing of relief showing the triumphal entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon, by Bertel Thorvaldsen.

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  Portrait of Alexander the Great drawn according to the bust discovered on Delos island and kept at Louvre Museum.

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  The Alexander Mosaic, showing a battle between the armies of Alexander the Great and Darius II, from the House of the Faun in Pompey (today kept at Naples Aschaeological Museum).

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  Bacchic procession.

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  Imaginary reconstruction of Poros island and the emple of Athena Apatouria.

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  Reconstruction of the sanctuary of Poseidon in Calauria (Poros island), where Demosthenes was killed.

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  Funerary stele of a mother and her young children.

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  Hellenistic bust of Aesop from Villa Albani, Rome

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  Scene from ancient vase showing teacher and pupil at school.

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  The tutor from the Niobids complex, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

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  Young women playing a stringed instrument

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  Drawing of woman playing the flute (possibly a courtesan), from ancient vase.

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  Young women dancing and playing music (imaginary representation).

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  Roman statue of girl playing astragaloi (knucklebones), kept at Altes Museum, Berlin.

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  Young women playing on the swing (imaginary representation).

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  Tanagra statuettes .

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  Relief of young man from the Parthenon frieze.

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  Apollo of Belvedere (Roman statue of Hadrian's era, based on a copper original of the 4th century, possibly by Leochares), Vatican Museums.

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  Statue of the Capitoline Venus type, from the Capitoline Museums.

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  Tanagra statuette.

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  Examples of male costume in antiquity, based on extant representations, such as those of Hephaestus (second from left) and Aeschines (fourth from left).

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  Examples of female costume in antiquity, based on extant representations.

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  Examples of female costume in antiquity, based on extant representations.

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  Example of dress of young man in chlamys, wearing a petasus, possibly based on extant representations of Hermes.

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  Example of dress of young man in chlamys, wearing a petasus, possibly based on extant representations of Hermes.

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  Tanagra statuette of seated young woman.

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  Examples of male and female ornate costume.

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  Examplles of ancient footwear.

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  Examples of ancient male hairstyles.

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  Tanagra statuette of barber and customer.

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  Examples of ancient female hairstyles.

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  Head of nymph Clytia, British Museum.

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  Female head from Munich Glyptothek.

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  Self-care implements: Perfume vases, brush, fans and mirror.

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  Fictional representation of gynaeconites (female quarters) of affluent house, possibly of a hetaera, showing typical morning activities.

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  Wedding preparations of Cassandra and Bellerophontes, from ancient vase.

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  Flower sellers (imaginary representation).

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  The flower market of ancient Athens (imaginary representation).

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  Greek women doing household tasks, from ancient Greek vases.

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  Young girl from Sparta.

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  Women doing household tasks, from ancient vase.

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  Iphigenia in Tauris, based on the painting by Anselm Feuerbach.

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  Bust of Sappho.

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  Reclining woman, from ancient vase.

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  Female sculpture, Vatican museum.

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  Portrait of Aspasia drawn according to the Vatican bust.

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  Aphrodite of Knidus (copy of the sculpture by Praxiteles), Munich Glyptothek.

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  The Eros of Centocelle, Vatican Museums.

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  Phryne before the Areopagus (imaginary representation).

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  Entrance to an ancient Greek house (imaginary reconstruction).

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  Plan of ancient Greek house.

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  Atrium of an ancient Greek house, with the statue of Hestia.

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  Drawings of seats and chairs of antiquity.

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  Drawings of beds of antiquity.

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  Lamps of antiquity.

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  Greek women doing household tasks.

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  Men in banquet.

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  Reception of guest in a home, from ancient Greek vase.

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  Banquet with courtesans.

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  Receptacles to store and serve wine: Craters and oinochoes.

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  Cups to drink wine from: Skyphoi and rhyta.

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  Acrobats performing handstand stunts, from ancient vases.

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  Statue of Dionysus, British Museum, London.

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  Scene from the Symposium of Plato, after the painting by Anselm Feuerbach.

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  Imaginary reconstruction of the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos and adjacent area, Athens.

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  Imaginary reconstruction of the Agora of ancient Athens.

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  Women slaves at a fountain (imaginary representation).

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  Bust of Hippocrates, Louvre Museum.

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  Statue of Hermes. Statue of Asclepius.

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  Two Athenians conversing.

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  Imaginary reconstruction of Athens at the age of emperor Hadrian. View from the east.

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  View of Pnyx hill.

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  Komos scene, from ancient vase.

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  Greek chariot, from ancient vase.

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  Diana of Versailles, Louvre Museum.

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  View of Athens with Aegina island in the distance, from the Acropolis.

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  Imaginary reconstruction of the Acropolis of Athens.

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  Capitoline Faun, Vatican Museums.

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  Reconstruction of the Sacred Way which led from Eleusis to Athens, with the temple of Aphrodite, fortress and inn.

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  Vatican Apoxyomenos.

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  Drawing of sculpture of the Discobolus (Discus-thrower) type, probably based on Townley Discobolus, a copy of Myro's sculpture discovered in Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli and housed today at the British Museum, London. Drawing of sculpture of the Discophoros (Discus-bearer) type, probably based on Townley Discophoros, a copy of the sculpture by Polyclitus, discovered in Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli and housed today at the British Museum, London.

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  Statue of Hercules of Farnese, by Glycon , probably based on the original by Lysippos, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples. Statue of Hermes, Vatican Museums.

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  Zeus of Otricoli, Vatican Museums.

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  Hellenistic statue of the “praying boy”, Staatliche Museum, Berlin.

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  View of the Crissaean plain from Delphi. In the background, the Corinthian gulf and Peloponnese.

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  The gorge of the Phaedriades and the Castalian spring, Delphi.

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  Ancient remains at the site of Delphi.

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  Drawing of thiasus (Bacchanalian procession), after the Borghese vase, Louvre Museum.

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  Imaginary reconstruction of Lesser Propylaea of the temple of Demeter at Eleusis.

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  Oxen led to sacrifice, drawing after the reliefs on the northern frieze of the Parthenon.

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  Women at the Panathenaean procession, drawing after the reliefs on the eastern frieze of the Parthenon.

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  Cavalry, drawing after the reliefs on the frieze of the Parthenon, today at the British Museum, London.

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  Greek sarcophagus and votive offerings.

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  Lekythoi (vases for storing oli destined to funerary rituals).

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  Drawing of the stele of Mika and Dion from Kerameikos cemetery, Archaeological Museum of Athens.

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  Imaginary reconstruction of Dipylon, the entrance to the cemetery of Kerameikos.

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  Jewellery discovered on the site of Troy.

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  Imaginary reconstruction of temple of Poseidon in Paestum.

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  Imaginary reconstruction of the Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens.

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  Doric column capital. Ionic column capital.

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  Imaginary reconstruction of the Erechtheion at the Acropolis of Athens.

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  Imaginary reconstruction of the interior of the Parthenon.

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  Caryatid, from the southern side of the Erechtheion.

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  Types of ancient vases.

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  Ancient amphora, Munich.

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  Scene from pyxis vase.

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  Dione and Aphrodite from the eastern pediment of the Parthenon, today at the British Museum, London.

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  Nibe and her youngest daughter from the Niobids complex, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

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  Statue of the “Dying Gaul”, Roman copy of lost Hellenistic original, Capitoline Museums, Rome.

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  Detail of the Gigantomachy relief o the Pergamon Altar, today kept at Pergamonmuseum, Berlin.

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  Farnese bull, Hellenistic sculpture complex, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.

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  Venus of Medici, Hellenistic sculpture of Aphrodite, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

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  Sculpture of Laocoön and his Sons, Vatican Museums, Rome.

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  Bust of Homer.

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  The meeting of Odysseus and Nausicaa.

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  Imaginary reconstruction of theatre of Dionysus, Athens.

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  Statue of Sophocles, Vatican Museums.

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  Medea, after painting by Anselm Feuerbach.

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  Statue of seated figure, traditionally called Menander, Vatican Museums, Rome.

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  Statue of Posidippus, Roman copy of Hellenistic original, Vatican Museums, Rome.

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  Scene from New Comedy play (imaginary representation).

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  View of Mount Parnassus.

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  Death of Socrates.

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  Bust of Demosthenes, Vatican Museums.

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  Bust of Socrates, Vatican Museums.

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  Bust of Diogenes from Villa Albani, Rome.