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Greek religion: Media
ancient religion
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Examine the ways in which mythology functioned for the ancient Greek population
This 1973 film, produced by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation, explores...
Images
the gods on Olympus
The gods on Olympus: Athena, Zeus, Dionysus, Hera, and Aphrodite. Detail of a painting...
Alinari/Art Resource, New York
Zeus hurling a thunderbolt, bronze statuette from Dodona, Greece, early 5th century...
Antikenabteilung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin—Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Hera
Head of Hera, sculpture from the votive group in the Heraeum at Olympia; in the Archaeological...
Foto Marburg
sanctuary ruins at Eleusis
Ruins of the sanctuary at Eleusis, Greece.
© Emmanouil Pavlis/Dreamstime.com
Delphi: theatre and Temple of Zeus
The theatre at Delphi, Greece; the Temple of Zeus, with six columns still standing,...
S. Vidler/Superstock
Aphrodite and Eros, gilt bronze mirror with incised design, Greek, 4th century
Giraudon-Art Resource, New York
Exekias: Greek amphora depicting Achilles slaying Penthesilea
Achilles slaying Penthesilea, the queen of the Amazons, Attic black-figure amphora...
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum
Electra and Orestes killing Aegisthus
Electra and Orestes killing Aegisthus in the presence of their mother, Clytemnestra;...
The Mansell Collection/Art Resource, New York
Hippolytus in his quadriga, detail from a Greek vase; in the British Museum
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum
Artemis as a huntress
Artemis as a huntress, Classical sculpture; in the Louvre, Paris.
Alinari/Art Resource, New York
Pan, terra-cotta statuette from Eretria on the Greek island of Euboea, c....
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin—Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Hestia; Dione; Aphrodite
(Thought to be) Hestia, Dione, and Aphrodite, marble figures from the east pediment...
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum
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