Achilles in the Attic red-figure Greek amphoras

Attic black-figure amphora depicting the son of Achilles,Neoptolemos killing Priamus on the altar.520-510 BC. Louvre.

Attic red-figure krater depicting Achilles against Hector.490-460 BC.British Museum.

Ajax carrying the body of Achilles.Attic black-figure amphora,510 BC.

 Ajax and Achilles playing a board game during a break in the fighting under the walls of Troy.Exekias Painter,530 BC

 Priam is asking Achilles to return Hector’s body.(500-450 BC.Athens)

Achilles killing Hektor.Lekythos,6th http://c.BC.Arch.Museum  of Delos island,Cyclades,Greece.

Achilles dragging the body of Hector.Attic white-ground lekythos,490 BC.From Eretria,Euboea,terracotta.Louvre Museum

The brutal consequences of war are vividly evoked in this brilliant painting.Ajax carrying the body of Achilles,570BC

Achilles kill Pentheselia.Amphora of Exekias,535 BC.

Achilles watching out for Polyxena near the fountain.Attic white ground lekythos,ca.480 BC.

Achilles tending the wounded Patroclus.Attic red-figure kylix,ca.500 BC.

Hector salutes Andromache and Astyanax before the duel with Achilles.370 BC.

Dionysos,the god of wine,

Dionysos,the god of wine, stand calmly in the midst of a group of dancing maenads and satyrs. Greek-Attic krater520BC

A marble head of Dionysos from a choragic monument.Found in the Sanctuary of Dionysos.Thasos island,Greece.3rd c.BC.

A wonderful late 6th c.BC of Dionysos extending a kantharos (drinking cup).

Portrait bust of a man, found in the theatre of Dionysos,Athens.200 AD.Herodes Atticus or Sauromates,king Bosphorus.

Attic black-figure neck-amphora,550-530 BC.Dionysos and two Maenads.Greek inscription,AMASIS MEΠΟΙΗSΕΝ (made)

Bronze hydria(kalpis)with fluted handles.Greek,4th c.BC.Depicting a young couple probably Dionysos and Ariadne.

Marble table support adorned by a group including Dionysos,Pan and a Satyr.From an Asia Minor workshop,170 CE.NAMA.

Marble group depicting Dionysos with Panther and a Satyr.Copy of a Greek original.2nd c.CE.

Detail of the mosaic of Dionysos,from the house of Dionysos.Delos island,Cyclades,Greece.

The Dionysos cup, by Exekias,540 BC.

God Dionysos.Ancient Greek terracotta statuette,4th BC.Boston  Museum.

Μosaic floor depicting the god Dionysos riding a Panther.325-300 BC.Pella,Macedonia,Greece.

Attic red-figure hydria with Gorgon

Attic red-figure hydria with Gorgon,490 BC.British Museum

Detail of Hermes. Archaeology Museum  of Akragas (Agrigento),Sicily.

Female mourner Boeotia

Female mourner Greek,early Archaic period, about 600 BC.From Boeotia,Greece.

A psykter-a Greek mini-refrigerator used to cool the wine. Attic terracotta,520-510 BC. Attributed to the Oltos potter.

Greek speaking areas in ancient Italy

Greek speaking areas in ancient Italy

About Magna Grecia (Turkish) article

Greek gilded silver kylix with a rider

Greek gilded silver kylix with a rider, late 5th c.BC.He is probably a man from the cavalry class, one of the higher classes of Athenian society.

Hermes and the Nymphs

Greek votive relief with Hermes and the Nymphs,Marble,410-400 BC.

The Deesis Mosaic of Jesus, Hagia Sophia

The Deesis Mosaic of Jesus (c.1261). Hagia Sophia Museum, Istanbul (Konstantinopolis)

* Hagia Sophia (from the Greek Αγία Σοφία, pronounced "Holy Wisdom"; Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia; Turkish: Ayasofya) is the former Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal cathedral, later an Ottoman imperial mosque and now a museum (Ayasofya Müzesi) in Istanbul, Turkey. Built in 537 AD at the beginning of the Middle Ages, it was famous in particular for its massive dome. It was the world's largest building and an engineering marvel of its time. It is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture and is said to have "changed the history of architecture.