Ancient Greece Pillows
Description: Ancient Greek symbol meander. were among the most important symbols in ancient Greece; and perhaps symbolized infinity and unity; many ancient Greek temples incorporated the sign of the meander. A meander or meandros is a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif. Such a design is also called the Greek fret or Greek key design, although these are modern designations.
Description: Aristophanes is the only surviving playwright of Greek Old Comedy. Considered the Father of Comedy, he poked fun over classical Athens, including politicians and demagogues such as Cleon. The plays by Aristophanes are a true masterpiece of Greek theater.
Under Every Stone Lurks A Politician - Ancient Greek Comedy Pillow
by CultureWars
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Description: Do you love ancient Greece? History of Greece? The Greek city states of Athens and Sparta? The Athenian empire? The conquests of Alexander the Great? The battles of Marathon, Salamis and Thermopylae? Cat wars? This Greek history design is for you!
Ancient Greek Trireme Naval History Make Greece Great Again Pillow
by CultureWars
$23 $28
Description: Silver tetradrachm coins of ancient Greece depicted the owl of Athena with an inscription "ΑΘΕ", an abbreviation of ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΝ, which may be translated as "of the Athenians". Also in the coin designs were an olive branch, another symbol of Athena. The laurel crown is another Greek symbol. In ancient Greece laurel wreath were awarded to victors, both in athletic competitions and in poetic meets. It is a modern symbol of Hellenic neopaganism and Hellenic reconstructionism.
Description: Ancient Greek history is full of epic stories of trireme warfare, of which the Battle of Salamis is most famous. Love the maritime tradition of classical Greece? Naval history? Persian wars and the Peloponnesian war? This Greek trireme design is for you!
Ancient Greek Maritime History T-Shirt - Battle Of Salamis Pillow
by CultureWars
$23 $28
Description: History of Ancient Greece is full of captivating mythology, epic battles such as Marathon, Salamis and Thermopylae and the conquests of Alexander the Great. If you love classical Greek history, then this motivating Spartan helmet design is for you.
Motivational Ancient Greek History Spartan Helmet - Conquer Pillow
by CultureWars
$23 $28
Description: Classical Greek history design featuring an ancient Spartan helmet. Cool Ancient Greek gift for Spartan military history buffs. If you love Greek mythology and the history of Ancient Greece, then this Ancient Greek helmet design is for you.
Classical Greek Military History - Ancient Spartan Helmet Pillow
by CultureWars
$23 $28
Description: History of Ancient Greece is full of captivating mythology and epic tales. The Athenian strategos Alcibiades was one of the more colorful characters in classical Greek history and the Peloponnesian War against Sparta.
Alcibiades - Strategos Of Athens - Ancient Greek History Pillow
by CultureWars
$23 $28
Description: In ancient Greek mythology, Athena is the Olympian goddess of wisdom and war, and the patron goddess of the ancient Greek city state Athens. Plan to visit Athens, the Parthenon and the temple of Athena? This Greek goddess design is for you.
Athena - Goddess Of Wisdom & War - Ancient Greek Mythology Pillow
by CultureWars
$23 $28
Description: Philip II of Macedon was the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He was the father of Alexander the Great. Philip II reformed the ancient Macedonian army and conquered most of classical Greece during his reign.
Ancient Greek & Macedonian History - Philip II of Macedon Pillow
by CultureWars
$23 $28
Description: Ancient Greek design for a libertarian, conservative history buff and everyone who values strength and freedom. At the battle of Thermopylae 300 Spartan warriors led by king Leonidas fought for the freedom of Ancient Greece. Come and take them! Molon labe!
Molon Labe - Leonidas - Ancient Greek History - Sparta Pillow
by CultureWars
$23 $28
Description: History of Ancient Greece is full of captivating mythology and epic battles such as Marathon, Salamis and Thermopylae. The Athenian strategos Pericles was a champion of Athenian and Greek democracy and led Athens against Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.
Pericles - Strategos Of Athens - Ancient Greek History Pillow
by CultureWars
$23 $28
Ancient Greece Athens Greek Mythology Grecian Mountains City of Athens Pillow
by Dressed Up Mule
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Description: Greece. Ancient site of Delphi. Canon Rebel T1i Canon EF-S 18-200 inspired by beautiful Delphi Uploaded July 16, 2011 Delphi is both an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis. In Greek mythology, Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and a major site for the worship of the god Apollo after he slew the Python, a deity who lived there and protected the navel of the Earth. World Heritage Site !http://ih2.redbubble.net/work.7469587.1.fp,375x360,black,black,box20,l,ffffff.jpg!
Description: Greece. Ancient Olympia. Ruins of Philippeion. Canon Rebel T1i Canon EF-S 18-200 inspired by the beautiful site. National Heritage Site Uploaded July 11, 2011 Olympia, a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times, comparable in importance to the Pythian Games held in Delphi. Both games were held every Olympiad (i.e. every four years), the Olympic Games dating back possibly further than 776 BC. In 394 AD, (after exactly 1170 years) emperor Theodosius I abolished them as they were then considered reminiscent of paganism. The first olympic games were in Olympia in honor of Zeus. The Philippeion in Olympia was an Ionic circular memorial of ivory and gold, which contai...
Description: Greece. Ancient Olympia. Hermes by Praxiteles. Detail. Canon Rebel T1i Canon EF-s 18-200 inspired by the beautiful sculpture Uploaded July 13, 2011 Praxiteles of Athens, the son of Cephisodotus the Elder, was the most renowned of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century BC. He was the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue. While no indubitably attributable sculpture by Praxiteles is extant, numerous copies of his works have survived; several authors, including Pliny the Elder, wrote of his works; and coins engraved with silhouettes of his various famous statuary types from the period still exist. In 1911, the Encyclopaedia Britannica noted that "Our knowledge of Praxiteles has received a great addition, and has...
