Images to Support Chapter 1

Images and Links to support Chapter 1

[Web 1.13: A Bust of Homer]

To view a Roman copy of a lost Hellenistic marble bust of Homer, see http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/People/Homer/

Images to support Chapter 2

[Web 2.5.III: A Bust of Hesiod]

To view an image of a marble bust of Hesiod held in the British Museum, see http://www.livius.org/he-hg/hesiod/hesiod.html

Images to support Chapter 3

[WEB 3.2: A Walled Homeric Polis]

John Nicols of the University of Oregon has a homepage called Klio that includes a section on migration, the polis, and colonization. It has several links to other pages on the Homeric polis and addresses the most common questions on the topic. See : http://klio.uoregon.edu/gr/04-polis.htm

[WEB 3.4: Links to Andros and the Azoria Project]

An informative site on the history and archaeology of Andros can be viewed at http://www2.egeonet.gr/aigaio/Forms/fLemmaBodyExtended.aspx?lemmaid=10403&boithimata_State=true&kefalaia_State=true

[WEB 3.7: Links of Interest]

The Polis

The website of the Copenhagen Polis Centre contains useful articles and summaries of work on the ancient Greek polis by Mogens Herman Hansen, one of the foremost experts on the Greek polis: http://www.teachtext.net/bn/cpc/

The Rise of the Polis

For an article on “The Archaic Age and the Rise of the Polis” by John Porter of the University of Saskatchewan, which contains additional links and suggested reading, see: http://homepage.usask.ca/~jrp638/CourseNotes/Polis.html

Ethnos

General information on the meaning and concept of ethnos can be found at

http://www.fhw.gr/chronos/04/en/society/211form_nation.html

Ionians

A survey on the Ionians, examples of coinage from Ionia, and links to other

Greek groups can be found at http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Ionians

The Azoria Project records the findings of a team of excavators working on the Cretan town of Azoria, dating from ca. 1200 to 600. Using innovative methods and archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological data, they hope to reexamine theories of urban development by taking into consideration the economic, social, and political ramifications of food production and distribution: see www.azoria.org

Images to support Chapter 4

[WEB 4.5.I: The Delphic Oracle]

Pythia

For an encyclopedia entry on the Pythia, see http://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/pythia.html

For an image of a kylix showing Aegeus, king of Athens, consulting the Delphic oracle with the Pythia, along with further reading about Apollo and the priestess, see http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/greekartarchaeology/ig/Wordless-Wednesday-Pictures/Pythia.htm

[WEB 4.9: Links of Interest]

The Nestor Cup

To view an image of the Nestor Cup and to read more about this artefact, see: http://proteus.brown.edu/greekpast/4695

Cyrene

The Interdisciplinary Graduate Group in Art and Archaeology of the

Mediterranean World, which is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania, has a web page detailing their fieldwork, including a small section on Cyrene (as referred to in chapter 4) and an image of the site, see: http://www.arthistory.upenn.edu/aamw/fieldwork.html

Images to support Chapter 6

[WEB 6.5: Additional Information on Tyranny in Corinth]

Periander

A Roman copy of a fourth-century Greek original bust of Periander, which is inscribed “Periander, son of Cypselus, Corinthian,” is held in the Vatican Museum. An image of the bust can be seen at http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Bios/PerianderPioClementinoInv276.html

Images to support Chapter 7

[WEB 7.30: Links of Interest]

The Sparta Museum

The Sparta Museum has images of ancient remains of Sparta as well as of

Spartan artifacts at http://www.laconia.org/Sparti_museum.htm

Spartan History

A resource for Spartan history including texts and images can be found at

http://www.fjkluth.com/sparta.html#Reso

Sparta

A range of short articles on Sparta can be found at http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/sparta/Sparta_Lacedaemonia_Resources_on_the_Ancient_Greek_City_of_Sparta.html

Spartan Poetry

To find out more about Spartan poetry, see http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~sparta/topics/articles/academic/poetry.htm

Images to support Chapter 8

[WEB 8.8: Links of Interest]

For a link to the Greek history course at Duke University including a collection

of hoplite images on vases (under “Hoplites”), see http://www.duke.edu/~jds15/clst-153/syllabus.html

Images to support Chapter 9

[WEB 9.11: A Link to a Bust of Solon]

For an image of a fourth-century bust of Solon held at the National Museum in Naples, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Solon2.jpg

Images to support Chapter 10

[WEB 10.8.II: Early Athenian Coins and the City of Athens Under the Tyrants]

To view coin collections, including images of and texts about early Athenian coins (as referred to in chapter 10), see http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/attica/athens/i.html

To view a scene on a vase depicting women filling water at the Athenian fountain house, see http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/b/black-figured_water-jar.aspx

An image, with explanations, of a different vase showing water being filled at a fountain house can be found at http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/athnlife/fountain.htm and http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/artifact?name=Toledo%201961.23&object=Vase

In Support of Chapter 11

[WEB 11.8: Athenian Public Building ca. 500]

For a tour of the Classical Athenian agora and its boundary stones, see

http://campus.lakeforest.edu/academics/greece/AgoraTour.html

In Support of Chapter 12

[WEB 12.10: Greek Games and a Dissenting Voice]

For a link to the ancient Olympic Games, see http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/sports.html

The following website shows a collection of vases and statues depicting athletic and sporting activities: http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/GreekSportImages.html

In support of Chapter 13

[WEB 13.2: The Gortyn Law on Sexual Misconduct]

For more information on Gortyn and an image of its inscribed law, see

http://www.greek-thesaurus.gr/Minoan-civilization-Gortyn.html

[WEB 13.3: The Gortyn Law on Division of Property]

For more regulations regarding family and property in the Gortyn law (as referred to in WEB 13.3) see

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/450-gortyn.html

In Support of Chapter 14

[WEB 14.7: Links of Interest]

Additional information about the Eleusinian Mysteries referred to in 14.4, and images of related artifacts can be found at http://www.crystalinks.com/eleusinian.html

Images to support Chapter 15

[WEB 15.5: King Darius I and His Administrative Reforms]

To view an image of a relief of Darius I from the northern stairs of the Apadana (Audience Hall) of Persepolis, currently in the Archaelogical Museum in Tehran, and to read more about this ancient Persian king, see http://www.livius.org/da-dd/darius/darius_i_8.html

Images to support Chapter 16

[WEB 16.7.I: A Link to an Image of a Greek Soldier Fighting a Persian]

An image of an Attic red-figure vase from Sicily, dated ca. 450, depicting a

Greek and a Persian in combat can be seen at http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/image?img=Perseus:image:1992.11.0087

Images to support Chapter 17

[WEB 17.8: Themistocles Initiates the Return of Ostracized Athenians]

For a Roman copy of a likely Greek original of a bust of Themistocles, currently

held at the Museo Archeologico Ostiense, Rome, see www.livius.org/th/themistocles/themistocles.html

An image of an ostrakon inscribed with the words “Aristides, son of Lysimachus” can be seen at http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/image_archive/other/o4.html

[WEB 17.22: Links of Interest]

Simonides’ Thermopylae Epitaph

For the text of Simonides’ epitaph and images associated with it, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae#Epitaph_of_Simonides

The Battle of Artemisium

For pictures of locations associated with the battle of Artemisium and a brief description of the battle, see http://www.livius.org/he-hg/herodotus/logos8_23.html

Simonides on the Spartans at Plataea

Images of the fragments comprising Simonides’ poem on the Spartans at Plataea can be seen at http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/POxy/VExhibition/3965.htm

Images to support Chapter 18

[WEB 18.2.I: Themistocles and the Fortification of Piraeus]

For pictures of “Themistocles’ Walls” in Athens, as referred to in 18.1, see http://www.akropol.net/kerameikos/kerameikos_themistoclean_wall_one.htm

[WEB 18.10.II: The Painted Stoa and Its Possible Association with Cimon]

For pictures of the site of the “Painted Stoa” and a possible reconstruction of

the structure, see http://www.athensinfoguide.com/wtsagora2.htm

Images to support Chapter 19

[WEB 19.12.I: Aeschylus and the Areopagus]

For links on the Oresteia see http://homepage.usask.ca/~jrp638/CourseNotes/AgBckgnd.html

[WEB 19.15: Links of Interest]

Demos

For a collection of informative articles on many aspects of Athenian democracy,

view DEMOS: Classical Athenian Democracy at http://www.stoa.org/projects/demos/home?greekEncoding=

Pericles

The British Museum holds a second-century CE Roman copy of a Greek original of Pericles’ bust, possibly from around Pericles’ time. To view the image, see http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/m/marble_portrait_bust_perikles.aspx

Images to support Chapter 22

[Web 22.2: The Parthenon and Athena’s Statue]

Detailed images of the Parthenon’s architecture, friezes, and pediments can

be seen at http://www.willamette.edu/cla/wviews/parthenon/images.htm

[WEB 22.2.I: The Statue of Athena Parthenos]

To view an image of the Athena Varvakeion, which is a second-century Roman copy of the Athena Parthenos by Phidias, now at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, see http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NAMA_Athéna_Varvakeion.jpg

[WEB 22.3: The Acropolis]

The Propylaea

Images of the Propylaea can be found on the website of the CSA Propylaea Project, which aims to create a single digital bank of information about the Propylaea: http://www.propylaea.org/

[WEB 22.3.II: The Athenian Acropolis]

Additional images of buildings on the acropolis, and the Parthenon in particular, including their friezes, with related links, can be found at http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/Parthenon.html

[WEB 22.4: The City Dionysia: Religion, Drama, and the State]

A list of images of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, from the Perseus collection can be found at http://web.uvic.ca/grs/department_files/classical_myth/gods/dionysos_i.html

[WEB 22.6: Selecting and Producing Plays]

Additional information on the process of selecting and putting on plays in ancient Athens can be found at http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/staging.html

[Web 22.7.II: The Theater of Dionysus at Athens]

Images of the remains of the theater of Dionysus and its plans can be viewed at http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/artifact?name=Athens,%20Theater%20of%20Dionysos&object=Building

[WEB 22.8: Links of Interest]

A photographic archive of archaeological and architectural remains of ancient

Athens can be viewed at http://www.stoa.org/athens/

In Support of Chapter 24

[WEB 24.2.I: The Epidamnus Affair (436–433)]

Archaeologists from the University of Cincinnati excavated an Archaic temple in 2002 at a site that has been identified as Epidamnus. The press release and an image of an artifact found there can be viewed at http://www.uc.edu/News/NR.aspx?ID=1324

A later excavation of the site is detailed here: http://www.albanianheritage.net/dcp.html

In Support of Chapter 25

[WEB 25.6.I: Nicias’ Piety and Munificence]

Additional information about Nicias can be found at http://www.livius.org/ne-nn/nicias/nicias.html

Images to support Chapter 27

[WEB 27.15: Links of Interest]

Alcibiades’ Bust

The Musei Capitolini in Rome has a Roman copy of perhaps a fourth-century Greek original bust of Alcibiades, inscribed: “Alcibiades, son of Clinius, Athenian.” To view an image of the bust, see http://www.vroma.org/images/raia_images/alcibiades.jpg

Alcibiades’ Ostrakon

An image of a potsherd (ostrakon) fragment inscribed with Alcibiades’ name from the Agora Museum, Athens, can be viewed at http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alcibiades/alcibiades.html

Hyperbolus’ Ostrakon

See a photo of an ostrakon inscribed “Hyperbolus son of Antiphanes” at http://www.livius.org/a/1/greeks/sherd_hyperbolus_agora_mus.JPG

The Egesta Decree

For more information on and images of the inscription of the Egesta decree, view http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/csad/Images/00/Image67.html

Images to support Chapter 32

[WEB 32.2: Greek Federations and the Boeotian Federation Before the Fourth Century]

For an archive of images of Boeotian federal coins, see http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/boeotia/thebes/i.html

Images to support Chapter 38

[WEB 38.2: King Archelaus’ Military Reforms (413–399)]

Coins minted during Archelaus’ reign can be viewed at http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/macedonia/kings/archelaus/t.html

[WEB 38.18: Demosthenes’ Eulogy of the Dead of Chaeronea (338)]

For Demosthenes’ eulogy of the Athenian dead of Chaeronea (but with dated scholarship), see:

http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/LX/DemosthenesFuneralOration.html

For Demosthenes’ eulogy of the Athenian dead of Chaeronea (but with dated scholarship), see http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/LX/DemosthenesFuneralOration.html

[38.21: Links of Interest]

Philip’s Head?

A small ivory head, now at the Archaeological Museum in Thessaloniki, was

found in Tomb II at Vergina and has been identified as Philip II. For an image,

see http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexander/alexander_t72.html

Philip’s Coinage

Images and texts describing gold and silver coins issued during Philip’s reign

can be found at http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/macedonia/kings/philip_II/i.html

Olynthus

More information about Olynthus, including images of the site, can be found

at http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Cities/Olynthus.html

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