Art & Images

Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens

Temple of Olympian Zeus, "Peisistratid" column drums, Panathenaic Stadium. The graceful ruins of the Temple of the Olympian Zeus can be clearly seen from the Acropolis, and are floodlit at night. The temple is made of fine marble brought from Mount Pentelus and originally measured 96 meters long and 40 meters wide. Hadrian had erected a giant gol...

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The Pnyx

The Ancient City of Athens: The Pnyx: Meeting Place of the Ancient Athenian Democratic Assembly. Pnyx, Bema (Speaker's Platform), Sanctuary of Zeus Hypsistos....

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The Kerameikos

The Ancient City of Athens at Indiana University, Bloomington. Lots of images of: Kerameikos Cemetery, Public & Private Grave Monuments, "Themistoklean" Wall, Sacred Gate, Dipylon Gate, Pompeion....

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The Agora

The Ancient City of Athens at Indiana University, Bloomington. Lots of images of The Agora: Commercial & Civic Center of Ancient Athens. Royal Stoa, Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios, Temple of Apollo Patroos, Metroon, Bouleuterion, Tholos, Monument of the Eponymous Heroes, Hephaisteion, Altar of the 12 Gods, Stoa of Attalos, Church of the Holy Apostles...

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Greek Art

Art Images By The University of Haifa Library, Haifa, Israel. Large selection of images....

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The Ancient City of Athens

THE ANCIENT CITY OF ATHENS is a photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens (Greece). It is intended primarily as a resource for students of classical art & archaeology, civilization, languages, and history at Indiana University as a supplement to their class lectures and reading assignments and as a s...

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The Acropolis

The Ancient City of Athens: Sites & Monuments. Lots of Images of The Acropolis, includes: Fortified citadel and primary urban religious sanctuary. Propylaia, Temple of Athena Nike, Parthenon, Erechtheion....

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The Roman Agora

Lots of images of The Roman Agora, Tower of the Winds, & the Library of Hadrian: Gate of Athena Archegetis, Colonnade, Fountain, Propylon, "Agoranomion", Public Latrines; Water Clock of Andronikos, The Eight Winds. Lying east of the Ancient Agora, the Roman Agora actually has nothing to do with Romans, but took this name because it was construc...

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The North Slope of the Acropolis

Lots of images from the The Ancient City of Athens: Sites & Monuments photos from indiana.edu including: "Longs Rocks" & Northwest Caves (Caves of Apollo & Pan), Sanctuary of Eros & Aphrodite, Rock-cut Niches, Peripatos Inscription....

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The Library of Hadrian Athens

The Library of Hadrian is located to the north side of the Acropolis and the Roman Agora. It provided the people of Athens with a new, multi-purpose, public square and cultural center that contained a garden, works of art, a library, and lecture halls....

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