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    I open this thread to post pieces and info about Greek art, from ancient to present.

    Stunning 2200-Year-Old Mosaics Discovered in Ancient Greek City

    Three new mosaics were recently discovered in the ancient Greek city of Zeugma, which is located in the present-day province of Gaziantep in southern Turkey. The incredibly well-preserved mosaics date back to 2nd century BC.
    Zeugma was considered one of the most important centers of the Eastern Roman Empire and the ancient city has provided a treasure trove of discoveries with 2000-3000 houses in remarkably good condition. Excavations at Zeugma started in 2007 and continue to this day.







    Up until 2000 the ancient city was completely submerged underwater until a project to excavate the area received funding from a number of sources. There are still many areas of Zeugma—a city once home to nearly 80,000 inhabitants—left to excavate, including 25 houses still underwater. It’s exciting to think of what other discoveries remain to be found.
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    The pan-hellenic sun of Vergina, and its presence on Greek art

    The Vergina Sun (also known as the Star of Vergina, Macedonian Star, or Argead Star) is a rayed solar symbol appearing in ancient Greek art from the 6th to 2nd centuries BC. It came to prominence following archaeological excavations in and around the small town of Vergina, in northern Greece, during the late 1970s. There it was depicted on a golden larnax found in a 4th-century BC royal tomb belonging to either Philip II or Philip III of Macedon, the father and half-brother of Alexander the Great, respectively.

    The Vergina Sun appears in art variously with sixteen, twelve, or eight triangular rays. Its significance is unclear. When archaeologist Manolis Andronikos found the symbol on the coffin (larnax) believed to belong to Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, he repeatedly referred to the embossed symbol the "emblem of the Macedonian dynasty", but many other archaeologists disagree. Opinions are split over whether it was used as a royal symbol by Philip's Argead dynasty, a religious symbol representing the Twelve Olympian gods, or simply a decorative design.

    Eugene Borza points out that it was widely used in ancient Greek art. John Paul Adams cites its long-established use as a decorative element in ancient Greek art and concludes that it cannot definitively be said that it was either a "royal" or "national" symbol of the Macedonian kingdom.

    Sixteen and eight-pointed suns often appeared on Macedonian and other Hellenistic coins and shields of that period. However, the symbol is attested in Greek art long before that period: hoplites were depicted bearing identical sixteen-pointed and similar eight-pointed symbols on their shields and armor as early as the 6th century BC, and coins from island and mainland Greece bore eight or sixteen-pointed sun symbols (Corfu, 5th century BC). Locris, 4th century BC







    Found in Hellenistic Memphis, Egypt:







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    Very good thread IberoHellenic.We could use it to post Greek art pieces like we do with the Greek music thread.I'll make it sticky

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    Quote Originally Posted by PassionforPerfection View Post
    Very good thread IberoHellenic.We could use it to post Greek art pieces like we do with the Greek music thread.I'll make it sticky
    Thank you! I think it was a good idea to start this thread and I hope to see participation of other users of TA here ^^

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    Coin designs in Ancient Greece

    Arcaic coinage (620-600 BC.)

    Uninscribed electrum coin from Lydia, 6th century BCE. Obverse: lion head and sunburst Reverse: plain square imprints, probably used to standardise weight.

    Electrum coin from Ephesus. Obverse: Forepart of stag. Reverse: Square incuse punch.


    Coins of Aegina (550-530 BC)



    Classical period coins (415–405 BC)

    A Syracusan tetradrachm.
    Obverse: head of the nymph Arethusa, surrounded by four swimming dolphins and a rudder
    Reverse: a racing quadriga, its charioteer crowned by the goddess Victory in flight.

    Tetradrachm of Athens, (5th century BC)
    Obverse: a portrait of Athena, patron goddess of the city, in helmet
    Reverse: the owl of Athens, with an olive sprig and the inscription "ΑΘΕ", short for ΑΘΕΝΑΙΟΝ, "of the Athenians".

    Hellenistic period;
    The Hellenistic period was characterized by the spread of Greek culture across a large part of the known world. Greek-speaking kingdoms were established in Egypt and Syria, and for a time also in Iran and as far east as what is now Afghanistan and northwestern India. Greek traders spread Greek coins across this vast area, and the new kingdoms soon began to produce their own coins. Because these kingdoms were much larger and wealthier than the Greek city states of the classical period, their coins tended to be more mass-produced, as well as larger, and more frequently in gold. They often lacked the aesthetic delicacy of coins of the earlier period.


    Gold 20-stater of Eucratides I, the largest gold coin to have survived from Antiquity.


    Coin of the king Filip of Macedon, with the word "ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ", meaning in ancient and modern Greek "of Filip"


    Coin of the king Alexander the Great, with the word "ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ", meaning in ancient and modern Greek "of Alexander"


    Coin of the king Lysimachus, with the words "ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ", meaning in ancient and modern Greek "King Lisimachus"



    Coins as a symbol of the city-state


    Corinthian stater with pegasus


    Coin of Rhodes with a rose, with the word ΡΟΔΙΟΝ meaning Rhodes.


    Coin of Ephesus with a bee, and the leters ''Ε Φ'' (E PH) for Ephesus.


    Coin of Melos with an apple. The word "Melos" means "apple" in both ancient and modern Greek.



    Dekadrachm of Syracuse. Head of Arethusa or queen Demarete. ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ (of the Syracusians), around four dolphins

    To be finnished.
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    Mycenae - Μυκῆναι/Mycenaean Greece refers to the last phase of the Bronze Age in Ancient Greece (ca. 1600–1100 BC). , the era of Trojan war.
    In the second millennium BC, Mycenae was one of the major centres of Greek civilization, a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece. At its peak in 1350 BC, the citadel and lower town had a population of 30,000.





























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