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Saint Paul preaches before a crowd in Athens. Mezzotint by J. Simon after Raphael.

The temples and ritual of Asklepios at Epidauros and Athens : Two lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain / by Richard Caton.

The school of Athens: a gathering of Greek philosophers disputing with Saint Paul the Apostle. Engraving by G. Ghisi, 1550, after Raphael.

Saint Paul preaches before a crowd in Athens. Wood engraving by J. Jackson after Raphael.

Remains of the temple of Aesculapius (Asklepieion), Athens. Photograph by Peter Johnston-Saint, 1930.

Athens: the gate of Athena Archegetis in the Roman Agora, Athens; a man in traditional Greek dress poses in the foreground. Photograph by Petros Moraites, ca. 1870.

A virtuous Athenian woman pouring incense on to a flaming tripod. Engraving by J.J. Flipart after J.M. Vien.

Saint Paul preaches before a small group in a crowded forum in Athens. Etching by J.A. Bellanger, 1749, after himself.

The plague of Athens, : which hapened [sic] in the second year of the Peloponnesian war / First described in Greek, by Thucydides; then in Latin by Lucretius. Since attempted in English by the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas Lord Bishop of Rochester.

Remains of the temple of Aesculapius (Asklepieion), Athens: a round pit once used for holding sacred snakes. Photograph by Peter Johnston-Saint, 1930.

Socrates, preparing to kill himself, urges his grieving friends and students to moderate their grief. Engraving by J.F.P. Peyron, 1790.

Sculpture on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: the north west wind. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

Sculpture on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: the south west wind. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

The plague of Athens, which hapned in the second year of the Peloponnesian Warre : first described in Greek by Thucydides, then in Latin by Lucretius / now attempted in English, by Tho. Sprat.

The children of Athena : Athenian ideas about citizenship and the division between the sexes / Nicole Loraux ; translated by Caroline Levine ; foreword by Froma I. Zeitlin.

Cast of sculpture on the choragic monument of Lysicrates, Athens: a man with the head of a fish, swimming. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

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Athens

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Images referencing Athens

Works from the collections

Sculpture on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: the north west wind. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

Sculpture on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: the south west wind. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

The plague of Athens, which hapned in the second year of the Peloponnesian Warre : first described in Greek by Thucydides, then in Latin by Lucretius / now attempted in English, by Tho. Sprat.

The children of Athena : Athenian ideas about citizenship and the division between the sexes / Nicole Loraux ; translated by Caroline Levine ; foreword by Froma I. Zeitlin.

Cast of sculpture on the choragic monument of Lysicrates, Athens: a man with the head of a fish, swimming. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

Athens

Images from the collections

Images referencing Athens

Works from the collections

Sculpture on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: the north west wind. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

Sculpture on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: the south west wind. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

The plague of Athens, which hapned in the second year of the Peloponnesian Warre : first described in Greek by Thucydides, then in Latin by Lucretius / now attempted in English, by Tho. Sprat.

The children of Athena : Athenian ideas about citizenship and the division between the sexes / Nicole Loraux ; translated by Caroline Levine ; foreword by Froma I. Zeitlin.

Cast of sculpture on the choragic monument of Lysicrates, Athens: a man with the head of a fish, swimming. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

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