Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Ten early photographs of Athens
View through CrossRef
These photographs of Athens are included in a collection made by Field Marshal Sir John Lintorn Simmons, RE. From internal evidence they appear to date to 1853. They include evidence for the Acropolis and its monuments at that date, as well as a general view of Athens and Lykabettos, the temple of Olympian Zeus, and the choregic monument of Lysicrates (along with the ruins of the Capuchin monastery).
Title: Ten early photographs of Athens
Description:
These photographs of Athens are included in a collection made by Field Marshal Sir John Lintorn Simmons, RE.
From internal evidence they appear to date to 1853.
They include evidence for the Acropolis and its monuments at that date, as well as a general view of Athens and Lykabettos, the temple of Olympian Zeus, and the choregic monument of Lysicrates (along with the ruins of the Capuchin monastery).
Related Results
AN EXAMINATION OF THE ATHENIAN IMPERIAL POLICIES TO CONTROL THE ECONOMIC AUTONOMY OF COLONIES AND ALLIED STATES IN THE 5TH CENTURY BCE AS DISCLOSED BY THUCYDIDES
AN EXAMINATION OF THE ATHENIAN IMPERIAL POLICIES TO CONTROL THE ECONOMIC AUTONOMY OF COLONIES AND ALLIED STATES IN THE 5TH CENTURY BCE AS DISCLOSED BY THUCYDIDES
Thucydides’ (460-400 BCE) record of history on the Peloponnesian War which happened during the 5th century BCE provide an extensive account on the Classical Athenian Empire. By c...
Theseus at Colonus
Theseus at Colonus
Abstract
The previous chapter traced the influence of Athenian ideals on Euripides’ reinvention of the myth of Heracles’ madness. Theseus’ encounter with Heracles is...
The Archaic wall of Athens: reality or myth?
The Archaic wall of Athens: reality or myth?
This paper reviews the philological and archaeological evidence for an Archaic, pre-Persian, city wall of Athens, and concludes that there was no Archaic enceinte separate from the...
Plutarch and Thebes
Plutarch and Thebes
Chapter 10 examines Plutarch’s account of Theban fifth- and fourth-century history in the Moralia and a number of Lives, focussing on the Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War and th...
Leo von Klenzes Konzept für die Gestaltung des Hauptmarktes von Athen
Leo von Klenzes Konzept für die Gestaltung des Hauptmarktes von Athen
Abstract
The architect Leo von Klenze was invited by the Greek government to modify the map of Athens of the architects Stamatios Kleanthes and Eduard Schaubert in 1...
Early-Onset Gastrointestinal Cancers
Early-Onset Gastrointestinal Cancers
ImportanceEarly-onset gastrointestinal (GI) cancer is typically defined as GI cancer diagnosed in individuals younger than 50 years. The incidence of early-onset GI cancer is risin...
‘Plain’, ‘Shore’, and ‘Hill’ in early Athens
‘Plain’, ‘Shore’, and ‘Hill’ in early Athens
All those concerned with the early history of Athens must give some consideration to the three ‘parties’ (the term used in this discussion rather than ‘faction’) which, it was beli...