Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation

The Greeks were very fond of their god Hermes. He was not too grand to be companionable, like the awe-inspiring Zeus or the haughty Apollo. They thought of him as a blithe, gent...

"Among them walked The blue-eyed Pallas, bearing on her arm The priceless [ae]gis, ever fair and new, And undecaying; from its edge there hung A hundred golden fringes, fairly w...

The Greeks worshipped among their deities a goddess called Demeter, which means "mother earth." It was her office to attend to the sowing and reaping and all kinds of farm work....

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Pericles was the dominating spirit in all this brilliant company. It was his able statesmanship which made and executed the ambitious plans for the aggrandizement of the city. I...