Delphi Museum Pictures, Images & Photos. Ancient Greece


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  • Treasury of Siphnos. Detail of North Frieze depicting the battle between the gods and the Giants. 525 B.C. Delphi Archaeological Museum.
  • Treasury of Siphnos East Frieze representing scenes from the Trojan War. 525 b.C. Delphi Archaeological Museum.
  • Treasury of Siphnos East Frieze representing scenes from the Trojan War. 525 b.C. Delphi Archaeological Museum.
  • Treasury of Siphnos East Frieze representing scenes from the Trojan War. 525 b.C. .From Left: Aris, Afrodite, Artemis. Delphi Archaeological Museum.
  • Treasury of Siphnos. Detail of North Frieze depicting the battle between the gods and the Giants. 525 B.C. Delphi Archaeological Museum.
  • Large Sphinx of Naxos sitting on an Ionic column circa 560 B.C. Delphi Archaeological Museum.
  • "Charioteer of Delphi" 470 BC. The "Charioteer of Delphi" is one of the best known ancient Greek statues, and one of the best preserved examples of classical bronze casts. It is considered a fine example of the "Severe" style. Delphi Archaeological Museum.
  • "Charioteer of Delphi" 470 BC. The "Charioteer of Delphi" is one of the best known ancient Greek statues, and one of the best preserved examples of classical bronze casts. It is considered a fine example of the "Severe" style. Delphi Archaeological Museum.
  • Kouros Statues of the Archaic Period. Early 6th c. B.C. (circa 580 B.C.) Known as Kleovis and Biton, the two boys who heroically pulled their mother on her chariot to the sanctuary where she was to worship. They pulled the chariot for a distance of about 8km. They died the same night peacefully in their sleep according to Herodotus. Delphi Archaeological Museum.
  • Statue of Hagias the athlete, and this is a marble copy of a bronze statue made by Lysippos in 340 BC. Delphi Archaeological Museum.
  • The omphalos (center) of the earth. This sacred object was located in the Adyton of the Temple of Apollo, and was viewed only by the priests and priestess who had access to the chamber. Delphi Archaeological Museum.
  • Delphi theatre freize which decorated the proscenium depicting scenes from the Labours of Heracles in the garden of the Hesperides showing a centaur. Classicist 1st centurt AD provincial art. Delphi Archaeological Museum.
  • Large Sphinx of Naxos sitting on an Ionic column circa 560 B.C. Delphi Archaeological Museum.
  • White Ground Kylix from a tomb in Delphi. Athenian 480-470 BC. Apollo depicted crowned in Myrtle Leaves, seated on a stool, with lion claw feet, dressed in a white peoples. In his left hand he has a liar and with his right hand he pours a libation from a naval-phiale. The Crow recalls his mythical love for the beautiful Aigle-Koroni, daughter of King Phlegyas. Delphi Archaeological museum.
  • Treasury of Siphnos East Frieze representing scenes from the Trojan War. 525 b.C. .From Left: Aris, Afrodite, Artemis. Delphi Archaeological Museum.
  • Hercules from the metope of hte Treasury of the Athenians, Delphi Archaeological Museum
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Delphi Museum Pictures, Images & Photos. Ancient Greece

Pictures from Delphi Archaeological museum with images & photos of the ancient artifacts that were found in Delphi, Greece.

The Charioteer of Delphi, also known as Heniokhos (the rein-holder), is one of the best-known statues surviving from Ancient Greece, and is considered one of the finest examples of ancient bronze statues. The life-size statue of a chariot driver was found in 1896 at the Sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi. The statue was erected at Delphi in 474 BC, to...
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