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Ptolemy and Euclid, Ancient Greek Scholars Stock Photo

RMHRNTHN–Ptolemy and Euclid, Ancient Greek Scholars

Scholars in ancient Greece listening to a lecture by Homer. Homer, c.900 BC - c.850 BC. Ancient Greek poet. From Ilustracion Artistica, published 1887. Stock Photo

RMRYF58K–Scholars in ancient Greece listening to a lecture by Homer. Homer, c.900 BC - c.850 BC. Ancient Greek poet. From Ilustracion Artistica, published 1887.

Strabo, Ancient Greek Historian Stock Photo

RM2BDYMP6–Strabo, Ancient Greek Historian

The School of Athens. The work shows the greatest academics from all disciplines and eras of the ancient world gathered together under one roof. After a 19th century engraving by English artist Albert Henry Payne from a fresco by Raphael. Stock Photo

RM2D6TKRF–The School of Athens. The work shows the greatest academics from all disciplines and eras of the ancient world gathered together under one roof. After a 19th century engraving by English artist Albert Henry Payne from a fresco by Raphael.

RMHRP780–Strabo, Ancient Greek Historian

Posidonius of Apameia, 135 - 51 BC, Greek philosopher and author / writer, portrait, bust, 1st century BC, Naples, Stock Photo

RMDB152F–Posidonius of Apameia, 135 - 51 BC, Greek philosopher and author / writer, portrait, bust, 1st century BC, Naples,

A late 19th Century illustration of Socrates (470–399 BC), a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as a founder of Western philosophy and the first moral philosopher of the ethical tradition of thought with friends before his trial in 399 BC. He went on trial for corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens, worshipping false gods and not worshipping the state religion. He was found guilty by a majority vote cast by a jury of hundreds of male Athenian citizens and sentenced to death. Stock Photo

RM2H24GC4–A late 19th Century illustration of Socrates (470–399 BC), a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as a founder of Western philosophy and the first moral philosopher of the ethical tradition of thought with friends before his trial in 399 BC. He went on trial for corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens, worshipping false gods and not worshipping the state religion. He was found guilty by a majority vote cast by a jury of hundreds of male Athenian citizens and sentenced to death.

Classical portrait of Alcaeus of Mytilene 6th century BC, Ancient Greek lyric poet who supposedly invented the Alcaic verse. Stock Photo

RMC4ED7R–Classical portrait of Alcaeus of Mytilene 6th century BC, Ancient Greek lyric poet who supposedly invented the Alcaic verse.

Scholars using the great library of Alexandria Egypt circa 200 BC. Hand-colored halftone of an illustration Stock Photo

RMA8FETA–Scholars using the great library of Alexandria Egypt circa 200 BC. Hand-colored halftone of an illustration

The Library in Alexandria Founded c.331 BC by Alexander the Great. Originally a small Ancient Egyptian town, it became an important center of Greek until the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641, Stock Photo

RMG10K3W–The Library in Alexandria Founded c.331 BC by Alexander the Great. Originally a small Ancient Egyptian town, it became an important center of Greek until the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641,

The Venus de Milo (Greek: Αφροδίτη της Μήλου, Aphroditi tis Milou) is an ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture. Initially it was attributed to the sculptor Praxiteles, but based on an inscription that was on its plinth, the statue is now thought to be the work of Alexandros of Antioch.Created sometime between 130 and 100 BC, the statue is believed to depict Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty. However, some scholars claim it is the sea-goddess Amphitrite, venerated on Milos.[1] It is a marble sculpture, slightly larger than life size at 20 Stock Photo

RMWH6X1B–The Venus de Milo (Greek: Αφροδίτη της Μήλου, Aphroditi tis Milou) is an ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture. Initially it was attributed to the sculptor Praxiteles, but based on an inscription that was on its plinth, the statue is now thought to be the work of Alexandros of Antioch.Created sometime between 130 and 100 BC, the statue is believed to depict Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty. However, some scholars claim it is the sea-goddess Amphitrite, venerated on Milos.[1] It is a marble sculpture, slightly larger than life size at 20

Pindar, c. 522-443 BC, an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes Stock Photo

RMJ7JGC3–Pindar, c. 522-443 BC, an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes

Plutarch of Chaironea, circa 45 - circa 125, Greek historian, half length, woodcut by Michael Wolgemut or Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, chronicle of Hartmann Schedel, Nuremberg, 1493, Artist's Copyright has not to be cleared Stock Photo

RMG5WGB7–Plutarch of Chaironea, circa 45 - circa 125, Greek historian, half length, woodcut by Michael Wolgemut or Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, chronicle of Hartmann Schedel, Nuremberg, 1493, Artist's Copyright has not to be cleared

Homer Greek Greece Odyssey Iliad poet Stock Photo

RMA70RW0–Homer Greek Greece Odyssey Iliad poet

. English: An exceptional 1650 map of the world as it was known to the ancients by Jan Janssonius. Such maps, which filled in contemporary geography with ancient place names, were popular in the post-Renaissance period. Scholars digging through rediscovered Greek and Roman texts needed a geographical reference point for the numerous place names that peppered these works. Such maps began appearing in 16t century. This particular example is a significant reworking of an earlier chart by A. Ortelius. It covers Europe, western Asia, and Northern Africa as well as significant, though blank, portio Stock Photo

RMMMNFDH–. English: An exceptional 1650 map of the world as it was known to the ancients by Jan Janssonius. Such maps, which filled in contemporary geography with ancient place names, were popular in the post-Renaissance period. Scholars digging through rediscovered Greek and Roman texts needed a geographical reference point for the numerous place names that peppered these works. Such maps began appearing in 16t century. This particular example is a significant reworking of an earlier chart by A. Ortelius. It covers Europe, western Asia, and Northern Africa as well as significant, though blank, portio

Migration of Byzantine scholars, Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici, 15th century, Florence, Italy, Europe Stock Photo

RMGDHBDG–Migration of Byzantine scholars, Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici, 15th century, Florence, Italy, Europe

'The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Arts' is a Chinese mathematics book, composed by several generations of scholars from the 10th–2nd century BCE, its latest stage being from the 2nd century CE. This book is one of the earliest surviving mathematical texts from China. It lays out an approach to mathematics that centres on finding the most general methods of solving problems, which may be contrasted with the approach common to ancient Greek mathematicians, who tended to deduce propositions from an initial set of axioms. Entries in the book usually take the form of a statement of a proble Stock Photo

RM2B0351J–'The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Arts' is a Chinese mathematics book, composed by several generations of scholars from the 10th–2nd century BCE, its latest stage being from the 2nd century CE. This book is one of the earliest surviving mathematical texts from China. It lays out an approach to mathematics that centres on finding the most general methods of solving problems, which may be contrasted with the approach common to ancient Greek mathematicians, who tended to deduce propositions from an initial set of axioms. Entries in the book usually take the form of a statement of a proble

Hero demonstrating his aeolipile in front of the scholars of the school of Alexandria. An aeolipile aka aeolipyle, eolipile, or Heron's engine, is a simple bladeless radial steam turbine which spins when the central water container is heated. Hero of Alexandria, aka Heron of Alexandria; c. 10 AD – c. 70 AD. Greek mathematician and engineer. From Les Merveilles de la Science, published 1870. Stock Photo

RMJPN30W–Hero demonstrating his aeolipile in front of the scholars of the school of Alexandria. An aeolipile aka aeolipyle, eolipile, or Heron's engine, is a simple bladeless radial steam turbine which spins when the central water container is heated. Hero of Alexandria, aka Heron of Alexandria; c. 10 AD – c. 70 AD. Greek mathematician and engineer. From Les Merveilles de la Science, published 1870.

Terracotta lydion (perfume jar). Culture: Lydian. Dimensions: H.: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm). Date: 6th century B.C.. Because large numbers of such perfume jars have been found in Lydia, modern scholars have called the shape a lydion. It was locally made in other regions of the ancient Mediterranean, notably Athens. The significant aspect of these vases was certainly the contents. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Stock Photo

RMPAMC4E–Terracotta lydion (perfume jar). Culture: Lydian. Dimensions: H.: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm). Date: 6th century B.C.. Because large numbers of such perfume jars have been found in Lydia, modern scholars have called the shape a lydion. It was locally made in other regions of the ancient Mediterranean, notably Athens. The significant aspect of these vases was certainly the contents. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Artemision Bronze in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens (often called the God from the Sea) is an ancient Greek sculpture that was recovered from the sea off Cape Artemision, in northern Euboea, Greece. According to most scholars, the bronze represents Zeus, the thunder-god and king of gods, though it has also been suggested it might represent Poseidon. Stock Photo

RM2XPJ1F7–The Artemision Bronze in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens (often called the God from the Sea) is an ancient Greek sculpture that was recovered from the sea off Cape Artemision, in northern Euboea, Greece. According to most scholars, the bronze represents Zeus, the thunder-god and king of gods, though it has also been suggested it might represent Poseidon.

Ancient science Hall of fame. The seven wise men of Greece or the dawn of science Opening page from La ciencia y sus hombres : vidas de los sabios ilustres desde la antigüedad hasta el siglo XIX T. 1 [Science and it's people Vol 1] by Luis Figuier ; traducción de la tercera edición francesa por Pelegrin Casabó y Pagés ; ilustrada por Armet, Gomez, Martí y Alsina, Planella, Puiggarí, Serra, Printed in Barcelona in 1879 Stock Photo

RM2BC61TX–Ancient science Hall of fame. The seven wise men of Greece or the dawn of science Opening page from La ciencia y sus hombres : vidas de los sabios ilustres desde la antigüedad hasta el siglo XIX T. 1 [Science and it's people Vol 1] by Luis Figuier ; traducción de la tercera edición francesa por Pelegrin Casabó y Pagés ; ilustrada por Armet, Gomez, Martí y Alsina, Planella, Puiggarí, Serra, Printed in Barcelona in 1879

Nizami Ganjavi - The Seventy Greek Scholars Struck Dead by the Curse of Hermes - Walters W610338B - Full Page Stock Photo

RMKJ11MR–Nizami Ganjavi - The Seventy Greek Scholars Struck Dead by the Curse of Hermes - Walters W610338B - Full Page

Ancient Roman. Statue of Meleager. 1 AD–199 AD. Roman Empire. Marble The statue depicts the legendary Greek hunter Meleager, who earned his fame by killing a ferocious boar that terrorized the people of Calydon. About forty Roman sculptural representations of Meleager survive, leading scholars to conclude that there was likely an earlier Greek statue on which they are based, presumably by the architect and sculptor Skopas of Paros, who incorporated a marble relief depicting the Calydonian boar hunt on one of his buildings. However, none of the ancient authors who wrote about Greek sculpture me Stock Photo

RM2AHRP9Y–Ancient Roman. Statue of Meleager. 1 AD–199 AD. Roman Empire. Marble The statue depicts the legendary Greek hunter Meleager, who earned his fame by killing a ferocious boar that terrorized the people of Calydon. About forty Roman sculptural representations of Meleager survive, leading scholars to conclude that there was likely an earlier Greek statue on which they are based, presumably by the architect and sculptor Skopas of Paros, who incorporated a marble relief depicting the Calydonian boar hunt on one of his buildings. However, none of the ancient authors who wrote about Greek sculpture me

RMHRNWC2–Strabo, Ancient Greek Historian

The British Museum, London, UK. 11 October 2022. Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt explores the inscriptions and objects that helped scholars unlock one of the world’s oldest civilisations, exactly 200 years since this pivotal moment. The discovery of the Rosetta Stone (pictured) in 1799, with its decree written in hieroglyphs, demotic and the known language of ancient Greek, provided the key to decoding hieroglyphs in 1822. Credit: Malcolm Park/Alamy Live News Stock Photo

RM2K616M4–The British Museum, London, UK. 11 October 2022. Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt explores the inscriptions and objects that helped scholars unlock one of the world’s oldest civilisations, exactly 200 years since this pivotal moment. The discovery of the Rosetta Stone (pictured) in 1799, with its decree written in hieroglyphs, demotic and the known language of ancient Greek, provided the key to decoding hieroglyphs in 1822. Credit: Malcolm Park/Alamy Live News

Print made by Charles Turner, 1774â€“1857, British, The Dilettanti Society, between 1800 and 1820. Mezzotint (proof before titles) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper. The Society of Dilettanti (founded 1734), society of noblemen and scholars which sponsors the study of ancient Greek and Roman art, and the creation of new work in the style Stock Photo

RM2E42D1W–Print made by Charles Turner, 1774â€“1857, British, The Dilettanti Society, between 1800 and 1820. Mezzotint (proof before titles) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper. The Society of Dilettanti (founded 1734), society of noblemen and scholars which sponsors the study of ancient Greek and Roman art, and the creation of new work in the style

The romance and legend of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was recounted endlessly in Islamic art and literature from Southern Russia to the gates of India, often under the name of Iskandar. Alexander talking to wise men and scholars. After a Persian manuscript. Stock Photo

RMD96CGP–The romance and legend of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was recounted endlessly in Islamic art and literature from Southern Russia to the gates of India, often under the name of Iskandar. Alexander talking to wise men and scholars. After a Persian manuscript.

[Cornelius Conway Felton with His Hat and Coat] early 1850s John Adams Whipple American This rare daguerreotype diptych shows Cornelius Conway Felton (1807–1862), Eliot Professor of Greek Literature at Harvard University, reaching for his felt hat and duster. The first son of a poverty-stricken furniture maker, Felton became one of the most renowned classical scholars in the country and, in 1860, Harvard's president. Although Felton donned academic robes, he never lost his connection to the everyday experiences of common folk. He preferred scaling ancient ruins to suffering the ennui of Cambri Stock Photo

RM2HJ4HBB–[Cornelius Conway Felton with His Hat and Coat] early 1850s John Adams Whipple American This rare daguerreotype diptych shows Cornelius Conway Felton (1807–1862), Eliot Professor of Greek Literature at Harvard University, reaching for his felt hat and duster. The first son of a poverty-stricken furniture maker, Felton became one of the most renowned classical scholars in the country and, in 1860, Harvard's president. Although Felton donned academic robes, he never lost his connection to the everyday experiences of common folk. He preferred scaling ancient ruins to suffering the ennui of Cambri

aerial view of Apollonia archaeological site in Albania, a renowned intellectual center, attracted famous philosophers and scholars. Apollonia is an Stock Photo

RF2RF8MXY–aerial view of Apollonia archaeological site in Albania, a renowned intellectual center, attracted famous philosophers and scholars. Apollonia is an

RMWH6X30–The Venus de Milo (Greek: Αφροδίτη της Μήλου, Aphroditi tis Milou) is an ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture. Initially it was attributed to the sculptor Praxiteles, but based on an inscription that was on its plinth, the statue is now thought to be the work of Alexandros of Antioch.Created sometime between 130 and 100 BC, the statue is believed to depict Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty. However, some scholars claim it is the sea-goddess Amphitrite, venerated on Milos.[1] It is a marble sculpture, slightly larger than life size at 20

Portrait of a thin-faced, bearded man A.D. 160–180 Roman Period The term encaustic designates painting in which beeswax is mixed with pigments. The technique was first used by Greek painters of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. Ancient descriptions are difficult to interpret, and Egyptian mummy portraits--the only works in the medium surviving from antiquity--have not yet been analyzed extensively. Therefore, many questions concerning the details of the techniques used by mummy-portrait painters remain open, although the work of a few scholars and modern artists who paint in encaustic has pr Stock Photo

RM2HH8AR8–Portrait of a thin-faced, bearded man A.D. 160–180 Roman Period The term encaustic designates painting in which beeswax is mixed with pigments. The technique was first used by Greek painters of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. Ancient descriptions are difficult to interpret, and Egyptian mummy portraits--the only works in the medium surviving from antiquity--have not yet been analyzed extensively. Therefore, many questions concerning the details of the techniques used by mummy-portrait painters remain open, although the work of a few scholars and modern artists who paint in encaustic has pr

Posidonius of Apameia, 135 - 51 BC, Greek philosopher and author / writer, half length, woodcut by Michael Wolgemut or Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, chronicle of Hartmann Schedel, Nuremberg, 1493, Artist's Copyright has not to be cleared Stock Photo

RMG5WGB5–Posidonius of Apameia, 135 - 51 BC, Greek philosopher and author / writer, half length, woodcut by Michael Wolgemut or Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, chronicle of Hartmann Schedel, Nuremberg, 1493, Artist's Copyright has not to be cleared

Black-Figure Kotyle (Drinking Cup): Animal Friezes, 600s-500s BC, with modern painting and incision. Attributed to Shoe Lane Painter (Greek, early-mid 1900s). Ceramic; overall: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.). This vessel began as an authentic drinking cup in the ancient Greek city of Corinth. Originally bearing no figural decoration, it was given new handles and animal friezes in a style recalling that of ancient Corinthian artists. The modern decorator was prolific enough that scholars have recognized their hand, coining the name “Shoe Lane Painter” after a street in Athens where many such vases were so Stock Photo

RM2H10BG7–Black-Figure Kotyle (Drinking Cup): Animal Friezes, 600s-500s BC, with modern painting and incision. Attributed to Shoe Lane Painter (Greek, early-mid 1900s). Ceramic; overall: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.). This vessel began as an authentic drinking cup in the ancient Greek city of Corinth. Originally bearing no figural decoration, it was given new handles and animal friezes in a style recalling that of ancient Corinthian artists. The modern decorator was prolific enough that scholars have recognized their hand, coining the name “Shoe Lane Painter” after a street in Athens where many such vases were so

Aisopos, circa 500 BC, Greek author / writer, to 'De remidiis utriusque fortunae' by Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), book illustration by Petrarca Master, Augsburg, early 16th century, private collection, , Stock Photo

RMCR7674–Aisopos, circa 500 BC, Greek author / writer, to 'De remidiis utriusque fortunae' by Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), book illustration by Petrarca Master, Augsburg, early 16th century, private collection, ,

RF2H3C2J7–Xenophanes of Colophon

RM2B0351H–'The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Arts' is a Chinese mathematics book, composed by several generations of scholars from the 10th–2nd century BCE, its latest stage being from the 2nd century CE. This book is one of the earliest surviving mathematical texts from China. It lays out an approach to mathematics that centres on finding the most general methods of solving problems, which may be contrasted with the approach common to ancient Greek mathematicians, who tended to deduce propositions from an initial set of axioms. Entries in the book usually take the form of a statement of a proble

christ lepper healing powers street public heal saving god religion bible deliver us from evil Translations and scholars are div Stock Photo

RMB92HGH–christ lepper healing powers street public heal saving god religion bible deliver us from evil Translations and scholars are div

Marble head of a bearded man. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H. 12 3/16 in. (31 cm). Date: 2nd century A.D.. Copy of a Greek statue of the 4th century B.C. Since eight other Roman copies of this Greek portrait type are known, it probably represents a famous figure. Although there is no evidence for identification, some scholars have suggested that the original statue portrayed the Athenian lawgiver Solon, one of the Seven Sages famed in antiquity for practical wisdom. This head is one of the most sensitive and crisp likenesses in the Metropolitan's collection of Roman copies of Greek portraits Stock Photo

RMPAP046–Marble head of a bearded man. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H. 12 3/16 in. (31 cm). Date: 2nd century A.D.. Copy of a Greek statue of the 4th century B.C. Since eight other Roman copies of this Greek portrait type are known, it probably represents a famous figure. Although there is no evidence for identification, some scholars have suggested that the original statue portrayed the Athenian lawgiver Solon, one of the Seven Sages famed in antiquity for practical wisdom. This head is one of the most sensitive and crisp likenesses in the Metropolitan's collection of Roman copies of Greek portraits

RM2XPJ1F3–The Artemision Bronze in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens (often called the God from the Sea) is an ancient Greek sculpture that was recovered from the sea off Cape Artemision, in northern Euboea, Greece. According to most scholars, the bronze represents Zeus, the thunder-god and king of gods, though it has also been suggested it might represent Poseidon.

RM2BC622Y–Ancient science Hall of fame. The seven wise men of Greece or the dawn of science Opening page from La ciencia y sus hombres : vidas de los sabios ilustres desde la antigüedad hasta el siglo XIX T. 1 [Science and it's people Vol 1] by Luis Figuier ; traducción de la tercera edición francesa por Pelegrin Casabó y Pagés ; ilustrada por Armet, Gomez, Martí y Alsina, Planella, Puiggarí, Serra, Printed in Barcelona in 1879

Nizami Ganjavi - Hermes, in Front of Alexander the Great, and the Greek Scholars who Disagreed with Him - Walters W612345B - Full Page Stock Photo

RMKJ11MA–Nizami Ganjavi - Hermes, in Front of Alexander the Great, and the Greek Scholars who Disagreed with Him - Walters W612345B - Full Page

Dragon-Handled Amphora. 618 AD–907 AD. China. Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes Many scholars suggest that this distinctive Tang form may have been inspired by earlier, Hellenistic ceramic and glass vessels deriving from the Greek amphora. If so, Chinese artisans thoroughly transformed that ancient shape They created a high-shouldered silhouette with a slender neck, which is gracefully framed by curved handles, whose dragon heads bite the cupped mouth-rim in their open jaws.This vessel displays a fluid three-color glaze, named after the archetypical combination of bright green, Stock Photo

RM2AHP47Y–Dragon-Handled Amphora. 618 AD–907 AD. China. Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes Many scholars suggest that this distinctive Tang form may have been inspired by earlier, Hellenistic ceramic and glass vessels deriving from the Greek amphora. If so, Chinese artisans thoroughly transformed that ancient shape They created a high-shouldered silhouette with a slender neck, which is gracefully framed by curved handles, whose dragon heads bite the cupped mouth-rim in their open jaws.This vessel displays a fluid three-color glaze, named after the archetypical combination of bright green,

Euripides (480 - 406 BC) was a tragedian of classical Athens. He is one of the three whose plays have survived, with the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed 95 plays to him. Of these, 18 or 19 have survived more or le Stock Photo

RMG16EYH–Euripides (480 - 406 BC) was a tragedian of classical Athens. He is one of the three whose plays have survived, with the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed 95 plays to him. Of these, 18 or 19 have survived more or le

RM2K616PW–The British Museum, London, UK. 11 October 2022. Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt explores the inscriptions and objects that helped scholars unlock one of the world’s oldest civilisations, exactly 200 years since this pivotal moment. The discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799, with its decree written in hieroglyphs, demotic and the known language of ancient Greek, provided the key to decoding hieroglyphs in 1822. Credit: Malcolm Park/Alamy Live News

Sol in his chariot, riding across the heavens. Sol was the solar deity in Ancient Roman religion. It was long thought that Rome actually had two different, consecutive sun gods. The first, Sol Indiges, was thought to have been unimportant, disappearing altogether at an early period. Only in the late Roman Empire, scholars argued, did solar cult re-appear with the arrival in Rome of the Syrian Sol Invictus, perhaps under the influence of the Mithraic mysteries. Stock Photo

RMT95205–Sol in his chariot, riding across the heavens. Sol was the solar deity in Ancient Roman religion. It was long thought that Rome actually had two different, consecutive sun gods. The first, Sol Indiges, was thought to have been unimportant, disappearing altogether at an early period. Only in the late Roman Empire, scholars argued, did solar cult re-appear with the arrival in Rome of the Syrian Sol Invictus, perhaps under the influence of the Mithraic mysteries.

A history of the ancient world, for high schools and academies . An Alexandrian Greek TYPICAL GREEK HEADS Alexander as a Statesman 219 revealed in the full accounts of the battles he fought and Histhe campaigns he carried through to success. He was the ^^^l^^mightiest conqueror the world had ever seen. But it hasbeen reserved for modern scholars to emphasize the mostsplendid and enduring elements of his career: his genius fororganization, his statesmanship, his far-reaching plans of His states-government and administration. Like all his great pre- ™^^p-decessors in the field of arms, he was no Stock Photo

RM2AX6T3K–A history of the ancient world, for high schools and academies . An Alexandrian Greek TYPICAL GREEK HEADS Alexander as a Statesman 219 revealed in the full accounts of the battles he fought and Histhe campaigns he carried through to success. He was the ^^^l^^mightiest conqueror the world had ever seen. But it hasbeen reserved for modern scholars to emphasize the mostsplendid and enduring elements of his career: his genius fororganization, his statesmanship, his far-reaching plans of His states-government and administration. Like all his great pre- ™^^p-decessors in the field of arms, he was no

Bust in the Guildford Library, added to Wroxton Abbey by the 5th Earl of Guilford in the early 1800s. Stock Photo

RMDXXHCR–Bust in the Guildford Library, added to Wroxton Abbey by the 5th Earl of Guilford in the early 1800s.

Octagonal Three-tiered Food Box (Bajiao Sanceng He) with Flowers and Cartouches Showing Scholars in Landscapes 82.207a-c Stock Photo

RMDM80BY–Octagonal Three-tiered Food Box (Bajiao Sanceng He) with Flowers and Cartouches Showing Scholars in Landscapes 82.207a-c

Monastery Xenophon Mount Athos Greece Stock Photo

RMAHF8EF–Monastery Xenophon Mount Athos Greece

Statue usually identified as Plato at The Academy in Athens but thought by some to be Socrates Stock Photo

RMAPRHF5–Statue usually identified as Plato at The Academy in Athens but thought by some to be Socrates

Terracotta lydion (perfume jar). Culture: Lydian. Dimensions: H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm). Date: 6th century B.C.. Great numbers of these jars have been found at Sardis as well as around the Mediterranean. Because they seem to have been a specialty of Lydia, modern scholars call this type of vase a lydion. Such jars probably contained baccaris, a perfume for which Sardis was noted in antiquity. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Stock Photo

RMPAKWRP–Terracotta lydion (perfume jar). Culture: Lydian. Dimensions: H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm). Date: 6th century B.C.. Great numbers of these jars have been found at Sardis as well as around the Mediterranean. Because they seem to have been a specialty of Lydia, modern scholars call this type of vase a lydion. Such jars probably contained baccaris, a perfume for which Sardis was noted in antiquity. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Muhammad Musá al-Mudhahhib - Hermes Debates with 70 Greek Scholars - Walters W606333B - Full Page Stock Photo

RMKYBG6Y–Muhammad Musá al-Mudhahhib - Hermes Debates with 70 Greek Scholars - Walters W606333B - Full Page

RM2K616PN–The British Museum, London, UK. 11 October 2022. Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt explores the inscriptions and objects that helped scholars unlock one of the world’s oldest civilisations, exactly 200 years since this pivotal moment. The discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799, with its decree written in hieroglyphs, demotic and the known language of ancient Greek, provided the key to decoding hieroglyphs in 1822. Credit: Malcolm Park/Alamy Live News

RMT95204–Sol in his chariot, riding across the heavens. Sol was the solar deity in Ancient Roman religion. It was long thought that Rome actually had two different, consecutive sun gods. The first, Sol Indiges, was thought to have been unimportant, disappearing altogether at an early period. Only in the late Roman Empire, scholars argued, did solar cult re-appear with the arrival in Rome of the Syrian Sol Invictus, perhaps under the influence of the Mithraic mysteries.

The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . §331] PEOPLBB OF ITALY 303 expelled them from the Po valley. Thus they had becomerestricted to the central district, Etruria, just across the Tiberfrom the Latins. The Etruscans remained, however, the most civilized peoplein Italy until the Greek settlements began. They were mightyand skillful builders, as their many interesting ruins show.They had a system of writing, and have left multitudes of. Etruscan Tombs at Orvieto. inscriptions, in a language to which scholars can find no key.They became celebrated early for their w^ork in bronze Stock Photo

RM2AN78AJ–The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . §331] PEOPLBB OF ITALY 303 expelled them from the Po valley. Thus they had becomerestricted to the central district, Etruria, just across the Tiberfrom the Latins. The Etruscans remained, however, the most civilized peoplein Italy until the Greek settlements began. They were mightyand skillful builders, as their many interesting ruins show.They had a system of writing, and have left multitudes of. Etruscan Tombs at Orvieto. inscriptions, in a language to which scholars can find no key.They became celebrated early for their w^ork in bronze

RMAPRHF9–Statue usually identified as Plato at The Academy in Athens but thought by some to be Socrates

RM2K616N3–The British Museum, London, UK. 11 October 2022. Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt explores the inscriptions and objects that helped scholars unlock one of the world’s oldest civilisations, exactly 200 years since this pivotal moment. The discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799, with its decree written in hieroglyphs, demotic and the known language of ancient Greek, provided the key to decoding hieroglyphs in 1822. Credit: Malcolm Park/Alamy Live News

The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . Etruscan Tombs at Orvieto. inscriptions, in a language to which scholars can find no key.They became celebrated early for their w^ork in bronze andiron, and they were the first people in Italy to engage in com-merce. But before they sent out trading ships themselves,they welcomed those of the Phoenicians, and perhaps those ofthe Cretans. Their early tombs contain many articles of Egyp-tian and Phoenician and early Greek workmanship, broughtthem by these early traders, who doubtless taught them manyarts. The Etruscans, in turn, were Romes f Stock Photo

RM2AN77D3–The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . Etruscan Tombs at Orvieto. inscriptions, in a language to which scholars can find no key.They became celebrated early for their w^ork in bronze andiron, and they were the first people in Italy to engage in com-merce. But before they sent out trading ships themselves,they welcomed those of the Phoenicians, and perhaps those ofthe Cretans. Their early tombs contain many articles of Egyp-tian and Phoenician and early Greek workmanship, broughtthem by these early traders, who doubtless taught them manyarts. The Etruscans, in turn, were Romes f

RMAPRHF1–Statue usually identified as Plato at The Academy in Athens but thought by some to be Socrates

RM2K616KX–The British Museum, London, UK. 11 October 2022. Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt explores the inscriptions and objects that helped scholars unlock one of the world’s oldest civilisations, exactly 200 years since this pivotal moment. The discovery of the Rosetta Stone (pictured) in 1799, with its decree written in hieroglyphs, demotic and the known language of ancient Greek, provided the key to decoding hieroglyphs in 1822. Credit: Malcolm Park/Alamy Live News

Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . Greek History is a scholarly workwritten in a popular style. His workson Olympia and other ancient cities areaddressed rather to scholars than to thegeneral public. He died July 11, 1896. CURTIUS, MARCUS, a Roman hfiro,who devoted himself to the infernal godsfor the safety of his country. Accordingto the legend, a wide chasm having sud-denly appeared in the Forum, the oracledeclared that it never would close untilRome threw into it its most precious pos-sessions. Thereupon Stock Photo

RM2AX494C–Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . Greek History is a scholarly workwritten in a popular style. His workson Olympia and other ancient cities areaddressed rather to scholars than to thegeneral public. He died July 11, 1896. CURTIUS, MARCUS, a Roman hfiro,who devoted himself to the infernal godsfor the safety of his country. Accordingto the legend, a wide chasm having sud-denly appeared in the Forum, the oracledeclared that it never would close untilRome threw into it its most precious pos-sessions. Thereupon

RM2K616PR–The British Museum, London, UK. 11 October 2022. Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt explores the inscriptions and objects that helped scholars unlock one of the world’s oldest civilisations, exactly 200 years since this pivotal moment. The discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799, with its decree written in hieroglyphs, demotic and the known language of ancient Greek, provided the key to decoding hieroglyphs in 1822. Credit: Malcolm Park/Alamy Live News

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RM2AN210K–The Apocalypse of StJohn, the Greek text; with introduction, notes and indices . Elder), ?? ????? ?????? ??? ??????, ??? ?? ???????? ????????? ??????? ???????????????????. 4• Perhaps no conjecture hazarded by an ancient writer hasbeen so widely adopted in modern times. A conjecture it stillremains, for no fresh light has been thrown on the enigmaticfigure of John the Elder. But this circumstance has not pre-vented scholars from confidently attributing to him one or moreof the. Johannine group of writings. Even in Jeromes time itwas usual to identify the Elder of 2 and 3 John with the secondJoh

RM2K616MA–The British Museum, London, UK. 11 October 2022. Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt explores the inscriptions and objects that helped scholars unlock one of the world’s oldest civilisations, exactly 200 years since this pivotal moment. The discovery of the Rosetta Stone (pictured) in 1799, with its decree written in hieroglyphs, demotic and the known language of ancient Greek, provided the key to decoding hieroglyphs in 1822. Credit: Malcolm Park/Alamy Live News

. Architecture, classic and early Christian . with the upper parts oftlie build Jig; and one roof covered the whole. This kindoFTiouse was generally tenanted by the poorer class oftradesmen and artiflcers. The other kind of house, thedomus, Avas a detached mansion. The excavations atPompeii have done much to elucidate a number of pointsin connection with Eoman dwellings which had been thesubject of much discussion by scholars, but we must nottoo hastily assume that the Pompeian houses are the exactcounterpart of those of ancient Eome, as Pompeii was .whatIiray be called a Eomano-Greek city. Th Stock Photo

RM2CE0KN3–. Architecture, classic and early Christian . with the upper parts oftlie build Jig; and one roof covered the whole. This kindoFTiouse was generally tenanted by the poorer class oftradesmen and artiflcers. The other kind of house, thedomus, Avas a detached mansion. The excavations atPompeii have done much to elucidate a number of pointsin connection with Eoman dwellings which had been thesubject of much discussion by scholars, but we must nottoo hastily assume that the Pompeian houses are the exactcounterpart of those of ancient Eome, as Pompeii was .whatIiray be called a Eomano-Greek city. Th

RM2K616PK–The British Museum, London, UK. 11 October 2022. Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt explores the inscriptions and objects that helped scholars unlock one of the world’s oldest civilisations, exactly 200 years since this pivotal moment. The discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799, with its decree written in hieroglyphs, demotic and the known language of ancient Greek, provided the key to decoding hieroglyphs in 1822. Image: Unfinished Stela depicting Userwer offering an appeal to the living, 1985-1795 BC, Egypt. Credit: Malcolm Park/Alamy Live News

. The Apocalypse of St. John : the Greek text with introduction, notes and indices. iepofji€vr]v Iwdvvov A7roKaAvi//tveupaKcvai. 4. Perhaps no conjecture hazarded by an ancient writer hasbeen so widely adopted in modern times. A conjecture it stillremains, for no fresh light has been thrown on the enigmaticfigure of John the Elder. But this circumstance has not pre-vented scholars from confidently attributing to him one or moreof the Johannine group of writings. Even in Jeromes time itwas usual to identify the Elder of 2 and 3 John with the secondJohn of Papias. Hieron. de virr. ill. 9 lohanni Stock Photo

RM2CF00T1–. The Apocalypse of St. John : the Greek text with introduction, notes and indices. iepofji€vr]v Iwdvvov A7roKaAvi//tveupaKcvai. 4. Perhaps no conjecture hazarded by an ancient writer hasbeen so widely adopted in modern times. A conjecture it stillremains, for no fresh light has been thrown on the enigmaticfigure of John the Elder. But this circumstance has not pre-vented scholars from confidently attributing to him one or moreof the Johannine group of writings. Even in Jeromes time itwas usual to identify the Elder of 2 and 3 John with the secondJohn of Papias. Hieron. de virr. ill. 9 lohanni

RM2K616KG–The British Museum, London, UK. 11 October 2022. Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt explores the inscriptions and objects that helped scholars unlock one of the world’s oldest civilisations, exactly 200 years since this pivotal moment. The discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799, with its decree written in hieroglyphs, demotic and the known language of ancient Greek, provided the key to decoding hieroglyphs in 1822. Image: Inscription from the temple of King Amenemhat II written in hieroglyphs. 1855-1808 BC, Hawara. British Museum collection. Credit: Malcolm Park/Alamy Live News.

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