Ancient Greece

49 artifacts · 800 BCE – 100 BCE · people (17) · architecture (14) · battle (11) · artifact (7)

A cradle of civilization, Ancient Greece laid the foundations of democracy, philosophy, and the arts, forever influencing Western culture. Discover the triumphs and tragedies of its city-states through artifacts that illuminate the lives of iconic figures, monumental architecture, and the epic battles that defined an era.

The Collection

• Delphi — 800 BCE · architecture
• Homer — 800 BC · people
• Pythagoras — 570 BCE · people
• Temple of Artemis at Ephesus — Ancient · architecture
• Leonidas I — 540 BCE · people
• Themistocles — 524 BCE · people
• Acropolis of Athens — 500 BCE · architecture
• Temple of Aphaia — 500 BCE · architecture
• Ancient Agora of Athens — 500 BCE · architecture
• Pericles — 495 BCE · people
• Battle of Marathon — 490 BCE · battle
• Herodotus — 484 BCE · people
• Battle of Thermopylae — 480 BCE · battle
• Battle of Salamis — 480 BCE · battle
• Phidias — 480 BCE · people
• Battle of Plataea — 479 BCE · battle
• Socrates — 470 BCE · people
• Temple of Zeus at Olympia — Classical · architecture
• Thucydides — 460 BCE · people
• Hippocrates — 460 BCE · people
• Riace bronzes — 460 BCE · artifact
• Discobolus — 450 BCE · artifact
• Temple of Hephaestus — 449 BCE · architecture
• Parthenon — 447 BCE · architecture
• Temple of Poseidon, Sounion — 440 BCE · architecture
• Elgin Marbles — 438 BCE · artifact
• Propylaea — Classical · architecture
• Plato — 428 BCE · people
• Erechtheion — 421 BCE · architecture
• Epaminondas — 418 BCE · people
• Siege of Syracuse — 415 BCE · battle
• Battle of Aegospotami — 405 BCE · battle
• Aristotle — 384 BCE · people
• Demosthenes — 384 BCE · people
• Philip II of Macedon — 382 BCE · people
• Battle of Leuctra — 371 BCE · battle
• Aphrodite of Knidos — 364 BCE · artifact
• Alexander the Great — 356 BCE · people
• Mausoleum at Halicarnassus — 350 BCE · architecture
• Theatre of Epidaurus — Classical · architecture
• Battle of Chaeronea — 338 BCE · battle
• Battle of the Granicus — Classical · battle
• Battle of Issus — 333 BCE · battle
• Archimedes — 287 BCE · people
• Colossus of Rhodes — 280 BCE · architecture
• Battle of Cynoscephalae — 197 BCE · battle
• Winged Victory of Samothrace — 190 BCE · artifact
• Venus de Milo — 130 BCE · artifact
• Antikythera mechanism — 100 BCE · artifact