Grave Monument for Athenokles

A slab of marble with two lines of Greek lettering at the top, and underneath, a relief of a man's head and shoulders in profile.
Date:
4th C BC
Image Credit:
American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Plinth for a Bust Dedicated by Kittos

A round marble base, with stumps broken off on the top and a single line of Greek lettering across the front face
Date:
4th C BC
Image Credit:
American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Columnar Grave Monument for Apollonios the Slave

A straight marble column with a relief of a loutrophoros on the side.
Date:
Late 4th C. BC. to Early 4th C. AD.
Image Credit:
American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Fragment of the ca. 335 Law Concerning the Lesser Panathenaia

Oblong fragment of marble with lines of Greek lettering
Date:
ca 335
Image Credit:
American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Base of an Altar of Zeus Ombrios

External stone platform, badly corroded and chipped, with a line of four Greek letters
Date:
ca 100 AD
Image Credit:
American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Law Stele with a Copy of an Anti-Tyranny Law of 337 BC

A large, long, rectabgular slab of marble, the top third of which depicts a man and woman, the rest of which contains lines of Greek lettering
Date:
337 BC
Image Credit:
American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Fragment of a Grave Monument from the Ancient Athenian Agora

A triangular fragment of Pentelic marble, the top half of which is decorated in an Acanthus motif and the bottom half of which has a fragment of a line of Greek Lettering
Date:
ca 1st c BC-1st c AD
Image Credit:
American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Black Kylix Base, Hobnails, and Eyelets from the House of Simon the Cobbler

A round, black, clay base of a drinking cup at center, surrounded by round bone eyelets strung on a leather string and iron hobnails
Date:
5th C BC
Image Credit:
American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Fragmentary list of Late 6th Century Athenian Archons

An irregularly shaped marble fragment containing fragments of six lines of Greek lettering
Date:
6th c. BC
Image Credit:
American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Inscribed Ancient Agora Boundary Stone

A tall, rectangular, rough-carved coarse marble stone, with a single line of Greek lettering along the top and right-hand side of the front face.
Date:
ca 500 BC
Image Credit:
American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Bronze Dikast Ticket with the Name of a Potential Juror

A thin metal strip punched with two lines of Greek lettering
Date:
4th century BC
Image Credit:
American School of Classical Studies at Athens

5th Century BC Silver Tetradrachm Depicting Athena

The front and backside of a small silver coin, the front side with the head of a woman, the back side with an owl.
Date:
ca 450-404 BC
Image Credit:
American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Two Ostraka for Xanthippos Arriphronos

Two small pottery fragments serving as Ostraka, the first with three rows of Greek text, the second with two rows of Greek text.
Date:
ca. 484 BC
Image Credit:
American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Vessel Fragment with Graffito of the Partial Greek Alphabet

An oblong fragment of a red clay vessel with two lines of Greek lettering.
Date:
6th c. BC
Image Credit:
American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Classical Greek: Aorist Active Participles λύω

Paradigm of the Aorist Active Participles for λύω
Subject:
Greek, Verbs, Participle

Common Verbs of the Greek 2nd Aorist

A list of Common Greek 2nd Aorist verbs with synopsis of the moods
Subject:
Greek, Verbs, Aorist System

Greek 2nd Aorist Middle Verbs: λείπω

Paradigm of the 2nd Aorist Middle of λείπω
Subject:
Greek, Verbs, Middle, Aorist System

Greek 2nd Aorist Active Verbs: λείπω

Paradigm of the 2nd Aortist Active of λείπω
Subject:
Greek, Verbs, Aorist System, Active

Athenian Drinking Cup Depicting a Symposium

An Athenian drinking cup depicting a symposium scene.
Date:
ca. 485 BC
Image Credit:
British Museum

Le Jupiter Olympien (The Olympian Jupiter)

A frontispiece with an imagined depiction of the statue of Zeus which once stood at Olympia.
Date:
1815
Image Credit:
Royal Academy of Art

Greek Contracted Vowel Stem Nouns ω-Declension

Paradigm of Greek Contracted Vowel Stem Nouns ω-Declension
Subject:
Ancient Greek, Vowel Stem, Contracted, Nouns, Ω- Declension

Greek Contracted Vowel Stem Adjectives ω-Declension

Paradigm of Greek Contracted Vowel Stem Adjectives ω-Declension
Subject:
Ancient Greek, Vowel Stem, Adjectives, Contracted, Ω- Declension

Babylonian Talent

metal lion
Date:
8th or 9th century
Image Credit:
British Museum

Laurentianus gr. 32.16-an image showing text relevant to line 145

220 r. of Plut.32.16
Agent:
PH
Date:
2024

Argonauts' voyage across Europe

The Argonauts' route. as they cross the waterways of Europe
Date:
2023/12/08
Image Credit:
RAH

Medea flees from Aietes' Palace by night

Medea flees from Aietes' Palace by night, escaping the attention of the guards.
Agent:
PH
Date:
01.12.23
Image Credit:
PH

Map of the Dingle with Brandon Creek and Mount Brandon (upper left)

a map of the Dingle Penninsula

map of Donegal with Donegal Bay and Rathlin O'Birne

map of Donegal with Donegal Bay and Rathlin O'Birne

map of Donegal, with Ballyshannon in the far south

a map of Donegal, showing Ballyshannon in the far south

a map of County Galway, showing Clonfert at the extreme east

a map of County Galway, with Clonfert near the eastern border

a map of the North Atlantic, with Iceland and the Faroes

a map of the North Atlantic, with Iceland and the Faroes

Velasquez: Saint Anthony the Great and Saint Paul the Anchorite

painting of the raven bringing bread to St. Paul and St. Antony
Date:
1634
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons
Subject:
Navigatio Brendani

The Moone High Cross

the High Cross at Moone, County Kildare
Date:
8th century AD
Image Credit:
William Turpin
Subject:
Navigatio Brendani

Paul and Antony and the loaf of bread; relief on the Moone High Cross

relief sculpture of a Paul the Hermit and Antony and the loaf of bread
Date:
8th century AD
Image Credit:
William Turpin
Subject:
Navigatio Brendani

Jusepe de Ribera: Saint Paul the Hermit

a painting of St. Paul the Hermit in his cave
Agent:
Ribera, Jusepe de, lo Spagnoletto
Date:
1640
Image Credit:
Museo del Prado
Subject:
Navigatio Brendani

an iceberg off the coast of Labrador

An iceberg in two sections
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons
Subject:
Navigatio Brendani

Map of North Atlantic with Rockall

map of the North Atlantic showing the location of Rockall
Image Credit:
Azhai

Rockall

The island of Rockall, with a patrol boat
Image Credit:
Irish Defence Forces
Subject:
Navigatio Brendani

Ouroboros door-knocker

a door knocker with an ouroboros around a lion's head
Image Credit:
Zarateman

Ouroboros in the Book of Kells

an illuminated page from the Book of Kells, with an ouroboros
Date:
800 AD
Subject:
Navigatio Brendani

Ouroboros from Ptuj, Slovenia

a stone relief sculpture of a dragon eating its tail
Date:
12th century AD
Image Credit:
Johann Jaritz

The Sargasso Sea

lines of sargassum in the Sargasso Sea
Image Credit:
unknown author
Subject:
Navigatio Brendani

Map: The Dingle Peninsula

a map of the Dingle Peninsula
Image Credit:
Ooakfolk.com

The Gallarus Oratory, interior

a view of the interior of the Gallarus Oratory
Agent:
William Turpin
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons
Subject:
Navigatio Brendani

The Gallarus Oratory

a view of the drystone Gallarus Oratory
Agent:
William Turpin
Date:
Medieval
Image Credit:
William Turpin
Subject:
Navigatio Brendani

Volcanic eruption at Litli-Hrútur, Iceland

a picture of the volcano erupting in the evening
Date:
July 2023
Image Credit:
Anthony Quintano from Mount Laurel, United States
Subject:
Navigatio Brendani

Gannets on the island of Unst, Shetlands

an outcropping covered in gannets
Image Credit:
Mike Pennington
Subject:
Navigatio Brendani

The Four Evangelists, Christ, and the Temple, Book of Kells folio 290v

a page from the book of Kells, with the four evangelists
Subject:
Navigatio Brendani

Map of Streymoy, the Faroes

a map of the island of Streymoy
Subject:
Navigatio Brendani

Saksun village, Streymoy, the Faroes

a view of the inlet leading to Saksun village, Streymoy
Image Credit:
Eric Christensen
Subject:
Navigatio Brendani