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Antiquity


Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Imperial Roman Period, Ancient Middle East.



6 subcategories
Ancient Egypt

ANCIENT EGYPT

Ancient Greece

ANCIENT GREECE

Ancient Israel

ANCIENT ISRAEL

Ancient Jordan

ANCIENT JORDAN

Ancient Middle East

ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST

Imperial Roman Period

IMPERIAL ROMAN PERIOD

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Mount Oeta, not far from the Thermophylae Pass. From here, Heracles is said to have ascended to Olympus.
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Mount Oeta, not far from the Thermophylae Pass. From here, Heracles is said t...

Mount Helikon in Boeotia, where the Bacchanalia were celebrated.
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Mount Helikon in Boeotia, where the Bacchanalia were celebrated.

Landscape near the Isthmus of Corinth, Peloponnesus. Here Procrustes robbed travellers and was killed by Theseus.
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Landscape near the Isthmus of Corinth, Peloponnesus. Here Procrustes robbed t...

Landscape near the Isthmus of Corinth,where,according to Greek myth,the robber Sinis used to bend two pine trees down to the ground and tie his victims to the tree tops.When he let go,the men were torn in two. When Heracles beat Sinis,he suffered the same fate.
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Landscape near the Isthmus of Corinth,where,according to Greek myth,the robber...

Moulourian Rock between Athens and Corinth, Greece. From this rock Ino, wife of Athamas, jumped into the sea with her son Melikertes, who was saved by a dolphin. Ino was transformed into the sea-goddess Leukothea. (Euripides, "Ino").
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Moulourian Rock between Athens and Corinth, Greece. From this rock Ino, wife...

Cape Drepanon, between Patras and Aiyion, where,according to legend, Zeus threw the sickle into the sea with which he had castrated his father Cronos.
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Cape Drepanon, between Patras and Aiyion, where,according to legen...

Mount Kyllene, Arcadia, the legendary birthplace of Hermes.
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Mount Kyllene, Arcadia, the legendary birthplace of Hermes.

Landscape near Sparta.
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Landscape near Sparta.

Arcadian landscape near Olympia.
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Arcadian landscape near Olympia.

Lake Stymphalos where Herakles fought the Stymphalian birds, one of the labours ordered by King Augias.
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Lake Stymphalos where Herakles fought the Stymphalian birds, one of the labour...

View from Lake Stymphalos to Mount Kyllene in Arcadia. Here Herakles fought the Stymphalaian birds, one of the labours ordered by King Eurysteyos of Tyrins.
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View from Lake Stymphalos to Mount Kyllene in Arcadia. Here Herakles fought the...

The Lerna marshes, where Herakles fought the Hydra, one of the labours ordered by King Eurysteyos of Tiryns
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The Lerna marshes, where Herakles fought the Hydra, one of the labours order...