In the 4th c. BCE Dinocrates of Rhodes, architect and technical adviser of Alexander the Great, wanted to carve Mount Athos in Greece into an enormous likeness of Alexander, "holding" an ideal city in its hand also!
Picha iliyopigwa katika kanisa la zamani la Panagia Chrysiotissa, Aphendrika, Cyprus. Kanisa ni mojawapo ya 3 zilizojengwa kwenye tovuti ya kale ya Kigiriki. Kanisa lina magofu kutoka karne ya 6 & 8 lakini mengi ya kile kinachoweza kuonekana leo ni kutoka karne ya 16.
Warrior with spear and shield under a rain of arrows. Detail of an Attic white-ground lekythos, attributed to the Athena Painter, 475-425 BC. Paris Museum.
Warrior with spear and shield under a rain of arrows. Detail of an Attic white-ground lekythos, attributed to the Athena Painter, 475-425 BC. Paris Museum.View attachment 2470149