Romantic depiction of an Amazon woman in the 8th century. Amazon female warrior.
Représentation romantique d’une femme amazone au 8e siècle.
Category: Ancient
Early Cretan Libation Vessel
Early Cretan libation vessel, found at Crete, New Palace Knossos.
The Snake Goddess from Knossos. Priestess in Minoan Crete 2000 B.C.
The Snake Goddess from Knossos, ca. 2000 B.C. Regarded as characteristic of feminine fashion in Minoan Crete.
Roman crowns and wreaths. Corona triumphalis, civica, muralis.
Roman Empire. Corona triumphalis, Corona obsidimalis, Corona civica, Corona muralis, Corona castrensis, Corona navalis.
Persia. Persepolis, Isfahan. Ruins. Tomb.
Persia. Palace of Isfahan (Meidun-e Emam). Ruins of Persepolis. Kuh-i-Rahmat. Tomb of Cyrus the Great Persia. Sultan Mosque.
Roman Bride dressing up.
Roman Bride dressing up.
Ancient Theatre Masks. The masks of Tragedy and Comedy.
A hallmark of the tragic and grotesque theater in ancient Rome were the colorful and expressive masks (caricature).
Amazon. Illustration of a female warrior found on a Greek vase.
The costume of the ancient, by Thomas Hope. Amazon picture was found on a Greek vase.
The Sphinx, sister of Hydra, Chimera, Kerberos, and Orthos.
Ancient Greek mythology. The Sphinx was considered a demon of destruction and doom.
Hermaphroditos, the son of the god Hermes and the goddess Aphrodite.
A terminal statue of an Hermaphrodite. The human body extends downwards as low as the hips, whence it gradually assumes the form of a square pilaster diminishing in size towards the base.