Saturday, April 23, 2011

Omphalos


Monday, April 18, 2011

Dionysos

Dionysos on a  panther - mosaic from Pella







     Athanasios G. Angelopoulos, "Prehistoric colonies of the Greeks"  (1999 - Vol. 2, p. 13).
    The new color map was posted on 15 June 2012 - see also "Argonautica".

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Argonautica

The map is based on Ptolemy's "Geography" (c. 140 AD). The ancient maps of Mesopotamia, Arabia, India and SE Asia have been already posted.



























































































































































































Sunday, April 3, 2011

Scythia

The great Eleusinian relief
Demeter, Triptolemos, and Kore (Persephone)

National Archaeological Museum of Athens






















Saturday, April 2, 2011