EditorialPanel depicting a scene in the palaestra, the wrestling school. On the right, a victorious boxer holding a palm branch and the ribbon of the winner. In the pillar on the left, a bust of Hermes, patron of wrestlers. Terracotta. 1st century AD. British M...
EditorialGreece. Peloponesse. Olympia. Santuary of ancient Greece in Elis. Palaestra (3rd century BC). Hellenistic Period. Ruins. Doric order. Colonnade.
EditorialPanel depicting a scene in the palaestra, the wrestling school. On the right, a victorious boxer holding a palm branch and the ribbon of the winner. In the pillar on the left, a bust of Hermes, patron of wrestlers. Terracotta. 1st century AD. British M...
EditorialGreece. Peloponesse. Olympia. Santuary of ancient Greece in Elis. Palaestra (3rd century BC). Hellenistic Period. Ruins. Doric order. Colonnade.
EditorialThe Exedra, a portico of the Palaestra or gymnasium on the island of Delos, Greece, was set apart for discussions. Delos, according to Greek myths, is the island where Leto gave birth to Zeus' twins Apollo and Artemis.
EditorialGreece. Peloponesse. Olympia. Santuary of ancient Greece in Elis. Palaestra (3rd century BC). Hellenistic Period. Ruins. Doric order. Colonnade.
EditorialPanel depicting a scene in the palaestra, the wrestling school. On the right, a victorious boxer holding a palm branch and the ribbon of the winner. In the pillar on the left, a bust of Hermes, patron of wrestlers. Terracotta. 1st century AD. British M...
EditorialGreece. Peloponesse. Olympia. Santuary of ancient Greece in Elis. Palaestra (3rd century BC). Hellenistic Period. Ruins. Doric order. Colonnade.
EditorialScenographic wall decoration with fantastic architecture and drop-curtain, a Roman invention. Scene painting existed since the days of Sophocles and Aischylos (5th BCE).4th style (62-79 CE). From the Palaestra at Herculaneum. Inv.9731.
EditorialThe Exedra, a portico of the Palaestra or gymnasium on the island of Delos, Greece, was set apart for discussions. Delos, according to Greek myths, is the island where Leto gave birth to Zeus' twins Apollo and Artemis.