12-21-2006, 11:50 PM
The Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation in collaboration with
The National Archaeological Museum presents the exhibition
"ATHENS – SPARTA: from the 8th to the 5th Centuries B.C."
Athens-Sparta Includes Ancient Ivory, Bronze and Stone Sculptures,
Pottery and Other Rare Artifacts
New York, NY, November 8, 2006—Athens-Sparta, an exhibition of rare archaeological artifacts and works of art from Athens and Sparta, Greece, will open at the Onassis Cultural Center in New York City on December 6, 2006. Highlights of the exhibition include treasures such as a marble statue of a hoplite, known as "Leonidas", from the end of the 5th century B.C.; a marble statue of an Athenian Kore from the Acropolis Museum, from the 5th century B.C.; bronze figurines of hoplites from Sparta, from the 8th to the 6th centuries B.C.; a ceramic kylix by the Arkesilas Painter from the 6thcentury B.C.; a marble statuette of Athena from the mid–4th century B.C.; Attic marble reliefs and grave stele from the late 5th century B.C.; and arrowheads and spearheads from Thermopylae, the famous 5th century battlefield. The 289 exquisite artifacts in the exhibition, many of which are traveling abroad for the first time, will be on view at the Onassis Cultural Center in New York through May 12, 2007.
The National Archaeological Museum presents the exhibition
"ATHENS – SPARTA: from the 8th to the 5th Centuries B.C."
Athens-Sparta Includes Ancient Ivory, Bronze and Stone Sculptures,
Pottery and Other Rare Artifacts
New York, NY, November 8, 2006—Athens-Sparta, an exhibition of rare archaeological artifacts and works of art from Athens and Sparta, Greece, will open at the Onassis Cultural Center in New York City on December 6, 2006. Highlights of the exhibition include treasures such as a marble statue of a hoplite, known as "Leonidas", from the end of the 5th century B.C.; a marble statue of an Athenian Kore from the Acropolis Museum, from the 5th century B.C.; bronze figurines of hoplites from Sparta, from the 8th to the 6th centuries B.C.; a ceramic kylix by the Arkesilas Painter from the 6thcentury B.C.; a marble statuette of Athena from the mid–4th century B.C.; Attic marble reliefs and grave stele from the late 5th century B.C.; and arrowheads and spearheads from Thermopylae, the famous 5th century battlefield. The 289 exquisite artifacts in the exhibition, many of which are traveling abroad for the first time, will be on view at the Onassis Cultural Center in New York through May 12, 2007.
Cristina
The Hoplite Association
[url:n2diviuq]http://www.hoplites.org[/url]
The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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The Hoplite Association
[url:n2diviuq]http://www.hoplites.org[/url]
The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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