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Greek Baths in ancient Olympia
The Greek Baths in ancient Olympia are the earliest baths in the sanctuary and they are situated on the west side, outside the sacred enclosure of the Altis, near the bank of the river Kladeos.Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού: Ελληνικά λουτρά Ολυμπίας.
Ancient Greek literature
![The Archimedes Palimpsest]] revealed works by [[Archimedes]] previously thought to have been lost.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Archimedes Palimpsest.jpg?width=200 "The Archimedes Palimpsest]] revealed works by [[Archimedes]] previously thought to have been lost.")
![Marc Gabriel Charles Gleyre]] depicting a scene from ''[[Daphnis and Chloe]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles Gleyre - Daphnis et Chloe revenant de la montagne.jpg?width=200 "Marc Gabriel Charles Gleyre]] depicting a scene from ''[[Daphnis and Chloe]]''")
![''[[The Death of Socrates]]'', by [[Jacques-Louis David]] (1787)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David - The Death of Socrates.jpg?width=200 "''[[The Death of Socrates]]'', by [[Jacques-Louis David]] (1787)")
![''Hero Mourns the Dead Leander'' by [[Gillis Backereel]] (1640s)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gillis Backereel - Hero mourns the dead Leander.jpg?width=200 "''Hero Mourns the Dead Leander'' by [[Gillis Backereel]] (1640s)")
![bust]] of Herodotus from the first half of the fourth century BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herodotos Met 91.8.jpg?width=200 "bust]] of Herodotus from the first half of the fourth century BC")
![The Argonautica]]'' by [[Apollonius of Rhodes]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jason and Medea - John William Waterhouse.jpg?width=200 "The Argonautica]]'' by [[Apollonius of Rhodes]]")
![Illustration for [[Aristophanes]]'s ''[[Lysistrata]]'' by [[Aubrey Beardsley]] (1896)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lysistrata.jpg?width=200 "Illustration for [[Aristophanes]]'s ''[[Lysistrata]]'' by [[Aubrey Beardsley]] (1896)")
![Medea]]''), [[Campania]]n red-figure [[amphora]], c. 330 BC, [[Louvre]] (K 300)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Medeia child Louvre K300.jpg?width=200 "Medea]]''), [[Campania]]n red-figure [[amphora]], c. 330 BC, [[Louvre]] (K 300)")
![The [[Mykonos vase]], one of the earliest surviving depictions of the myth of the [[Trojan Horse]], a myth which is described in depth in [[Quintus of Smyrna]]'s ''[[Posthomerica]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mykonos vase.jpg?width=200 "The [[Mykonos vase]], one of the earliest surviving depictions of the myth of the [[Trojan Horse]], a myth which is described in depth in [[Quintus of Smyrna]]'s ''[[Posthomerica]]''")
![Pausanias]]'s ''Description of Greece'' at the [[Laurentian Library]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pausanias Description of Greece.jpg?width=200 "Pausanias]]'s ''Description of Greece'' at the [[Laurentian Library]]")
![Head of [[Plotinus]], a major philosopher from the Roman Era](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Plotinos.jpg?width=200 "Head of [[Plotinus]], a major philosopher from the Roman Era")
![A bust of [[Plutarch]], one of the most famous ancient Greek historians, from his hometown of [[Chaeronea]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Plutarch of Chaeronea-03.jpg?width=200 "A bust of [[Plutarch]], one of the most famous ancient Greek historians, from his hometown of [[Chaeronea]]")
![Abū Bishr Mattā]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Poetique Aristote Arabe 2346.jpg?width=200 "Abū Bishr Mattā]]")
![Early Imperial]] relief depicting a seating [[Menander]] holding the masks of [[New Comedy]] (1st century BC – early 1st century AD) [[Princeton University Art Museum]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Relief with Menander and New Comedy Masks - Princeton Art Museum.jpg?width=200 "Early Imperial]] relief depicting a seating [[Menander]] holding the masks of [[New Comedy]] (1st century BC – early 1st century AD) [[Princeton University Art Museum]]")
![Alcaeus]] plays the [[lyre]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, RA, OM - Sappho and Alcaeus - Walters 37159.jpg?width=200 "Alcaeus]] plays the [[lyre]]")
![Neoclassical]] painter [[Thomas Degeorge]] depicting the climactic final scene from Book Twenty-Two of ''[[The Odyssey]]'' in which [[Odysseus]], [[Telemachus]], [[Eumaeus]], and [[Philoetius]] slaughter the [[suitors of Penelope]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas Degeorge Ulysse.jpg?width=200 "Neoclassical]] painter [[Thomas Degeorge]] depicting the climactic final scene from Book Twenty-Two of ''[[The Odyssey]]'' in which [[Odysseus]], [[Telemachus]], [[Eumaeus]], and [[Philoetius]] slaughter the [[suitors of Penelope]]")
![A True Story]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William Strang spider battle in 1894 True History.jpg?width=200 "A True Story]]''")
LITERATURE WRITTEN IN ANCIENT GREECE OR IN THE ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE
Ancient greek literature; Hellenistic poetry; Ancient Greek poetry; Literature in ancient Greece; Greek classics; Greek epic poetry; Hellenistic literature; Ancient Greek Literature
Ancient Greek literature is literature written in the Ancient Greek language from the earliest texts until the time of the Byzantine Empire. The earliest surviving works of ancient Greek literature, dating back to the early Archaic period, are the two epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, set in an idealized archaic past today identified as having some relation to the Mycenaean era.
Clothing in ancient Greece
![Soles of probably women's sandals, with iron nails on the periphery. After 3rd BC. [[National Archaeological Museum, Athens]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ancient Greek soles.jpg?width=200 "Soles of probably women's sandals, with iron nails on the periphery. After 3rd BC. [[National Archaeological Museum, Athens]]")
![zone]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Caryatid Erechtheion BM Sc407.jpg?width=200 "zone]]")
![chiton]], a [[chlamys]], sandals, and a [[petasos]] hat hanging in the back.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Greek travelling costume.jpg?width=200 "chiton]], a [[chlamys]], sandals, and a [[petasos]] hat hanging in the back.")
CLOTHING STYLE IN ANCIENT GREECE
Clothing in ancient greece; Greek clothing; Greek Clothing; Classical Greek dress; Ancient Greek costume; Ancient Greek clothing; Strophion; Classical Greek clothing; Clothing of ancient Greece
Clothing in ancient Greece primarily consisted of the chiton, peplos, himation, and chlamys. Ancient Greek civilians typically wore two pieces of clothing draped about the body: an undergarment ( : chitōn or : péplos) and a cloak ( : himátion or : chlamýs).
