Amazing images from greek museums and greek myths

East and West Pediment of the temple of Zeus which representsthe battle between the Lapiths and Centaurs , and the chariot race of Pelops and Oinomaos at the Museum of Olympia
The Sanctuary of Eleusis where the Eleusinian Mysteries took place and the Museum of Eleusis
The all time classic National archaeological nuseum of Athens with the marble and bronze wonderful collections and the plethora of vases and amphoras depicting mythological scenes
Friezes of the Siphnian Treasury represent the Gigantomachy, Trojan War, Paris’  judgement at the Museum of Delphi

No institution, no event in history has had a longer unbroken record than the Olympic Games, held continuously from 776 B.C. to a.d. 393, nearly twelve centuries , at the magic area of Ancient Olympia
At the Museum of the Olympic Games a rich gallery of exhibits from ancient Olympic events

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