Postcards
Postcards
Greek
Marble carved horses from a relief four-horse chariot (566/5 BC)
The Acropolis Museum, Athens
Greek
Cast bronze griffin’s head(7th cent. BC)
Archaeological Museum of Delphi
Greek
Gold jewel with bees (1800-1700 BC) Archaeological Museum of Heraklion
Meme
n.
a unit of cultural information (a concept, belief, or pattern of behavior) passed on through generations by imitation, a way analogous to the transmission of genes.
[In 1976 Richard Dawkins coins the word meme (modeled on gene), from Greek root -mim, mimeisthai, to imitate]
Greek
Palace of Knossos dolphin fresco (ca 1500 BC)
Archaeological Museum of Heraklion
Greek
The toaster. Cycladic type marble figurine (2700/2600 BC)
Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens
Greek
Sun motif, decorated the gold cinerary larnax of Philip II(4th cent. BC)
Museum of the Royal Tombs, Vergina