Postcards

Postcards

Greek memes postcards set of 6

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