The World of Pythagoras, Empedocles, and Plato



Homer

Hesiod
Mount Olympus




The Victory of the Olympian Gods Over The Titans
(Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamon)
The Olympian Gods

















Oracle of Apollo at Delphi








Cult of Dionysus







Eleusinian Mystery Religion













Pre-Socratics Philosophers


Thales Anaximander


Heraclitus Anaximenes


Zeno Parmenides


Democritus


Protagoras Gorgias
Pythagoras and Empedocles
Pythagoras





Limited Odd
One
Right
Male
Immobile
Straight
Light
Good
Square
Unlimited Even
Many
Left
Female
Mobile
Curved
Dark
Evil
Rectangular








Athens







Acropolis



Theater of Dionysus



Agora


Parthenon Temple of Athena

Athenian Home




Athens in Ruins
Socrates




Busts of Socrates



Socrates in Painting and Etching
Plato





Plato


Plato with Students at the Academy



Ruins of the Academy

The School of Athens, by Raphael (Plato and Aristotle are under the central arch, Plato on the left, Aristotle on the right)
Atlantis





