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Classical Art Never Goes Out of Style!
Welcome to the Squidoo lens for my "It's All Greek to Me" Gift Shop, selling unique gifts with an ancient Greek twist!
Many of you have visited my Ancient Greece Odyssey: A Traveller's Journal travel diary with photos, stories, and all sorts of information about the art, monuments, sites -- and sights! -- of the classical Greek world.
Well, I have been taking my best photos and using Cafepress to print these designs on shirts, mugs, greeting cards, journals, book bags, mousepads, and other items. All photographs are my own, so you won't find these exact designs anywhere else. Cafepress' well-known print-on-demand service handles secure ordering and shipping and gives me a small commission for each item.
I've had my shop now for two years. It helps me pay for my books for graduate school and keep food in the cat's dish. I'm adding new designs to my shop when my studies permit.
Below is a selection of SOME of the designs available. Browse the items below or click the banner to go to my store's catalog on Cafepress!
Selections from my Shop: It's All Greek to Me!
Art from Athens with Classic Sense of Humor
My shop logo is also my most popular design.It's my photo of the Diadoumenos, a beautiful 5th-century-BC statue of an athlete from the National Museum in Athens. You can read more about this statue or view and learn about other wonderful art in this museum in my Greece Travel Diary, Day 3.
Here's a few selections from the "It's All Greek to Me!" section of my store. Click out the link for mugs, mousepads, and other styles of shirts featuring this design.
"It's All Greek to Me!" Magnet
Price: 2.49
"It's All Greek to Me!" Dark T-Shirt
Price: 20.99
"It's All Greek To Me" Journal
Price: 9.99
The Newest Selections From My Shop: Zeus and Asklepios
Click on their names above to see many more items featuring these designs.
Selections from my Shop: Apollo, Greek God of Prophecy
Straight from the Oracle of Delphi
This design is a painting on the inside of an ancient pottery cup showing the god Apollo and the wise raven that sometimes served as his companion. Apollo is holding his lyre (a kind of harp) and pouring out an offering of clear water, wine, or oil to himself using a cup just like this one!
Some of the items in the Apollo section of my shop also have a full-color photograph of Delphi on the back. (The mug, for example.)
Selections from my Shop: Temple of Hephaistos
One of the most beautiful sights in Athens
This classical Greek temple to the smith-god Hephaistos is in the Athenian Agora, and it really stands out. The Parthenon has been battered by wars and air pollution and looting. The Temple of Hephaistos is in much better shape -- in fact, it's the only ancient Greek temple that still has its original roof!You can follow me around Athens and the Agora on Day Two of My Ancient Greece Odyssey lens.
Here are a few items from the Temple of Hephaistos section of my shop featuring this fine photo.
Selections from my Shop: Head of Athena
Beautiful marble sculpture from Athens, Greece
Here are a few selections from the Head of Athena section of my shop.
Selections from My Shop: The Goddess Persephone
Maiden of spring, goddess of the underworld
This is one of many striking archaic (6th century BC) Greek statues set up in honor of a daughter or other girl who died young. They are portrayed as the maiden goddess Persephone, who was abducted by Hades the god of death but who returns each spring bringing back life and new green to the upper world.You can learn more about archaic Greek art and follow me on a photo-tour of the Acropolis Museum in Part II, Day 3 of Ancient Greece Odyssey. Or learn more about Persephone and her mother Demeter in Part III of Ancient Greece Odyssey: Eleusis.
Below are a few selections from the Persephone section of my online shop. (More to come)
Selections from my Shop: Archaic Athena
Goddess of wisdom, war, and tactics takes aim at her enemies
This amazing statue once stood on the pediment (gable) of the even older temple that the Parthenon replaced. The Old Temple of Athena was burned by the Persians in the 5th century BC when they attacked and nearly destroyed Athens. After the war, the Athenians lovingly gathered up the pieces and buried them before starting rebuilding.Here the goddess Athena strikes across the landscape brandishing her aegis, a snake-fringed mantle that struck terror into her foes. The piece resides in the Acropolis Museum in Athens with the Persephone seen above.
I had fun cropping this photo to remove lights and other details that were in the way -- I think the slanted borders adds to the drama of the image!
You can learn more about how Athena came to be the patron goddess of ancient Athens in Part I of Ancient Greece Odyssey.
Here are a few selections from the Archaic Athena section of my shop.
Many More Designs Available!
So that's a few highlights from my "It's All Greek to Me!" store.As you can see, these designs make unique gifts for students, teachers, graduates, art lovers, historians, archaeologists, Latin and Greek experts, and anyone who thinks the ancient world is cool. There are other designs available, and I'm adding new ones every month.
I hope you'll stop by the main shop to browse and enjoy these very unusual gifts.
Recommended Books on Ancient Greece
Greek Sculpture: The Classical Period, a Handbook (World of Art)
Amazon Price: $14.21 (as of 07/05/2008)
The Archaeology of Greece: An Introduction
Amazon Price: $24.95 (as of 07/05/2008)
Art and Myth in Ancient Greece: A Handbook (World of Art)
Amazon Price: $12.71 (as of 07/05/2008)
The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)
Amazon Price: $9.60 (as of 07/05/2008)
Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources, Vol. 1
Amazon Price: $25.00 (as of 07/05/2008)
Reader Feedback
Want to leave a comment? Have you checked out Ancient Greek Odyssey, and do you want to suggest which photo I should use for my next design? Leave your feedback here!
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carmine
nice items Posted June 10, 2008 |
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CrypticFragments
very nice work... do you zazzle them too? if so please submit them for my Zazzlers Squidoo Gallery Co-Op lens (under construction, contact via email) Posted May 04, 2008 |
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CrypticFragments
very nice work... do you zazzle them too? if so please submit them for my Zazzlers Squidoo Gallery Co-Op lens (under construction, contact via email) Posted May 04, 2008 |
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Peter111
Wow, some fine gift ideas there, I love good gifts. My suggestions are about home made gift baskets, not quite up to the same standard as your Greek art, but still a nice gift Posted September 12, 2007 |
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yanmos
Really nice lens! Posted August 01, 2007 |
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