Sujet

The Vale of Tempe', 1890.

Légende

'The Vale of Tempe', 1890. Vale of Tempe in Thessaly, Greece, celebrated by Greek poets as a place of Apollo and the Muses and the scene of numerous battles throughout history. In 480 BC, 10,000 Greeks retreated on hearing the army of Xerxes was overwhelmingly large. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Date

1890

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F22_010

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

61,2Mo (4,3Mo) / 43,7cm x 35,1cm / 5160 x 4146 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Gravure Paysage fleuve arts pays livre vallée stratégie géographie antique Grec La Grèce gorge endroit siècle stratégique littérature concept 19e siècle poésie Thessalie La Grèce Antique Grec Antique dix-neuvième siècle histoire historique The Print Collector Larissa gravure paysage Anonyme Cassells Xerxes I Ahaseurus Edmund Co Cassell & Co Edmund Ollier Ollier Cassell and Company Ltd Cassell & Company Cassell & Cassell's Illustrated Universal History Early and Greek History Tempi Vale of Tempe