Athens 2004 Olympic 'Klepsydra'

With the London Olympics less than a month away, here's a look back at the opening ceremony of Athens 2004. The 'klepsydra', named after the water clock used to time speeches in the ancient Athenian court, displayed the highlights of Greek civilisation from the Minoan age to the modern.

A-Level Classical Civilisation students studying Art and Architecture in the Greek World should recognise one or two famous works.


Minoans

See here: Minoan Art

Myceneans

See here: Greek Armour

Geometric art

See here: Geometric Art

Korai and Kouroi

See here: Korai

See here: Kouroi

Athenian Theatre

See here: Athenian Theatre

Myths

See here: Oedipus

See here: Bacchae

See here: Herakles/Hercules

The Acropolis of Athens

See here: Athena

See here: Parthenon Frieze

See here: Karyatids

Bronze Scuplture

See here: Delphic Charioteer

Ancient Olympics

See here: Nike

See here: Ancient Olympics

See here: The Diskobolos/The Discus Thrower

Alexander the Great

See here: Alexander Mosaic

Hellenistic Period: Eros (Cupid)

See here: Eros

The Klepsydra Video

Parthenon

A2 Classical Civilisation: Art and Architecture in the Greek World.

Parthenon metopes, continuous frieze, pediment sculpture, and painted decoration (British Museum).

Metopes

Continuous Frieze

Pediment Sculptures

 Colour

 Models

 Plan

 The Parthenon in Context