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Migration and colonization
Greek originals: the Alphabet & Literary Culture Alpha Beta Gamma Delta Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ τ θ φ χ ψ ω
From Phoenician to Greek
ΝΕΣΤΟΡΟΣ:... :ΕΥΠΟΤΟΝ:ΠΟΤΕΡΙΟΝ ΗΟΣΔΑΤΟΔΕΠΙΕΣΙ:ΠΟΤΕΡΙ.. :AΥΤΙΚΑΚΕΝΟΝ ΗΙΜΕΡΟΣΗΑΙΡΕΣΕΙ:ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΕΦΑΝΟ:ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΕΣ Νέστορος [εἰμὶ] εὔποτ[ον] ποτήριο[ν]· ὃς δ’ ἂν τοῦδε π[ίησι] ποτηρί[ου] αὐτίκα κῆνον ἵμερ[ος αἱρ]ήσει καλλιστ[εφάν]ου Ἀφροδίτης. Nestor’s cup I am, good to drink from. Whoever drinks this cup empty, straightaway the desire of beautiful-crowned Aphrodite will seize. Nestor’s cup c. 750 BC Pithikoussai, Italy
Sappho fragments on papyrus P. Köln P. Oxy. 1787
Greek originals: sculpture Archaic Sculpture Kouros (Kouroi) Kore (Korai)
Mantiklos Apollo, BC
Geometric bronze horse, c. 700 BC
New York Kouros c. 600 BC
Kouros c. 600 BC Mentuemhet, Egypt, 7 th c.
Kleobis & Biton, c. 590 BC
Calf Bearer Kouros, 560 BC “Archaic smile”
Kroisos (Anavysos ) Kouros c. 530 BC Note original paint
Cf. Kritios Boy, 480 BC
Maiden from Auxerre, c. 650 BC
Phrasikleia Kore, c. 550 BC
Peplos Kore c. 530 BC
Maiden of Chios, c. 510 BC
Cf. Caryatids from the Porch of Maidens, Erechtheion, Acropolis; Stele of Ampharete