Olympic Games – I Go to Rio… Rio De Janeiro – What a Blast!
Anna Meares gold medal winning track cyclist champion will be standard bearer for the Australian flag at the Opening of the Summer Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro
Olympian Gods
Apollo – The God Mortal Beauty Chased in Heaven and on Earth
Apollo was one of the favoured of the twelve Olympian Gods, about light and truth and meant to inspire us daily to be the very best we can all endeavour to be
Artemis, the Moon Mistress – A Legacy of Beauty Personified
Over the centuries the forms of female beauty for women to aspire to have been many none more intriguing than the goddess Artemis whom the Romans called Diana
Olympians & Gentlemen – Freedom, Liberty, Honour & Celebrity
The idea of a gentleman complex in its ethos, developed in Ancient Greece and was played out in spectacles such as the Olympic Games where victors became heroes
Motya Charioteer – Ancient Greek Sculpture at its Finest
The Motya Charioteer was found in 1979 amid excavations on the tiny island of Motya on the western tip of Sicily he is a fine example of ancient Greek sculpture
Olympic Games London – Success in the Ancient & Modern World
Winning at the Olympic Games was every bit as potent to the athletes of ancient times as it is today – it was the penultimate place to achieve success in sport
Zeus, King among Gods
The magnificent thirteen metre gold and ivory statue of Zeus was found inside his temple at Olympia on a throne described by a contemporary ‘as an elaborate structure of cedar wood, laid in with ebony and richly adorned with valuable stones and sculptures’. His figure required so much ivory Philo…