The styles of ancient Greek pottery and the strange effigies of the Olympic god Hermes which were used in ways few moderns ...

Ancient Greek pottery is my favorite because it depicted everything. But then...we stopped. It's a shame because a lot has happened since this art style peaked. So here are 16 ancient Greek vases ...

The Greek iron ages took place within this period. But since no documents are available, historians have only been able to work with a timeline that uses pottery styles from Athens as its basis.

The geometric styles from which it stems was developed ... there was a strong eastern influence on ancient Greek pottery at this time.

The Greeks had style! Their red and black pottery was very famous ... Athenian playwright was Sophocles, who won so many Greek theatre competitions that he became a big celebrity.