LUCKY CHARM 2025
The Acropolis Museum's lucky charm for 2025 takes its inspiration from a clay model of a ladder with seven steps found at the Sanctuary of the Nymphe, dated on 6th century B.C. It is related with Aphrodite Ourania, the Adonis festivities and manifests the circle of life. The original exhibit (ΝΑ 1957 Απ 15) can be seen in showcase6, no.176 in the gallery of the Acropolis Slopes. Price necklace: 32,00€ | Price table charm: 37,00€ | Material: Brass | Designer: Vardaxi Eleni
CHARM POMEGRANATE
This porcelain centerpiece charm is inspired by the pomegranate that Kore Acr. 593 holds in her hand as an offering to the goddess Athena (580-570 BC). The numerous pomegranate’s seeds have made it a symbol of fertility, abundance, prosperity and good fortune. The exhibit can be seen on the 1stfloor of the Acropolis Museum in the Archaic Acropolis Gallery. Price: 29,00€ | Designer: Treis Grammes | Available in 2 colors, white and red.
CHARM QUINCE
This porcelain centerpiece charm is inspired by the quince that Kore Acr. 680 (530-520 BC) holds in her outstretched hand. The ancients considered the quince a symbol of fertility because of the seeds it contains. The exhibit can be seen on the 1st floor of the Acropolis Museum in the Archaic Acropolis Gallery. Price: 28,00€ | Designer: Treis Grammes
CHARM WHEEL
This porcelain centerpiece charm is inspired by the bronze model of a wheel ΕΑΜ Χ 6914 (480-470 BC). The wheel, with its ability to spin, is considered a symbol of good fortune and the unpredictable turns in human life. The exhibit can be seen in showcase 19, no 11. of the 1st floor of the Acropolis Museum. Price: 24,00€ | Designer: Treis Grammes
CHARM APPLE
This porcelain centerpiece charm is inspired by the apple that Kore Acr. 677 (570-560 BC) holds in her hand as an offering to the goddess Athena. The apple was a fruit associated with love, marriage and fertility. The exhibit can be seen on the 1st floor of the Acropolis Museum in the Archaic Acropolis Gallery. Price: 28,00€ | Designer: Treis Grammes
ORNAMENT DOVE
This porcelain ornament is inspired by the dove held as an offering to the goddess Athena by the Lyon Kore Acr. 269. This Kore takes her name from the fact that the statue’s original upper body is located in Lyon, France. It dates back to around 540 BC. The Lyon Kore can be seen on the 1st floor of the Acropolis Museum in the Archaic Acropolis Gallery. Price: 26,00€ | Designer: Treis Grammes
ORNAMENT OWL
This porcelain ornament in the form of an owl is inspired by the statue of the Big Owl of the Acropolis (Acr. 1347). Made of Pentelic marble in the early 5th century BC, it was found around 1838 at the Acropolis Hill, near the Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia. Today the statue stands on a tall metal pole, welcoming visitors at the Acropolis Museum entrance. Price: 21,00€ | Designer: Treis Grammes
CERAMIC POMEGRANATE
This ceramic pomegranate is decorated with a design inspired by that seen on a clay vessel of oinochoe dated between 750-720 B.C. The latter is structured in dense zones combining geometric motifs, flowers and birds. You can see the oinochoe in showcase 1 no. 58 of the Acropolis Museum’s ground floor Gallery of the Slopes of the Acropolis. Price: 55,00€ | Designer: Attiko Fos
ORNAMENT POMEGRANATE
This ceramic pomegranate-shaped ornament is decorated with a design inspired by that seen on clay spindle whorls (weaving weights) that were dedicated to the Sanctuary of Nymphe between 550-480 BC. You can see the whorls in showcase 6, no. 128 of the Acropolis Museum’s ground floor Gallery of the Slopes of the Acropolis. Price: 22,50€ | Designer: Attiko Fos
ORNAMENT SIREN
This ceramic ornament is inspired by a vessel (ΝΑ 1957 Αα 542) dated to 550-530 BC. Shaped in the form of a Siren, a hybrid creature with the body of a bird and the head of a human, it was used as a perfume container. You can see the vessel in showcase 6, no. 187 of the Acropolis Museum’s ground floor Gallery of the Slopes of the Acropolis. Price: 20,00€ | Designer: Attiko Fos
ORNAMENT SPHERE
This ceramic sphere-shaped ornament is decorated with a design inspired by that seen on clay spindle whorls (weaving weights) that were dedicated to the Sanctuary of Nymphe between 550-480 BC. You can see the whorls in showcase 6, no. 128 of the Acropolis Museum’s ground floor Gallery of the Slopes of the Acropolis. Price: 24,00€ | Designer: Attiko Fos
ORNAMENT BULL
This bull-shaped ceramic ornament is inspired by the illustrated scene on an ancient lekythos (ΝΑ 1957 Αα 2020) dated 500-475 BC. Herakles is depicted capturing the Cretan Bull, one of the labors assigned to him by King Eurystheus. You can see the original exhibit in showcase 6, no.11 of the Acropolis Museum’s ground floor Gallery of the Slopes of the Acropolis. Price: 20,00€ | Designer: Attiko Fos
ORNAMENT BELL
This ceramic bell-shaped ornament is decorated with a design inspired by that seen on clay spindle whorls (weaving weights) that were dedicated to the Sanctuary of Nymphe between 550-480 BC. You can see the whorls in showcase 6, no. 128 of the Acropolis Museum’s ground floor Gallery of the Slopes of the Acropolis. Price: 21,00€ | Designer: Attiko Fos
ORNAMENT WHORL
This ceramic whorl-shaped ornament is decorated with a design inspired by that seen on clay spindle whorls (weaving weights) that were dedicated to the Sanctuary of Nymphe between 550-480 BC. You can see the whorls in showcase 6, no. 128 of the Acropolis Museum’s ground floor Gallery of the Slopes of the Acropolis. Price: 20,00€ | Designer: Attiko Fos
ORNAMENT WHORL DOUBLE
This ceramic double whorl-shaped ornament is decorated with a design inspired by that seen on clay spindle whorls (weaving weights) that were dedicated to the Sanctuary of Nymphe between 550-480 BC. You can see the whorls in showcase 6, no. 128 of the Acropolis Museum’s ground floor Gallery of the Slopes of the Acropolis. Price: 25,00€ | Designer: Attiko Fos
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