The use of the horse with military chariots is known to go back at least as far as the 16th century BC. In the 2nd millennium BC, the significance of horses is marked by the practice of burying them along with their owners. In the Trojan War, the Greeks conquered Troy by offering their enemies a ‘gift’ in the form of the infamous Trojan horse (‘Doureios hippos’).

The gallery talk ‘Hippeis: The aristocrats of Athens’ starts on the occasion of International Museum Day 2010.

Information

Start date: Tuesday 18 May 2010

Greek: every Friday, 6 p.m.

English: every Friday, 5:15 p.m.

Duration: 50 minutes

Participation:  Limited to 40 visitors per session. For registration, please refer to the Information Desk at the Museum entrance on the same day. The gallery talk is free of charge. Only the admission fee to the permanent exhibition is required. First-in first-served. 

Meeting point: Information Desk

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