“Glorious Victories. Between Myth and History”

The new temporary exhibition of the National Archaeological Museum «Glorious Victories. Between Myth and History» forms part of the celebration program for the 2.500-year anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae and the Naval Battle of Salamis.

The exhibition includes 105 ancient works and a model of the Athenian trireme of the 5th century BC, which are related to and bring to the fore aspects of the victorious struggle of the Greeks against the Persians, assembled both from the National Archaeological Museum as from other museums of Greece, such as the Archaeological Museums of Astros, Thebes, Olympia, as well as from the Konstantinos Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology. Especially emblematic for the historical anniversary is the display of the bust of Themistocles, Roman copy of an original work of the 5th cent. BC, from the Archaeological Museum of Ostia (Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica).