The exhibition "The sea of gods, heroes and men in the ancient Greek art" ("La mer des dieux, des héros et des hommes dans l'art grec antique") constituted a journey to the sea through photographic depictions from ancient pottery. The visitor discovered a multitude of gods and heroes and extremely old myths, which are a source of inspiration for art and literature from Antiquity to modern times.

The inauguration of the exhibition took place on Wednesday 4 November 2009. At the same time, there was a lecture by Ms Aliki Samara -Kaufmann, Archaeologist and Special Collaborator in the Department of Greek, Roman and Etruscan Antiquities of the Louvre Museum, entitled "Journeys to ancient Greek ceramic: Myth and reality". The exhibition was designed and implemented with the contribution of the "Elia" association and the support by the French Institute.

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