Indima ye mosaic eGrisi yayiyeyokuhombisa, into efana naleyo ngoku ingumbhoxo. Kwi iGrisi yakudala Yayiyinto yobunewunewu, kwakungekho nto ihonjisiweyo kuzo zonke izindlu, kwakungekho nakwamanye amabhotwe. Amabhotwe amadala aseMycenaean kunye neMinoan ayenemigangatho yamatye. Ukusukela kwinkulungwane yesi-XNUMX BC, ii-mosaic ezincinci ezineenkcukacha ezimbalwa zaqala ukubonakala. Babebekwe kwigumbi eliphambili le-andron, apho indoda yendlu yadibana namanye amadoda ukusela nokutya. Imizobo eyafunyanwa kwisixeko saseOlindo yayimnyama namhlophe.
Phantse kuzo zonke iindawo apho kukho imizobo yokuhombisa, ungabona i-tesserae, iityhubhu zemarble zemibala eyahlukeneyo ekwakhiwe ngayo imizobo kunye nemida ejikeleze eyona njongo iphambili.
Njengoko babegqibelele, kwaqala ukubakho indawo ezingakumbi kubo, kwiintsomi, kubomi bemihla ngemihla, kwimidlalo nakwabanye. EDelos, iitempile zazilapho kwaqala ukubekwa khona izinto zobugcisa. Babekwa kwiTempile ka-Apollo, kuba esi siqithi sanikezelwa kuthixo uApollo. Ebumelwaneni beTheatre kulapho ungabona khona amanxuwa eendawo zokuhlala ezibalaseleyo apho kufunyenwe izinto zobugcisa kwaye baqala ukubizwa ngamanani awayenemizobo, indlu kaDionysus, leyo ye-trident, indlu yamahlengesi, Indlu yoonombombiya, iimaski, njl. Le mosaic - imbonakalo yobutyebi, yiyo loo nto kukholelwa ukuba babenobuqaqawuli babo noPhilip II, kunye noAlexander Omkhulu.
Los zobugcisa nanamhla, basaqhubeka nasemhlabeni.