Ancient Myth Gallery

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Bust of Hera.  Roman-era copy after a Greek original of ca. 420 BCE.  Now in the Museo Arqueológico
collective-history:“Aegis” with the head of Sekhmet ca. 900-750 BCThe collars worn by both Egyptian
A scene from Aeschylus’ Seven Against Thebes: Capaneus, one of the Seven, attempts to storm Th
A satyr and a griffin confront one of the Scythian tribe of the Arimaspi.  Detail from an Attic red-
Pebble mosaic floor depicting a griffin, from the Peloponnesian polis of Sicyon.  Artist unknown; 2n
Image of Amun-ReDetail of a wall carving depicts the barque of Amun-Re, Karnak Temple Complex, Luxor
The Journey of Amun-ReRelief depicts the solar barque of the sun god Amun-Re in his ram-headed form
Relief of Amun-RePersonification of the air or the creative breath. Amun-Re was the chief god of anc
Pharaoh WorshipingArtwork of an ancient Egyptian king praying to the god Amun-Re in a shrine, offeri
The mortal Peleus “courts” the sea-nymph Thetis by seizing her, while she shape-shifts i
Peleus entrusts his young son Achilles to the care of the centaur Chiron.  White-ground black-figure
The centaur Chiron, accompanied by a satyr.  Side A of a red-figure bell-krater attributed to the pa
Apollo (left) and his son Asclepius (seated), with the wise centaur Chiron, Asclepius’ tutor,
accentpaprika:Or as my Classic Professor calls him ‘The Johny Appleseed of the Ancient World’
Details of a mosaic of Zeus and Ganymede in the Metropolitan Museum.
Gilded statuette of Hercules, perhaps intended as a portrait of the Roman emperor Commodus (r. 180-1
Oedipus slays the Sphinx.  Attic red-figure lekythos in the manner of the Meidias Painter, ca. 420-4
The Gundestrup cauldron Late La Tène period (c.1st century BC), silver, Gaulish or Thracian origin,
The Gauls almost defeat Rome, but the geese saved the day!The sack of Rome (390 B.C.) was the worst
Bellerophon rides Pegasus into battle against the Chimera.  Red-figure Apulian plate, attributed to
White marble bust of the syncretized Greco-Egyptian goddess Isis-Sothis-Demeter.  Unknown Roman arti
My friend really likes reamers and asked me to do something with it, so this week I did this piece t
A bust of Demeter, here identified with the Egyptian goddess Isis.  Unknown Egyptian artist, 1st cen
mythologyofthepoetandthemuse:Workshop at Tanagra by Jean-Léon Gerome, 1893.Painting Breathes Life in
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