Classic Myth Gallery
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8-litrai silver coin of Syracuse, signed by the engraver Ly(sid…) On the obverse, the head o
The Death of HyacinthusGiovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian; 1696–1770)ca. 1752–53Oil on canvas Museo
Hector dons his armor, while his parents Priam and Hecuba look on. Side A of an Attic red-figure pa
Neoptolemus murders King Priam on the altar of Zeus, while Priam’s wife Hecuba looks on. Side A of
Hecuba and Polyxena, Merry-Joseph Blondel, after 1814
Charles Alexandre Coëssin De La Fosse (1829–1910)Le bain de Diane
upworthy:‘MythBusters’ puts the classic insult ‘You throw like a girl!‘ to the test.The hit show “My
Diana at Her Bath, Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1715-16
thefugitivesaint:Maxwell Ashby Armfield (1882-1972), 'Medea and the Dragon’, 1914
Atlanta Barbieri (marble). Eitherthe Greek original (1stcentury BC) or a Roman copy (2ndcentury AD)
Silver hemidrachm of the Arcadian city of Tegea. On the obverse, Zeus Lykaios, seated, with an eagl
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loumargi:Hugh Adam Crawford The Wooing of Eurydice, 1949
Daniel Hock (1858–1934)Cupid and Elf, 1884; Der Rosenkavalier , 1888
Hercules in the Palace of Omphale, Antonio Bellucci, ca. 1698
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Diana and Her Nymphs, Jacob van Loo, 1654
Charles Joseph Dominique Eisen, Bacchanales
Leda and the Swan (a transformed Zeus). Ca. 3rd cent. CE. Found in the sanctuary of Aphrodite at P
Attic lekythos depicting Leda and the Swan (the disguised Zeus). Attr. to the workshop of the Berli
Silver, partially gilt mirror with repoussé decoration, depicting Leda and Zeus disguised as a swan.
Leda and the Swan, Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, ca. 1870
Latinus Offering His Daughter Lavinia to Aeneas in Marriage, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1753-54
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