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Heracles battles the three-bodied monster Geryon, whose cattle he has come to steal as part of his T

Terracotta head of Hercules.  Artist unknown; 1st cent. BCE.  Now in the Staatliche Antikensammlunge

The Death of Adonis, Auguste Rodin, after 1888

Dolce Far Niente, Charles Edward Perugini 

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Marble relief; head of Antinous. 1700-1772. Probably Italian. British Museum, London. An image of th

Late Archaic terracotta plaque found on the island of Corfu (= ancient Corcyra), thought to have bee

The Lion of Chaeronea (Boeotia), GreeceHeight: 5,5 metersThe lion was erected by the Thebans after t

The Judgment of Paris, Étienne Jeaurat (1699-1789)

Terracotta aryballos, attr. to an artist of the Bulas Group; 4th cent. BCE. Now in the Metropolitan

Orpheus surrounded by an audience of wild animals.  Floor mosaic from an ancient Roman villa near Pa

hildegardavon:Gustav Pope, 1831-1910 Zenobia prepared for the triumph of Aurelian, 1881Private Colle

The Roses of Heliogabalus by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. 1888. Oil on canvas. Private collection.M. Au

A statue of Zeus.  Artist unknown; late Hellenistic period.  From Kameiros, Rhodes; now in the Archa

astra-inclinat:Carl Friedrich Deckler (1838–1918) “Vestalin mit Efeugirlande“ Oil on canvas

ancientart:The Rosetta Stone, Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, 196 BC.One of the most influential and famous

Marble statue of the hero Meleager.  Artist unknown; 2nd cent. CE.  From the gymnasium of Cypriot Sa

The Hunt of Meleager and Atalanta (aka Meleager, Atalanta, and the Hunt for the Calydonian Boar), Pe

books0977:Statue at Vertumnus at Frascati (1907). John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925). Oil on

sleazeburger:Neon Classical by Signe Pierce

Daniel in the Lions’ Den - Sir Peter Paul RubensRequested by avenue29

Mercury Inventing the LyreJohn Raphael Smith (British; 1751–1812) after James Barry (Irish; 1741–180

Jason and Medea solemnize their marriage with a joining of hands (dextrarum iunctio).  From a Roman

Statuette of Pan.  2nd cent. CE, thought to be a copy of a lost original of the 4th cent. BCE; artis

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