Classical Mythology

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Dionysus arrives at a gathering of his followers in a chariot drawn by griffins.  Apulian red-figure

Venus in the Forge of Vulcan, Louis de Boullogne the Younger (1654-1733)

The Gods Mourning PhaetonTheodoor van Thulden (Flemish; 1606–1669)ca. 1645Oil on canvas Sotheby’s, L

Landscape with Polyphemus, Nicolas Poussin, 1649

1. Mercury by Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571). | 2. Perseus holding the head of Medusa. | 3. Bust of H

La nuit / Night.1875.Oil on Canvas.105 x 168 cm.Art by Auguste-Alexandre Hirsch.(1833-1912).

Statue of Eros stringing his bow Palazzo Nuovo - Musei Capitolini, Rome Sculpture | Museums

Hercules Defeats Antaeus (plate 9 from The Labors of Hercules), Cornelis Cort and Hieronymus Cock, 1

Sisyphus, Edward Burne-Jones, ca. 1870

Sisyphus, Titian, 1548-49

Sisyphus, watched by Persephone and Hades, undergoes his punishment in the Underworld.  Attic black-

Sisyphus hauls his rock in the Underworld, while Persephone watches.  Side A of an Attic black-figur

Riccardo Meacci (1856–d. ca. 1940)A homage to Florence, the coronation of Flora

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The battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs (Centauromachy). Attic black-figure terracotta kyathos (cup-s

Head of Asclepius.  Roman copy (second half of 2nd cent. CE) after a mid-4th cent. BCE Greek origina

Silver stater from the ancient Greek polis of Phaistos, Crete.  On the obverse, Heracles; on the rev

The Feast of the Gods, Giovanni Bellini and Titian, ca. 1514-29

Mars and Venus on a blue background.  Fresco in the Fourth Style from Herculaneum, artist unknown; 5

Hercules, Piero della Francesca, ca. 1465

The Death of Hercules, Francisco de Zurbarán, 1634

BacchantePierre-Étienne Monnot (French; 1657–1733)created in Rome between 1692 and 1714Gilt terracot

Atropos, or the Fates, Francisco Goya, 1819-23

Mercury Ordering Aeneas to Abandon Dido (detail)Orazio Samacchini (Italian; 1532–1577)second half of

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