Monsters


Witches, golems, vampires, demons and more horrible creatures.



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Statuette of a man with a bull's head, Minotaur.       
The figure belonged to the ornaments of a tripod       
carrying a nailed vessel. Attic style.                 
Bronze, H: 18 cm                                       
Br 104
#100109 2

Statuette of a man with a bull's head, Minotaur. The figure belonged to t...

Perseus pursued by the Gorgons.                        
Detail of a binos.                                     
Inv. E 874
#100109 7

Perseus pursued by the Gorgons. Detail of a binos....

Scylla. Handle from a mirror.                          
Bronze (about 310 BCE)                                 
from Tarentum (Tarent), Italy.                         
Br 1686
#10020138

Scylla. Handle from a mirror. Bronze (about 310 BCE)...

Polyphemus devouring one of Ulysses'companions.        
Bronze statuette (2nd CE).                             
Inv. 812                                               
Oppermann Collection
#10020156

Polyphemus devouring one of Ulysses'companions. Bronze statuette (2nd CE...

Ulysses escaping from Polyphemus' cave                 
under the belly of a ram.                              
Bronze statuette (1st-2nd CE).
#10020161

Ulysses escaping from Polyphemus' cave under the belly of a ram...

Ulysses and Circe. Etruscan mirror (4th BCE),          
reverse side.                                          
Cat. 724
#10020167

Ulysses and Circe. Etruscan mirror (4th BCE), reverse side....

Scylla. Earthenware decoration on a red-figured vase.  
Late Italic.                                           
Height of the whole vase 38 cm                         
Inv. 99.541
#100202 5

Scylla. Earthenware decoration on a red-figured vase. Late Italic....

Scylla's tail. Fragment of a marble group              
(mid 1st BCE) from the cave of Tiberius showing        
the ship of Ulysses attacked by Scylla.
#10020252

Scylla's tail. Fragment of a marble group (mid 1st BCE) from the c...

Hand of Scylla attacking a sailor. Fragment            
of a marble group (mid 1st BCE) from the cave          
of Tiberius, showing the ship of Ulysses               
attacked by Scylla.                                    
Height 20 cm, length 34.4 cm
#10020253

Hand of Scylla attacking a sailor. Fragment of a marble group (mid 1...

The blinding of Polyphemus.                            
Early Attic amphora, black-figured                     
(7th BCE).
#100301 1

The blinding of Polyphemus. Early Attic amphora, bla...

Herakles fights the Lernean Hydra.                     
White-figured Lekythos (500-480 BCE)                   
Height 22 cm                                           
CA 598
#100301 6

Herakles fights the Lernean Hydra. White-figured Lekythos (...

Cerberus, the hell-hound, with three heads.            
Corynthian hydria (575 BCE).                           
Height 43 cm                                           
E 701
#10030116

Cerberus, the hell-hound, with three heads. Corynthian hydria (575 B...