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One of Artemis' dogs attacks a Giant who has fallen at the Goddess' feet and leans on her shoe. Zeus Altar of Pergamon erected around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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One of Artemis' dogs attacks a Giant who has fallen at the Goddess' feet and lea...

Boarhunt.From the mosaics of the Villa del Casale, Piazza Armerina,Sicily,Italy,3rd-4th CE
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Boarhunt.From the mosaics of the Villa del Casale, Piazza Armerina,Sicily,I...

Knife from Jebel el-Arak,near Abydos.Negade II,3.500 - 3.100 BCE.Silex and hyppopotamus ivory, H: 25,5 cm Verso of the handle.A bearded person flanked by two lions,desert animals and dogs.Inspired by Mesopotamian art. E 11517 For overall and recto see 08-01-01/1,2.
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Knife from Jebel el-Arak,near Abydos.Negade II,3.500 - 3.100 BCE.Silex and hypp...

Ostracon,three dogs in pursuit of a hyena. Sandstone,ink and paint,8,8 x 15,5 cm From Deir el Medineh,Ramessid period. 19th-20th dynasties (1295-1069 BCE) E 14366
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Ostracon,three dogs in pursuit of a hyena. Sandstone,ink and paint,...

Terracotta figure of a dog, Neo-Babylonian dynasty, Mesopotamia, 700-500 BCE. The sitting dog occurs as a divine symbol from the Old Babylonian period and continues through to the Neo-Babylonian. Inscriptions identify it as the symbol of Gula,goddess of healing, and this animal was probably part of a larger statue or temple ornament. ANE, 22358
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Terracotta figure of a dog, Neo-Babylonian dynasty, Mesopotamia, 700-500 BCE. Th...

Leaving for the hunt with dogs and cages. Stone bas-relief (7th BCE) from the palace of Ashurbanipal in Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
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Leaving for the hunt with dogs and cages. Stone bas-relief (7th BCE) from the p...

Majnun recognised by Layla's dog Page of a manuscript of "Layla and Majnun" Uzbekistan, Bukhara, around 1560 Gouache and gold on paper; 19,1cm x 11cm MAO 713
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Majnun recognised by Layla's dog Page of a manuscript of "Layla and Majnun" Uz...

Artemis and Aktaion,metope from Temple E,Selinunte, Sicily,Italy. Aktaion surprises Artemis during her bath (in another version he boasts to be a better shot than the goddess). She changes him into a stag;his own dogs kill him.
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Artemis and Aktaion,metope from Temple E,Selinunte, Sicily,Italy....

Artemis and Aktaion,metope from Temple E,Selinunte, Sicily,Italy.Detail of 10-03-07/19. Aktaion surprises Artemis during her bath (in another version he boasts to be a better shot than the goddess) who changes him into a stag;his own dogs kill him.
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Artemis and Aktaion,metope from Temple E,Selinunte, Sicily,Italy.Detail of 1...

Cupid hunting deer. From Pompeii, Italy; 1st century CE.
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Cupid hunting deer. From Pompeii, Italy; 1st century CE.

A'isha and the dogs of Al-Hawa'ab. A'isha, one of the wives of the prophet Mohammed, disobeyed him and rode a camel, and the dogs of Al-Hawab barked at her. She rides in the decorated howda (the tent-like structure on the camel). ID: Or 2936,fol. 313 recto.
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A'isha and the dogs of Al-Hawa'ab. A'isha, one of the wives of the prophet Moham...

A reclining woman and her lapdog, from Isfahan, Iran, around 1635-1644. A woman lies back against cushions, lazily watching her dog drink from her winebowl. Her relaxed pose and the loosened state of her clothes and hair imply permissiveness; she is most probably a prostitute. OA 1930.4-12.02
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A reclining woman and her lapdog, from Isfahan, Iran, around 1635-1644. A woman...