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Mythological Animals

MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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The rape of the Sabine women, statue in the garden
of Palais Schwarzenberg, Vienna. The palais was begun
by Lukas von Hildebrandt and completed by Fischer von
Erlach. Raptus-statues by Lorenzo Mattielli.
Around 1720

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The rape of the Sabine women, statue in the garden of Palais Schwarzenberg,...

Hercules Fountain (1596-1602). Detail.
Background: Rococo Palace Schaetzler
(1765-1768) in the Maximilianstrasse
of Augsburg, Bavaria.

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Hercules Fountain (1596-1602). Detail. Background: Rococo Palac...

House-sign "Zum Greifen" (To the Griffin)in
Dinkelsbuehl,Germany.

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House-sign "Zum Greifen" (To the Griffin)in Dinkelsbuehl,Germany.

Stromboli,the island of Aeolus,whom the Greek Gods
had appointed keeper of the winds.

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Stromboli,the island of Aeolus,whom the Greek Gods had appointed keeper of the w...

Ulysses - Polyphem

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Ulysses - Polyphem

The small island in front of the harbour of
Aci Reale,Sicily, where enamoured Polyphem
threw rocks at Galathea and her lover Acis.
Acis was changed into a river;Galathea was buried
under the rock.

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The small island in front of the harbour of Aci Reale,Sicily, where enamoured Po...

The rock of the Scylla.
The rock lies on the Calabrian coast at the Straits
of Messina.

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The rock of the Scylla. The rock lies on the Calabrian coast at the Straits of...

Lava landscape on the slopes of Mount Aetna,Sicily.
Smokeholes in the lava may have inspired the myth
of the Cyclops Polyphem,the one-eyed giant of the
Odyssee and of Ovid's metamorphoses.

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Lava landscape on the slopes of Mount Aetna,Sicily. Smokeholes in the lava may h...

Lava landscape on the slopes of Mount Aetna,Sicily.
Smokeholes in the lava may have inspired the myth
of the Cyclops Polyphem,the one-eyed giant of the
Odyssee and of Ovid's metamorphoses.

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Lava landscape on the slopes of Mount Aetna,Sicily. Smokeholes in the lava may h...

Lava landscape on the slopes of Mount Aetna,Sicily.
Smokeholes in the lava may have inspired the myth
of the Cyclops Polyphem,the one-eyed giant of the
Odyssee and of Ovid's metamorphoses.

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Lava landscape on the slopes of Mount Aetna,Sicily. Smokeholes in the lava may h...

Lava landscape on the slopes of Mount Aetna,Sicily.
Smokeholes in the lava may have inspired the myth
of the Cyclops Polyphem,the one-eyed giant of the
Odyssee and of Ovid's metamorphoses.

#23020111

Lava landscape on the slopes of Mount Aetna,Sicily. Smokeholes in the lava may h...

Lava landscape on the slopes of Mount Aetna,Sicily.
Smokeholes in the lava may have inspired the myth
of the Cyclops Polyphem,the one-eyed giant of the
Odyssee and of Ovid's metamorphoses.

#23020112

Lava landscape on the slopes of Mount Aetna,Sicily. Smokeholes in the lava may h...