Mythology


Mythology



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MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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Red-figured Attic crater,called crater of Antaios.     
Heracles fights the Libyan giant Antaios.              
Signed by Euphronios,painted 515-510 BCE.              
H: 44,8 cm     Inv: C 103
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Red-figured Attic crater,called crater of Antaios. Heracles fights the Liby...

Red-figured Attic crater,called crater of Antaios.
Heracles fights the Libyan giant Antaios. From Cerveteri.             Close-up of 10-03-06/1.      Signed by Euphronios.
Painted 515-510 BCE    44,8 x 55 cm     Inv: C 103
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Red-figured Attic crater,called crater of Antaios. Heracles fights the Libyan g...

Red-figured crater:King Cadmos,an amphora in one hand, 
throws stones at the dragon who has killed his com-    
panions;three female figures,perhaps the nymphs of the 
well,watch the combat.In the upper register Hermes,Pan 
and a satyr.Obverse side,H:57 cm N 3157 See 10-03-06/11
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Red-figured crater:King Cadmos,an amphora in one hand, throws stones at the dra...

Red-figured bell-crater from Apulia:Apollo purifies    
Orestes with the blood of a piglet.Orestes still holds 
the dagger with which he has killed his mother.        
Klitaimnestra tries to wake the sleeping Furies.       
(Aischylos,Eumenides). 380 BCE;   H:48,7cm   Cp 710
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Red-figured bell-crater from Apulia:Apollo purifies Orestes with the blood o...

Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of   
the end of the 5th century BCE,meant to adorn a        
monument to Dionysos or used in a theatrical production
Often copied,the Greek originals are attributed to     
Calimachos, creator of the Corinthian capital. E 43
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Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of the end of the 5th centu...

Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of   
the end of the 5th century BCE,meant to adorn a        
monument to Dionysos or used in a theatrical production
Often copied,the Greek originals are attributed to     
Calimachos, creator of the Corinthian capital. E 44
#03050115

Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of the end of the 5th centu...

Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of   
the end of the 5th century BCE,meant to adorn a        
monument to Dionysos or used in a theatrical production
Often copied,the Greek originals are attributed to     
Calimachos, creator of the Corinthian capital. E 45
#03050116

Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of the end of the 5th centu...

Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of   
the end of the 5th century BCE,meant to adorn a        
monument to Dionysos or used in a theatrical production
Often copied,the Greek originals are attributed to     
Calimachos, creator of the Corinthian capital. E 46
#03050117

Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of the end of the 5th centu...

God Jupiter wearing a goat-skin,reminiscent of the     
goat Amalthea who suckled him as a child.Roman work,   
inspired by a Zeus figure of the 5th BCE. Usually,     
the goat-skin is attributed to Zeus' daughter Athena.  
Marble,2nd CE.     E 16
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God Jupiter wearing a goat-skin,reminiscent of the goat Amalthea who suckle...

Attic sarcophagus with the story of Achilles,Achilles' 
son and the Trojan princess Polyxena,daughter of       
Priamos,at the grave of Achilles.                      
Marble                                                 
E 180
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Attic sarcophagus with the story of Achilles,Achilles' son and the Trojan princ...

Attic sarcophagus with the story of Achilles,Achilles' 
son and the Trojan princess Polyxena,daughter of       
Priamos,at the grave of Achilles.                      
Marble                                                 
E 182
#03050120

Attic sarcophagus with the story of Achilles,Achilles' son and the Trojan princ...

Attic sarcophagus with the story of Achilles,Achilles' 
son and the Trojan princess Polyxena,daughter of       
Priamos,at the grave of Achilles.                      
Marble                                                 
E 180
#03050121

Attic sarcophagus with the story of Achilles,Achilles' son and the Trojan princ...