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Mythology



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Monsters

MONSTERS

Mythological Animals

MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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Meeting of Jason and Medea,Amor between them. A scene from the prelude of Euripides' tragedy "Medea".350 - 340 BCE Crater,Sicilian production. Detail of 10-03-07/12
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Meeting of Jason and Medea,Amor between them. A scene from the prelude of Eurip...

Meeting of Jason and Medea,Amor between them. A scene from the prelude of Euripides' tragedy "Medea".350 - 340 BCE Crater,Sicilian production. Detail of 10-03-07/12
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Meeting of Jason and Medea,Amor between them. A scene from the prelud...

Europa and the Bull, Tanagra figure from Beotia. Second quarter 5th BCE.
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Europa and the Bull, Tanagra figure from Beotia. Second quarter 5th BCE.

The Delphic Triade:Leto,Apollo and Artemis. Leto holds in her hand the symbols for both her children,Apollo's lyre and Artemis' moon-sickle. H:85 cm
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The Delphic Triade:Leto,Apollo and Artemis. Leto holds in her hand t...

Europa and the bull; the sea is shown by two huge fish. H:55 cm
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Europa and the bull; the sea is shown by two huge fish. H:55 cm

A sphinx. Early 6th BCE. H: 53 cm
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A sphinx. Early 6th BCE. H: 53 cm

Perseus and Medusa,mid-6th BCE.In death,Medusa gives birth to Chrysaor and Pegasus whose father is Poseidon. Medusa holds her last-born in her arm. Metope from Temple C in Selinunte,Sicily,Italy.
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Perseus and Medusa,mid-6th BCE.In death,Medusa gives birth to Chrysaor and Pe...

Heracles and the Cercopi,a wild people living around Ephesus,robbing and murdering travellers.Hercules killed many,brought two to Queen Omphale.Zeus later changed the Cercopi into monkeys. Metope from Temple C in Selinunte,Sicily,Italy.
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Heracles and the Cercopi,a wild people living around Ephesus,robbing and murd...

Heracles and the amazon,metope from Temple E, Selinunte,Sicily,Italy. According to Greek myth,an amazon loses her strength when grabbed by the hair.
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Heracles and the amazon,metope from Temple E, Selinunte,Sicily,Italy....

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...

A companion of Ulysses devoured by Scylla. Marble,from a group from a fountain in Emperor Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli.Copy of a Hellenistic original from the period of Hadrian (117-138 CE).
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A companion of Ulysses devoured by Scylla. Marble,from a group from...