Mythology


Mythology



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Monsters

MONSTERS

Mythological Animals

MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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The defenders of Troy. Detail of a relief              
from the Heroon of Goelbasi-Trysa in Lykia,            
Turkey.                                                
Limestone (early 4th BCE)
#10010629

The defenders of Troy. Detail of a relief from the Heroon of Goelb...

A captain assembles his men. Detail of a relief        
from the Heroon of Goelbasi-Trysa in Lykia, Turkey.    
Limestone (early 4th BCE)
#10010630

A captain assembles his men. Detail of a relief from the Heroon of Goelb...

Fight between Greeks and Trojans. Detail of a relief   
from the Heroon of Goelbasi-Trysa in Lykia, Turkey.    
Limestone (early 4th BCE)
#10010631

Fight between Greeks and Trojans. Detail of a relief from the Heroon of Goelb...

The Greek hero Bellerophon on his winged horse Pegasos 
kills Chimaira, a composite animal of lion, goat, and  
snake. Frieze on the tomb of a Lykian Prince. Relief   
from the Heroon of Goelbasi-Trysa in Lycia, Turkey.    
Limestone (early 4th BCE)
#10010632

The Greek hero Bellerophon on his winged horse Pegasos kills Chimaira, a compos...

A procession of Bacchus and his followers,             
dancing girls and Maenads on the Borghese Vase.        
Marble (late 2nd or early 1st BCE)                     
Height 171 cm                                          
MA 86
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A procession of Bacchus and his followers, dancing girls and Maenad...

A procession  of Bacchus and his followers,            
a satyr plays the double flute (aulos), a Maenad.      
Borghese Vase, marble (late 2nd or early 1st BCE).     
Height 171 cm.                                         
MA 86
#10010634

A procession of Bacchus and his followers, a satyr plays the double...

Ulysses on his raft made of two vases                  
floating on the waves of the sea.                      
Boeotian cotula (cup) (5th BCE)                        
from Thebes, Greece.                                   
Height 15 cm
#10010660

Ulysses on his raft made of two vases floating on the waves of...

Skiron, the robber, sitting on his rock near Corinth,  
Greece (from the story of Theseus)                     
Red-figured cup (5th BCE).
#10010662

Skiron, the robber, sitting on his rock near Corinth, Greece (from the story o...

Aeneas carrying his father Anchises from burning Troy. 
Scene from Homer's Ilias and Vergil's Aenaeis.         
Black-figured cup with eye-design, signed by the       
painter (around 490 BCE)                               
11.9 x 33.5 cm - F 122
#10010663

Aeneas carrying his father Anchises from burning Troy. Scene from Homer's Ilias...

Orestes kills Aigisthos with his sword.                
Left: Chrysothemis fleeing.                            
Attic red-figured pelike (500 BCE), from Caere.        
Obverse side of 10-01-06/65                            
Height 35 cm - Inv. IV 3725
#10010664

Orestes kills Aigisthos with his sword. Left: Chrysothemis fleei...

Klytaimnestra comes to the aid of her lover Aigisthos  
restrained by Thaltybios, Agamemnon's herold.          
Attic red-figured pelike (500 BCE)                     
Reverse side of 10-01-06/64                            
Height 35 cm - Inv. IV 3725
#10010665

Klytaimnestra comes to the aid of her lover Aigisthos restrained by Thaltybios...

Sea-serpent.                                           
Terracotta (330 BCE-1 CE).
#10010716

Sea-serpent. Terracotta (330 BCE-1 CE...