Mythology


Mythology



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Monsters

MONSTERS

Mythological Animals

MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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Dionysos and his attendants, marble.                   
Vase purchased in Naples by Emperor Karl VI            
(1711-1740)
#10040147

Dionysos and his attendants, marble. Vase purchased in Naples...

Dionysos-Mosaic from the Thermae of Virunum, Austria.  
Virunum was the capital of the Roman province of       
Noricum. The town was founded under Emperor Claudius   
around 45-50 CE.
#10040223

Dionysos-Mosaic from the Thermae of Virunum, Austria. Virunum was the capital...

The punishment of Dirke,aunt of Antiope,Zeus'lover.    
Floor mosaic from Aquincum                             
(Budapest), Hungary.
#10040224

The punishment of Dirke,aunt of Antiope,Zeus'lover. Floor mosaic from Aquinc...

The youthful Dionysos. Fresco from Magdalensberg,      
Carinthia, Austria. This capital of Celtic Noricum     
was a centre of steel and iron trade with Rome and     
Roman merchants settled there even before all of       
Noricum became a Roman province in 45 CE.
#10040228

The youthful Dionysos. Fresco from Magdalensberg, Carinthia, Austria. This...

Head of Iphigenie Taurica. Fresco from Magdalensberg,  
Carinthia, Austria. This capital of Celtic Noricum     
was a centre of steel and iron trade with Rome and     
Roman merchants settled there even before all of       
Noricum became a Roman province in 45 CE.
#10040230

Head of Iphigenie Taurica. Fresco from Magdalensberg, Carinthia, Austria. This...

Servant girl, tomb-relief from Virunum, Carinthia.     
The girls holds a mirror with a head of Medusa in      
the left hand, a small box in her right. Her clothes   
are typical of the women of Noricum: fibulae on the    
shoulders, an outer tunica tucked up below the knees.
#10040240

Servant girl, tomb-relief from Virunum, Carinthia. The girls holds a mirror...

Romulus and Remus suckled by the she-wolf, relief      
on the outer wall of the gothic church of Maria Saal,  
Carinthia. The relief came probably from Virunum,      
the Roman capital of the province of Noricum.
#10040242

Romulus and Remus suckled by the she-wolf, relief on the outer wall of the...

Achilles on a chariot, drawn by his horses Balios      
and Xanthos, drags the body of Hector. The figure      
on the right perhaps is Patroclos. From the outer      
wall of the Church of Maria Saal (2nd CE), original    
from Virunum, capital of the Roman province Noricum.
#10040244

Achilles on a chariot, drawn by his horses Balios and Xanthos, drags the b...

Wounded amazon; from Virunum, the capital              
of the Roman province of Noricum, Austria.             
Marble, 73 cm
#10040245

Wounded amazon; from Virunum, the capital of the Roman province of...

Fragment from a Mithras sanctuary, frame of a cult     
image.From bottom to top: Mithras'servants Cautes and  
Cautopates;Mythras draws water from a rock;Helios and  
Mythras;Mythras'ascension in the sun chariot; Okeanos  
and Nereide;assembly of the Gods. Marble, 150 x 44 cm
#10040249

Fragment from a Mithras sanctuary, frame of a cult image.From bottom to top...

Mars and the nymph Rhea Silvia.                        
From Vac, Hungary.                                     
100 x 195 cm
#10040251

Mars and the nymph Rhea Silvia. From Vac, Hungary....

Boy, perhaps the young Dionysos or Bacchus.            
From Savaria (Szombathely, Hungary).                   
Ivory, 26,3 cm
#10040252

Boy, perhaps the young Dionysos or Bacchus. From Savaria (Szombathel...