Mythology


Mythology



2 subcategories
Monsters

MONSTERS

Mythological Animals

MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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A Giant falls to the feet of Aphrodite                 
who, with her elegantly decorated sandal,              
steps on his face.                                     
Zeus Altar of Pergamon erected                         
around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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A Giant falls to the feet of Aphrodite who, with her elegantly...

Athena fights Gaia's sons while Gaia,
Goddess of the Earth, emerges from below
and tends a hand to one of her fallen sons.
Zeus Altar of Pergamon erected
around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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Athena fights Gaia's sons while Gaia, Goddess of the Earth, emerges from below a...

Zeus and his companions during
the battle against the Giants.
Zeus Altar of Pergamon erected
around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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Zeus and his companions during the battle against the Giants. Zeus Altar of Perg...

A Giant bites the arm of a God
who catches him in a stranglehold.
Zeus Altar of Pergamon erected
around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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A Giant bites the arm of a God who catches him in a stranglehold. Zeus Altar of...

The Goddess Hekate, with buckler
and torch, fights a Giant.
Zeus Altar of Pergamon erected
around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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The Goddess Hekate, with buckler and torch, fights a Giant. Zeus Altar of Pergam...

Goddess Hekate battling the Giants                     
with torch and buckler.                                
A giant serpent attacks her shield.                    
Zeus Altar of Pergamon erected                         
around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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Goddess Hekate battling the Giants with torch and buckler....

An unidentified deiety strangles a monstrous           
Giant with a lion's head and paws, and with            
serpents for legs. These attributes characterized      
the Giants as a brute Barbarian force. Zeus Altar      
of Pergamon erected around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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An unidentified deiety strangles a monstrous Giant with a lion's head...

The Lion-goddess during the battle                     
between the Gods and the Giants.                       
Zeus Altar of Pergamons erected                        
around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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The Lion-goddess during the battle between the Gods and the...

Auge, who was raped by Herakles and bore               
him Telephos, watches preparations for                 
her son to be exposed in the mountains.                
Zeus Altar of Pergamon erected                         
around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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Auge, who was raped by Herakles and bore him Telephos, watches pr...

Theuthras, Auge's husband, descends to the             
beach to greet Telephos. From the narrow frieze        
of the Zeus Altar of Pergamon, which illustrates       
the local Telephos myth. The altar was erected         
around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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Theuthras, Auge's husband, descends to the beach to greet Telephos....

Telephos and his companions in Mysia.                  
From the narrow frieze of the Zeus Altar               
of Pergamon which illustrates the local                
Telephos myth. The altar was erected                   
around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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Telephos and his companions in Mysia. From the narrow frieze o...

Temple dedicated to Castor and Pollux, Agrigentum,     
Sicily.
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Temple dedicated to Castor and Pollux, Agrigentum, Sicily.