Mythology


Mythology



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Monsters

MONSTERS

Mythological Animals

MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

2,473 photos
Head of the Licean Apollo. Traces of paint.            
Roman copy, 1st CE                                     
H: 35 cm                                               
Inv. 344
#100406 1

Head of the Licean Apollo. Traces of paint. Roman copy, 1st CE...

Two victories sacrificing a bull on an altar;they wear 
the palladion, a small statue of Athena.               
Oenochoe,(wine jug), silver, partly gilded.            
H: 24,8 cm                                             
BJ 1899
#10040612

Two victories sacrificing a bull on an altar;they wear the palladion, a small s...

Mask of a satyr on a piedestal, Archilokos of Myrina   
playing the lyre. Silver goblet, reverse side of       
10-04-06/15. Companion piece to 10-04-06/13-14.        
1st CE, latest date 79 CE, eruption of Vesuvius.       
H: 10,4 cm  BJ 1924 From the treasure of Boscoreale.
#10040616

Mask of a satyr on a piedestal, Archilokos of Myrina playing the lyre. Silver...

The Theban sphinx mangles a boy; Roman copy            
of a detail of the throne of Phidias' statue of        
Zeus in Olympia. 440 BCE.
#10040645

The Theban sphinx mangles a boy; Roman copy of a detail of the thron...

Sleeping Papposilene (old Silenus)                     
From Volubilis.                                        
Marble, 13 x 52 cm                                     
Inv. P.I.89 2 11 4
#10040651

Sleeping Papposilene (old Silenus) From Volubilis....

Volubilis became a Roman city when Emperor Caligula    
annexed Mauretania in 40 CE.It was the seat of the     
Roman procurator,a center of the olive-oil trade and   
had 20.000 inhabitants.Mosaic "Bath of the Nymphs"     
in a house on the main road.
#10040660

Volubilis became a Roman city when Emperor Caligula annexed Mauretania in 40...

Volubilis became a Roman city when Emperor Caligula    
annexed Mauretania in 40 CE.It was the seat of the     
Roman procurator,a center of the olive-oil trade and   
had 20.000 inhabitants. A mosaic showing Orpheus       
among the animals, from one of the villas in Volubilis.
#10040662

Volubilis became a Roman city when Emperor Caligula annexed Mauretania in 40...

Boy with the club of Hercules, Roman copy of a         
Hellenistic original.                                  
Marble                                                 
Inv. I 137
#10040667

Boy with the club of Hercules, Roman copy of a Hellenistic original....

Meleager, Greek myth, kills the Caledonian boar.       
Roman copy of a Greek original by Skopas, 4th BCE.     
Marble                                                 
Inv. I 1287
#10040669

Meleager, Greek myth, kills the Caledonian boar. Roman copy of a Greek or...

The deceased's journey to the Underworld.              
Tuff cinerary urn with relief                          
Width 60 cm                                            
Inv. I 1046
#10050116

The deceased's journey to the Underworld. Tuff cinerary urn with r...

Myrtilos' death.                                       
Tuff cinerary urn with relief                          
Width 58 cm                                            
Inv. I 1034
#10050117

Myrtilos' death. Tuff cinerary urn with r...

Statue of a young man, maybe Adonis,                   
from Saida (ancient Sidon), Libanon                    
Height 24.3 cm                                         
Br 411
#10050120

Statue of a young man, maybe Adonis, from Saida (ancient Sido...