Landscapes


Landscapes, Seascapes, Cityscapes, etc.



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Landscape near the Isthmus of Corinth, Peloponnesus.   
Here Procrustes robbed travellers and was killed by    
Theseus.
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Landscape near the Isthmus of Corinth, Peloponnesus. Here Procrustes robbed t...

Landscape near the Isthmus of Corinth,where,according  
to Greek myth,the robber Sinis used to bend two pine   
trees down to the ground and tie his victims to the    
tree tops.When he let go,the men were torn in two.     
When Heracles beat Sinis,he suffered the same fate.
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Landscape near the Isthmus of Corinth,where,according to Greek myth,the robber...

Moulourian Rock between Athens and Corinth, Greece.    
From this rock Ino, wife of Athamas, jumped into       
the sea with her son Melikertes, who was saved by a    
dolphin. Ino was transformed into the sea-goddess      
Leukothea. (Euripides, "Ino").
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Moulourian Rock between Athens and Corinth, Greece. From this rock Ino, wife...

Cape Drepanon, between Patras and Aiyion,              
where,according to legend, Zeus threw the sickle       
into the sea with which he had castrated his father    
Cronos.
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Cape Drepanon, between Patras and Aiyion, where,according to legen...

Mount Kyllene, Arcadia, the legendary birthplace of    
Hermes.
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Mount Kyllene, Arcadia, the legendary birthplace of Hermes.

Landscape near Sparta.
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Landscape near Sparta.

Arcadian landscape near Olympia.
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Arcadian landscape near Olympia.

Lake Stymphalos where Herakles fought the Stymphalian  
birds, one of the labours ordered by King Augias.
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Lake Stymphalos where Herakles fought the Stymphalian birds, one of the labour...

View from Lake Stymphalos to Mount Kyllene in Arcadia. 
Here Herakles fought the Stymphalaian birds, one       
of the labours ordered by King Eurysteyos of Tyrins.
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View from Lake Stymphalos to Mount Kyllene in Arcadia. Here Herakles fought the...

The Lerna marshes, where Herakles fought the Hydra,    
one of the labours ordered by King Eurysteyos of Tiryns
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The Lerna marshes, where Herakles fought the Hydra, one of the labours order...

The Lerna marshes, where Herakles fought the Hydra,    
one of the labours ordered by King Eurysteyos of Tiryns
See 01-01-02/28.
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The Lerna marshes, where Herakles fought the Hydra, one of the labours order...

Archaic altar of the Heraion, the sanctuary of Hera    
between Argos and Mycenae (8th BCE).
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Archaic altar of the Heraion, the sanctuary of Hera between Argos and Mycena...