Souls on the Banks of the Acheron — Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl

A look at the world of the dead in Greek mythology.

Alejandro Orradre
The Collector
Published in
4 min readOct 5, 2022

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‘Souls on the Banks of the Acheron’ (1898) by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl. Oil on canvas. 215 x 340 cm. Image source Wikimedia commons

Greek mythology has been an inexhaustible source of inspiration for Art History.

From the myth of Narcissus to that of Phaethon and many others like Apollo and Daphne, the mythical universe created by Ancient Greece has been the motive for producing some…

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