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RMP66RYK–William Blake Richmond 1843-1921 'An audience in Athens during the representation of the Agamemnon' 1884. The picture depicts the auditorium of the theatre at Athens, as seen from the stage, during a performance of Agamemnon by Aeschylus
RM2JB7M99–Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Baroque painter of the Flemish school. The Loves of the Centaurs, ca. 1635. Oil on wood. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.
RM2CWBF35–Diane and Acteon', c1584-1609 Artist: Joseph Heintz the Elder. In Roman mythology, Diana was the virgin goddess of the hunt, the equivalent of the Greek goddess Artemis.
RF2J6PYAB–In Greek mythology, Echo was a nymph whom Hera punished by making it impossible for her to speak first or to be silent whenever anyone else was speaking. She fell in love with Narcissus, for whom she pined until only her voice was left—hence, the derivation of the word 'echo.' Apollo punished Narcissus for spurning Echo by having him fall in love with himself when he saw his reflection in the water of a fountain.
RM2M6RG5M–Jason and the Argonauts. Painting of Jason's ship Argo by Lorenzo Costa (1460–1535), tempera on panel, 1500
RMMC6J24–Greek Mythology Venus Aphrodite the Mirror of Venus Engraving of 1892 after the painting by E Burne Jones
RFPYEE8P–Cerberus - hound of Hades. Terrible three-headed dog from Greek mythology. Museum painting.
RMPGHE8D–Pegasus depicted in the Roman fresco from Herculaneum (1-79 AD), now on display in the National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) in Naples, Campania, Italy.
RM2R12452–Diomedes, son of Tydeus, King of Argos in Greek mythology. One of the main Greek combatants in the Trojan War. Profile of young man in Corinthian helmet with crest. Diomedes Heros. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his L’Academia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.
RMMF6EE5–Artemis and Callisto 1744 by Charles Joseph Natoire 1700-1777 France French ( In Greek mythology, Callisto or Kallisto was a nymph, or the daughter of King Lycaon. She was one of the followers of Artemis, or Diana for the Romans, who attracted Zeus (Jupiter). He transformed himself into the figure of Artemis and seduced her in this disguise. She became pregnant. )
RMRJHKNK–Hercules Wrestling Greek River God Achelous. c18th Engraving of Painting by Jean Antoine Regillo aka Lucinio Pordenone (1484-1540)
RM2DDJBHF–Amphitrite, 1775-1830 Thomas Stothard, In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite was a sea goddess and wife of Poseidon and the queen of the sea., Greek Mythology, Oil Painting, Animal, Horse, Old Master, Female, Greek gods, goddesses
RM2B00WK2–Egypt: 'Pelt Merchant of Cairo'. Oil on canvas painting by Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904), 1869. Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academicism. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits and other subjects, bringing the Academic painting tradition to an artistic climax.
RMTXH1T2–Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678) Flemish school Prometheus Bound 1640 Oil on canvas (245 x 178 cm) Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz museum
RM2A84D88–Jan Zachariasz Frey (1769-1829). Polish painter. Hebe, ca.1800. Oil on canvas. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland.
RM2CWBF1A–La Traversee du Styx', c1591-1638 Artist: Jacob Isaacz van Swanenburg. In Greek mythology, Styx is the name of a river which formed the boundary between earth and the underworld, Hades.
RF2ET71K4–This 1880s illustration shows a fresco uncovered at Pompeii of Orpheus charming the animals with his lyre playing. In Greek mythology, Orpheus was a famed Thracian bard whose lyre music charmed even the wildest of animals and even plants, trees, and rocks (as seen here). The son of the Muse Calliope, he married the nymph Eurydice after taking part in the Argonaut expedition. According to Greek mythology, after a snake killed her, Orpheus went to Hades (the Underworld) to fetch her. Charmed by his music, the gods freed her, but on the condition that he not look at her until he reached the upper
RMM6G97K–Eye-cup (Kylix) decorated with young figures scene and two eyes. Pre-classical Greek Archaic Period. 6th century BC. Emporion, Girona.
RMMC85N5–GREEK MYTHOLOGY Theseus and the Minotaur in the Maze, after a painting on a Greek vase, reproduced in Creuzer's 'Symbolik und Mythologie der Altern Voelker', 1819
RM2M12PER–Achilleion, residence of Empress Sissi, built in 1889, architecture based on Greek mythology, huge painting by the painter Franz Matsch Triumph of Ach
RMBA800J–Apollo, Greek deity of light, poetry, music, medicine, painting 'Apollon gardant Troupeaux d Admete',
RM2RTMFJA–Apollo God of Light ,Eloquence, Poetry and Fine Arts with Urania Muse of Astronomy, oil painting by French artist Charles Meynier, 1798
RMPGHE9K–Medea planning the murder of her children depicted in the Roman fresco from the House of the Dioscuri (Casa dei Dioscuri) in Pompeii (62-79 AD), now on display in the National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) in Naples, Campania, Italy. In their ignorance they play knucklebones, while an elderly teacher helps them. The fresco is thought to derive from a work by Timomachos of Byzantium, who was active around the middle of the 1st century BC.
RMPRX9MX–Jupiter and Antiope 1596 Hans von Aachen 1552-1615 German Germany. (Zeus in Greek mythology, Roman mythology and told of the god Jupiter. Antiope, the beautiful daughter of King Nycteus of Thebes, was surprised and seduced by Zeus in the form of a satyr. She became pregnant and bore the twins Amphion and Zethus,)
RM2DDJ0PJ–Medea, 1868 Artist: Frederick Sandys, Greek legend describes Medea as a sorceress and the wife of Jason. When he deserted her for another woman, Medea poisoned both her rival (Glauce) and her two children., Art Movement, Pre-Raphaelite, Greek Mythology, Oil Painting, Magic, Animal, Toad
RM2B00WK1–Egypt: 'The Saddle Bazaar, Cairo'. Oil on canvas painting by Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904), 1883. Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academicism. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits and other subjects, bringing the Academic painting tradition to an artistic climax.
RMPWHP3R–Orpheus. Greek poet and musician. Pompeian fresco depicting Orpheus playing the zither and appeasing the animals. Domus of Vesonio Primo. Pompeii. La Campania. Italy.
RMEC86KD–Painting depicting Prometheus being chained by Vulcan as described in Greek Mythology. Painted by Dirck van Baburen (1595-1624). Dated 17th Century
RF2EDTCA2–This image shows the painting titled Sacrifice of Iphegenia, with the appearance of the goddess artemis by Regunald Arthur. Iphegenia is also spelled Iphigenia. Iphigenia was the daughter of Agamemnon, leader of the Greek forces against the Troy in the Trojan War. To appease the goddess Artemis (the Roman Diana), Agamemnon was told to sacrifice Iphigenia, seen in this illustration at Aulis, the port town in eastern Greece, where Agamemnon's fleet was prevented by Artemis (seen in upper left) from sailing until he had sacrificed her. When the sacrifice was about to take place, Iphigenia was wh
RM2WAG4MX–Agamemnon. Achilles' surrender of Briseis to Agamemnon, from the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii, Italy, fresco, 1st century AD. In Greek mythology, Agamemnon was a king of Mycenae who commanded the Greeks during the Trojan War.
RMRE8TEK–Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian, Theseus, whose ship is shown in the distance, has just left Ariadne on Naxos, when Bacchus arrives, jumping from his chariot, drawn by two cheetahs falling immediately in love with Ariadne. Bacchus raised her to heaven. The constellation Corona Borealis, Bacchus's crowning gift to her, is shown in the sky above her head. EDITORIAL USE ONLY
RMM6G98H–Eye-cup (Kylix) with young figures scene and two eyes (detail). Pre-classical Greek Archaic Period. 6th century BC. Emporion, Girona.
RMMC6J2N–Greek Mythology Neptune Neptune with his trident and family riding on strange fish Etching by PA Masse after the painting by CN Kennedy 1890
RMFF7GT5–DEMETER/CERES. /nThe Greek goddess (Roman goddess Ceres) of the growth of food plants, enthroned with her attribute of wheat. /nLine engraving after a wall painting in Pompeii, Italy, 19th century.
RM2JRT2N4–Vintage engraving The Miser and Plutus, From the Fables of John Gay 18th Century, In ancient Greek mythology, Plutus is the god and the personification of wealth
RMBB5P7E–Dionysus (Latin: Bacchus), Greek god of wine, 'Bacchus', painting, by Carravaggio, 1593 / 1594, Uffizi, Florence,
RMW514DE–Vases produced by the Etruscan civilization in central Italy between the 9th and 2nd centuries BCE were strongly influenced by Greek vase painting, using the same techniques, and largely the same shapes. Both the black-figure vase painting and the later red-figure vase painting techniques were used. The subjects were also very often drawn from Greek mythology in later periods. It has been suggested that many or most elaborately painted vases were specifically bought to be used in burials, as a substitute, cheaper and less likely to attract robbers, than the vessels in silver and bronze.
RMPGHEDG–Jason depicted in the Roman fresco from the House of Jason (Casa di Giasone) in Pompeii (20-25 AD), now on display in the National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) in Naples, Campania, Italy. Jason recognisable by his missing sandal depicted next to the servant places the items required in the sacrificial ritual on a trapeza (Roman low table).
RMKHJWBC–Diane et Actéon - Diane and Actaeon 1630 Michel Dorigny (1616–1665) France French ( Greek mythology, )
RMCYAMM4–FIRE IN THE BORGO (1514), RAFFAELLO SANZIO DE URBINO aka RAPHAEL (1482-1520), STANZA DELLA SEGNATURA, VATICAN, ROME
RM2DDJ30B–Medea, 1868 Artist: Frederick Sandys, Greek legend describes Medea as a sorceress and the wife of Jason. When he deserted her for another woman, Medea poisoned both her rival (Glauce) and her two children., Art Movement, Pre-Raphaelite, Greek Mythology, Oil Painting, Magic, Animal, Toad
RM2B00WJY–Turkey/France: 'Bashi-Bazouk'. Oil on canvas painting by by Jean-Leon Gerome (1825-1904), c. 1868-1869. A bashi-bazouk or bashibazouk was an irregular soldier of the Ottoman army. They were noted for their lack of discipline. Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academicism. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits and other subjects, bringing the Academic painting tradition to an artistic climax.
RME1GG57–Fresco depicting the arrival of the Trojan Horse, from Pompeii. The Trojan Horse was used to enter the Greek city of Troy Dated 1st Century B.C. .
RF2EDTC5E–This painting, titled Lament for Icarus, was painted by Herbert J Draper in 1898. It shows the dead Icarus, surrounded by lamenting nymphs. The wings of Icarus are based on the bird-of-paradise pattern. In Greek mythology, Daedalus was the builder of the labyrinth at Knossos in Crete (designed to keep the Minotaur within). To escape his confinement on the island by the king, he designed wings of wax and feathers for himself and his son, Icarus (here). But, Icarus flew too close to the sun. The wax melted, and he fell into the sea (name after the Icarian sea). Daedalus made it to Sicily, where
RMEMDXGJ–Painting from a cubiculum nocturnum. Polyphemus. Roman. 1st C. AD. From Villa of Agrippa Postumus at Boscotrecase, Italy
RM2M5EANB–Hercules kills the Hydra, the second of Hercules' twelve labours. Hercules' nephew Iolaus is doing battle with him against the monster. From a print by Michel Dorigny after the painting by Simon Vouet.
RM2HJP2R7–Vintage illustration Sarpedon Carried to Jupiter from the Plain of Troy by Sleep and Death, after Henri Leopold Levy. In Greek mythology, Sarpedon, was a son of Zeus, who fought on the side of Troy in the Trojan War.
RMBA800H–Apollo, Greek deity of light, poetry, music, medicine, painting 'Apollon fait venir des oreilles dane a midas',
RMDCJD64–19th century - Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1864 - Gustave Moreau Philippe Sauvan-Magnet / Active Museum
RMPGHEA8–Achilles dressed as woman discovered by Odysseus and Diomedes at Scyros depicted in the Roman fresco from the House of the Dioscuri (Casa dei Dioscuri) in Pompeii (1-79 AD), now on display in the National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) in Naples, Campania, Italy.
RMPRX9MR–Bacchus, Ceres and Amor (1595 - 1605) by Hans von Aachen 1552-1615 German Germany. Greek, Roman, mythology,
RF2EC196W–Demeter - goddess of the harvest in ancient Greek religion and mythology, woman with sheaf of grain in hands, vector illustration, white background
RM2B00WK0–Turkey: 'Turkish 'Bashi-bazouk' Mercenary Soldiers Playing Chess'. Oil on canvas painting by Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904), c. 1870-1873. A bashi-bazouk or bashibazouk was an irregular soldier of the Ottoman army. They were noted for their lack of discipline. Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academicism. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits and other subjects, bringing the Academic painting tradition to an artistic climax.
RMTXG61F–Edward Simmons American school Northwest Corridor, First Floor. Mural depicting the muse Melpomene Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.
RM2CWBG57–Sacrifice of Iphigenia' by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1735. Artemis, the Greek goddess of hunting, watches the preparations for the sacrifice of Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, that she has demanded. From the University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
RF2BWC82A–This painting, titled Circe and the Friends of Ulysses, was done by Briton Riviere in 1872. Briton Rivière was a British artist of Huguenot descent. He exhibited a variety of paintings at the Royal Academy, but devoted much of his life to animal paintings. According to ancient Greek mythology, Circe was a well-known enchantress. The daughter of Helios, she changed the companions of the Greek hero Odysseus into swine, as pictured here. Odysseus made Circe break the spell.
RM2HCCDAW–Selene and Endymion (The Death of Orion) by Johann Carl Loth (1632-1698), oil on canvas, c. 1660-80
RMEMFKF6–Painting from a cubiculum nocturnum (bedroom). Roman.1st C. AD. Galata. From Villa of Agrippa Postumus at Boscotrecase, Italy.
RM2NH36CJ–Apollo dancing with his nine Olympian Muses: Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania. After an engraving by Henry Marais from a painting by Giulio Romano.
RF2FP0AB1–Ceramic reproductions of ancient Greek mythology attached to a public wall in Santorini island in Greece
RMEAJYE6–facsimile of an ancient Greek heroic legend, vase painting, Greece, Europe , Faksimile zu antiken griechischen Heldensagen, Vase
RMBA7XWH–Achilles, Greek hero, portrait, side view, history painting, copper engraving, circa 18th century, Artist's Copyright has not to be cleared
RFK37G13–Etruscan bas relief depicting Leucothea holding on her knees infant Bacchus. Old Illustration by unidentified author, published on Magasin Pittoresque, Paris, 1834
RMPGHE85–Laocoön with his sons attacked by serpents. Roman fresco from the House of Laocoön (Casa di Laocoonte) in Pompeii (1-79 AD), now on display in the National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) in Naples, Campania, Italy. Laocoon, who was sacrificing a large white bull to Poseidon, is attacked and suffocated along with his sons by serpents sent by Athena.
RMM8DADC–Ulysses and Neoptolemus removing from Philoctetes the arrows of Hercules ( Greek Mythology ) 1783-1785, Jean Joseph TAILLASSON, 1745 -1809, France, French,
RF2EC16X5–Demeter - goddess of the harvest in ancient Greek religion and mythology, woman with sheaf of grain in hands, vector illustration, white background
RM2B016EJ–Netherlands/Greece: ‘The Sacrifice of Iphigenia’. Oil on canvas painting by Jan Havicksz Steen (1625/1626 - 23 February 1679), 1671. When Helen was abducted - or seduced - by Paris, starting the Trojan war, Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and Helen's brother-in-law, led the Greek war effort as commander of the fleet. In order to summon up winds to propel his ships, he was forced to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia to the goddess Artemis, whom he had offended. This eventually led to his downfall. Clytaemnestra never forgave him for the death of their daughter and took her revenge years later.
RM2ATHG0X–Simon Vouet French school Polyhymnia, muse of eloquence 17th century Oil on wood (81 x 100 cm) Paris, musee du Louvre
RM2H8JCJA–Ganymede mural of the Lyric Poetry series by Henry O. Walker, Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C., USA ca. 1901
RM2AAP0ET–Alexander the Great, said, became a figure of Persian mythology.This Persian miniature show his death on either 10 or 11 June 323 BC, in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II, in Babylon, at age 32. There are two different versions of Alexander's death; Plutarch's account is that roughly 14 days before his death, Alexander spent the night and next day drinking, developed a fever and died.
RF2D6AYEH–This painting by Frederic Leighton shows Helen of Troy attended by her handmaidens. In Greek legend, Paris was a Trojan prince, the son of Priam and Hecuba. When Eris, the Greek goddess of discord, was not invited to the marriage of the Greek leader Achilles, she threw a golden apple into the festivities, with the words 'for the fairest' written on it. The goddesses Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena each claimed the apple, and Zeus, the king of the gods, had Paris choose which one should get it. Hermes, the messenger god, acts as a guide, arranging the meeting between the goddesses and Paris. Aphrod
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