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1 | Title | Author | Source URL | Author URL | License | Alt Text (NOT the caption) | Location in Book | Adaptations | Adaptation Author | Notes | ||||||||||||||||
2 | "Athena" (Origins) and "Hephaestus" Art and Symbolism | Bibi Saint-Pol | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exaleiptron_birth_Athena_Louvre_CA616.jpg | Public Domain | Zeus seated, with the small figure of Athena emerging from his head with a helm, shield, and spear. Other gods stand around Zeus. | "Athena" (Origins) | level adjustment | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | 005MA Athena Fighting | Ricardo André Frantz | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:005MA_Athena_fighting.jpg | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Athena, in a chiton, lunges forward towards a fallen opponent. | "Athena" (Art and Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 02 2020 Grecia photo Paolo Villa FO190090 bis (Museo archeologico di Atene) Lekythos funerario con bassorilievi, in marmo, Arte Classica Greca NAMA 4485 - 420-410 a.C. , con gimp | Paolo Vill | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:02_2020_Grecia_photo_Paolo_Villa_FO190090_bis_(Museo_archeologico_di_Atene)_Lekythos_funerario_con_bassorilievi,_in_marmo,_Arte_Classica_Greca_NAMA_4485_-_420-410_a.C._,_con_gimp.jpg | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Hermes, young and nude, wearing a chlamys and winged shoes, leads a young woman by the hand. To the left stand two older male relatives. | "Hermes" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 07Delphi Fries01 | Fingal | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:07Delphi_Fries01.jpg | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Apollo and Artemis lunge forward, side by side, to grab a fleeing giant. A dead giant lies on the ground, and three more armoured giants with shields approach from the right. | "Apollo" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 07Delphi Fries01 (cropped) | Fingalo | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:07Delphi_Fries01_(cropped).jpg | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Gods and giants, armed with round shields and spears, fight. A large lion is in the melee. | "Theogony" | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 07Delphi Theater03 | Fingalo | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:07Delphi_Theater03.jpg | CC BY-SA 2.0 | View down a hill onto a semi-circular theatre surrounded by tiered seating. | "Places of Myth" (The Oracle of Delphi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 1077 - Archaeological Museum, Athens - Amazonomachy - Photo by Giovanni Dall'Orto, Nov 11 2009 | Giovanni Dall'Orto | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1077_-_Archaeological_Museum,_Athens_-_Amazonomachy_-_Photo_by_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto,_Nov_11_2009.jpg | CC BY | Two Amazons flank a Greek warrior in combat. The Amazons wears Phrygian caps and tunics, and carry crescent shields. The Greek warrior is nude with a helm and shield. | "The Amazons" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 1617 - Archaeological Museum, Athens - Ossuary - Photo by Giovanni Dall'Orto, Nov 11 2009 | Giovanni Dall'Orto. | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1617_-_Archaeological_Museum,_Athens_-_Ossuary_-_Photo_by_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto,_Nov_11_2009.jpg | CC BY | On the right, Bellerophon stands holding Pegasus by the bridle. Aphrodite stands behind him holding a shield, accompanied by a baby winged Cupid. On the left are a seated woman and a man. | "Perseus and Bellerophon" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 183-Thesee-tuant-le-Minotaure MNA | Codex | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:183-Thesee-tuant-le-Minotaure_MNA.jpg | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Theseus, with a sword and crown, lunges at the minotaur. The Minotaur is down on one knee. On either side stand youths, robed. | "Theseus" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 346/3 As C.CENSORIN Numa Pompilius, Ancus Marcius jugate, Two arches, Prow, statue of Liberty, crescent #1232-11, 26x28mm 10g84 | Andrew McCabe | https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/7393847458 | CC BY 2.0 | One side of a coin. Jugate side-by-side profiles of Numa in front, bearded, and Ancus Marcius behind. | Early Roman Heroes (top of chapter) | ||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 510px-Hera_Staatliche_Antikensammlungen_2685 | Bibi Saint-Pol | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hera_Staatliche_Antikensammlungen_2685_full.jpg | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bibi_Saint-Pol | Public Domain | A circular white-ground pottery depiction of Hera, robed, wearing a crown, and holding a tall sceptre. | "Hera" | Cropped | Pippa | |||||||||||||||||
13 | 6793 - Efesto(Museo Pio-Clementino) - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto, 10 june 2011 | Giovanni Dall'Orto | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:6793_-_Efesto(Museo_Pio-Clementino)_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto,_10_june_2011.jpg | Public Domain | Vulcan, in a conical hat and holding a pair of tongs. Two smaller figures, only head and shoulders visible, stand with him. | "Vulcan" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Achilles Embassy Louvre G264 n3 | Jastrow | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Achilles_embassy_Louvre_G264_n3.jpg | Public Domain | Seated Hermes. He is bearded and wears a petasos hat, and holds a sceptre in his hands. | "Hermes" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Achilles Hector Louvre G153 | Marie-Lan Nguyen | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Achilles_Hector_Louvre_G153.jpg | Public Domain | Achilles, unarmoured but holding a knife, reclines on a bench. The body of Hector, nude, lies on the ground beneath him. | "The Trojans" (Top of Chapter) | ||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Achilles Painter ARV 990 49 Oedipus and the Sphinx - man (01) | ArchaiOptix | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Achilles_Painter_ARV_990_49_Oedipus_and_the_Sphinx_-_man_(01).jpg | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Oedipus, with a chlamys cape and a petasos hat around his neck, stands holding a long sceptre. The sphinx, a winged lion with a humanoid head, sits on a rock in front of Oedipus. | "Places of Myth" (Thebes) | cropped | Kate | ||||||||||||||||||
17 | Achilles weapons MNA Naples | Marie-Lan Nguyen | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Achilles_weapons_MNA_Naples.jpg | Public Domain | Vulcan, seated, holds a large polished shield. A man in a loincloth helps him hold it, and another man sits by and hammers a helmet. On the right, Thetis and another figure sit and wait for the armour. | "Vulcan" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Acroliti dee di Morgantina | Mogantia07 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acroliti_dee_di_Morgantina.JPG | Public Domain | "Demeter and Persephone" (Art and Symbolism) | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Acropole Musée Athéna pensante | Harrieta171 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acropole_Mus%C3%A9e_Ath%C3%A9na_pensante.JPG | CC BY-SA 2.5 | Athena standing with her finger resting on her forehead pensively. She is wearing a plumed battle helm and holding a spear. | "Athena" (Art and Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Acròpoli d'Atenes des del Turó de Filopapo | Vicenç Valcárcel Pérez | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acr%C3%B2poli_d%27Atenes_des_del_Tur%C3%B3_de_Filopapo.jpg | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Archaeological remains of the Parthenon and other Acropolic buildings with supportive scaffolding. Remains of the ancient Athens city are visible among trees at the base of the hill | "Places of Myth" (Athens) | ||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Aeneis 3 147 | Unknown | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aeneis_3_147.jpeg | Public Domain | Landscape perspective wall painting. Red border with a row of evenly spaced gold diamonds in the red. Nighttime scene. Male figure (Aeneas) lies on a bed with four ornate, golden legs, covered in a light blue blanket. He is half sitting up in bed, bare chest exposed, right arm out of covers, looking towards the viewer. The bed is between two Corinthian colums, A crescent moon hangs in the sky over the entablature of the columns. Two male figures in dark, greyish-blue cloaks stand behind the bed. One reaches a hand towards Aeneas. Above the figure on the right, Roman capitol letters read "Penates." | "The Household" (Penates) | ||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Aesernia Æ 139007 | CNG | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aesernia_%C3%86_139007.jpg | https://www.cngcoins.com/ | CC BY-SA 2.5 | Side 1: Head of Vulcan, wearing a hat, and with a pair of tongs. Side 2: Jupiter in a chariot pulled by 2 horses. | "Vulcan" (Art & Symbolism) | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | Affresco romano - eracle ed onfale - area vesuviana | Stefano Bolognini | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Affresco_romano_-_eracle_ed_onfale_-_area_vesuviana.JPG | CC BY | Head and shoulders of Hercules and Omphale with their arms around each other. Hercules wears a crown of laurels, and Omphale wears Hercules' lion skin and carries his club. | "Heracles" (Hercules) | ||||||||||||||||||||
24 | AGMA Tête d'Hermès | Marsyas | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AGMA_T%C3%AAte_d%27Herm%C3%A8s.jpg | CC BY-SA 2.5 | Head of Hermes, bearded with short curly hair. | "Hermes" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
25 | AgoraAthens5thcentury | MadMedea | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AgoraAthens5thcentury.png | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Plan of the Athenian Agora. Buildings are arranged ina square around the Agora, and the Panathenaic way runs diagonally through the square. | "Places of Myth" (Athens) | ||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Agrigento museum 2 | Fab | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agrigento_museum_2.jpg | CC BY 2.0 | Two Amazons fight two Greek warriors. The Greek warriors have round shields, plumed helms, and spears. The Amazons wield swords and wear tunics with spot-patterned leggings. One of the Amazons rides a horse. | "The Amazons" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Agrippa Neptunus coin | Classical Numismatic Group | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agrippa_Neptunus_coin.jpg | Public Domain | Side 1: head of emperor Agrippa. Side 2: Nude Neptune standing holding a trident. | "Poseidon" (Neptune) | ||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Aias body Akhilleus Staatliche Antikensammlungen 1415 | Bibi Saint-Pol | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aias_body_Akhilleus_Staatliche_Antikensammlungen_1415.jpg | Public Domain | Ajax, with helm, armour, and shield, carries the nude body of Achilles under one arme. Other warriors with arms and armour surround them on either side. | "The Trojan War" (The Greeks) | ||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Aias body Akhilleus Staatliche Antikensammlungen 1470 side A | Bibi Saint-Pol | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aias_body_Akhilleus_Staatliche_Antikensammlungen_1470_side_A.jpg | Public Domain | Ajax, carrying a painted shield, carries the body of Achilles over his back. Achilles wears full helm and armour, and has a shield decorated with a gorgoneion. | "The Trojan War" (The Greeks) | ||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Aias body Akhilleus Staatliche Antikensammlungen 1884 | Bibi Saint-Pol | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aias_body_Akhilleus_Staatliche_Antikensammlungen_1884.jpg | Public Domain | Ajax, in plumed helm and carrying a spear and large round shield, carries the body of Achilles over his back. Achilles is similarly armoured, with a sword at his side. | "The Trojan War" (The Greeks) | ||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Aias Carrying Body of Achilles - detail from Francois vase c 565 BCE fForence Italy Arch Museum | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aias_Carrying_Body_of_Achilles_-_detail_from_Francois_vase_c_565_BCE_fForence_Italy_Arch_Museum.jpg | Public Domain | Ajax, on one knee in an archaic running pose, holds the body of Achilles over his shoulders. Achilles is nude and unarmoured. Ajax wears only a plumed helm and greaves. | "The Trojan War" (The Greeks) | |||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Aias Kassandra Louvre G458 | Bibi Saint-Pol | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aias_Kassandra_Louvre_G458.jpg | Public Domain | Cassandra, her clothes hanging open at the front, clings to a statue of Athena. Ajax, nude with chlamys cape, helm, shield, and spear, grabs her from behind. | "The Trojan War" (The Trojans) | ||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Aineias Aphrodite Martin-von-Wagner-Museum L793 | Bibi Saint-Pol | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aineias_Aphrodite_Martin-von-Wagner-Museum_L793.jpg | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bibi_Saint-Pol | Public Domain | The belly of a black-figure amphora depicting Aphrodite at Aeneas' side as warriors with swords and shields press in from either side. | "Aphrodite" (Homeric Hymn) | |||||||||||||||||||
34 | Akhilleus embassy Staatliche Antikensammlungen 8770- cropped white balanced glare reduced | bibi Saint-Pol | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akhilleus_embassy_Staatliche_Antikensammlungen_8770-_cropped_white_balanced_glare_reduced.png | Public Domain | Achilles sits, bundled up in robes, holding a staff and with his head in his hand. Patroclus stands behind him with a staff. Odysseus, holding a staff and with a petasos hat around his neck, sits before Achilles. Phoenix stands behind Odysseus. | "The Trojan War" (The Greeks) | ||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Akhilleus Memnon Staatliche Antikensammlungen 1410 | Bibi Saint-Pol | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akhilleus_Memnon_Staatliche_Antikensammlungen_1410.jpg | Public Domain | Achilles and Memnon, both wielding shields and spears, duel. Memnon's shield is decorated with a snake, a lion, and the head of a tusked and bearded grinning gorgon. | "Medusa" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Akhilleus Patroklos Antikensammlung Berlin F2278 | Bibi Saint-Pol | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Akhilleus_Patroklos_Antikensammlung_Berlin_F2278.jpg | Public Domain | Achilles, youthful and wearing a plumed helm and armour, sits and bandages the arm of Patroclus. Patroclus wears armour and a rounded cap, and is bearded. | "The Trojan War" (The Greeks) | ||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Akhilleus Penthesileia Staatliche Antikensammlungen 1502 | Bibi Saint-Pol | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akhilleus_Penthesileia_Staatliche_Antikensammlungen_1502.jpg | Public Domain | Achilles and Penthesilea fight on horseback. Both wear plumed helms and wield spears in both hands. Another figure, with a shield, is fallen beneath them. | "The Amazons" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Alabastron 490 BC with Amazon and man 01 | MatthiasKabel | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alabastron_490_BC_with_Amazon_and_man_01.jpg | CC BY-SA 3.0 | An Amazon wielding an axe. She wears an armoured vest and has a spotted pattern on her limbs. | "The Amazons" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Alexander Tetradrachm Amphipolis | Ancient Coin Collector | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_Tetradrachm_Amphipolis.jpg | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Side 1: the head of Alexander the Great wearing a lion skin cap. Side 2: Zeus throned with a scepter and eagle. | "Heracles" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Allard Pierson Museum Calydonean boar killing 7653 | Dosseman | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allard_Pierson_Museum_Calydonean_boar_killing_7653.jpg | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Atalanta and Meleager attack the boar from either side, a dog stands on the boar's back and bites it, and another hero has fallen on the ground. Atalanta has a quiver, tunic, and hat. | "Atalanta" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Altar of apollo 03 | Davide Morau | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altar_of_apollo_03.jpg | CC BY-SA 4.0 | An altar on a hillside. The altar is made of smooth, rectangular grey stones, resembling a low wall. | "Places of Myth" (The Oracle of Delphi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Altes Teseo Escirón.TIF | Miguel Hermoso Cuesta | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altes_Teseo_Escir%C3%B3n.TIF | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Theseus, in a tunic and wearing a petasos hat around his neck, holds Sciron by the leg and throws him. Below Sciron are wave patterns, and a turtle. | "Theseus" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Altorilievo del frontone posteriore del tempio A di pyrgi, con scene della saga tebana, 470-460 ac. ca., 01 | Sailko | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altorilievo_del_frontone_posteriore_del_tempio_A_di_pyrgi,_con_scene_della_saga_tebana,_470-460_ac._ca.,_01.jpg | CC BY-SA 4.0 | A melee of 6 warriors. Two wear plumed helms and carry round shields. Two wrestle on the ground. One wears a cape decorated with a Gorgoneion. The relief has many patches of restoration. | "Places of Myth" (Thebes) | cropped | Kate | ||||||||||||||||||
44 | Amazon Frieze BM GR 1865.7-23.1 n01 | Marie-Lan Nguyen | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amazon_Frieze_BM_GR_1865.7-23.1_n01.jpg | CC BY 2.5 | Three Amazons fight two Greeks. The amazons wear Phrygian caps and capes, while the Greeks are bare-chested. Two of the figures carry shields, but the rest fight without weapons. | "The Amazons" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
45 | AmazonaLuchandoDetalleDePélice480-470AC | RowanWindWhistler | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AmazonaLuchandoDetalleDeP%C3%A9lice480-470AC.jpg | CC BY-SA 4.0 | One Amazon, wearing a tunic and floppy hat, shoots a bow. Another amazon, in a helm and with a sword and bow, crouches beside the first. | "The Amazons" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
46 | Amazone Staatliche Antikensammlungen 2342 | Bibi Saint-Pol | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amazone_Staatliche_Antikensammlungen_2342.jpg | Public Domain | An Amazon riding a horse. She wears a helm and tunic, and her arms and legs are covered in zig-zag tiger-stripe patterns. | "The Amazons" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Amazone Staatliche Antikensammlungen 8953 | Bibi Saint-Pol | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amazone_Staatliche_Antikensammlungen_8953.jpg | Public Domain | An Amazon in a running pose. She wears a helm and armour, and hold a sword and a shield with the face of a gorgon on it. | "The Amazons" (Top of Chapter) | ||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Amazonomachy Christie Painter MAN | Marie-Lan Nguyen | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amazonomachy_Christie_Painter_MAN.jpg | CC BY 2.5 | An Amazon, a young woman in a tunic and wielding a spear, rides a horse. She fights a Greek, with a shield and helm, and another Amazons stands behind her. | "The Amazons" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Amazzone ferita, copia romana da originale di policleto del 430 ac. circa, inv. 2272 | Sailko | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amazzone_ferita,_copia_romana_da_originale_di_policleto_del_430_ac._circa,_inv._2272.JPG | CC BY-SA 3.0 | An Amazon, a young woman in a tunic that leaves on breast exposed. She stands with one arm flung above her head and the other holding her stomach. | "The Amazons" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Amazzone mattei | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amazzone_mattei.jpg | Public Domain | A young Amazon woman in a tunic that leaves one of her breasts bare. She stands with one arm thrown up over her head. A sword is in a scabbard at her side, and armour is scattered by her feat. | "The Amazons" (Art & Symbolism) | |||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Ambrosios Painter ARV 173 2 Hermes - komos (04) | ArchaiOptix | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ambrosios_Painter_ARV_173_2_Hermes_-_komos_(04).jpg | CC BY-SA 4.0 NC | Hermes running. He is a bearded man wearing a chlamys cloak, petasos hat, and winged boots. He holds a scepter over one shoulder. | "Hermes" (top of chapter) | ||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Amphora | the British Museum | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1843-1103-3 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Herakles, wearing a lion skin, thrusts a spear at Kyknos, who has fallen to his knees. To the left stands Athena, and to the right is Ares. Ares wields a spear and wears a plumed helm, and a sword is sheathed at his waist. | "Ares" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Amphora 1836,0224.127 | British Museum | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1836-0224-127 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Achilles, with helm and shield, stabs Penthesilea with a spear. Penthesilea wears a tunic and helm, and wields a spear and shield. She has fallen to one knee, and stares up at Achilles. | "The Amazons" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Amphora 1836,0224.138 | British Museum | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1836-0224-138 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Aeneas, in full helm and armour and carrying a shield, carries Anchises on his back. Anchises is an older man with white hair. They are flanked by two women and two men. | "The Trojan War" (The Trojans) | ||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Amphora 1836,0224.38 | The British Museum | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1836-0224-38 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Dionysus, bearded, sits beside Ariadne, who is only just barely visible behind him. Two maenads and three satyrs surround the couple, playing music. | "Dionysos (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Amphora 1836,0224.95 | British Museum | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1836-0224-95 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Heracles, holding the boar, stands with one foot on the rim of a pot that is set into the ground. Eurystheus hides in the pot, his arms and head sticking out, as Heracles drops the boar down on him. Iolaus stands behind Heracles with a deer at his feet and holding Heracles' club, and Athena stands to the right. | "Heracles" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Amphora 1837,0609.71 | British Museum | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1837-0609-71 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Menelaus chases Helen, while another woman flees in the other direction. Menelaus wears Greek armour with a helm and shield, and drops his sword in surprise. Helen wears a himation, and is turned back to look at Menelaus. | "The Trojan War" (The Greeks) | ||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Amphora 1843 1103 40 {VASE B163} | British Museum | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1843-1103-40 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Heracles aims a sling as 16 swans surround him, some lying on the ground and others flying around. | "Heracles" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Amphora 1843,1103.35 | The British Museum | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1843-1103-35 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Dionysus, robed and bearded. he wears a crown of vines, and in one hand holds a branch with long vines sprouting from it. A nude satyr stands behind Dionysus, and in front of him is a maenad woman holding a snake. | "Dionysos (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Amphora 18431103.87 | The British Museum | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/424443001 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | To the left stands Leto holding a flower, dressed in chiton and himation. At her feet is a deer. In the centre stands Apollo, playing a cithara and similarly dressed. On the right stands Artemis with a panther at her feet. She is wearing animal skins and much jewelry. | "Apollo" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Amphora 1849,0518.10 | British Museum | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1849-0518-10 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Achilles, with shield and helm, stabs at Penthesilea with a spear. Penthesilea, with spear, helm, and shield, falls away from Achilles but has her head turned back to look at him. | "The Amazons" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Amphora 1893,0712.11 | The British Museum | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1893-0712-11 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Heracles, carrying a club and wearing his lion skin, leads the three-headed dog Cerberus on a leash. Hermes, with petasos hat and cadduceus, stands beside Cerberus. Persephone, in decorated robes and holding a sceptre, stands to the right. | The Underworld | ||||||||||||||||||||
63 | Amphora birth Athena Louvre F32 | Bibi Saint-Pol | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amphora_birth_Athena_Louvre_F32.jpg | Public Domain | Athena springing from Zeus' head. She is wielding a shield and spear, and wearing a plumed helm. A crowned goddess stands watching with a hand raised. | "Athena" (Art and Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
64 | Amphora death Priam Louvre F222 | Jastrow | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amphora_death_Priam_Louvre_F222.jpg | Public Domain | Neoptolemus, wearing a plumed helm and armour and carrying a shield, stands over Priam. Priam, wearing a himation and no armour, stumbles backwards onto an altar with an arm thrown up over his head. Neoptolemus wields a small child like a weapon to attack Priam. | "The Trojan War" (The Trojans) | ||||||||||||||||||||
65 | Amphore à figures rouges décorée du combat des Dieux et des Géants (Louvre, MNB 810) | Tangopaso | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amphore_%C3%A0_figures_rouges_d%C3%A9cor%C3%A9e_du_combat_des_Dieux_et_des_G%C3%A9ants_(Louvre,_MNB_810)_2.jpg | Public Domain | Winged Nike rides in a horse-drawn chariot. Other gods, including Zeus with his lightning bolt, Athena with helm and spear, and Heracles with a bow and lion skin, are engaged in battle with giants. | "Theogony" | ||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Amth88 | O. Mustafin | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amth88.jpg | Public Domain | Two Herms. Each comprises a bearded head of Hermes wearing a hat, set atop a rectangular prism body. The bodies have erect penises on them. | "Hermes" (Art & Symbolism) | Levels | Pippa | ||||||||||||||||||
67 | Amykos Argonautes Cdm Paris 442 | Bibi Saint-Pol | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amykos_Argonautes_Cdm_Paris_442.jpg | Public Domain | Amycus sits nude and bound to a rock in the centre. On either side are nude young Argonauts, one of them pouring out a jug and the other seated on a jug. | "Jason and the Argonauts" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Anatomical Venus | Clemente Susini | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anatomical_Venus._Wax_figure_of_reclining_woman,_Florence._Wellcome_L0058207.jpg | CC BY 4.0 | A wax figure of a naked woman's body. Her chest has been opened up, revealing her inner organs, while her removed skin and muscles sit to the side of the figure. | |||||||||||||||||||||
69 | Ancient Collection MfA Boston 0380 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Collection_MfA_Boston_0380.JPG | "Heracles" (Art & Symbolism) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | Ancient Greece Bronze Statue of Zeus? | Gary Todd | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Greece_Bronze_Statue_of_Zeus%3F_(28493362195).jpg | Public Domain | Zeus lunging forward wielding a thunderbolt in one hand. | "Zeus" (Art and Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
71 | Ancient stadium at Delphi, Greece | Milo44 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_stadium_at_Delphi,_Greece.jpg | PUblic Domain | A long grass oval bordered with remains of a stone wall and tiered seating. | "Places of Myth" (The Oracle of Delphi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
72 | Andokides Painter ARV 3 1 Herakles Apollon tripod - wrestlers | ArchaiOptix | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andokides_Painter_ARV_3_1_Herakles_Apollon_tripod_-_wrestlers_(07).jpg?uselang=it | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Athena stands holding a spear and shield. She is wearing a helm and the aegis, with the head of Medusa clearly visible on it. | "Athena" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
73 | Anfora attica con heraclee l'idra, 560-540 ac ca., da tarquinia (MAN tarquiniense) | Sailko | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anfora_attica_con_heraclee_l%27idra,_560-540_ac_ca.,_da_tarquinia_(MAN_tarquiniense).JPG | CC BY 3.0 | The hydra, a snake body that splits into ten heads. On the left is Heracles with a sword, and on the right is Iolaus. | "Heracles" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
74 | Ánfora con Apolo, Leto, Ares y Artemisa - M.A.N | Jerónimo Roure Pérez | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%81nfora_con_Apolo,_Leto,_Ares_y_Artemisa_-_M.A.N.jpg | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Artemis, in a leopard skin, and Apollo, with a lyre, stand facing their mother Leto. Ares stands behind Leto holding a shield and wearing a plumed helm. | "Ares" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
75 | Anforagrega Atenas | Ricardo André Frantz | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anforagrega-atenas.jpg | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Athena walking. She is draped in a decorated peplos and wearing a plumed helm. | "Athena" (Art and Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
76 | Antefissa semiellittica con gorgone, 510-500 ac ca., da taranto (MAN taranto) | Sailko | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antefissa_semiellittica_con_gorgone,_510-500_ac_ca.,_da_taranto_(MAN_taranto).JPG | CC BY 3.0 | Gorgon head, grinning with tusks and her tongue sticking out. She is bearded and has curly hair. | "Medusa" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
77 | Antikensammlung Berlin 367 | Marcus Cyron | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antikensammlung_Berlin_367.JPG | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Athena, holding her helm and robed with the aegis, stands with a hand out to Perseus. Perseus wears a hat, carries the kibisos, and holds a curved sword and the head of Medusa. | "Perseus and Bellerophon" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
78 | Antimenes Painter - Black-figure Amphora with Herakles and Apollo Fighting Over the Tripod - Walters 4821 - Detail A | Walters Art Museum | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antimenes_Painter_-_Black-figure_Amphora_with_Herakles_and_Apollo_Fighting_Over_the_Tripod_-_Walters_4821_-_Detail_A.jpg | "Apollo" (Art & Symbolism) | lightingg | Pippa | ||||||||||||||||||||
79 | Antimenes Painter - Black-figure Amphora with Herakles and Apollo Fighting Over the Tripod - Walters 4821 - Detail B | Walters Art Museum | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antimenes_Painter_-_Black-figure_Amphora_with_Herakles_and_Apollo_Fighting_Over_the_Tripod_-_Walters_4821_-_Detail_B.jpg | Public Domain | Dionysus, holding a cup and grape vines, stands at the centre. Hephaestus is slouched on a mule beside Dionysus, and a maenad woman stands behind. | "Hephaestus" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Anubis, Anzio, Villa Pamphili, 1st-2nd century AD, Pario marble - Museo Gregoriano Egizio - Vatican Museums - DSC00818 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anubis,_Anzio,_Villa_Pamphili,_1st-2nd_century_AD,_Pario_marble_-_Museo_Gregoriano_Egizio_-_Vatican_Museums_-_DSC00818.jpg | Public Domain | Hermanubis, a person with the head of a jackal. He wears a tunic and chlamys, and carries a winged scepter twined with snakes. | "Hermes" (Mercury) | |||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Aphrodisias Museum Anchises and Aphrodite 4649 | Dossman | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aphrodisias_Museum_Anchises_and_Aphrodite_4649.jpg | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dosseman | CC BY-SA 4.0 | A relief of Aphrodite seated with a baby Aeneas on her lap, Anchises standing in front of her. | cropped | Pippa | ||||||||||||||||||
82 | Aphrodisias Museum Meleager and Atalante 4661 | Dosseman | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aphrodisias_Museum_Meleager_and_Atalante_4661.jpg | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Atalanta, in a tunic with a scabbard slung over her shoulder, stands beside Meleager and another hero. | "Atalanta" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
83 | Aphrodite and Ares | Carrole Raddato | https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Ares_e_Afrodite.JPG | CC BY-SA 2.0 | A wall fresco of Venus in partially nude, seated, accompanied by 2 cupids and the god Mars. Mars is undressing Venus, and his bronze shield is propped against the wall behind them. | "Aphrodite" (Aphrodite in Action) | ||||||||||||||||||||
84 | Aphrodite and Dione, Parthenon, Eastern Pediment | Marie-Lan Nguyen | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_pediment_KLM_Parthenon_BM.jpg | CC BY 2.5 | Aphrodite reclining with her head and shoulders on the lap of Dione. To their left sits Hestia. All three are dressed in sheer robes that cling to their forms. The figures are missing their heads and arms. | "Aphrodite" (Art) | ||||||||||||||||||||
85 | Aphrodite with mirror | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/255282?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ao=on&ft=aphrodite&offset=80&rpp=80&pos=132 | Public Domain | Aphrodite robed and seated. She is holding a hand mirror in one hand and a circular crown-like object in the other. | "Aphrodite" (Art) | cropped | Kate | ||||||||||||||||||
86 | Apollo Artemis Brygos Louvre G151 | Marie-Lan Nguyen | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_Artemis_Brygos_Louvre_G151.jpg | Public Domain | Apollo, draped in a himation and wearing a crown, stands holding a sceptre. In front of him stands Artemis, similarly dressed with a cap and holding a bow. Beside the two of them stands a small spotted deer. | "Artemis" (Top of Chapter) | levels | Pippa | ||||||||||||||||||
87 | Apollo of the Belvedere | Livioandronico2013 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_of_the_Belvedere.jpg | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Apollo, youthful with curly hair, stands with one arm raised. He has just shot an arrow, but the bow itself has not been preserved. He is nude, but wears sandals, as well as a chlamys cloak draped over his shoulders. | "Apollo" (Apollo & Rome) | ||||||||||||||||||||
88 | Apollo on Tripod Vase Trace | Luoyao Zhang | Traced from: https://www.theoi.com/Gallery/K5.9.html | CC BY-SA | Apollo sits on a winged tripod. He is holding a lyre, and has a bow and quiver strung over his back. Below him, dolphins leap from the sea. | "Apollo" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
89 | Apollo struggling with Heracles on tripod, 525 BC, AM Delphi, 201330 | Zde | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_struggling_with_Heracles_on_tripod,_525_BC,_AM_Delphi,_201330.jpg | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Apollo, the head of his statue missing, stands holding a tripod. Heracles is grabbing the tripod and trying to wrest it from him. | "Heracles" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Apollo, held by Leto, shoots at Python in a landscape with palm trees | https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-1a52-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | Public Domain | Leto holds the small child figure of Apollo, who has a bow drawn with arrow nocked, aiming at Python. Python, a large snake, is coiled among rocks and palm trees. Another figure in robes stands with them. | "Places of Myth" (The Oracle of Delphi) | |||||||||||||||||||||
91 | Apollon et le corbeau (musée de Delphes) (4204717518) | Jean-Pierre Dalbéra | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollon_et_le_corbeau_(mus%C3%A9e_de_Delphes)_(4204717518).jpg | CC BY 2.0 | Apollo is seated. In one hand he holds a lyre, and in the other a bowl. He is dressed in dark clothes and wears a crown of laurels. Off to the side, a crow is perched on a branch. | "Apollo" (Top of Chapter) | Crop | Pippa | ||||||||||||||||||
92 | Apotheosis of Herakles Louvre F294 | Marie-Lan Nguyen | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apotheosis_of_Herakles_Louvre_F294.jpg | CC BY 2.5 | Heracles, with his club, sword, and lion skin, stands in a chariot. Athena stands before him. | "Heracles" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
93 | Applique Vulcanus Louvre Br39 | Marie-Lan Nguyen | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Applique_Vulcanus_Louvre_Br39.jpg | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jastrow | CC BY 2.5 | Head and shoulders of Vulcan, bearded with curly hair and wearing a conical pilos hat. | "Vulcan" (Art & Symbolism) | |||||||||||||||||||
94 | Apulian Red-Figure Loutrophoros | https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/12837/attributed-to-painter-of-louvre-mnb-1148-apulian-red-figure-loutrophoros-greek-south-italian-apulian-about-330-bc/ | Public Domain | "Demeter and Persephone" (Art and Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Ares Ludovisi Altemps Inv8602 n2 | Marie-Lan Nguyen | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ares_Ludovisi_Altemps_Inv8602_n2.jpg | Public Domain | Ares seated with one foot resting on his helm. He is nude save a draped cloth, and is holding a sword. At his feet are a cupid, and Ares' shield. | "Ares" (Mars) | ||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Argonauterna, Nordisk familjebok | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Argonauterna,_Nordisk_familjebok.png?uselang=it | Public Domain | "Jason and the Argonauts" (Art & Symbolism) | ??? Where is this from and what is going on in it? | |||||||||||||||||||||
97 | Ariadne and Hephaistos with Dionysos Cup | Metropolitan Museum | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ariadne_and_Hephaistos_with_Dionysos_Cup.png | Public Domain | A procession of young maenad women and sileni. At the centre is Hephaestus, bearded, riding a mule, led by Dionysus, who holds a cup and grapevine. | "Hephaestus" (Art & Symbolism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
98 | Aristophanes ARV 1318 1 gigantomachy | ArchaiOptix | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aristophanes_ARV_1318_1_gigantomachy_(03).jpg | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Artemis, wielding two torches as weapons, fights Gaion, a nude giant fallen to his knees. Zeus stabs at another giant, this one with a shield, with his thunderbolt. The fight scene continues around the sides of the cup. | "Theogony" | ||||||||||||||||||||
99 | Arte romana, triade capitolina | Sailko | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arte_romana,_triade_capitolina,_160-180_dc_(guidonia_montecelio,_museo_civico_archeologico)_01.jpg | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Seated robed figures of Minerva, Jupiter, and Juno. Each has a symbolic bird at their feet: Athena an owl, Jupiter and eagle, and Juno a peacock. | "Zeus" (Jupiter) | ||||||||||||||||||||
100 | Artemis and Actaeon (tracing) | Luoyao Zhang | Traced from: https://www.theoi.com/Gallery/K6.1B.html | CC BY-SA | Actaeon, a young man with a chlamys cape and a sword, lies on the ground with one arm reaching desperately up. Four dogs climb on him and bite him. Artemis stands by, draped in animal skins and holding a bow and arrows. | "Artemis" (Actaeon) |