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Diomedes Collection

Background imageDiomedes Collection: Medea and Jason stealing the Golden Fleece

Medea and Jason stealing the Golden Fleece
Depiction of Medea and Jason from Greek mythology. Medea drugs a serpent while Jason prepares to kill it and steal the Golden Fleece. Venus and a winged youth stand at their side

Background imageDiomedes Collection: Diomedes, assisted by Minerva, wounds Mars by Tegeo

Diomedes, assisted by Minerva, wounds Mars by Tegeo
Rafael Tegeo (1798-1856). Spanish painter. Diomedes, assisted by Minerva, wounds Mars, 1831. Museum of Fine Arts. Murcia. Murcia Region. Spain. Date: 2019

Background imageDiomedes Collection: Antique painted floor in the Villa di Arrio Diomede, Pompeii

Antique painted floor in the Villa di Arrio Diomede, Pompeii, excavated 1771-1774. Handcoloured lithograph by Konter after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of All Classical Art Eras

Background imageDiomedes Collection: Diomedes and Minerva

Diomedes and Minerva
Athena/Minerva advises DIOMEDES - who has just slain Rhesus - to rejoin the Greeks

Background imageDiomedes Collection: Italy. Pompeii. Villa of Diomedes. Atrium-peristyle

Italy. Pompeii. Villa of Diomedes. Atrium-peristyle

Background imageDiomedes Collection: Diomedes. Roman sculpture after original of about 430 BC. Gl

Diomedes. Roman sculpture after original of about 430 BC. Gl
Greek art. Diomedes. Roman sculpture after original of about 430 BC. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Background imageDiomedes Collection: Diomedes, Greek Hero

Diomedes, Greek Hero
DIOMEDES, son of Tydeus and Deipyle, Achaean leader in the siege of Troy and hero of many notable actions in the Iliad. Date: BCE

Background imageDiomedes Collection: Pompeii - Italy - Casa di Diomede

Pompeii - Italy - Casa di Diomede (Villa Diomedes). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDiomedes Collection: Diomedes Companions

Diomedes Companions
Though he refuses to risk the wrath of Aphrodite, the companions of Diomedes take a chance - so they have only themselves to blame when she turns them all into birds

Background imageDiomedes Collection: Herakles and the Mares

Herakles and the Mares
The eighth labour : He tames the vicious human-flesh-eating mares of Diomedes, king of the Bitones, giving them Diomedes to eat then taking them to Eurystheus

Background imageDiomedes Collection: Troilus & Cressida

Troilus & Cressida
Act V, Scene II Cressida and Diomedes; C: " As I kiss thee. Nay, do not snatch it from me; "


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