Myth Collection (page 43)

ILIAD

Hector Attacks Greeks
Hector having driven the Greeks to their retrenchments breaks down the palace walls with a great stone & with his troops drives them to their ships

Le Morte D arthur
Knights in battle on foot and horseback watched by a king and queen from the battlements of a city

COMUS, GOD
Greek/Roman deity associated with revelry and festivity

Matuta, Goddess
Roman goddess of the dawn

Tutilina, Goddess
Roman goddess of the harvest

Arthur and Parsifal
Arthur sends Parsifal off in quest of adventure (abenteuer)

Arthur Visits Ireland
Arthur visits Ireland and receives tribute from the indigenous (but not wholly indigent) chieftains

Arthurs Round Table
Arthur and his elite knights dine at the Round Table

Arthur M. Guinevere
Arthur weds Guinevere

Arthur Defends Wales
Arthur defends his Welsh homeland against its enemies

Shiva En Famille
Shiva, a very mixed-up character, is a ruthless destroyer, but also a devoted family man, here with wife Parvati and their children Skanda and Ganesha

Surya the Sun-God
The Hindu deity Surya is an archetypal sun-god, traversing the heavens in his chariot and overpowering his enemies with the heat of his rays

Rama in Lanka
Rama, Hindu divine hero, is able to successfully invade the island of Lanka because friendly apes build a bridge for him from the mainland

Odin Consults a Wolwa
Odin consults a wolwa, a seeress who can tell him his destiny

Loki as a Serpent
Loki, the trickster, in the form of a serpent

Thor and Skrymir
Thor spends the night in a strange building which turns out to be the glove of the giant Skrymir

Thor and Hymir go fishing for the World Serpent : they catch it, but Hymir, terrified, cuts the line, for which Thor, not unreasonably, kills him

VALKYRIES
Valkyries = Choosers of the Slain : warrior handmaidens of Odin, they select warriors who are destined to die, and escort them to Valhalla where they feast for evermore

Wotan, Balders Horse
Wotan heals Balders horse

Aesop - Woodcutter
The fable of The Woodcutter and the Axe, from a collection published in 1485

Mars, Vanus, Cupid
Mars, Venus and Cupid enjoy the sunshine

Myth : Fama
The Roman goddess of fame distributes her favours to those who deserve it

Zeus (Bon. Salesa)
Zeus (Bon.Salesa)

Tristram & Iseult
The lovers rapture

CASSANDRA, daughter of Priam & Hecuba, Trojan royals : prophetess, but when Apollo failed to ravish her, he fixed it that no one would believe her correct prophecies

THEMIS
Greek/Roman deity, protectress of hospitality and of the oppressed, possessed oracular powers

Jupiter Dodoneus
ZEUS / JUPITER DODONEUS whose oracle at Dodona was the oldest in Greece : the prophecies came from the sacred oak, which is depicted here as having human form

Iliad / Hecuba
The wife of Herakles, who hanged herself in remorse after sending a poisoned shirt to the husband of Iole, to punish her for making love with Herakles

HERAKLES
Greek hero, son of Zeus and Alkmene, the worlds strongest man, which he needed to be to perform the Twelve Labours for King Eurystheus, as a penance for crimes he did while mad

Iliad / Priam
King of Troy, who, according to the text, reigned in 1237 BC

Apollo & Serpent
standing beside a tree trunk round which, whether he realises it or not, a snake is coiled

Apollo with Lyre
holding a lyre, with long hair and fig-leaf

Apollo with Bow
holding a bow, with cloak and fig-leaf

Arthur / Winning of Olwen
THE WINNING OF OLWEN Kilwch arrives at the gate of Arthurs palace

Arthur / Lady of Fountain
THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN How Owen was found by the lake

Fairies / Wife Rescued
A farmer rescues his wife from the fairies who have abducted her. (From the Irish myth " The Farmers Wife" )

Fairies Abduct Wife
Fairies abduct a farmers wife (from the Irish myth " The Fairy Nurse" )

Melenaus (Panofka)
The meeting between Menelaus and Helen after Helens affair with Paris

Merlin / Spellbound / Ryland
Merlin held spellbound by Vivien

Gareth&red Knight / Ryland
Sir Gareth and the Knight of the Red Lawns

Patroclus Body / Hector
Hector with the body of Patroclus

Funeral of Patroclus
Priests and sacrificial bull at the funeral of Patroclus

Furneral of Patroclus
The funeral rites of Patroclus

Ajax Fights Hector
Ajax fights Hector

Trojan Horse (Lambalt)

Siege of Troy (Theatre)
Troy is taken

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