Mythology Collection (page 27)

Lekythos. VI century. Greece
GREEK ART. GREECE. LEKYTHOS decorated with Maenad. VI century. Kerameikos Museu. Athens

Head of Nike. II century A. C. Copy of the original dated in
GREEK ART.GREECE. HEAD OF NIKE (II century A.D.). A copy of the Paionios original dated in V century B.D. Agora Museum. Athens

Greek Art Heracles statue. IV century B. C
GREEK ART. Greece. IV century B.C. Statue of Heracles covered with a lions skin. He was holding the mallet in his right hand. Penteli marble. Dated 350-325 B.C

Table Ornaments and a Wall Mirror, Plate 95, showing jardinieres, epergnes, flower holders, and a mirror with a Parian figure of Hebe at the centre. Date: circa 1880s

King Nestor Palace. Pylos
Mycenae Art. PALACE OF THE KING NESTOR. Built between 1300-1200 b.C. Detail of the ruins. Pylos. Messinia Province. Region of the Peloponnese

Sparta. Acropolis. Ruins of Artemision
GREEK ART. ACROPOLIS OF SPARTA. Ruins of ARTEMISION. Detail. Built between VII-VI centuries BC and reused in Roman times as a theater. SPARTA. Province of Lakonia. Peloponnese

Sparta. Acropolis. The Artemision
GREEK ART. ACROPOLIS OF SPARTA. Ruins of the ARTEMISION, built between the VII-VI centuries BC and reused in Roman times as a theater. SPARTA. Province of Lakonia. Region of the Peloponnese

Votive relief representing Demeter and kore. V century B. C
GREEK ART. GREECE. Votive relief representing Demeter sitting on a throne and kore standing holding torches. Dated in the first quarter of s.V b.C. Museum of Eleusis. Athens. Greece

Apollo with his lyre. 600-550 B. C. Cyprus
GREEK ART. CYPRUS. Apollo with his lyre. Found in Poros. Dated between 600-550 b.C. Museum of Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art. Athens. Greece

HYDRIA by LYSIPPIDES. 525 B. C. Greece
GREEK ART. GREECE. HYDRIA by LYSIPPIDES depicting the Hercules departure towards Olympus with Athena as auriga and Hermes as a guide. Black figures. Dated to 525 b.C

AMPHORISC decorated with black figures representing Sphinx
Amphorisc decorated with black figures representing Sphinx. Chalkidiki style. Attributed to the workshop of the painter Phineus. Dated between 540-530 b.C. Museum of Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art

Dos de Mayo Monument, Lima, Peru, South America
Dos de Mayo Monument, commemorating the Battle of Callao on 2 May 1866, Lima, Peru, South America. The allegorical figure at the top of the column is Nike, the Winged Goddess of Victory

The Listening Dionysus, God of the grape harvest, wine-making and wine, of ritual madness and religious ecstasy in Greek mythology Date: 1910

Four oval vignettes on a Christmas card, with Cupid kneeling by a flaming altar, Venus in a shell, Cupid again with doves, and a young man planting a tree

Music cover, La Naiade, Schottisch by Pasdeloup
Music cover, La Naiade, Schottisch (Bohemian-style country dance) by J Pasdeloup. circa 1850s

Music cover, Nymphs of the Sea, waltz by J Rowland, dedicated to Viscountess Galway. Played at Serlby Hall in celebration of the 35th wedding anniversary of George Edmund Milnes Monckton-Arundell

Andrew Lang (Richmond)
ANDREW LANG Scottish scholar, with special interests in mythology, folklore and the paranormal Date: 1844 - 1912

Advert for Gell順r貥s, perfume, Seduction 1910
A lovely illustration for an advert for Gell順 r貥 s, perfume, Seduction. Greek mythology creature Satyr carrying bottles of purfume for 18th century women that are dancing around

The flowers awake
The flowers of the garden awake after their long winter sleep. Date: 1895

Cranach, Lucas, the Elder (1472-1553). Venus and Cupid. 1535. Renaissance art. Oil on wood. ITALY. LAZIO. Rome. Borghese Gallery and Museum

ANTINOܓ(110-130). Young Greek famous because of
ANTINOܓ (110-130). Young Greek famous because of his beauty, favourite of Emperor Hadrian. Roman art. Sculpture on marble. ITALY. UMBRIA. Perugia. National Archaeological Museum of Umbria

MEXICO. VERACRUZ. El Taj�Relief from the south
MEXICO. VERACRUZ. El Taj� Relief from the south ball court. Depicts the sacrifice of a ball player. Classic period, c 500 - 900. Totonacan art. Sculpture

Ceremonial scene 981. Painting on silk. Chinese art. Painting. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Guimet Museum. Proc: CHINA. NORTH WEST. Dunhuang

PHAEDRA. Mythological figure, daughter of Minos and wife of Theseus. Roman art. Fresco. VATICAN CITY. Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana (Vatican Library)

CARRACHE, Annibale. The Galleria Farnese. 1597-1602. ITALY. Rome. Farnese Palace. Paris and Mercury. Baroque art. Fresco

ASIA. CHINA. HONAN. Anyang (Henan). Gu ritual vessel used to drink wine or to offer ritual libations. Bronze polychrome. Chinese art. Shang period. Jewelry. SINGAPORE. Lee Kong Chian Art Museum

Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl, found at Colle de las Escalerilla. Aztec art. Sculpture. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City. National Museum of Anthropology

INDIA. Konarak. Sun Temple. Built between 1240 and 1258 by King Narasimha Deva I honoring the god Surya. Detail of statue of God of the sun. Hindu art. Relief on rock

Ceramics, black figures. Fight between Achilles and Penthesilea, the queen of the Amazons. Classical Greek art. Ceramics

Boerhaave, Hermann. Dutch botanist, humanist and physician of European fame. Ilustration of his book Methodus Studii Medici. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona University Library

ITALY. Pompeii. Temple of Apollo. Statue of Diana. Roman art. Early Empire

ITALY. Pompeii. Temple of Apollo. Statue of Apollo. Roman art. Early Empire

Poporo. Lime container used to carry the lime to the mouth while chewing coca leaves. Poporos are also attributed with mystical powers and social status

Anthropomorphic figure of a man seated with nose ring. Quimbaya art. Ceramics. COLOMBIA. CUNDINAMARCA. Bogotᮠ Gold Museum

Staff Head. Bronze, 17 cm. 4th century BC. Proceeds from Alexandropol Barrow, Ukraine. Scythian Art. Jewelry. RUSSIA. SAINT PETERSBURG. Saint Petersburg. State Hermitage Museum. Proc: UKRAINE

Statue of Asklepios (god of medicine), 2nd c. A. D
Statue of Asklepios (god of medicine), 2nd c. A.D.. It comes from Cerro de San Alb� (Merida). Roman art. Early Empire. Sculpture on marble. SPAIN. EXTREMADURA. BADAJOZ. M鲩 da

Sweden. Birka. Viking settlement
SWEDEN. BJ֒ K֮ Viking settlement of Birka (9th-10th c.)

Lebanon. Baalbek. Temple of Bacchus
LEBANON. BIQA. Baalbek. Temple of Bacchus, god of wine (2nd c. AD). Roman art. Early Empire. Architecture

Figure on a log. Yoruba art
Figure sitting on a loch. Yoruba art. Sculpture on wood. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Museum of African and Oceanic Arts. Proc: NIGERIA

Beg-Tse. Tibetan art
Beg-Tse. 18th c. Golden bronze. God of War. Tibetan art. Sculpture. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Guimet Museum. Proc: CHINA. TIBET

Sicily - Temple of Castor and Pollux, Girgenti
Black and white Victorian lantern slide of the Temple of Castor and Pollux ruins. A modern reconstruction from the early 19th Century and built using pieces from various other temples

China - Interior of a Joss House
Lantern slide of Interior of a Joss House. A Shenist temple or Chinese folk temple is a place for worshiping the variety of indigenous Chinese shen (deities, saints)

Marconi strangles Ocean Cable and Land Telegraph snakes
THE INFANT HERCULES Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), strangling the twin snakes of Ocean Cable and Land Telegraph with his new Wireless telegraph system

Pan blowing butterfly
Front cover of Pan magazine, featuring the mythology, Greek God Pan, blowing gently on his shoulder were a red admiral has landed. Date: 1920

Britannia, Royal Naval & Military Tournament, Olympia
A young woman dressed as Britannia, at the Royal Naval & Military Tournament, Olympia, London. Date: 1910

Months of the year. August. Depicting Ceres who in Roman mythology embodied agriculture and growth. Date: circa 1903

Captain James Cook -- an allegory
Captain James Cook (1728-1779), explorer. An allegory, showing Neptune raising him up to Immortality, a Genius crowning him with a Wreath of Oak, and Fame introducing him to History

Miss Susan Bligh as Calypso, by Madame Yevonde. Calypso played hostess to Ulysses when he was shipwrecked on her island. Susan Rachel Bligh (1916-1983)

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