Mythology Collection (page 29)

Coin decorated with the wolf from Sienas Republic, 1507. Coin

Danae and the Golden Rain
Tiziano Vecello, also called Titian (1490-1576). Danae receiving the Golden Rain. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Venetian school. Oil on canvas

Bacchanal of the Andrians
Tiziano Vecello, also called Titian (1490-1576). Bacchanal of the Andrians. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil on canvas

Danae receiving the Golden Rain
Tiziano Vecello, also called Titian (1490-1576). Danae Receiving the Golden Rain. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil on canvas

Mercury and Argus, 1659. Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velazquez (1599-1660). Oil on canvas, 127 x 248 cm

Roman lightning exorcist attending to a tree
The Romans had priests named strufertarii whose duty it was to exorcise trees which had been struck by lightning. Date: BCE

Ornate Montgolfier balloon
An ornate Montgolfier balloon, Le Flesselles, measuring 126 feet high and 100 feet wide. Montgolfier and six others ascended in this balloon above Lyons, France, on 19 January 1784. 1784

Imperial Airways Poster, Switzerland
Imperial Airways Poster, showing a Scylla passenger plane flying to Switzerland, with a mermaid and merman looking up in wonder. 1935

To the rescue; mythology up-to-date. Illustration shows Seth Low, possibly as Odysseus, with raised sword labeled Nonpartisanship about to strike a sea monster labeled Misrule as a woman

Drawing of a Sphinx, from a statue in the British Museum. By Ellen Philadelphia Smyth (1828-1881), an aunt of Robert Baden Powell. circa 1850s

Drawing of Erato, Muse of Song and Poetry
A drawing of Erato, the Muse of Lyric Song and Poetry in Greek mythology, from a statue in the British Museum. By Ellen Philadelphia Smyth (1828-1881), an aunt of Robert Baden Powell. circa 1850s

Penelope
The suitors discover Penelopes cunning

Statue of Perseus - The Vatican, Italy
Perseus with the head of Medusa, by Antonio Canova, completed 1801 (Vatican Museum). Date: circa 1910s

Silhouette of a wartime love scene
The temporary occupation by Mars has developed into permanent annexation by Cupid -- silhouette of a wartime love scene, showing Cupid sitting on top of a sentry box

The Song of the Siren
Two beautiful sirens sing their entrancing songs from their seats on some perilous rocks - their magic and beauty luring sailors to a terrible end... Date: 1932

Heidrun in Valhalla
Goat Heidrun browsing under the roof of Valhalla. Illustration in The Olafur Brynjulfsson Edda 1760, a manuscript which contains material from both the Younger and Elder Edda

Beer for Odin
Baugi drills into the mountain so Odin can get mjod (a kind of beer). Illustration in The Olafur Brynjulfsson Edda 1760, a manuscript which contains material from both the Younger and Elder Edda

The giant Thiassi
The giant Thassi in Disguise to an eagle steals meat from the gods. Illustration in The Olafur Brynjulfsson Edda 1760, a manuscript which contains material from both the Younger and Elder Edda

Trojan Fields
View over the Trojan fields

Minerva on Ithaka
Minerva steps down on the Isle of Ithaca

The Brutus Stone, 51 Fore Street, Devon, England. According to medieval mythology, Totnes is where the defeated Trojans settled, led by their Prince, Brutus. Date: circa 1170 BC

The Sirens

Ulysses with Circe
Ulysses in Circes house

Nausicaa

Mercury and Calypso
Mercury orders the nymph Kalypso (Calypso) to release Odysseus

Charybdis

Art Nouveau scene with Handwalking greek girl
An Art Nouveau picture depicting a young handwalking greek girl along with an accompanying musician, playing a set of pipes

Ulysses and Eumaeus
Ulysses talks with Eumaeus, the slave and shepherd

Scylla, the Sea monster

Scyllaeum - a promontory, and ancient town or fortress, on the west coast of Bruttium (modern Calabria), at the entrance of the Sicilian strait

ROCHE ROCK
Roche Rock Chapel, Cornwall, England, where legend has it that Ogrin the Hermit sheltered lovers Tristram and Isolde from the wrath of King Mark (her husband & his uncle)

Classical scene with Hera and Eros
Classical scene with Hera (Juno) and Eros (Cupid), and a third figure in the centre (possibly Psyche). An illustration to one of the works of Jean Baptiste Grecourt. Date: early 19th century

Romans fight the Sabines
Marginal drawings depicting combat between the Romans and the Sabines. 1543

Fight between Romulus and Mettius Curtius
Page of text with marginal drawing showing a horseman outside Rome, and a fight between the horseman and another figure. The horse has collapsed under its rider

View of Rome
An imaginary view of Rome in a marginal drawing. In front of the city stand two men, one of whom is wearing armour. There are birds flying over their heads

Romulus and Remus being suckled by Lupa
Detail from a page of text, showing a marginal drawing of Romulus and Remus being suckled by the she wolf Lupa. 1543

Hercules strikes Cacus, and view of Rome
Page of text with marginal drawings. At the top in the left margin is a picture of Rome. In front of the city stand two men, one of whom is wearing armour. There are birds flying over their heads

Hercules strikes Cacus
Page of text with marginal drawing, showing Hercules with a large club about to strike at Cacus (the bearded man on the right) who is pulling a bull backwards by the tail. 1543

Statue of Apollo - The Vatican, Italy Date: circa 1904

Scene from the legend of William Tell, Swiss folk hero
A scene from the legend of William Tell, Swiss folk hero. He springs onto the bank and pushes his enemy Gesslers boat back into the raging water, thereby causing its occupants to drown

Asklepios, Asclepius, Aesculapius, god of medicine
Asklepios (Asclepius), the Greek god of medicine and healing, adopted by the Romans as Aesculapius. Date: BCE

Crytilla - Godward
Crytilla - among the most beautiful of Godwards single-figure compositions, depicting a striking model posed against a wall of marble selecting an anemone from a bunch she holds at her breast

Destruction of Kaleya - a four-armed Hindu God destroys a monstrous many-headed snake (Naga) - which is in the process of consuming two women whilst suspended over a river

Homage of Bharata - women, children and Gods pay homage to Bharata, a legendary King in Hindu mythology

The Red Town Hall (Rotes Rathaus), Berlin, Germany
View of the Red Town Hall (Rotes Rathaus) in Berlin, Germany, with the Neptune fountain in the foreground. It was built between 1861 and 1869 in north Italian high renaissance style

Nymphenburg Park, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
View of Nymphenburg Park in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. A statue of Hercules and the Lion can be seen in the foreground and the Palace in the far distance

Sculpture, Bridge and Castle, Rome, Italy
View of a large sculpture on the Vittorio Emanuele II Bridge across the River Tiber, with the Castel Sant Angelo (sometimes also known as the Mausoleum of Hadrian) in the distance on the right

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