Mythology Collection (page 30)

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

Statue and government building, Munich, Germany
View of the statue of Pallas Athene on the Maximilian Bridge, which crosses the River Isar in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. In the background is a goverment building

Poster advertising courses in Italy
Poster advertising university courses in Italy and Sicily

Plume Oil sign
An enamel sign advertising plume oil with the logo of Pegasus the winged horse of ancient myth. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

Enamel sign advertising Mobil Regular
An enamel sign advertising Mobil regular motor oil. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

RMS Carpathia medal
The silver RMS Carpathia medal (image side) presented to Thomas Alfred Holmes, 3rd Engineer on the ship that rescued survivors from the Titanic disaster in April 1912

Pallas Athene
The goddess Athene, who watched over Odysseus (Ulysses) throughout his perilous travels

Odysseus & Circe
Circe the sorceress, with her handmaiden at her side, urges Odysseus (Ulysses) to have a drink from her table. But since she turned his men into pigs. he is reluctant to do so

The Nymph & the Sun God
A nymph complains to Helios (the Sun God) that Odysseus (Ulysses) and his men have sacrifed and and eaten her cattle without permission

Philomel and Procne
PHILOMEL AND PROCNE Procne tries to persuade her sister Philomel to come back to the city, but she prefers to remain in solitude (from Greek mythology)

Odysseus Laid Out
Having pleaded with King Alicinous of Phaeacia to return home, the Phaeacian men lay Odysseus (Ulysses) down on the coast of Ithaca

Juno Music Sheet
(aka Hera in Greek mythology) Wife and sister of Jupiter/Zeus, queen of heaven and protector of women, as depicted in a Victorian music for quadrille

Farman / Fall of Icarus
Henri Farman, French aviator: the success of his plane is contrasted with the fall of Icarus

Odysseus in Disguise
Odysseus, having returned from his travels, but disguised into an old man to fool his wife Penelopes Suitors, is recognised by old nurse Eurycleia, who washes his feet

Persephone & Pluto
Summer turns to Autumn, and to her dismay Persephone (Proserpina) must ride with her husband Pluto (Hades) in his chariot to the underworld until the following Spring

Nausics Chariot
Odysseus follows the chariot of Nausicaa and her maids

Ceres & the Satyrs
Mother Ceres (Demeter) asks two satyrs if they have seen her daughter Persephone (Proserpina). But Pluto (Hades) has taken her to the underworld until the Spring

Penelopes Suitors
At Ithaca, in the absence of Odysseus (Ulysses), Penelopes bored Suitors get drunk, while a minstrel plays his lyre to them. Telemachus, Odysseus son, watches with disapproval

Nausicaa & her Maids
Nausicaa and her handmaids, playing ball on the beach, shortly before they discover Odysseus (Ulysses)

Statue of Athene
PARTHENON The statue of Athene, sculpted by Pheidas, outside the Parthenon. (The Parthenon being the Temple of the Virgin Athene Parthenos)

Perseus & Danae
The baby Perseus and his mother Danae are abandoned at sea by her father, Acrisus because of a prediction that Acrisus would be murdered by his own grandchild

Pan Plays his Pipes
A maiden is enchanted by the sweet pipe music of Pan. Pan was half-man, half goat and the protector of shepherds and their flocks

The principal classical gods of Olympus: Aphrodite, Cupid, Zeus and Hermes

Robin Hood and his men on a music sheet
Robin Hood and his Merry Men depicted on a music sheet entitled The Musical Bouquet. The music itself is for a new song, The Merry Sherwood Ranger, composed by Alexander Lee to words by J Halford

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

Odyssey / Cyclops (Cesius)
The Cyclops, gigantic one- eyed being of Greek mythology. Cyclops means circle-eyed

Dwarfs bind the sleeping heroes in a medieval folk tale

William Tell shooting the apple off his sons head
William Tell, mythical Swiss folk hero, shooting the apple off his sons head

Alleged portrait of William Tell
An alleged portrait of William Tell, the mythical Swiss folk hero. He lived, supposedly, in the early 14th century

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