Classics 1020: Classical Mythology

 
 
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Thebes

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Europa and the bull

Cadmus at the fountain, note serpent

Cadmus at the spring, with Harmonia (?)

Artemis and Actaeon, Attic RF ca. 470 BC

Actaeon and Artemis, Attic RF, ca. 440 BC

Death of Actaeon, Etruscan ash urn from Volterra, 2nd c. BC

Dismemberment of Pentheus, Attic RF, ca. 500 BC

Punishment of Dirce by Amphion & Zethus, "The Farnese Bull" in Naples

Punishment of Dirce, fresco from House of the Vettii, Pompeii

Laius abducting Chrysippus

Oedipus riddling with the Sphinx, RF by Oedipus painter, ca. 460 BC, Rome, Vatican

Oedipus and the Sphinx, by Ingres, 1802, now in Paris, Louvre Museum

Seven against Thebes: Eteocles & Polynices, Athena, Zeus, Tydeus; relief from Temple A at Pyrgi, Etruscan, ca. 470 BC

Eteocles versus Polynices, Etruscan ash urn from Chiusi

Calydonian boar hunt on the Francois vase by Kleitias & Ergotimos, ca. 570 BC, in Florence

Closeup of Francois vase, shows Meleager, Peleus and Atalanta

Calydonian boar hunt, Attic BF, ca. 540 BC

Calydonian boar hunt: Meleager & Atalanta, alabaster ash urn from Volterra (Etruscan)

Calydonian boar hunt on Roman sarcophagus, 2nd c. AD, Villa Doria Pamphilj, Rome

Centaurs arriving at wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia, fresco from Pompeii

Battle of Lapths and Centaurs, on the Francoise vase

 

 

 

 

 

 

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