Visual Interpretations of Mythology

    

                           Chronos by Goya (1819-23)     Saturn Devouring His Children by Reubens (1636)

 

Zeus and Chronos                                          Vase Depicting Zeus

Sculpture of Zeus

The Birth Athena from the Head of Zeus

Athena, Temple of Aphaia in Aegina, ca 500-490 BC


Aphrodite, Artemis, and Apollo


Birth of Aphrodite

 

Aphrodite on Ground White Cup

Aphrodite, Eros, and Pan


The Birth of Venus by Botticelli


Diana as a Huntress by Fontainebleau School


Athena


Apollo and Daphne by Bernini


Rape of Prosperpine (Persephone)


Persephone by Thomas Hart Benton, 1938


Sculpture of Hercules


Steve Reeves as Hercules

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