Classics 2200 : Images And Extra Resources

Introduction

Map of Ancient Greek World

Examples of Types of Evidence

Texts

Vase paintings

Architecture

Relief Sculpture

Sculpture

Painting

Mosaics

Everyday objects

Coins

Near Eastern Myth

Map of Ancient Mesopotamia

Sumerian Mythology FAQ

The Enuma Elish

Gilgamesh

Storytelling, the Meaning of Life, and the Epic of Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh summary and study guide

Divine Dynastic Succession

Temple of Artemis Pediment, 590 BC Zeus and Cronos

The Omphalos at Delphi

Birth of Athena

Black Figure 570-565 BC

Attic Black Figure 570-560 BC

Phrynos Painter 560-550

Attic Black Figure 540 BC

Attic Black Figure 550-540 BC

Pandora

The Creation of Pandora by Athena and Hephaestus 470-460 BC

Zeus

Zeus Hurling a thunderbolt, Dodona, ca 470 BC

Europa on the Bull, Archaic

Zeus and Europa, ca 490 BC

Zeus and Ganymede, ca 470 BC

Colossal Head of Zeus, 2nd century BC

Hera

Hera and Zeus, ca 580 BC

Hera and Zeus, ca 438-432 BC

Hera Seated, Late Archaic

Juno, Rembrandt, 1660-1665

Poseidon

Nike Pours an Offering to Poseidon, 475-470 BC

Neptune and Amphitrite, Poussin, 1697

Demeter

Edward Beach's excellent essay on Eleusis

Demeter and Kore, Archaic

Hades

Hades and Persephone, 480 BC

Pluto and Proserpina, Bernini, 1621-1622

Carlos Parada's Map of the Underworld

The Underworld Vase

Hades and Persephone in their palace in the Underworld 323 BC

Orpheus and his Lyre

Sisyphus and Hermes

Heracles, Hermes, Hecate

Hecate, Cerberus

Judges in the Underworld

Aphrodite

Venus of Arles Roman copy after original attributed to Praxiteles, ca 360 BC

Capitoline Venus, 3rd-2nd century BC

Venus and Cupid, Cranach, 1531

Mars and Venus Caught in the Net and Shown by Vulcan to the Gods, Heemskerk, 1536

Athena

Athena and two males, Archaic

Ares

Ares, 515-500 BC

Ares and Aphrodite, 515-500 BC

Apollo

Apollo, 490 BC

Apollo of Piombino, 480 BC

Apollo Standing, early Classical

The Chatsworth Apollo, 470-460 BC

Apollo and a Muse, 460 BC

Belvedere Apollo, 4th century BC, Roman copy

Apollo and Daphne, Bernini, 1622-1625

Artemis

Artemis as Mistress of Beasts, ca 680 BC

Artemis, 570-560 BC

Apollo and Artemis, 460-450 BC

Artemis and a fawn, Early Classical

Diana, Renoir, 1867

Hermes

Hermes, Io, and Argus

Zeus and Hermes, ca 530-520 BC

Hermes and the Cattle, 500 BC

Hermes Bearing a Ram, 5th cent. BC

Hermes, 430 BC

Mercury, Schardt, 1530

Dionysus

Birth of Dionysus, ca 460 BC

Dionysus on a ship, 540 BC

Dionysus and Maenad, Early Classical

Bacchus, Michelangelo, 1497

Persephone

Persephone as Queen of the Underworld, 460 BC

Persephone and the Pomegranate, 3rd cent. BC

Proserpine, Rosetti, 1874

Hephaestus

Return of Hephaestus to Olympus, 570 BC

Return of Hephaestus to Olympus, 530 BC

Hephaestus, 525 BC

Hephaestus and Thetis, 480 BC

Perseus

Gustav Klimt, 1907-08, Danae

Danae and the Chest

Danae and Perseus in the Chest

Heracles

Hercules, Greece's Greatest hero

Heracles and the Nemean Lion

Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar

Heracles and the Bull

Heracles Fighting Amazons

Heracles and Stag

Heracles as Archer

Heracles and Cerberus

Heracles and Geryon

Heracles and the Hydra

Olympia Cerberus Metope

Olympia Ceryneian Hind Metope

Olympia Amazon Metope

Olympia Atlas Metope

Olympia Augean Stable Metope

Olympia Erymanthian Boar Metope

Olympia Cretan Bull Metope

Olympia Geryon Metope

Olympia Horses of Diomedes Metope

Olympia Hydra Metope

Olympia Nemean Lion Metope

Olympia Stymphalian Birds Metope

Theseus

Theseus and the Minotaur

Crete

Bull-leaping Frescoe

Throne Room

Dolphin Frescoe in Queen's Room

Minoan Snake Goddess

Horns of Consecration

Prelude to the Trojan War

Wedding of Peleus and Thetis

Judgement of Paris

Peleus Bringing Achilles to Chiron

Achilles and Chiron

The Trojan War

Lion Gate at Mycenae

Agamemnon Taking Briseis

Achilles in his Tent

Achilles Receiving his Armour From Thetis

Paris Abducting Helen

Agamemnon Taking Briseis

The Embassy to Achilles

The Ransom of Hector's Body

The Death of Priam

Menelaus Taking Helen

Aeneas Carrying Anchises Out of Troy

Sappho 16

Odysseus

J. W. Waterhouse, 1912, Penelope and the Suitors

Odysseus and Circe

Blinding of Polyphemus

Odysseus Under the Ram

Odysseus Consulting Tiresias in Hades

Odysseus and the Sirens

Penelope and Telemachus

The Nurse Washing Odysseus' Feet

Oedipus

Sphinx

Oedipus and the Sphinx

Gustav Moreau, 1864, Oedipus and the Sphinx

The Bacchae

Cadmus and the Dragon

Seated Dionysus with thyrsos

Maenad with Thyrsos

Dionysus riding a panther

Maenad with thyrsos and snake

Death of Pentheus

Roman Myth

Map of Italy

Roman Statue of Ceres

Roman Statue of Diana with Dog

Vatican Laocoon

Statue of Augustus Prima Porta

Wall Painting, Pompeii, Mars