A B C D E G H I K L M N O P R S T W Z Zeus, Munich, Antikensammlungen 596 There are two kinds of searches possible for this web site. The first type, which is comprehensive, involves just entering a mythological character’s name in the search box over the left menu … Continue reading Subject tags for mythological characters
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Chapter 3: Olympos, the Underworld, and Minor Divinities Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Euripides, Bakchai 103 for which reason Maenads cloak their wild prey Greek Text ♠ Aischylos, Eumenides 25-26 ever since he, as a god, led the Bacchantes in war, and contrived for Pentheus death as of a hunted hare. Greek … Continue reading Minor Divinities (page 143, with art)
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Chapter 3: Olympos, the Underworld, and Minor Divinities Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 63.952: Attic black-figure amphora with Dionysos and Silenoi making wine Museum of Fine Ats Beazley Archive Pottery Database ♦ Basel, Antikenmuseum and Ludwig Collection Kä 420: Attic black-figure amphora by Amasis Painter with … Continue reading Minor Divinities (page 138, with art)
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Chapter 3: Olympos, the Underworld, and Minor Divinities Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ Paestum Museum: three metopes from the Heraion I at Foce del Sele, with Herakles defending Hera? and two pairs of Silenoi advancing with stones raised Soprintendenza Archeologia per le provincie di Salerno e Avellino ♦ Wurzbug University, Martin … Continue reading Minor Divinities (page 137, with art)
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Chapter 3: Olympos, the Underworld, and Minor Divinities Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ Florence, Museo Archeologico Nazionale 4209: Attic black-figure volute krater from Chiusi (François Krater) with Dionysos bringing Hephaistos back to Olympos, accompanied by Silenoi (named) and Nymphai (named) Hellenica World Flickr photo A. Furtwaengler and K. Reichhold, Griechische Vasenmalerei: Auswahl … Continue reading Minor Divinities (page 136, with art)
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Chapter 2: The Olympians Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ Dresden, Albertinum 350: Attic red-figure calyx krater with Persephone, Hermes and Silenoi P. Herrmann, “Erwerbungen der Antikensammlungen in Deutschland,” Archäologischer Anzeiger 1892, 166 fig. 33 N. Des Vergers, L’Étrurie et les Étrusques: ou, Dix ans de fouilles dans les Maremmes toscanes, … Continue reading The Children of Kronos: Demeter (page 68, with art)
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Chapter 2: The Olympians Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Homer, Iliad 14.326 nor of Demeter, the fair-tressed queen. Greek Text ♠ Homer, Odyssey 5.125-28 Thus too, when fair-tressed Demeter, yielding to her passion, lay in love with Iasion in the thrice-ploughed fallow land, Zeus was not long without knowledge thereof, but … Continue reading The Children of Kronos: Demeter (page 64, with art)
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