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VI-11 Euridice between Orpheus and Hermes
VI-11 Euridice between Orpheus and Hermes
Euridice’s head is veiled, often a sign that the person has died.
Her hand grasps Orpheus’ shoulder
His hand curls over, but does not grasp, hers
VI-12 Boreas and Orithyia
VI-12 Boreas and Orithyia
Statue group from a temple on Delos.
VI-13 Abduction of Persephone
VI-13 Abduction of Persephone
Painting from the wall inside a tomb at Vergina in northern Greece. Hades abducting Persephone. Horses led by Hermes.
VI-14 Cupid and Psyche
VI-14 Cupid and Psyche
Roman copy of Greek statue of young boy and girl. In the Capitoline Museum, Rome.
VI-15 Venus Marina
VI-15 Venus Marina
Peristyle garden of a house in Pompeii with paintings on the back wall. The paintings show Venus in the center, Mars on the viewer's left, and a garden scene at the right. The house is called the house of Venus Marina, or the Marine Venus, after this painting, in which Venus floats over the sea on a shell, with small winged boys or cupids in front of her and behind her.
VI-16 Emergence of Aphrodite from the Sea
VI-16 Emergence of Aphrodite from the Sea
The so-called Ludovisi Throne. Largest of three reliefs on a large block of marble. Likely around 460 BC. Possibly depicts the goddess Aphrodite emerging from the sea, as suggested by the pebbly ground (beach?) on which the two attendants stand.
VI-17 The Three Graces
VI-17 The Three Graces
Fresco from Pompeii, 1st century AD
Fresco from Pompeii, 1st century AD
Roman copy of Hellenistic original
Roman copy of Hellenistic original
VI-18 Dancing Maenads
VI-18 Dancing Maenads
Multiple copies of a type that originates in the late 5th century BC.
VI-19 Maenad by Skopas, early 4th century BC
VI-19 Maenad by Skopas, early 4th century BC
Color added (not original color scheme) to emphasize visual dynamics of movement and narrative.
VI-20 The Dherveni Krater, 4th century BC
VI-20 The Dherveni Krater, 4th century BC
VI-21 Sleeping Ariadne
VI-21 Sleeping Ariadne
Roman copy of 2nd century BC Greek original
VI-22 Herakles by Lysippos
VI-22 Herakles by Lysippos
Also called the Farnese Hercules. A Roman copy (early 3rd c AD) of a 4th century BC original by the Greek sculptor Lysippos.
Persons and Events:
Persons and Events:
Aphrodite
Ariadne
Boreas
Cupid (Eros)
Demeter
Dionysos
Eurydice
Graces
Herakles
Hermes
Orithyia
Orpheus
Rape
Sleep
Apples of the Hesperides
Labors
Objects and Places:
Objects and Places:
Temple Decoration
Tomb Decoration
Tomb contents
Wine mixing vessel
Painting on house walls
Pompeii
Private space
Funerary Art
Texts and Authors:
Texts and Authors:
Hymn to Demeter
Ovid
Seneca
Hymn to Aphrodite
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