28 Oct 2020

Marsyas

A common figure in Greek and Roman myths, Marsyas is identified as a silenus, perhaps a satyr, a protector of the waters of springs and rivers. The mythological story is linked to the famous challenge with Apollo and his deeds were sung by Ovid in the Metamorphoses. It is said that Marsyas had coll...
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28 Oct 2020

Gigantomachy

The Gigantomachy is one of the most archaic myths representing the struggle of disorder and brute force against reason and heavenly order; in Greek mythology it is understood as the battle of the giants, children of the earth, against the gods of the heavens. The Gigantomachy, the final battle betw...
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28 Oct 2020

The twelve labours of Hercules

Hercules, previously known as Heracles, in Greek mythology is considered a demigod, son of Zeus and Alcmene, venerated and known for his myth, which still persists throughout the Mediterranean. The historian Diodorus Siculus describes his stay in various cities of Sicily with a wealth of detail. H...
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28 Oct 2020

Trimalchio’s feast

The cena trimalchionis is an episode in the 15th book of Satyricon by Petronius, a narrative poem of which only a few fragments remain. Petronius, a Latin writer and poet who lived between the first and second half of the 2nd century AD, provides a refined and ironic description of the values and f...
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28 Oct 2020

Lycean Apollo

Apollo was one of the most revered gods of Olympus. In mythology Apollo is associated with the shining sun and therefore with light, the source of life. According to myth, Apollo was the son of Leto and Zeus, born in the sacred sea of the island of Delos, together with his twin sister Artemis, the ...
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28 Oct 2020

Corinthian capital

Element forming part of the support system of the architectural structure, where the imposts are formed of columns. The capital connects the top part of the column, which is circular in shape, with the flat straight area above, composed of the architrave. Its shape is normally a truncated pyramid t...
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28 Oct 2020

Orpheus told by Seneca

“At his sweet strains the rushing stream / Its uproar stilled, and all its waves / Paused in forgetfulness of flight; ... All winged creatures of the wood / And e’en the woods themselves came near / To listen; or, if far on high / Some bird was wheeling through the air, / To that sweet music swi...
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28 Oct 2020

Nereids

The nereids were figures from Greek mythology, sea nymphs, daughters of Nereus and the oceanid Doris. (according to mythological tradition, the Oceanids were the daughters of the titans Oceanus and Tethys, his sister) They were considered benevolent and immortal creatures, they were part of the mar...
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28 Oct 2020

Tritons

Triton, a mythological sea creature, is identified as the son of Poseidon, god of the sea, and the nereid Amphitrite. One attribute of Triton was a great shell that, when played like a horn, had the power to calm storms. Triton was usually depicted as an ichthyocentaur, with the upper half human and...
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28 Oct 2020

Ichthyocentaurs

Ichthyocentaurs are figures from classical mythology linked to the sea, better described as fish-centaurs, the upper part of their body was human in form and the lower part in the shape of a fish tail, similar to mermaids. This connotation differentiates them from the most famous centaurs, other myt...
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