Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra
Gustave Moreau developed a highly personal vision that combined history, myth, mysticism, and a fascination with the exotic and bizarre. Rooted in the Romantic tradition,...


















Gustave Moreau developed a highly personal vision that combined history, myth, mysticism, and a fascination with the exotic and bizarre. Rooted in the Romantic tradition,...
Alcibiades A born and raised Athenian, he lived from about 450 to 404 BC. His father was Cleinias, and he was killed in battle when...
A bronze statue of Sedna, the goddess of the sea and a cast of Arctic characters, at the water’s edge in Nuuk, Greenland.
Knossos Crete The Palace of Knossos is located just south of modern-day Heraklion near the north coast of Crete. Built by a civilization that we...
“Satyr satisfies Nymph” – Arthur Fischer (1900)
Narcissus The myth according to Roman writer Ovid. Narcissus is very handsome but cruelly refuses the advances of Echo. The lovely nymph, heartbroken, wastes away...
#Πήγασος (#Pegasos, #Pegasus). His father was #Poseidon, and his mother was #Medusa. In one version of myth, Pegasos sprang forth when #Perseus beheaded Medusa, and...
Carlotta Chabert, dancer of the first half of the nineteenth century, loved by Count Girolamo Malfatti, had the honor, thanks to the high-ranking client, of...
Daria Kropacheva