Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece

Picture Credits

1. Gaia, Mother Goddess Greek relief. Ancient Art Architecture Collection Ltd / Alamy.

2. Attic Red-Figure Cup, bpk / Antikensammlung Berlin.

3. Polyphemus, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, 1802. Landesmuseum Oldenburg.

4. Bronze head of Hypnos, c.275 BC. British Museum / Alamy.

5. The Mutilation of Uranus by Saturn by Giorgio Vasari, c.1560. Palazzo Vecchio, Room of the Elements.

6. The Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli, c.1485. Uffizi Gallery. Florence / Bridgeman.

7. Saturn Devouring One of His Sons, Francisco de Goya, c.1823. Prado Museum, Madrid / Alamy.

8. Attic Red Figure attributed to the Nausicaa Painter, c.475 – 425 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

9. The Feeding of the Child Jupiter, Nicolas Poussin, c.1640. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. / Bridgeman.

10. Marble Relief of the Battle of Giants, Gigantomachy. Getty Images / De Agostini Picture Library.

11. Attic Black-Figured Hydria, c.540–530 BC. Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich.

12. The Dance of the Muses, Joseph Paelinck, 1832. Private Collection / Alamy.

13. Relief of the Three Moirai. Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin.

14. The Battle Between the Gods and the Giants, Joachim Antonisz Wtewael, c.1608. Art Institute of Chicago /Bridgeman.

15. The Gods of Olympus, Sala dei Giganti, c.1528. Palazzo del Te / Bridgeman.

16. Hierogamy, unknown artist, 1st Century AD. Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples / Bridgeman.

17. Vulcan Forging Jupiter’s Lightening Bolts, Peter Paul Rubens, 1636–38. Prado Museum, Madrid / Bridgeman.

18. Head of Ares, after Greek original by Alkamenes, 420 BC. State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia / Alamy.

19. Venus and Mars, Sandro Boticelli, c.1485. National Gallery, London / Alamy.

20. Black-figure Amphora, 6th century BC. Louvre, Paris / Bridgeman.

21. Minerva or Pallas Athena, Gustav Klimt, 1898. Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Vienna / Bridgeman.

22. Red-Figure Cup, 5th century BC. Louvre, Paris / Bridgeman.

23. Apollo, Italian School, 17th century. Musee Massey, Tarbes, France / Bridgeman.

24. Diana, Paul Manship, 1925. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA / Alamy.

25. Prometheus Bringing Fire to Mankind, Friedrich Heinrich Fuger, 1817. Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany / © Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel / Ute Brunzel / Bridgeman.

26. Prometheus Bound, Jacob Jordaens, c.1640. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Köln, Germany / Alamy.

27. Charon Crossing the River Styx, Joachim Patenier or Patinir, 1515–24. Prado, Madrid, Spain / Bridgeman.

28. Pandora, John William Waterhouse, 1896. Private Collection / Alamy.

29. The Return of Persephone, Frederic Leighton, c.1891. Leeds Museums and Galleries (Leeds Art Gallery) UK / Bridgeman.

30. Cupid and Psyche, Francois Edouard Picot, 1817. Louvre, Paris / Bridgeman.

31. The Fall of Phaeton, Peter Paul Rubens, c.1604–8. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC / Bridgeman.

32. Drunken Silenus Supported by Satyrs, Peter Paul Rubens (studio of), c.1620, National Gallery, London / Bridgeman.

33. Apollo and Marsyas, Michelangelo Anselmi, c.1540. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC / Bridgeman.

34. The Spinners, or The Fable of Arachne, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez, 1657. Prado, Madrid / Bridgeman.