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9 · Classical Mythology and Ancient History (page 1 of 3)
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91A14(CHAOS) other primeval deities: Chaos
91B111 (story of) Saturn (Cronus)
91B111411 Saturn devouring the stone, given to him by Rhea, instead of the new-born Jupiter
91B1117 :31D16 specific aspects of Saturn; Saturn as patron❧ old man
91B111 :31A22371 (story of) Saturn (Cronus)❧ anus
91B13661 Atlas supporting the heavens on his shoulders
91B2(+7) the Cyclopes (+ specific aspects, allegorical aspects)
91C21 battle of the Giants against the gods: gigantomachy
91C214(+0) the Giants buried beneath volcanoes (+ variant)
91E3 primitive stages of mankind; men rise from their brutish condition to civilization
91E452 Prometheus brings fire to mankind
91E652 Pandora opens her box (or jar); Good or Evil escapes, Hope remains
91E652(+0) Pandora opens her box (or jar); Good or Evil escapes, Hope remains (+ variant)
92 gods ~ classical mythology
92 :25G2111(LENTIL) gods ~ classical mythology❧ seed (LENTIL)
92 :48C24(+631) gods ~ classical mythology❧ piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture (+ ceramics ~ arts)
92 :55C2 gods ~ classical mythology❧ Giving
92B1 (story of) Jupiter (Zeus)
92B1121 Amalthea, the nymph, usually in the shape of a goat, suckles the new-born Jupiter
92B1121(+0) Amalthea, the nymph, usually in the shape of a goat, suckles the new-born Jupiter (+ variant)
92B11221 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty
92B1217 Jupiter wooing Danae; she is usually lying in bed receiving a shower of gold
92B14 aggressive, unfriendly activities and relationships of Jupiter
92B171 Jupiter as king of Heaven
92B171(+0) Jupiter as king of Heaven (+ variant)
92B18(CHARIOT) attributes of Jupiter (CHARIOT)
92B18(EAGLE) attributes of Jupiter: eagle
92B19 (story of) Jupiter (Zeus) - offspring, companion(s), train etc.
92B19(+0) (story of) Jupiter (Zeus) - offspring, companion(s), train etc. (+ variant)
92B2 (story of) Vulcan (Hephaestus)
92B2523(+0) other scenes ~ Vulcan forging (+ variant)
92B3 (story of) Apollo (Phoebus)
92B3412(+0) contest between Apollo and Marsyas; the Muses acting as judges (+ variant)
92B342 Apollo shoots Python, the dragon
92B351 Apollo tends Admetus' flock as penalty for having slain the Cyclopes
92B37213 the tripod (Delphi)
92B373 Apollo playing the lyre, Apollo Citharoedus
92B39117 fall of Phaethon; he is struck by a thunderbolt of Jupiter
92B4 (story of) Mars (Ares)
92B42321 Mars and Venus making love, Gallus (Alectryon) changing into a cock
92B42331 Mars and Venus, caught in a net by Vulcan, are exposed to the ridicule of the assembled gods
92B42331(+0) Mars and Venus, caught in a net by Vulcan, are exposed to the ridicule of the assembled gods (+ variant)
92B48(COCK) attributes of Mars (COCK)
92B49 :32B2(ROMANS) offspring, companion(s), train etc. of Mars❧ historical peoples: Romans
92B4 :44B113 (story of) Mars (Ares)❧ king
92B5 (story of) Mercury (Hermes)
92B554(+0) Mercury with the woodcutter and his axe (Aesop) (+ variant)
92B57 specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron
92B57(+0) specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron (+ variant)
92B573 Hermes Logios, Mercury as god of eloquence
92B573 :31B62359 Hermes Logios, Mercury as god of eloquence❧ being silent
92B57 :31A56 specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron❧ servant
92B57 :44G54 specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron❧ thief
92B57 :46A123 specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron❧ herald
92B57 :46B21 specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron❧ merchant, salesman
92B57 :46C513 specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron❧ 'en route', traveller under way
92B57 :52A43 specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron❧ Ingenuity; 'Ingegno' (Ripa)
92B57 :57AA621 specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron❧ Cheat, Deceit; 'Fraude', 'Inganno' (Ripa)
92B58(CADUCEUS) caduceus (staff with two snakes, attribute of Mercury)
92B58(PETASUS) attributes of Mercury: petasus, a winged sun hat
92B59 offspring, companion(s), train etc. of Mercury
92B5 :33A4 (story of) Mercury (Hermes)❧ bringing gifts; exchanging gifts
92C18(PEACOCK) attributes of Juno (PEACOCK)
92C2 (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)
92C27 specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Minerva; Minerva as patroness
92C271 Minerva as patroness
92C321(+0) Diana (Luna) visiting the sleeping Endymion (+ variant)
92C37 specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Diana; Diana as patroness
92C455 'sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus'
92C473(CALLIPYGOS) other specific aspects of Venus (CALLIPYGOS)
92C48(GIRDLE) attributes of Venus (GIRDLE)
92C49151 Venus mourning Adonis
92D3 Graces (Charites), generally three in number; 'Gratie' (Ripa)
92D4 (story of the) Muses; 'Muse' (Ripa)
92E1231 Aurora with her aged husband Tithonus
92G1 Fates, Parcae (Moirae)
92G13(+0) Atropos, usually with shears (+ variant)
92G4(+0) (story of) Momus (+ variant)
92G441 Momus finding fault with the gods
92G441(+0) Momus finding fault with the gods (+ variant)
92H gods of the waters: Neptune and his environment
92H1 (story of) Neptune (Poseidon)
92H19 offspring, companion(s), train etc. of Neptune
92I22 (story of) Galatea; 'Galatea' (Ripa)
92I752 Charybdis; 'Cariddi' (Ripa)
92L1 (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber
92L18(THYRSUS) thyrsus ~ attribute of Bacchus
92L18(VINE) attributes of Bacchus: vine
92L191 thiasos, i.e. Bacchus' revel-rout, bacchanal without Bacchus
92L1911 maenad(s), female bacchant(es)
92L1912 male bacchant(es)
92L2 (story of) Cybele, Rhea Cybele, Great Mother of the Gods (Berecynt(h)ia)
92L4 satyrs, fauns, Sileni
92L41 satyr(s) (in general)
92L421 (story of) Silenus
92L423(BABYS) other single named satyrs (BABYS)
92L542 Pan terrifying people, so-called panic fear
92L71 centaurs (in general)
92L714112 Theseus kills Eurytion
92L714113 the invulnerable hero Caeneus, the Lapith (i.e. the girl Caenis metamorphosed), is overwhelmed by a huge pile of wood
92L71 :31B8 centaurs (in general)❧ fool, simpleton, numskull
92L721681 Chiron is accidentally wounded during Hercules' visit to Chiron and the young Achilles
92M13 most important deeds: Ceres in search of her daughter Proserpina, whom Pluto carried off
92M1332 Ceres is hospitably received by Celeus and his wife Metanira, and tends their new-born child Demophon (alternatively Triptolemus)
92M139 Proserpina returned to her mother
92M179 specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Ceres; Ceres as patroness - veneration, honoured by
92M191 :31AA4111 Plutus (god of wealth), son of Ceres and Iasion❧ blind, blindness - AA - metaphorically blind
92M191 :32A42 Plutus (god of wealth), son of Ceres and Iasion❧ coward
92M193 Arion, the winged horse, offspring of Ceres and Neptune
92N18(HELMET) :51GG5 attributes of Pluto (HELMET)❧ Invisibility
92N1 :31A22371(+0) (story of) Pluto (Hades), Dis Pater, Orcus❧ anus (+ variant)
92N271(+0) Hecate triformis, i.e. with three bodies standing back to back (+ variant)
92N3 Furies, Dirae (Erinyes), Eumenides; 'Furie' (Ripa)
93 meetings and dwellings of the gods
93A2(+0) assemblies of the gods (in general) (+ variant)
93D1 Pegasus, the winged horse
93E Hades, the Underworld
93E21 Styx (river of Hades); 'Stige' (Ripa)
93E25 Lethe (river of Hades)
93E3 Charon, the ferryman
93E3(+7) Charon, the ferryman (+ specific aspects, allegorical aspects)
93E53 Rhadamanthus (as judge of Hades)
93E81 Tantalus, suffering eternal hunger and thirst
93E82 Sisyphus pushing his boulder uphill or carrying it on his shoulders
93E85 the Danaids pouring water into a perforated vessel
93E86 Ocnus, usually twisting a cord which is eaten by an ass as soon as it is being made
93E86(+0) Ocnus, usually twisting a cord which is eaten by an ass as soon as it is being made (+ variant)
93F3 the golden apples of the Hesperides
94A331(+0) Hylas abducted by the nymphs whilst fetching water (+ variant)
94A341 boxing-match between the Bebrycian king Amycus and Pollux
94A632 the daughters of Pelias kill their father in his bed; Medea plunges his body in boiling water
94A72 Medea, through her children, sends Creusa wedding-gifts (a crown and a long robe)
94A73 Creusa is consumed by flames when putting on the poisoned robe (or crown)
94B153 single combat between Eteocles and Polynices; they both die
94C(+0) the Trojan war (94C - 94H) (+ variant)
94C1 prelude to the Trojan war: the love-story of Paris (also called Alexander) and Helen
94C113(+0) the Judgement of Paris (Mercury present) (+ variant)
94D132(+0) the sacrifice of Iphigenia (+ variant)
94F the tenth year of the Trojan war (part I); the wrath of Achilles: from the quarrel about Briseis to the death of Patroclus
94F11 the ransom of Chryseis: Agamemnon refuses to return Chryseis to her father Chryses
94F12 Briseis is taken away from Achilles and led to Agamemnon by the heralds Talthybius and Eurybates; Achilles may be holding a lyre
94F31(+0) Paris and Menelaus duelling (+ variant)
94F32 Venus intervenes in the duel between Paris and Menelaus: she covers Paris with a cloud and leads him to his room
94F4 first battle of the Greeks and the Trojans; heroic deeds of Diomedes (Iliad IV-V)
94F424 Diomedes and Glaucus exchange arms (Iliad VI)
94F62 Ulysses and Diomedes raid the Trojan lines at night
94F741 Juno requests Venus' girdle
94F81 Patroclus receives Achilles' arms and takes to the field
94F821 the fight over the body of Patroclus
94G the tenth year of the Trojan war (part II): Achilles back to war; his last deeds and his death
94G233 Achilles pursues Hector around the wall of the city
94H151(+0) the Trojan horse (+ variant)
94H2 the fall of Troy; Troy burning
94H24521 Polymnestor kills Polydorus and throws him into the water
94I12 Ulysses and his men in the land of the lotus-eaters (Homer, Odyssey IX)
94I132 Polyphemus devours some of Ulysses' companions
94I133(+0) Ulysses offers wine to Polyphemus (+ variant)
94I161 Circe invites Ulysses' men into her palace
94I182 Ulysses passes Scylla and Charybdis; Scylla devours six of his men
94I183 in Thrinacria Ulysses' men devour some of the cattle of the Sun-god while Ulysses is asleep
94I21 Ulysses is kindly received by the nymph Calypso on the island of Ogygia (Homer, Odyssey XII)
94I21(+0) Ulysses is kindly received by the nymph Calypso on the island of Ogygia (Homer, Odyssey XII) (+ variant)
94I234 Ulysses at Alcinous' court
94I23421(+0) Ulysses tells of his wanderings (+ variant)
94I3 Penelope, Telemachus, and the suitors (Homer, Odyssey I-IV)
94I341(+0) Penelope weaving Laertes' shroud (Homer, Odyssey II 94-100; XIX 138-155) (+ variant)
94I412 Ulysses meets Eumaeus, the old swine-herd, and goes to the latter's hut (Homer, Odyssey XIV)
94I532(+0) Ulysses' fight with Irus, the beggar (Homer, Odyssey XVIII) (+ variant)
94I6 the end of the suitors
94I64 Ulysses seizes the bow, strings it and shoots through the twelve axe-rings
94I65 Ulysses, assisted by Telemachus, kills the suitors (Homer, Odyssey XXII)
94K12 murder of Agamemnon by Clytaemnestra (and/or Aegisthus): he is killed after bathing, when he struggles with a robe without openings
94K23 Menelaus (disguised in seal skins, as directed by Eidothea) falls upon Proteus who tries to avoid answering his questions by assuming different shapes
94L (story of) Hercules (Heracles)
94L22 Hercules in love with Deianira, daughter of Oeneus
94L3 most important deeds of Hercules: the Twelve Labours
94L322 (2) the Hydra of Lerna is killed by Hercules
94L3221 the Hydra is killed by Hercules assisted by Iolaus, who sears the roots of the severed heads with burning brands; an enormous crab nips Hercules' foot
94L325 (5) Hercules cleanses the stables of Augeas by diverting the rivers Alpheus and Peneus
94L3281 the four mares of Diomedes
94L331 (10) the cattle of Geryon secured by Hercules
94L4115 Cacus, the fire-breathing monster is killed in his cave by Hercules
94L4117 Cercopes (monkey-like beings) are slung upside down on a pole and carried away by Hercules, because they had tried to steal his weapons
94L4117(+0) Cercopes (monkey-like beings) are slung upside down on a pole and carried away by Hercules, because they had tried to steal his weapons (+ variant)
94L4125 Thiodamas is ploughing with a yoke of oxen; Hercules arrives, kills one of the oxen, and eats it (Philostratus, Imagines II 22)
94L512 Hercules rescues Alcestis
94L521 Hercules thrusts the rocks Calpe and Abyla apart, or forces the two rocks into temporary union
94L681 Deianira sends Hercules a robe smeared with Nessus' blood
94L7(+0) specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Hercules; Hercules as patron (+ variant)
94L72(+0) Hercules at the cross-roads, 'Herkules am Scheidewege': the choice of Hercules (+ variant)
94L74 :46B471 Hercules as personification of some other abstract notion❧ profit (~ commerce)
94L8(BOOTS) attributes of Hercules (BOOTS)
94L8(LION'S SKIN) attributes of Hercules: lion's skin
94L9 (story of) Hercules (Heracles) - offspring, companion(s), train etc.
94M31(+0) the Athenian youths draw lots for the yearly tribute to Crete: seven youths and seven maidens to be devoured by the Minotaur (+ variant)
94M37 Theseus' ship, with black sails, approaches Athens; Aegeus casts himself into the sea
94N311 King Oeneus neglects Diana in his yearly sacrifices
94O7 (story of) Orpheus - specific aspects, allegorical aspects, as patron of
94P121 Acrisius puts Danae and Perseus, her child by Jupiter, in a chest and casts it into the sea
94P122 Danae and Perseus, borne to the island of Seriphos, are found by Dictys, who was fishing there
94P124 Perseus reared by Polydectes
94P3 most important deeds: Perseus' conquest of Medusa
94P32 Perseus goes to the three Graeae; while they are asleep he steals the one eye and the one tooth they share between them
94P33 Perseus beheading Medusa
94P343 Polydectes is turned into stone while banqueting
94R(POLLUX) one of the Dioscuri: Pollux, the boxer
94R11 birth of the Dioscuri: the twins, Castor and Pollux, emerge from one of Leda's eggs; simultaneously Helen, or Helen and Clytaemnestra, hatch from a second egg
94R6 suffering, misfortune of the Dioscuri
94S211 Stheneboea falsely accuses Bellerophon before Proetus
94S3 most important deeds: Bellerophon with Iobates, king of Lycia, who sets him to various tasks
94T33 Oedipus and the sphinx; he solves the riddle
94T3451 Oedipus curses his sons Eteocles and Polynices
95A the Greek heroic legends (II): heroes
95A(ACHILLES)4 (story of) Achilles - aggressive, unfriendly activities and relationships
95A(ADMETUS)61 Admetus, mortally sick, in vain begs his aged parents to die for him
95A(AEGYPTUS)6 :42B7411(50) the Greek heroic legends (AEGYPTUS): heroes (AEGYPTUS) - suffering, misfortune❧ father and son(50) (50) (50)
95A(AJAX THE GREAT)5 Ajax the Great - non-aggressive, friendly or neutral activities and relationships
95A(AJAX) the Greek heroic legends (AJAX): heroes (AJAX)
95A(AMPHION & ZETHUS)11 birth of Amphion and Zethus, sons of Antiope by Jupiter
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