Mythology in Marble

As the female semblance of Bacchus, Ariadne appears to have been a promoter of vegetation. She alternated between the joy of spring and the melancholy of winter. By some mytholo...

Hercules is a sun hero, born of the sky (Jupiter) and the dawn (Alcmene). His twelve great tasks are interpreted to represent either the twelve signs of the zodiac, the twelve m...

“Eagle pinions, swift as thought, Ganymede to heaven brought, Stolen from the plains of Troy, Loved of gods, immortal boy! Still a stranger in the skies, Ganymede in heaven sighs.”

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