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"O Nymphs, daughters
of great-hearted Okeanos,
you dwell inside
the earth’s damp caves."
📜'The Orphic Hymns' as translated by Apostolos Athanassakis
“Triton Carrying a Nereid on His Back” (1875) by Arnold Böcklin
"The Mermaid and the Satyr" (ca. 1917) by German artist
Ferdinand Leeke (1859-1937).
"The Alarm" (1909) by George Willoughby Maynard (1843-1923). Oil on canvas; 20 x 40 in. Photo via Christie's.
Antique engraving featuring Neptune and Amphitrite pulled by hippocamps. Triton blows his conch trumpet to calm the waves before the chariot. Art by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677). Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. #MythologyMonday
"The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama" (1864) by Édouard Manet. Oil on canvas; 53 in x 50 in. Museum of Art, Philadelphia.
Solsvik fishing village in Norway painting (1832) by Gustav Adolf Boenisch (1802-1887).