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"I sing of warfare and a man at war.
From the sea-coast of Troy in early days
He came to Italy by destiny,
To our Lavinian western shore..."
--Aeneid, trans. Robert Fitzgerald.

🎨Joan Kiddell-Monroe

Zeus, in the guise of a bull, tempts Europa to climb onto his back and carries her across the sea.

1. Alexander Sigov (b. 1955)
2. Nikolai Burdykin (b. 1960)
3. Valentin Serov (1865-1911)

Stunning illustrations by Bulgarian artist Svetlin Vassilev.

Works by Russian artist Nikolai Kalmakoff (1873–1955).

"An Ancient Melody" by William Henry Longmaid (1835–1919). Oil on canvas; 85.1 x 110.5 cm. Atkinson Art Gallery Collection.

"The Favourite" (1901) by English artist John William Godward (1861-1922). Oil on canvas; 59.4 x 72.4 cm. Private Collection. #Caturday

"Conversation by the Spring" by Henryk Siemiradzki (1843–1902). Oil on canvas laid on board; 54 x 100 cm. (21 1/4 x 39 1/4 in.). Image via Sotheby's.

The Chimera of Arezzo is an Etruscan work of art. A chimera was a fire-breathing three-headed hybrid often comprised of a lion (body), snake (tail), and goat (affixed to the back). The piece was unearthed in Italy in 1553.

Bronze, ca. 400 BCE, 129 cm L (50.7 in.)

"Ah, ah! You handmaidens, look at them there: like Gorgons, wrapped in sable garments, entwined with swarming snakes! I can stay no longer."
-Orestes on being pursued by the Furies in Aeschylus' "Libation Bearers," trans. Herbert Weir Smyth.

Art by John Singer Sargent (1921).

Turquoise waves rise up over Odysseus' raft as Poseidon, trident in hand, stirs a churning sea and conjures up black clouds. #FolkloreThursday

"The Raft of Odysseus" (1929) by N C Wyeth (1882-1945). Oil on canvas; 48 x 38 in. (121.9 x 96.5 cm.).