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(2/2) The storms batters Leander as he crosses & attempts to see the light, but he drowns. Hero strains her eyes all night & finds his body washed ashore the next morning. She hurls herself from her tower in grief to meet him in death.

🎨M. Weber Taylor; C. von Bodenhausen

"Andromeda Chained to a Rock" (1874) by Henri-Pierre Picou (1824–1895). Oil on canvas; 47.3 in. h x 33.3 in. w (120.3 cm x 84.7 cm). Dahesh Museum of Art.

"...he assumed the semblance of a bull and mingled with the bullocks in the groves, his color white as virgin snow..."-Ovid, Metamorphoses Book II

Zeus, in the guise of a bull, abducts Europa and flees to Crete.

Art by Alexander Rothaug (1870-1946).

Danaë, mother of Perseus, watches as a tower that will soon be her prison is constructed by her father, Acrisius of Argos. Acrisius had her imprisoned after a prophesy foretold that he would be slain by her child.

Danaë & the Brazen Tower (1887-88) by E. Burne-Jones.

Greek mythological figures, originally inspired in part by art and artists of the Symbolism & Art Nouveau movements, can be found in Walt Disney's "Fantasia" (1940) during the Pastoral Symphony sequence of the film. #FolkloreThursday

This chryselephantine (ivory & gold) statue likely depicts the goddess Artemis. The figure, whose eyes & eyebrows were once inlaid, is accompanied by intricately-designed gold jewelry such as large rosette earrings and a diadem.

6th century BCE, Archaeological Museum of Delphi

The Telkhines were Rhodian sorcerers often said to have the heads of dogs and fins for hands. These magician-craftsmen were able to control the elements and obliterate things w/ their eyes. They were known to be jealous, vile, spiteful. Images: pub. dom.

A pair of gold armbands shaped into tritons, male and female, who each hold a small winged Eros. A hoop found behind the head of each figure allowed the piece to attach to a garment's sleeve. #greekmythology #Greece #arthistory #art

Hellenistic, ca. 200 BCE. The Met

The sculpture (c. 2nd cent BCE/1st cent CE) may be Hellenistic or a later copy. It highlights the grief of Trojan priest, Laocoön, as two killer serpents rise from the sea after he rejects the notion of the Trojan horse as a gift

1.Vatican Museum2.Alessandro Allori 3.Marco Dente