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Two of Grahame Baker-Smith's illustrations for Homer's "Iliad." Translated by Robert Fagles. Folio Society.
"Charon Carries Souls Across the River Styx" (1861) by
Alexander Litovchenko (1835-1890). Oil on canvas.
Happy Friday, Everyone. Enjoy some mythological-inspired art by artist & illustrator, Soni Alcorn-Hender.
Kinuko Craft's illustrations from "Cupid and Psyche," as told by M. Charlotte Craft (Morrow Junior Books: 1996).
The art of Disney's "Hercules." Photos via Character Design References.
Two of NC Wyeth's fantastic 1929 illustrations from Homer's Odyssey.
Two of the muses by French artist Charles Meynier (1768-1832):
1. Polyhymnia (1800)
2. Calliope (1798)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Art based on Greek myths by twin illustrator-sisters, Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone. From Roger Lancelyn Green's "Tales of the Greeks and Trojans" (1963).
"From his own head he gave birth to owl-eyed Athena,
The awesome, battle-rousing, army-leading, untiring
Lady, whose pleasure is fighting and the metallic din of war."--Hesiod, Theogony (trans. Lombardo)
Photo: Athena Velletri via Tumblr (Salomi)