Classical Mythologyさんのイラストまとめ

Greek vase illustration featuring mythological scenes by Katie Ponder. Photo via Mendola Artists.

Helios, the sun god, left his golden palace each dawn in a chariot pulled by four steeds to illuminate the world with light. A golden helmet or diadem bursting with sun rays adorned his head.

"Helios" by @Yliade2, an artist who specializes in mythological art. Just stunning!

"The goddess Aphrodite was sprung from the dark-blue depths of the sea and nurtured by the foam from the frothing waves."-Apuleius on the birth of Aphrodite.
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🎨Adolph Hirémy-Hirschl (1860-1933)

Leucothea, a sea goddess who comes to the aid of sailors, saves Odysseus from drowning by telling him to wrap himself in her shawl, an item that will safely keep him afloat until he comes ashore. #MythologyMonday

Art: Friedrich Preller the Elder, Susan Skuse

‘Dido was I the cause of your dying? I swear by the stars,
by the gods above, I left your shores unwillingly, my queen.‘-Aeneas on seeing the shade of his one-time love in the Fields of Mourning. (Aeneid VI)#MythologyMonday

🎨Dido brought to the Underworld-Georges Moreau deTours

"In The Grove Of The Temple Of Isis" (1915) by
John William Godward (1861-1922). Oil on canvas; 31.4 in x 15.7 in.

"Force and Reason" (1939) by John Duncan (1866-1945). Glasgow Museums Resource Centre.

"Rosy-fingered Selene after sunset, surpassing all the stars...her light spreads alike over the salt sea & the flowery fields."-Sappho
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1. "The Sleeping Earth and Wakening Moon"-Evelyn De Morgan.
2. "The Waking Moon"-Arthur John Black.
3. "Selene"-Albert Aublet.

Neil Packer's illustrations of the Trojan War are packed with bright colors, minute details, and loads of action scenes. Illustrated for Homer's "Odyssey" and "Iliad" as retold by Gillian Cross (Walker Books).

Concept art by the brilliant Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013). #art #mythology #SundayMotivation