The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911): Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855)Bulfinch, Thomas
Philosophy
The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911): Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855)
Bulfinch, Thomas
English poetry; Mythology, Classical; Mythology, Norse
22. Rape of Ganymede. Ancient Marble in the Vatican:
_Baumeister 2, 891_ 37
23. Polyhymnia. Ancient Marble, Berlin:
_Baumeister 2, 1185_ 37
24. The Three Fates. Painting attributed to Michelangelo, but
recently conjectured to be by Rosso Fiorentino. Florence:
_Photograph_ 38
25. Boreas. Greek Reliefs, Athens: _Baumeister 3, 2370_ 39
26. Zephyros. Greek Reliefs, Athens: _Baumeister 3, 2370_ 39
27. Boreas carrying off Orithyia. Greek Vase Painting, Munich:
_Baumeister 1, 373_ 40
28. Iris carrying Child. Vase Painting: _Gerhard, Auserlesene
Vasenbilder, 2, 83_ 41
29. Demeter of Knidos. Greek Marble in the British Museum: _E.
von Mach, Handbook of Greek and Roman Sculpture,
Plate 247_ 42
30. Ceres. Roman Wall Painting:
_I. Weir, Greek Painting, p. 343_ 43
31. Dionysus and the Vine. Ancient Marble in the British Museum:
_Roscher 1, 292_ 44
32. Pan the Hunter. Ancient Terra Cotta: _Murray and Hutton,
Plate VI_ 45
33. A Satyr with Grafting Materials. Ancient Gem:
_Pine's Virgil_ 46
34. The Greek Underworld. Ancient Vase Painting from Canusium:
_Baumeister 3, 2042 B_ 48
Center: Hades and Persephone. Above, left: Megara, wife of
Heracles, and two of her children, slain by Heracles when mad.
Above, right: a Fury guarding Pirithoüs and Theseus. Middle,
left: Orpheus playing and dancing, and an unknown family group.
Middle, right: the three judges of the dead. Below: Sisyphus, a
Fury, Hermes, Heracles with Cerberus, a Fury, Tantalus.
35. Hermes conducting a Soul to Charon. Ancient Terra Cotta:
_Archäologische Zeitung, Berlin_ 49
36. Hypnos (_Somnus_, Sleep).
_Murray, Greek Bronzes, opp. p. 72_ 50
37. A Fury. Ancient Vase Painting: _Roscher 1, 1334_ 51
38. Hades. Ancient Marble in the Villa Borghese, Rome:
_Baumeister 1, 690_ 53
39. Death, Sleep, and Hermes laying a Body in the Tomb. Ancient
Vase Painting: _P. Gardner, Sculptured Tombs, Fig. 5_ 54
40. Poseidon from Dodona. Greek Bronze in the British Museum:
_Murray, Greek Bronzes, Fig. 32_ 55
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