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  2. Category:Paintings of Greek myths - Wikipedia

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    A. Actaea, the Nymph of the Shore. Allegory of Wisdom and Strength. Andromache Mourning Hector. Apollo as Victor over Pan. Ariadne (Giorgio de Chirico painting) Ariadne Abandoned by Theseus. Ariane in Naxos. Atalanta and Hippomenes.

  3. Ancient Greek art - Wikipedia

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    The art of ancient Greece is usually divided stylistically into four periods: the Geometric, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic. The Geometric age is usually dated from about 1000 BC, although in reality little is known about art in Greece during the preceding 200 years, traditionally known as the Greek Dark Ages.

  4. Leda and the Swan - Wikipedia

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    Roman oil lamp, 1st century AD. Leda and the Swan is a story and subject in art from Greek mythology in which the god Zeus, in the form of a swan, seduces or rapes Leda, a Spartan queen. According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces, children of Zeus, while at the same time bearing Castor and Clytemnestra, children of her ...

  5. Venus de Milo - Wikipedia

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    Louvre, Paris. The Venus de Milo or Aphrodite of Melos[b] is an ancient Greek marble sculpture that was created during the Hellenistic period. Its exact dating is uncertain, but the modern consensus places it in the 2nd century BC, perhaps between 160 and 110 BC. It was rediscovered in 1820 on the island of Milos, Greece, and has been displayed ...

  6. List of Greek mythological figures - Wikipedia

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    Pandion I, a king of Athens. Pandion II, a king of Athens. Peleus, king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles; he sailed with the Argonauts and participated in the Calydonian boar hunt. Pelias, a king of Iolcus and usurper of Aeson's rightful throne. Pelops, a king of Pisa and founder of the House of Atreus.

  7. Gorgons - Wikipedia

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    Gorgons. The Gorgons (/ ˈɡɔːrɡənz / GOR-gənz; Ancient Greek: Γοργώνες), [2] in Greek mythology, are three monstrous sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, said to be the daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. They lived near their sisters the Graeae, and were able to turn anyone who looked at them to stone. Euryale and Stheno were ...

  8. Phidias - Wikipedia

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    Phidias or Pheidias (/ ˈfɪdiəs /; Ancient Greek: Φειδίας, Pheidias; c. 480 – c. 430 BC) was an Ancient Greek sculptor, painter, and architect, active in the 5th century BC. His Statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Phidias also designed the statues of the goddess Athena on the Athenian ...

  9. Orpheus - Wikipedia

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    Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). "Orpheus" West, Martin L., The Orphic Poems, 1983. There is a sub-thesis in this work that early Greek religion was heavily influenced by Central Asian shamanistic practices. One major point of contact was the ancient Crimean city of Olbia.

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