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The Greeks created images of their deities for many purposes. A temple would house the statue of a god or goddess, or multiple deities, and might be decorated with relief scenes depicting myths. Divine images were common on coins. Drinking cups and other vessels were painted with scenes from Greek myths.
Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background. Key: Dotted lines show a marriage or affair. Key: Solid lines show children.
The middle son of Cronus and Rhea. Brother of Zeus and Hades. Married to the Nereid Amphitrite; although, as with many of the male Greek gods, he had many lovers. His symbols include the trident, horse, bull, and dolphin. Demeter: Ceres: Goddess of the harvest, fertility, agriculture, nature and the seasons.
The sculpture of ancient Greece is the main surviving type of fine ancient Greek art as, with the exception of painted ancient Greek pottery, almost no ancient Greek painting survives. Modern scholarship identifies three major stages in monumental sculpture in bronze and stone: the Archaic (from about 650 to 480 BC), Classical (480–323 BC ...
Sculptures of Greek goddesses (6 C, 13 P) Sculptures of Greek gods (8 C, 10 P) This page was last edited on 27 December 2022, at 09:41 (UTC). Text ...
Sculptures of Pan (god) (9 P) Sculptures of Poseidon (3 P) T. Sculptures of Triton (mythology) (7 P) Z. Sculptures of Zeus (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Sculptures of ...
Sculptures of Greek mythology (1 C, 11 P) H. Sculptures of Heracles (21 P) M. Sculptures based on Metamorphoses (10 P) R. Sculptures of Roman mythology (1 C, 1 P)
The Group of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros (Greek: Αφροδίτη, Παν και Έρως) is an ancient marble Greek sculpture of the first century BC depicting the goat-legged god Pan trying to woo Aphrodite, the goddess of love and desire, unsuccessfully.