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Historical Archive: Classical Mythology, Medusa to Zodiac This page is alphabetical, not chronological. Medusa, Roman crystal intaglio, Met 81.6.119. Gorgons have their own page. Meleager, Byz silver 6th-7th c., BNM L.56/113, which has its own page Diana and *Mercury: Gemma Augustea, banded agate cameo, 9/10-12 CE, KHM ANSA IXa 79. This work has its own page. Minerva, 25-1 BCE, sardonyx, Florence MA 14841. Minerva has her own page with modern impression. Minos (center left): Cappella Strozzi di Mantova, Florence, Nardo di Cione 1354-57, which has its own page Minos (scratched out): Giovanni di Paolo 1460-65, Last Judgment, SPN inv. 172, which has its own page Mithras relief from Fiano Romano: Mithras and the Bull, 2nd or 3rd c., marble, Louvre MND 1911. Mithras has his own page. Muses, ivory diptych, 5th c., Louvre LP 1264. For details see Louvre. Neptune on a sea horse, nautilus shell and metalwork (silver gilt?), Elias Geyer, Leipzig 1590s, MAAB. For another view see MAAB. Nereid riding hippocamp, sardonyx cameo, 1st c., Florence MA 14466. Nereids have their own page. Odysseus (right): Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page. Oedipus and the Sphinx, Roman niccolo agate on the Enger Reliquary, late 8th c., KGM. For Oedipus images, see the sphinx page. Omphale, bust, in lion skin, Roman carnelian intaglio, CdM Chab. 1780. For modern impression see CdM. Hercules and *Omphale, François Boucher 1732-34, Pushkin Ж 2764 Iphigenia, *Orestes, and Pylades in Tauris or Ulysses and Diomedes seizing Palladion, prob. c.1500-50, sardonyx cameo in 16th-c. gold and enamel mount, Florence MA 14468 Orpheus, grave stone from Dunapentele (Hungary), 2nd half of 2nd c., HNM Bellerophon and *Pegasus? Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page. Peirene or Persephone? Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page. Perseus killing Medusa: mythological sarcophagus end, marble, Pécs-Aranyhegy (Hungary) mid 2nd c., HNM 62.84.1 *Phaedra and Hippolytos or Aphrodite and Ares: Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page. Phlegyas in boat: Cappella Strozzi di Mantova, Florence, Nardo di Cione 1354-57, which has its own page Plutus (center): Cappella Strozzi di Mantova, Florence, Nardo di Cione 1354-57, which has its own page Pollux? Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page. Polynices and Eteocles, cinerary urn from Villa della Piene, ceramic with gesso and paint, Etruscan c.150 BCE, KM 0000.00.2608 Iphigenia, Orestes, and *Pylades in Tauris or Ulysses and Diomedes seizing Palladion, prob. c.1500-50, sardonyx cameo in 16th-c. gold and enamel mount, Florence MA 14468 Romulus, Remus w wolf; Gemini: marble sarcophagus side 240-250 CE, Vat 916 Romulus and Remus with wolf, copper alloy coin of Constantine, Cyzicus c.295, UCh 1980.157.39. For obverse see UCh. Romulus and Remus with wolf: Rambona diptych, ivory, late 9th c.-c.900, Vat 62442, which has its own page satyr with pan pipes, crystal panel, Roman, Rouen Musée des Antiquités 761. Satyrs have their own page. Semele (left): life of Dionysus, ivory pyxis, 5th c., Bologna pcr 12, which has its own page Serapis from Karanis (Egypt), serpentine, 2nd c., KM 0000.00.8526. For Serapis see Jupiter. Sibyl, right: Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page with another sibyl, in Pisa cathedral Silenus on 'The Grimani Oinochoe', bronze jug from Peloponnesos, Greek c.460-50 BCE, MFAB LA18. For full object see MFAB. Silenus carried on sarcophagus with Bacchic procession, marble, c.150-200, KM 1981.03.0001. This work has its own page. Silvanus: votive relief, Óbuda (Hungary) 1st half of 3rd c., HNM 166.1881.1 siren or mermaid, limestone, Cologne c.1100, Schn K114 siren or mermaid: Signet ring, prob. 18th c. sapphire in 15th c. gold, Louvre OA MRR 229, which has its own page Sol: Mithras relief from Fiano Romano, reverse: Mithras banqueting with Sol, 2nd or 3rd c., marble, Louvre MND 1911. The Sun and Moon have their own page. sphinx: Lead sarcophagus, 2nd/3rd c., prob. E Mediterranean, 55 x 173 x 41.2 cm, DO BZ.1941.2. This work has its own page. Sphinxes have their own page. Thalna and Thanr flanking Zeus: birth of Athena, Etrusco-Italic bronze mirror back fr. Arezzo, 330-310 BCE, Bologna IT 1073. For full work see Bologna Theseus and the Minotaur, architectural sculpture, Óbuda (Hungary) late 2nd c., HNM 129.1868.1 triton: Projecta Casket, silver and gold, c.380, BM 1866,1229.1, which has its own page with another triton. Tritons and mermaids have their own page. Iphigenia, Orestes, and Pylades in Tauris or *Ulysses and Diomedes seizing Palladion, prob. c.1500-50, sardonyx cameo in 16th-c. gold and enamel mount, Florence MA 14468 Venus rising from the sea, enameled glass Peddler Goblet, Murano 19th c., CMA 1953.364. Venus has her own page. Zethus and Amphion tying Dirce to bull: Luigi Pichler, Farnese Bull c.1798-1818, glass intaglio, UCh 1989.5. This work has its own page. Zeus: birth of Athena, Etrusco-Italic bronze mirror back fr. Arezzo, 330-310 BCE, Bologna IT 1073. For full work see Bologna. Zeus/Jupiter has his own page. unfinished Zodiac, marble, 2nd c. Roman, SMB AS SK1050. For oblique view see Berlin. The Zodiac has its own page.