Items matching greek mythology (results page 1)

Withdrawal from TroyHomer’s Odyssy7 (1895)

This wood-engraving is the frontispiece at the beginning of the book. It is very large, and has an ornate border round it.

Keywords: soldiers, ancient greece, greek mythology, ruins, bare feet, people, towers, battlements, temples, horses, weapons, spears, death, homer, greyscale

Places shown: Troy; Turkey

Added: 2026-07-29

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DanaëModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

A young woman dances with one arm stretched out and upwards towards the warm Summer sun, the light shining down on her through the woodland trees in a cascade of yellow. She wears a diaphanous dress t [...]

Keywords: women, mythology, greek mythology, people, summer, dance, dancing, dancers, trees, leaves, sunlight, spring, colour, nudity

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2026-01-26

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King Ixion naked on the burning wheelLucille (1882)

King Ixion took advantage of Zeus’ mercy by trying to seduce Hera, who was that god’s wife. The king was punished by being bound to a wheel that would spin and burn forever in the underworld. Here we [...]

Keywords: greek mythology, wheels, people, men, nudity, bare feet, snakes, torture, punishments, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2026-09-14

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Zeus and EuropaModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XIV (1900)

Here the Greek God Zeus appears to Europa as a beautiful and inspiring bull. She falls in love, and he takes her off and does naughty things to her. The print that i scanned here is 470×297mm (approx. [...]

Keywords: greek mythology, nudity, people, women, zeus, europa, beaches, seaside, bare feet, cattle, water, sand, waves, ancient greece, greek gods, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-07-01

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