Classical Mythology
POSEIDON, SEA DEITIES, GROUP DIVINITIES, AND MONSTERS 149 the size of a ship's mast) and take up his pipe of a hundred reeds. Hi ...
150 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Poseidon (Neptune) and Amphitrite with Their Attendants. Relief from the "Altar of Domi- tiu ...
POSEIDON, SEA DEITIES, GROUP DIVINITIES, AND MONSTERS 151 Neptune and Triton. By G-L. Bernini (1598-1680); marble, 1619, height ...
152 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS THE APPEARANCE AND CHARACTER OF POSEIDON Poseidon is similar in appearance to his brother Ze ...
POSEIDON, SEA DEITIES, GROUP DIVINITIES, AND MONSTERS^153 Pontus m. Ge i 1—h—i—i Nereus Thaumas m. Electra Phorcys m. Ceto Euryb ...
(^154) THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Medusa m. Poseidon Pegasus Chrysaor m. Callirhoë I I I Geryon Echidna m. Typhon i 1—h 1 E ...
POSEIDON, SEA DEITIES, GROUP DIVINITIES, AND MONSTERS 155 socracy (sea-power) of Minoan Crete makes this perfectly clear, as doe ...
156 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS home from Troy, was unduly detained off the coast of Egypt; he consulted Proteus, the old ma ...
CHAPTER 8 ATHENA THE BIRTH OF ATHENA The Homeric Hymn (28) tells the story of Athena's birth. ¥ 1 begin to sing about Pallas Ath ...
158 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS The Birth of Athena. Detail of an Athenian black-figure amphora, sixth century B.c.; height ...
ATHENA 159 all honoring Athena, whose great statue was housed in the temple. The whole pro- gram was directed by Pheidias, creat ...
160 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Figure 8.2. Sectional Drawing of the East End of the Parthenon Showing Relationship of Friez ...
ATHENA 161 brate the festival of the Panathenaea in honor of their goddess. Athenian men and women are shown as marshals, attend ...
162 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Athena Parthenos. Reconstruction by N. Leipen of the original by Pheidias, 447-438 B.C.; abo ...
ATHENA 163 birth Athena was reared by Triton (presumably the god of this body of water, wherever it may be). Now Triton had a da ...
164 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS she realized what she had done; in her grief she made a wooden image of the girl and decked ...
ATHENA 165 Athena. Detail from an Attic red-figure amphora by the Andocides Painter, ca. 520 B.c.; height of vase 22V2 in. Athen ...
166 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Ovid goes on to describe the weaving contest. Each weaves a tapestry at her loom with surpas ...
ATHENA 167 in a more generic and abstract conception. She is skilled in the taming and train- ing of horses, interested in ships ...
168 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Mourning Athena. Marble relief from the Acropolis, ca. 460 B.c.; height 21 in. Athena is a y ...
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