It's a subject area that never gets stale or boring. Greek mythology continues to captivate and enthrall us in all cultural media from books to film to sculpture to paintings. And any of us probably know more about it than we might imagine even if we've not actively learnt about it. I've made a collection of illustrations of Greek myth ... just because they're gorgeous works of art.
1 Chimera - a Monstrous Creature with Parts from Multiple Animals
2 Artemis - Goddess of the Wilderness, the Hunt and Wild Animals, and Fertility
Via True Myth
3 Pandora - She Who Opened the Box
4 Mount Olympus - Home of the Gods
Via Mount Olympus
5 Hades and Persephone - God and Goddess of the Underworld
6 Medusa - a Gorgon
7 Amphitrite - Greek Goddess - Queen of the Sea, Wife of Poseidon
8 EREBUS - God of Darkness
9 Triton - the Messenger of the Big Sea
Via Abgal
10 Lethe - Goddess of Forgetfulness and Oblivion
11 Artemis -goddess of the Hunt and Moon and Birthing
12 ZELUS - God of Rivalry and Competition
13 IRIS - Goddess of the Rainbow and Messenger of the Gods
15 The Hydra - an Ancient Serpent-like Water Beast
16 Demeter - Goddess of Agriculture, Horticulture, Grain and Harvest
17 Ares - God of War and Battle and the Instigator of Violence
18 URANIA - Goddess Muse of Astronomy and Astronomical Writings
19 Eros - God of Love and Psyche
20 Pegasus - the Winged Horse
21 Aphrodite - Goddess of Love, Beauty, and Sexuality
22 Pan - God of the Wild, Shepherds and Flocks, Nature of Mountain Wilds, Hunting and Rustic Music
23 THEIA - Titan Goddess of Sight and Shining Light of the Clear Blue Sky
24 Nemesis - a Spirit of Divine Retribution against Those Who Succumb to Hubris
25 The Three Fates: Clotho - Spins the Thread of Life; Lachesis - Draws the Lots and Determines How Long One Lives by Measuring the Thread of Life; and Atropos - the Inevitable, Who Chose How Someone Dies by Cutting the Thread of Life with Her Shears
26 Poseidon - God of the Sea
27 Themis - Titan of Divine Law and Order
28 TYCHE - the Goddess of Good Fortune
29 Calypso - the Sea Nymph
Via Brenda's Blog
30 Orpheus and Eurydice - a Tragic Love Story
31 Rhea - Queen of the Titans
32 Dionysus - God of Religious Ecstasy and Wine
33 Athena - Goddess of Wisdom, Warfare, Battle Strategy, Heroic Endeavor, Handicrafts and Reason
Via Athena's Cabin
34 Icarus - the Man Who Flew Too Close to the Sun
35 Hamadriad - Supernatural Creatures That Live in Trees
36 Panacea - Goddess of Healing
37 Hestia - Goddess of the Hearth and of the Right Ordering of Domesticity and the Family
38 Alecto - One of the Three Furies Who Was the Goddess of Fallen Warriors
39 Styx - Goddess of the River Styx
40 Morpheus - God of Dreams
41 Ioke - Spirit and Personification of Pursuit
42 Thetis - One of the 50 Nereids (sea Nymphs)
43 Lampades - Nymphs of the Underworld
44 TETHYS - Titan Goddess of the Sources of Fresh Water
45 Prometheus - Titan Who Gave Fire to Mankind
46 Eos - Titan Goddess of the Dawn
47 Hera - Queen of the Gods
48 HEKATE - Goddess of Magic, Witchcraft, the Night, Moon, Ghosts and Necromancy
49 Nike - Goddess of Victory
50 Charon - Ferryman of the River Styx
51 Zeus - King of the Gods and Men
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