Classical Hero

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Mercury Ordering Aeneas to Abandon Dido (detail)Orazio Samacchini (Italian; 1532–1577)second half of

Sèvres ManufactorySeau à bouteille ordinaire = Wine Bottle Cooler1790 Soft-paste porcelain, with dar

Prometheus UnchainedRockwell Kent (American; 1882–1971)1938Lithograph on paper Smithsonian American

Pierre Nicolas Legrand (French; 1758–1829)The Apotheosis of NelsonOil on paper mounted on canvas, ca

Masada, as it would have appeared at the time of Herod the Great, c. 31 BC.Israel

devayana:The classical hero struggled with fortuna primarily in war & on the high seas. Nietzsch

Milo of CrotonJoseph-Benoît Suvée (French, born Belgium; 1743–1807)1763 Oil on canvasGroeningemuseum

Henri Regnault (French; 1843–1871)Automédon ramenant les coursiers d'Achille des bords du Scamandre

Henri Regnault (French; 1843–1871)Automédon ramenant les coursiers d'Achille des bords du Scamandre

Automédon ramenant les coursiers d'Achille des bords du Scamandre = Automedon Bringing the Horses of

Menelaus (left) and Hector fight over the body of the Trojan hero Euphorbus.  Ancient Greek plate in

Alexander Runciman (British; 1736–1785)Perseus Arriving to Slay Medusa Etching, 1774 Yale Center for

Death of MeleagerFrançois Boucher (France; 1703–1770)ca. 1727Oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum

Marble statue of the hero Meleager.  Artist unknown; 2nd cent. CE.  From the gymnasium of Cypriot Sa

Orazio Samacchini (Italian; 1532–1577)Mercury Ordering Aeneas to Abandon Dido (detail)second half of

Hercules and the HydraGuercino (Italian; 1591–1666)Drawing in red chalkca. 1640s–50sThe British Muse

Orazio Samacchini (Italian; 1532–1577)Mercury Ordering Aeneas to Abandon Dido (detail)second half of

Orazio Samacchini (Italian; 1532–1577)Mercury Ordering Aeneas to Abandon Dido (detail)second half of

Orpheus and EurydiceAgostino Carracci (Italian; 1557–1602)ca. 1590–95Engraving on ivory laid paperNa

River God and the Roman WolfLucas van Haelwech (Dutch; fl. late 16th/early 17th century) after the p

Thésée retrouve l'épée de son père = Theseus Finding His Father’s SwordNicolas Poussin (French;

Portrait of Herodotus.  Roman copy of a Greek original dating to the early 4th cent. BCE.  Found nea

Penelope Unraveling Her Work at NightDora Wheeler Keith (American; 1856–1940)1886Silk embroidered wi

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Italian; 1610–1662)Venus Pouring a Balm on the Wound of AeneasOil on c

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