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Greek Mythology A - C
 | Achilles "Achilles taken from Scyros" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Achilles "The Embassy to Achilles" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Achilles "The Embassy to Achilles" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Achilles "Achilles over th Body of Hector at the Tomb of Patrocles" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Achilles "Achilles and Penthesilea" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Achilles_Departure "Departure of Achilles (From an ancient vase)" — Morey, 1903 |
 | Achilles_Hector "Contest of Achilles and Hector" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Achilles_Priam "Priam's Visit to Achilles" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Admetus "Admetus must Die" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Adonis "The Death of Adonis" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Adonis and Venus Adonis was loved by Venus. When he was killed by a wild boar while hunting, Venus changed his blood into flowers. |
 | Aegis "signifies, literally, a goat skin. According to ancient mythology, the aegis worn by Jupiter was the hide of the goat Amaltheia, which had suckled him in his infancy. Homer always represents it as part of the armour of Jupiter, whom on this account he distinguishes by the epithet aegis-bearing. He, however, asserts, that it was borrowed on different occasions, both by Apollo and Minerva. The aegis was connected with the shield of Jupiter, either serving as a covering over it, or as a belt by which it was suspended from the right shoulder. Homer accordingly uses the word to denote not only the goat-skin, which it properly signified, but also the shield to which it belonged. The aegis was aorned in a style corresponding to the might and majesty of the father of the gods. In the middle of it was fixed the appalling Gorgon's head, and its border was surrounded with golden tassels, each of which was worth a hecatomb. The aegis is usually seen on the statues of Minerva, in which it is a sort of scarf falling obliquely over the right shoulder, so as to pass round the body under the left arm. The serpents of the Gorgon's head are transferred to the border of the skin. The later poets and artists represent the aegis as breastplate covered with metal in the form of scales." — Smith, 1873 |
 | Aeneas "Aeneas, Anchises, and Iulus" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Aeneas in a storm. Trojan prince, son of Anchises and the goddess Venus. |
 | Dido parting with Aeneas "Aeneas parted from Dido, though she tried every allurement and persuasion to detain him." —Bulfinch, 1897 |
 | Aeolos Custodian of the four winds. |
 | Aesculapius Greek god of medicine, the son of Apollo and the nymph Coronis. |
 | Aesculapius Greek god of medicine, the son of Apollo and the nymph Coronis. |
 | Aesculapius "Aesculapius" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Aethra "Aethra and Theseus" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Alexander "Alexander" — Morey, 1903 |
 | Amazon Race of female warriors. |
 | Amazon "Amazon" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Amazon "Amazon" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Amphion "Amphion and Zethus" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Amphion and Zethus "Amphion was the son of Jupiter and Antiope, queen of Thebes. With his twin brother, Zethus he was exposed at birth on Mount Cithaeron, where they grew up among the shepherds not knowing their parentage." —Bulfinch, 1897 |
 | Amphitrite "Amphitrite was the wife of Neptune." —Bulfinch, 1897 |
 | Aphrodite Goddess of Love |
 | Aphrodite "The Greek goddess of love and beauty, identified by the Romans with their Venus, who was originally a deity of much less importance."-Whitney, 1902 |
 | Aphrodite "Petworth Aphrodite" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Aphrodite "Head of the Aphrodite of Melos" — Morey, 1903 |
 | Aphrodite "Aphrodite or Venus" —Bulfinch, 1897 |
 | Phoebus Apollo Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto, twin brother of Diana, one of the principal gods of the Greeks, and mentioned by Homer and Hesoid as Pheobus Apollo. |
 | Apollo God of Music |
 | Apollo Apollo chasing Daphne. |
 | Apollo Apollo playing lyre. |
 | Apollo Greek god of music |
 | Apollo "Apollo, the principal deity of the Dorians." — Smith, 1882 |
 | Apollo "Heathen Deities: Apollo"-Willson, 1859. |
 | Apollo & Daphne Daphne becoming a laurel tree. |
 | Apollo and Hyacinthus "Apollo was passionately fond of a youth named Hyacinthus. He accompanied him in his sports, carried the nets when he went fishing, led the dogs when he went to hunt, followed him in his excursions in the mountains, and neglected for him his lyre and his arrows." —Bulfinch, 1897 |
 | Tripod of Apollo "It was the universal practice of the Greeks to undertake no matter of importance without first asking the advice of the gods; and there were many sacred spots in which the gods were always ready to give an answer to pious worshippers. The oracle of Apollo at Delphi surpassed all the rest in importance, and was regarded with veneration in every part of the Grecian world. In the center of the temple of Delphi there was a small opening in the ground from which it was said that a certain gas or vapour ascended. Whenever the oracle was to be consulted, a virgin priestess called Pythia took her seat upon a tripod which was placed over the chasm." — Smith, 1882 |
 | Apollo_Belvedere "Head of the Apollo Belvedere" — Morey, 1903 |
 | Apollo_Daphne "Apollo and Daphne" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Apollo_Hycinthus "Apollo with Hyacinthus" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Apotheosis "The enrollment of a mortal among the gods. The mythology of Greece contains numerous instances of the deification of mortals; but in the republican times of Greece we find few examples of such deification. The inhabitants of Amphipolis, however, offered sacrifices to Brasidas after his death. In the Greek kingdoms, which arose in the East of the dismemberment of the empire of Alexander, it appears to have been not uncommon for the successor to the throne to offer divine honours to the former sovereign. Such an apotheosis of Ptolemy, king of Egypt, is described by Theocritus in his 17th Idyl" — Smith, 1873 |
 | Ares_Ludovisi "Ares Ludovisi" — Morey, 1903 |
 | Arethusa "Arethusa" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Argo "The Building of the Argo" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Building the Argo "At that time the only species of navigation known to the Greeks consisted of small boats or canoes hollowed out from trunks of trees, so that when Jason employed Argos to build him a vessel capable of containing fifty men, it was considered a gigantic undertaking." —Bulfinch, 1897 |
 | Argus "Now Argus had a hundred eyes in his head, and never went to sleep with more than two at a time, so he kept watch of Io constantly." —Bulfinch, 1897 |
 | Ariadne "The Sleeping Ariadne" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Ariadne abandoned "Ariadne on wakening and finding herself deserted abandoned herself to grief." —Bulfinch, 1897 |
 | Artemis Artemis and the stag |
 | Artemis Artemis and the stag |
 | Artemis "Artemis" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Artemis "Artemis of Gabii" %mdash; Gayley, 1893 |
 | Asclepius "Asclepius" — Morey, 1903 |
 | Astrae Goddess of Justice |
 | Atalanta "Atalanta's Race" %mdash; Gayley, 1893 |
 | Athena "Athena (Minerva), the national deity of the Athenians." — Smith, 1882 |
 | Athena "Athena and Giant" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Athena "Athena" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Athena "Athena Parthenos" — Morey, 1903 |
 | Athena "Athena" — Morey, 1903 |
 | Athena The Greek goddess of wisdom, strategy, and war. |
 | Athena_Poseidon "Contest of Athena and Poseidon" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Athena_Velletri "Athena Velletri" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Athene Goddess of Wisdom |
 | Athene Goddess of Wisdom |
 | Athene Goddess of Wisdom |
 | Athene Parthenos Goddess of Wisdom |
 | Bacchic "Bacchic Procession" %mdash; Gayley, 1893 |
 | Bacchic "Bacchic Dance" %mdash; Gayley, 1893 |
 | Bacchus "The Revels of Bacchus and Ariadne" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Bacchus "The god of wine, was the son of Zeus and Semele, the daughter of Cadmus. Before his birth, Semele fell a victim to the insidious counsels of the jealous Here, who induced her to petition Zeus to visit her in his proper form and majesty." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875 |
 | Battle_Ships "The Battle by the Ships" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Bellerophon "Bellerophon and Pegasus" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Bellerophon "Bellerophon and Pegasus" — Morey, 1903 |
 | Bellerophon and the Chimaera Bellerophon, a song of Glaucus, King of Ephyre, by Eurymede, was at first called Hipponous. The murder of his brother, whom some call Alcimenus and Bellerus, procured him the name of Bellerophon, or murderer of Bellerus. |
 | Bellerophon and the Chimera Bellerophon and the Chimera |
 | Bellerophon, Pegasus, and the Chimera "After the conquest of the Chimaera, Bellerophon was exposed to further trials and labors by his unfriendly host. but by the aid of Pegasus he triumphed in them all." —Bulfinch, 1897 |
 | Boreas Boreas was the Greek god of the cold north wind and the bringer of winter. His name meant "North Wind" or "Devouring One." |
 | Boreas and Orithyia "Boreas loved the nymph Orithyia, and tried to play the lover's part, but met with poor success." —Bulfinch, 1897 |
 | Briseis "The Surrender of Briseis" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Cadmus "Cadmus slaying the Dragon" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Calliope Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry |
 | Calliope Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry |
 | Castle_Circe "The Castle of Circe" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Castor "Castor and Pollux capturing the Giant Talus" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Castor "Castor and Pollux capturing the Giant Talus" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Cedipus Cedipus and the Sphinx painted in red on the bottom of a cup. |
 | Centaur Part-human and part-horse creature. |
 | Centaur "Centaur, from the Metopes of the Parthenon." — Smith, 1882 |
 | Centaur "These monsters were represented as men from the head to the loins, while the remainder of the body was that of a horse." —Bulfinch, 1897 |
 | Cerebrus Bronze statue of the three-headed dog of ancient mythology. |
 | Ceres "Ceres" — Gayley, 1893 |
 | Ceres "Heathen Deities: Ceres"-Willson, 1859. |
 | Chiron "Chiron was instructed by Apollo and Diana, and was renowned for his skill in hunting, medicine, music, and the art of prophecy." —Bulfinch, 1897 |
 | Cimon "Cimon (So-called) From a gem" — Morey, 1903 |
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