Clipart illustrations of ancient Greek religion and mythology. Many of the stories told of their numerous gods were told in myths alongside humans, usually offering aid.
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Satyr_Maenad
"Satyr and Maenad with child Dionysus" %mdash; Gayley, 1893... |
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Satyr_Maiden
"Satyr swinging Maiden" %mdash; Gayley, 1893... |
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Scourge
"The Furies are generally represented with a scourge, with which to punish the wicked in Tartarus. It probably was supposed to resemble the whip used for punishing slaves, which was a dreaedful instr... |
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Scylla
"Scylla" — Gayley, 1893... |
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Sea_god
"A Sea-God" — Gayley, 1893... |
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Sekos
"Sekos- Plan of the Great Hall of the Mysteries, Eleusis, as excavated in 1888." -Whitney, 1911... |
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Seleucus, Tetradrachm
A Tetradrachm (which is an ancient Greek coin) with the head of Seleucus. ... |
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Sibyl
Prophetess... |
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Sibyl
"The Cumaean Sibyl" — Gayley, 1893... |
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Silenus
Silenus, companion of Dionysus, and a donkey.... |
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Silenus
Silenus was the companion of Dionysus... |
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Silenus
"Silenus taking Dionysus to School" %mdash; Gayley, 1893... |
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Silenus
"Silenus" %mdash; Gayley, 1893... |
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Siren
"The Sirens were sea nymphs who had the power of charming by their song all who heard them, so that the unhappy mariners were irresistibly impelled to cast themselves into the sea to their distruction... |
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Sleep
"The God of Sleep" %mdash; Gayley, 1893... |
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Soldiers, Greek
"'Exulting in the tawny covering of a she-wolf, such as his foster-parent was.' Alluding to the custom on the part of the ancient heroes of arraying themselves in the skins of wild animals, in order ... |
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Soldiers, Persian
Soldiers of the Persian bodyguard. From frieze in the audience hall of Darius at Susa.... |
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Sophocles
"Sophocles" — Morey, 1903... |
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Sphinx
"Oedipus and the Sphinx" — Gayley, 1893... |
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Sunrise
"Sunrise; Eos pursuing Cephalus" %mdash; Gayley, 1893... |
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Sun_Rising
"Sun, rising, preceded by Dawn" %mdash; Gayley, 1893... |
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Sylvanus
"Sylvanus and Faunus were Latin divinities, whose characteristics are so nearly the same as Pan that we may safely consider them as the same personage under different names." —Bulfinch, 1897... |
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Tantalus, Sisyphus, and Ixion
"As he sang these tender strains, the very ghosts shed tears. Tantalus, in spite of his thirst, stopped for a moment his efforts for water, Ixion's wheel stood still, the vulture ceased to tear the g... |
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Terpsichore
Muse of dancing and the dramatic chorus ... |
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Terpsichore
Muse of dancing and the dramatic chorus... |