myth final exam pictures

9 Muses

Mnemosyne and Zeus

Mnemosyne

• Titan goddess of memory

• She is the mother of the nine Muses

Gaia

earth

Oceanos

• ocean

• around gaia

Ouranos

sky

Tartaros

the deepest abyss of the underworld, a place of torment, punishment, and imprisonment for the wicked and the Titans

Birth of Venus by Botticelli

Kronos Devouring Son by Francisco Goya

Typhoios

Typhoios

serpent monster who tried to overthrow Zeus

birth of Athena

Zeus

Ixion

Pandora with Athena and Hephaestus

Io and Argos

Atlas and Prometheus

Poseidon

Athena

Athena vs Poseidon for Athens

Hades and Persephone by Bernini

Dionysus

Aphrodite and Ares

Aphrodite and Hephaestus

Apollo and Artemis

Actaeon

Actaeon

witnessed Artemis bathing and was hunted by own dogs

Apollo and Daphne

Dionysus

Dionysus and pirates

Maenad / Bacchant

Chimera

Pegasus and Bellerophon

King of Argos sending Perseus and Danae away

Danae

Medusa and Perseus

Perseus cutting off Medusa’s head

Perseus and Andromeda

Phrixus and Helle

Medea and argonauts

Medea and Jason

Heracles and Nemean Lion

Heracles and Erymanthian boar

Heracles and Lernaean Hydra

Heracles and Amazons

Heracles holding up sky while Atlas gets golden apples

Heracles

Heracles getting Cerberus

Pasiphae and Minotaur

Daedalus helping Pasiphae

Europa

Oedipus and Sphynx

Sisyphus

Danaids

Sisyphus, Ixion, and Tantalus

Orpheus

Orpheus and Eurydice

Leda and Zeus swan

Leda and Zeus swan

Helen egg

Paris choosing between Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera

Paris choosing between Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera

Discovery of Achilles

Thetis asking Zeus to punish Greeks on Achilles’ behalf

fight over Hectors body

Trojan horse

Achilles killing Penthesilea

Achilles vs Memnon

Achilles being dipped in river

Paris killing Achilles with help of Apollo

fight over Achilles body

Ajax the Great

Laocoon

Lesser Ajax and Cassandra

Lesser Ajax and Cassandra

Priam and Astyanax being killed by Neoptolemus

Priam and Astyanax being killed by Neoptolemus

Lesser Ajax and Cassandra

Agamemnon being killed by Aegisthos and Clytemnestra

Orestes killing Aegisthos and Clytemnestra

Penelope

Polyphemus and Odysseus

Odysseus escaping Polyphemus

Odysseus and Circe

Odysseus and sirens

Odysseus killing suitors

Remus and Romulus

Aineias