Centaur
Arnold Bocklin Battle of the Centaurs 1873
Guido Reni Abduction of Deianeira by the Centaur Nessus 1620
Giuseppe Maria Crespi Centaur Chiron Teaches Young Achilles Archery c.1700
Filippino Lippi The Wounded Centaur 1500
Cephalus and Procris
Nicolas Poussin Cephalus and Aurora 1627-30
John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope Procris and Cephalus 1872
Piero di Cosimo The Death of Procris 1500
Pierre-Narcisse Guerin Aurora and Cephalus 1810
Ceres/Demeter
Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders Ceres 1617
Jean-Antoine Watteau Ceres (Summer) 1715-16
Paolo Veronese Ceres Renders Homage to Venice 1575
Circe
Wright Barker Circe 1900
Dosso Dossi Circe and Her Lovers in a Landscape 1525
John William Waterhouse Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses 1891
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Circe Changing Ulysses’ Men into Animals 1650
Cleopatra
Alexandre Cabanel Cleopatra Testing Poison on Condemned Prisoners 1887
Claude Lorraine Disembarkation of Cleopatra at Tarsus 1643
Andy Warhol Blue Liz as Cleopatra 1963
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Banquet of Cleopatra 1743-44
Cupid/Eros and Psyche
Sir Anthony van Dyck Cupid and Psyche 1638-40
Baron Francois Gerard Cupid and Psyche 1798
Claude Lorraine Landscape with Psyche at the Palace of cupid (The Enchanted Castle) 1664
Edward Burne-Jones Pan and Psyche 1869-74
Jacques Louis David Cupid and Psyche 1817
Cyclopes, The
Jacob Jordaens Odysseus and the Cyclops c.1660
Romano Giulio Polyphemus, Acis, and Galatea 1528
Odilon Redon The Cyclops 1898-1900
Joseph Mallord William Turner Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus 1829
Daedalus and Icarus
Henri Matisse Icarus 1947
Carlo Saraceni Fall of Icarus 1600
Pieter Bruegel the Elder Landscape with Fall of Icarus 1558
Herbert James Draper The Lament for Icarus
Danae
Titian Danae with Nursemaid 1553-54
Antonio Correggio Danae 1531-32
Jan Gossaert Danae 1527
Diana/Artemis
Francois Boucher Diana Bathing 1742
Pierre-Auguste Renoir Diana 1867
Nicolas Poussin Diana and Endymion 1630
Edward Poynter The Vision of Endymion 1901
Lucas the Elder Cranach Apollo and Diana 1530
Giuseppe Cesari Diana and Actaeon 1603-06
Titian Diana and Actaeon 1556-58
Peter Paul Rubens Diana and Callisto 1638-40
Titian Diana and Callisto 1556-59
Dido
Joseph Mallord William Turner Dido Building Carthage 1815
Francesco Solimena Dido Receiving Aeneas and Cupid Disguised as Ascanius 1720
Claude Lorraine Aeneas’ Farewell to Dido and Carthage 1675-76
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Death of Dido 1696-1770
Peter Paul Rubens Death of dido 1635-38
Echo and Narcissus
John William Waterhouse Echo and Narcissus 1903
Nicolas Poussin Echo and Narcissus 1629
Claude Lorraine Landscape with Narcissus and Echo 1645
Salvador Dali Metamorphosis of Narcissus 1937
Europa
Titian Rape of Europa 1559-62
Paolo Veronese Rape of Europa I 1570-80
Paolo Veronese Rape of Europa II 1570-80
Fates, The
Francisco Goya The Fates/Atropos 1820-21
Elihu Vedder Fates Gathering in the Stars 1887
Jean Restout Orpheus in the Underworld Reclaiming Eurydice or The Music 1763
Furies, The [The Erinyes]
William-Adolphe Bouguereau The Remorse of Orestes [Orestes driven Mad by the Furies] 1862
Flora
Sandro Botticelli La Primavera 1477-78
Titian Flora 1515
Evelyn De Morgan Flora 1894
Nicolas Poussin The Triumph of Flora 1628
Galatea and Acis
Claude Lorraine Coast Scene with Acis and Galatea 1657
Raphael The Triumph of Galatea 1511-12
Nicolas Poussin Acis and Galatea 1626-28
Ganymede
Peter Paul Rubens The Abduction of Ganymede I 1611-12
Peter Paul Rubens The Abduction of Ganymede II 1611-12
Anton Domenico Gabbiani Rape of Ganymede 1700
Antonio Correggio Ganymede 1531-32
Graces, The
Raphael The Three Graces 1503-04
Edward Burne-Jones The Three Graces 1885
Peter Paul Rubens The Three Graces 1636-38
Hector and Andromache
Jacques-Louis David Andromache Mourning Hector 1783
Pierre Paul Prud’hon Andromache and Astyanax 1814-24
Lord Frederick Leighton Captive Andromache 1888
Helen
Jacques Louis David Paris and Helen 1788
Follower of Fra Angelico Abduction of Helen 1450
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Helen of Troy 1863
Benjamin West Helen Brought to Paris 1776
Hercules/Heracles
Guido Reni Hercules and the Lernean Hydra 1620
Annibale Carracci The Choice of Hercules c.1596
Paul Cezanne Abduction: Hercules and Alcestis 1867
Hero and Leander
Domenico Feti Hero and Leander 1622-23
Joseph Mallord William Turner The Parting of Hero and Leander c.1837
Theodore Chasseriau Hero and Leander 1840-41
Hippolytus and Phaedra
Pierre-Narcisse Guerin Hippolytus before Phaedra and Theseus 1802
Peter Paul Rubens Hippolytus 1611-12
Alexandre Cabanel Phaedra 1880
Homer
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres The Apotheosis of Homer 1827
Adolphe William Bouguereau Homer and his Guide 1874
Rembrandt van Rijn Aristotle before the Bust of Homer 1653
Horatii, The
Jacques Louis David The Oath of the Horatii 1784
Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee Horatius Killing his Sister 1753
Paris Bordone The Battle of the Horatii c.1560
Io
Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velazquez Mercury and Argus 1659
Antonio Correggio Io 1531-32
Ubaldo Gandolfi Mercury Lulling Argus to Sleep 1770-75
Iphigenia
Studio of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Sacrifice of Iphigenia 1735
Benjamin West Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before Iphigenia 1766
Lord Frederick Leighton Cymon and Iphigenia 1884
Jason
Herbert James Draper The Golden Fleece 1904
Gustave Moreau The Return of the Argonauts 1890-97
Max Beckmann The Argonauts 1949-50
Columbia Films Jason and the Argonauts [motion picture] 1963
Juno/Hera
Paolo Veronese Juno Pouring Gifts Over Venice 1553
Jacopo Tintoretto Origin of the Milky Way 1575-80
James Barry Jupiter and Juno on Mt. Ida c.1790
Peter Paul Rubens Argus and Juno 1610-11
Jupiter/Zeus
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Jupiter and Thetis 1811
Romano Giulio Gods of Olympus 1527-30
Nicolas Poussin The Infant Jupiter Nurtured by the Goat of Amalthea 1638
Antoine Watteau Jupiter and Antiope 1715
Leda and her sons Castor and Pollux
After Leonardo da Vinci Leda and the Swan 16th century
Antonio Correggio Leda 1525
Elliot Daingerfield Leda and the Swan 1900
Peter Paul Rubens The Rape of the Leucippidae 1616
Lucretia
Sodoma Death of Lucretia 1513
Titian Suicide of Lucretia 1515
Rembrandt van Rijin Lucretia 1664
Mars/Ares
Paolo Veronese Mars and Venus United by Love 1570-80
Nicolas Poussin Mars and Venus 1626-28
Sandro Botticelli Mars and Venus 1483-85
Peter Paul Rubens The Horrors of War 1637-38
Marsyas and Midas
Guercino Apollo Flaying Marsyas 1591-1666
Titian The Flaying of Marsyas 1575-56
Raphael Apollo and Marsyas 1509-11
Nicolas Poussin Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus 1624
Medea
Eugene Delacroix The Fury of Medea 1862
Frederick Sandys Medea c.1890
Herbert James Draper The Golden Fleece 1904
Joseph Mallord William Turner Vision of Medea 1828
Medusa
Caravaggio Medusa 1598-99
Francesco Maffei Perseus Cuts off Medusa’s Head 1650
Elihu Head of Medusa 1878
Edward Burne-Jones Birth of Pegasus and Chrysaor from the Blood of Medusa 1876-85
Mercury/Hermes
Antonio Correggio Mercury with Venus and Cupid (The School of Love) 1525
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Olympus 1661-64
Annibale Carracci Mercury and Paris 1597-1600
Francois Boucher Mercury Confiding the Infant Bacchus to the Nymphs 1732-34
Minerva/Athena
Gustav Klimt Pallas Athena 1898
Andrea Mantegna Minerva Expelling the Vices 1504
Andrea Mantegna Detail of Minerva Expelling the Vices 1504
Noel Halle The Dispute over Athens 1748
Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velazquez The Spinners (The Fable of Arachne) 1657
Minotaur, The
George Frederick Watts The Minotaur 1885
Pablo Picasso Minotaur Caressing a Sleeping Woman 1933
Muses, The
Simon Vouet Parnassus or Apollo and the Muses 1635-40
Eustache Le Sueur The Muses I 1652-55
Eustache Le Sueur The Muses II 1652-55
Eustache Le Sueur The Muses III 1652-55
Maurice Denis The Muses in the Sacred Wood 1893
Nicolas Poussin - Apollo and Muses at Parnassus - 1631-32
Neptune/Poseidon
Walter Crane Horses of Neptune 1892
Nicolas Poussin Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite 1634
Giulio Carpioni Neptune Pursuing Coronis 1665-70
Nymphs
John Williams Waterhouse Hylas and the Nymphs 1896
Adolphe William Bouguereau Nymphs and Satyr 1873
Lord Frederick Leighton Garden of the Hesperides 1892
John Williams Waterhouse Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus 1900
John Williams Waterhouse Study for Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus 1900
Oedipus
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Oedipus and the Sphinx 1808
Henry Fuseli Oedipus Cursing his Son, Polynices 1786
Gustave Moreau Oedipus and the Sphinx 1864
Orestes
William-Adolphe Bouguereau The Remorse of Orestes [Orestes driven Mad by the Furies] 1862
Benjamin West Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before Iphigenia 1766
Orpheus and Eurydice
Giovanni Bellini Orpheus 1515
Peter Paul Rubens Orpheus and Eurydice 1636-38
Roelandt Savery Orpheus 1628
Gustave Moreau Prophetic Head and Lyre of Orpheus 1866
Nicolas Poussin Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice 1648-60
Jean Restout Orpheus in the Underworld Reclaiming Eurydice or The Music 1763
Violet Brunton Orpheus and Eurydice 1878-1951
John Williams Waterhouse Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus 1900
John Williams Waterhouse Study for Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus 1900
Pan/Faunus
Edward Burne-Jones Pan and Psyche 1869-74
Jacob Jordaens Pan and Syrinx 1630-35
Nicolas Poussin Triumph of Pan 1636
Pandora
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Pandora 1869
James Barry Birthing of Pandora 1791
Odilon Redon Pandora I 1910-12
Odilon Redon Pandora II 1910-12
Jean Cousin Eva Prima Pandora 1549
Paris
Claude Lorraine Landscape with the Judgment of Paris 1645-46
Peter Paul Rubens The Judgment of Paris 1635-38
Joachim Wtewael The Judgment of Paris 1615
Lucas the Elder Cranach The Judgment of Paris I 1530
Lucas the Elder Cranach The Judgment of Paris II 1530
Hendrick van Balen Judgement of Paris Date Unknown
Jacques Louis David Paris and Helen 1788
Benjamin West Helen Brought to Paris 1776
Pegasus
Odilon Redon Pegasus 1900
Lord Frederick Leighton Perseus on Pegasus Hastening to the Rescue of Andromeda 1895-96
Andrea Mantegna Parnassus 1497
Peter Paul Rubens Bellerophon on Pegasus Slaying the Chimaera I 1635
Peter Paul Rubens Bellerophon on Pegasus Slaying the Chimaera II 1635
Penelope
John William Waterhouse Penelope and her Suitors 1906
Bernardino Pintoricchio Penelope with the Suitors 1509
Perseus and Andromeda
Piero di Cosimo Perseus Freeing Andromeda 1462-1521
Lord Frederick Leighton Perseus and Andromeda 1891
Lord Frederick Leighton Perseus on Pegasus Hastening to the Rescue of Andromeda 1895-96
Joachim Wtewael Perseus Rescuing Andromeda 1611
Luca Giordano Perseus Turning Phineas and his Followers to Stone 1680
Phaethon (Phaeton)
Odilon Redon Chariot of Apollo 1905-14
Peter Paul Rubens Fall of Phaethon 1605
Nicolas Poussin Helios and Phaethon with Saturn and the Four Seasons 1630
Philemon and Baucis
Rembrandt van Rijin Philemon and Baucis 1658
Peter Paul Rubens Philemon and Baucis 1625
Adam Elsheimer Jupiter and Mercury in the House of Philemon and Baucis 1600
Pluto/Hades and Proserpine/Persephone
Christoph Schwartz Rape of Proserphine 1570
Rembrandt van Rijin The Abduction of Proserpine 1631
Lord Frederick Leighton Return of Persephone 1891
William Blake Cerberus 1824-27
Prometheus
Gustave Moreau Torture of Prometheus 1869
Peter Paul Rubens Chained Prometheus 1611-12
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes Prometheus 1896
Pygmalion
Jean-Leon Gerome Pygmalion and Galatea c.1881
Jean-Leon Gerome Pygmalion and Galatea c.1890
Edward Burne-Jones The Souls Attains (Pygmalion and the Image Series) 1875-78
Giulio Bargellini Pygmalion 1896
Romulus and Remus and the Sabines
Knight of (Giuseppe Cesari) Arpino Romulus and Remus Suckled by the Wolf 1600
Peter Paul Rubens Romulus and Remus 1618
Jacques-Louis David The Sabine Women 1799
Nicolas Poussin Rape of the Sabines 1637-38
Saturn/Cronus
Francisco Goya Saturn Devouring One of his Children 1821-23
Nicolas Poussin Time Revealing Truth with Envy and Discord 1640-42
Nicolas Poussin Helios and Phaethon with Saturn and the Four Seasons 1630
Satyrs, The
Antonio Correggio Venus and Cupid with a Satyr 1525
Adolphe William Bouguereau Nymphs and Satyr 1873
Jacob Jordaens Satyr and Peasant 1620s
Peter Paul Rubens Silenus 1616-17
Antoine Watteau Jupiter and Antiope 1715
Sibyl
John Collier Priestess of Delphi 1891
Michelangelo The Five Sibyls Cumaean 1508-12
Michelangelo The Five Sibyls Delphic 1508-12
Michelangelo The Five Sibyls Libyan 1508-12
Michelangelo The Five Sibyls Persian 1508-12
Michelangelo The Five Sibyls Erythaean 1508-12
Guercino Cumaean Sibyl with a Putto 1651
Domenichino The Cumaean Sibyl 1581-1641
Joseph Mallord William Turner Aeneas and the Sibyl at Lake Avernus 1798
Theseus
Nicolas Poussin Theseus Finding his Father’s Arms 1633-34
Hippolyte Flandrin Theseus Recognized by his Father 1832
Peter Paul Rubens Battle of the Amazons 1615
Odorcio Politi Theseus and Perithous Playing Dice with Helen of Troy 1831
Ulysses/Odysseus
John William Waterhouse Ulysses and the Sirens 1891
Herbert James Draper Ulysses and the Sirens 1909
Claude Lorraine Seaport with Return of Ulysses 1644
John William Waterhouse Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses 1891
Joseph Mallord William Turner Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus 1829
Venus/Aphrodite
Sandro Botticelli The Birth of Venus 1490
Alexandre Cabanal Birth of Venus 1863
Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velazquez The Toilet of Venus (“Rocky Venus”) 1647-51
Titian Sacred and Profane Love 1514
Vulcan/Hephaestus
Diego Rodriquez de Silva Velazquez The Forge of Vulcan 1630
Louis Le Nain Venus at the Forge of Vulcan 1641
Jacopo Tintoretto Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan 1555
Zephyr
Sandro Botticelli Detail of Zephyr from The Birth of Venus 1490
Pierre-Paul Prud’hon The Zephyr c.1814
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Triumph of Zephyr and Flora 1734-35
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