Here you will find a photo-shoot of our lovely (and not so lovely) Greek and Roman deities (gods/goddesses).  If  you are not familiar with the crew, check out the resource page titled Characters, Gods/Goddesses, and the Divine.


 

Zephyr 

Zephyr (Zephyrus), the Greek god of the west wind and goddess Chloris

Zephyr (Zephyrus), the Greek god of the west wind and goddess Chloris

Citation:
The Work: Flora and Zephyr
Author: William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Date: 1875
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1825-1905)_-_Flora_And_Zephyr_(1875).jpg



Boreas

Boreas and Oreithyia

Boreas and Oreithyia

Citation:
The Work: The flight of Boreas with Oreithyia
Author: Charles William Mitchell
Date: 1893
Link: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_William_Mitchell__The_flight_of_Boreas_with_Oreithyia,_1893.pg



Auster (Greek Notus)

Auster or Notus

Auster or Notus

Citation:
The Work: –
Author: –
Date: –
Link: http://camphalfblood.wikia.com/wiki/Notus



Prometheus

The Torture of Prometheus

The Torture of Prometheus

Citation:
The Work: The Torture of Prometheus 
Author: Jean-Louis-Cesar Lair
Date: 1819
Link: http://www.greek-gods.info/titans/prometheus/prometheus-paintings.php


Prometheus in Chains

Prometheus in Chains

Citations:
The Work: Prometheus in Chains
Author: Dirck van Baburen
Date: 1623
Link: http://www.greek-gods.info/titans/prometheus/prometheus-paintings.php


Which wise Prometheus temper'd into paste,/And, mist with living streams, the godlike image cast (105-106)

Which wise Prometheus temper’d into paste,/And, mist with living streams, the godlike image cast (105-106)

Citation:
The Work: Prometheus creating man in the presence of Athena
Author: Jean-Simon Berthelemy (1802) and (repainted by) Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse (1826)
Date: 1802 original, 1826 repainted
Link:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Creation_of_man_Prometheus_Berthelemy_Louvre_INV20043.jpg


 


Saturn

The Mutilation of Uranus by Saturn (Cronus)

The Mutilation of Uranus by Saturn (Cronus)

Citation:
The Work: The Mutilation of Uranus by Saturn
Author: Giorgio Vasari and Gherardi Cristofano
Date: 1560
Link:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Mutiliation_of_Uranus_by_Saturn.jpg


 

Saturn (Cronus) devours one of his sons, Neptune

Saturn (Cronus) devours one of his sons, Neptune

Citation:
The Work: Saturn devours one of his sons, Neptune
Author: Peter Paul Rubens
Date: 1636-1638
Link: http://www.greek-gods.info/titans/cronus/cronus-paintings.php



Jove

The world was under Jove (Jupiter/Zeus)/Succeeding times a silver age behold/Excelling brass, but more excell'd by gold (146-148)

The world was under Jove (Jupiter/Zeus)/Succeeding times a silver age behold/Excelling brass, but more excell’d by gold (146-148)

Citation:
The Work: Zeus and Thetis on Mount Olympus 
Author: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Date: 1811
Link: http://www.greek-gods.info/greek-gods/zeus/zeus-paintings.php


Jupiter (Jove) and Mercury

Jupiter (Jove) and Mercury

Citation:
The Work: Jupiter and Mercury at Philemon and Baucis
Author: Adam Elsheimer
Date: 1609-1610
Link: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adam_Elsheimer_-_Jupiter_and_Mercury_at_Philemon_and_Baucis_-_WGA07500.jpg


 

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