Agache: Les parques (The Fates)
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The Parcae (Greek Moirai) wind the thread of fate. Oil on canvas by Alfred Agache, Palais Beaux-Arts Lille P 1639.
The Parcae (Greek Moirai) wind the thread of fate. Oil on canvas by Alfred Agache, Palais Beaux-Arts Lille P 1639.
Philomela and Procne present Tereus with the head of his son, Itys. Prado Museum (Museo Nacional Del Prado) P001660.
Philomela and Procne prepare to kill Itys. Attic red-figure wine cup, attributed to Makron, Louvre Cp. 929.
Pentheus being torn apart by Maenads. Roman fresco from the northern wall of the triclinium in the Casa dei Vettii, Pompeii. Pompeii Archaeological Park (Parco Archeologico di Pompei) VI 15,1.
Helios driving his chariot. The chariot itself is not depicted, it was perhaps rendered in paint, now lost. Plaster cast of marble original, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Музей изобразительных искусств имени А. С. Пушкина) II.1.i.934. The original is in the Pergamonmuseum, Berlin LV 21, 1 (LG)). Photo by Shakko via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.
Herakles supports the sky with the help of Athena, while Atlas offers him the golden apples of the Hesperides. Metope east 4, Temple of Zeus at Olympia. Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ολυμπίας L 95. Photo by Joanbanjo via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hercules attacks the Hydra, while it coils its tail around his leg. Museo Arqueológica Nacional, Madrid, 38315BIS. Photo by Luis García via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0
Hercules grapples with the Nemean lion. Museo Arqueológica Nacional, Madrid, 38315BIS. Photo by Luis García via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Danaë reclines on a bed as Zeus in the form of rain falls on her abdomen. Boeotian red-figure krater, Louvre CA925. Photo: Marie-Lan Nguyen via Wikimedia Commons.
Rape of Oreithyia by Boreas. Detail from an Apulian red-figure oenochoe, ca. 360 BC. Louvre Museum, Paris (accession no. K 35).