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Map showing the Keraunian Mountains
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The Keraunian Mountains form a natural barrier between Illyria and Epiros; they runnel the way down to the coast and were a famously dangerous landmark for sailors.
Travels in the Adriatic
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More travels by the Argonauts. This map gives clear indications of the Argonauts' route throughout Book 4.
Map by Wikimedia user FoolsWar
Herakles and the Stymphalian birds, attributed to the Diosphos Painter
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Herakles and the Stymphalian birds. Attic black-figure amphora attributed to the Diosphos Painter, Louvre F 387. Photo by Bibi Saint-Pol via Wikimedia Commons.
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Euphronios Krater
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Hypnos and Thanatos (Sleep and Death) carry the body of Sarpedon off the battlefield while Hermes watches. Red-figure calyx krater by Euphronios (painter) and Euxitheos (potter).Formerly Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia L.2006.10, now in the Museo Nazionale Archeologico Cerite. Photo by Jaime Ardiles-Arce via Wikimedia Commons.
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Apollo seated with lyre, Farnese collection
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Colossal statue of Apollo seated holding a lyre. The head, hands, and lyre, were originally made of bronze, but were replaced by C. Albacini with white marble.The statue originally represented a female subject, the personification of Rome, before the restorer altered its features. Porphyry and marble, Mueso Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli Inv. 6281. Photo by Jebulon via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0.
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Photo of the constellation Libra
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The constellation Libra. Photo by Till Credner via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Hades and Persephone holding court, detail from an Apulian red-figure krater
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Hades and Persephone holding court from their palace. Detail from an Apulian red-figure volute krater attributed to White Sakkos Painter, Antikensammlung Kiel Inv. B 585. Photo by Marcus Cyron via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
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Herakles presenting Cerberus to Eurystheus, detail of a black-figure hydria attributed to the Eagle Painter
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Herakles presents Cerberus to a frightened Eurystheus hiding in a giant pot. Detail of a black-figure Caeretan hydria attributed to the Eagle Painter, Louvre E701.
Drölling: Orphée et Eurydice
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Eurydice is swept back to the underworld by Mercury as Orpheus looks on. Michel-Martin Drölling (c. 1820) oil on canvas, Musée national Magnin, Dijon 1938 F 303.