Europe, North Africa and West Asia: Physical Geography

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Diagram Showing Water Evaporation and Condensation

Diagram showing water evaporation and condensation

Diagram of Waters According to Seneca, Natural Questions

Diagram of waters above, on, and below the earth

Nile Mosaic of Palestrina

landscape of the Nile river with animals and buildings
Date:
ca. 100 BC

The Provinces of the Roman Empire under Augustus

map of the Roman empire

Roman Dolium from the Bernardins villa in Montélier

very large earthenware jar

Silver mirror, 1st century AD

silver mirror
Date:
1st c. AD

Grey Heron

heron bird standing in water

Eurasian Coot

water bird floating on the water

Seneca Natural Questions 1.17.2-3 clausulated

Latin sentence separated out to make syntax clear
Agent:
Chris Francese
Image Credit:
DCC

Seneca Natural Questions 1.17.1-2 clausulated

text clausulated
Agent:
Chris Francese
Image Credit:
DCC

Seneca Natural Questions 2.27.3 clausulated

Latin sentence separated out to make syntax clear
Agent:
Chris Francese
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DCC

Augustan Denarius showing Caesar's comet

Obvers and reverse of silver coin showing male head on one side in profile, star-shaped comet on the other
Date:
19-18 BC
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Kyle Gervais

headshot of Kyle Gervais

Map showing the Keraunian Mountains

A landmark for the Argonauts
Date:
2016
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Travels in the Adriatic

Map showing the Argonauts' route.
Date:
November, 2007
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Herakles and the Stymphalian birds, attributed to the Diosphos Painter

Herakles (center) holds his lion skin draped over his left arm to act as a shield against the attacking Stymphalian birds. Four birds are in flight to the right of Herakles, a fifth is visible through his legs, and a sixth attacks from behind him. In his right hand Herakles carries a loaded sling and his arm is outstretched as if he is winding up to release it.
Date:
c. 500-490 BCE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Euphronios Krater

Hypnos (foreground center left) and Thanatos (foreground center right) lift the body of Sarpedon (foreground center) overseen by Hermes (background center). Sarpedon bleeds from three wounds-one to the left pectoral, one to the lower right abdomen, and one to the right thigh. Hermes wears his winged helmet and carries his caduceus in his left hand. His right hand is raised, perhaps in direction. The scene is flanked by Laodamas and Hippolytos. All the characters are named by inscriptions.
Date:
c. 515 BCE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Apollo seated with lyre, Farnese collection

Apollo sits on a rock holding his lyre in his left hand and plectrum in his right. He wears a long robe and a crown of olive(?) leaves on his head.
Date:
2nd century CE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Diana hunting, detail of a fresco from the Via Livenza hypogeum

Diana stands (foreground center) in a forest flanked by two deer in the background. She holds a bow in her left hand and reaches over her shoulder to draw an arrow from her quiver with her right hand. She is dressed in a knee length tunic and calf-high boots.
Date:
c. 350 CE
Image Credit:
Sailko (Wikimedia Commons)

Overview of the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore, Eleusis

View over the excavations of the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore from the base of the hill, including the area of the Telesterion.
Image Credit:
Carole Raddato

Photo of the constellation Libra

Photo of the night sky with the constellation Libra outlined
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Hades and Persephone holding court, detail from an Apulian red-figure krater

Hades and Persephone (center) sit on a couch in their palace. Persephone glances toward Hades who looks out at Hermes (upper right) and Orpheus (lower right). Hermes sits on a stool holding a hydria in his right hand and his caduceus in his left. Below him Orpheus stands holding a kithara in his right hand and plectrum in his left. Megara sits on a pedestal outside  the palace(upper left) with her two sons. Below (lower left) a woman, possibly Hecate, stands holding torches in each hand.
Date:
c. 320 BCE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Herakles presenting Cerberus to Eurystheus, detail of a black-figure hydria attributed to the Eagle Painter

Herakles (left), wearing his lion skin, holds his club in his right hand, and Cerberus' leash in his left. Cerberus (center) lunges toward a large storage jar (left) in which Eurystheus is hiding. Snakes coil in front of Cerberus' snouts and front paws.
Date:
c. 550-500 BCE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Drölling: Orphée et Eurydice

Orpheus (left) naked except for a cloak, rushes towards Eurydice (foreground right) who falls into Mercury's arms (background right) to Hell. Orpheus' left hand is outstretched toward Eurydice, barely grazing her arm. His right hand is raised, palm toward the viewer in denial or supplication. Mercury is mostly obscured by shadow, identified by his winged helmet. A lyre lies on the ground at at Eurydice's feet.
Date:
c. 1820
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Kratzenstein-Stub: Orpheus and Eurydice

Eurydice (left) and Orpheus (right) reach for each other as she is pulled back into the underworld. Her arms are raised over her head and her body is bowed as she strains toward Orpheus; her dress blows toward Orpheus with the speed of her movement.
Date:
1806
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Orpheus charming the animals, detail of a Roman Mosaic

Orpheus (center) sits on a rock under a tree. He holds his lyre in his left hand. His right arm is extended and he holds the plectrum in his right hand. Various animals (including a tortoise, bull, peacock, tiger, and deer) surround him listening attentively.
Date:
c. 200-250 CE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Litovchenko: Charon Carries Souls Across The River Styx

Charon (foreground left) pushes his boat off the banks of the Styx to ferry a group of souls to the underworld. On the embankment (foreground right) more souls beg to be allowed onto the boat, while two souls cling to the anchor chain on the prow of the boat. On a outcropping of rock (background right) Vergil and Dante watch the scene.
Date:
1861
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Cinerary altar representing the rape of Proserpina

The face of the altar is divided into two registers. The upper register illustrates the rape of Proserpina (Persephone) by Dis (Hades). Dis (left) stands in a four-horse chariot driven by a cupid (center right). He grabs Proserpina by the waist sweeping her up into the chariot with his right arm. One of her feet is just visible behind the chariot. Proserpina's left arm is thrown over her head, her right is outstretched behind her.
Date:
2nd century CE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Thermae boxer (Boxer at Rest)

A boxer sits on a rock resting after his match. His head is turned, looking over his right shoulder. Injuries on his body and face are highlighted with red copper to mimic blood; small drops fall onto his body. He also shows signs of long-term injuries such as cauliflower ear. He is nude except for his leather hand-wraps.
Date:
3rd-2nd centuries BCE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Dancing Maenad holding a thyrsus, detail of a Roman relief

A maenad dances holding a thyrsus in her right hand. She wears a very light, almost transparent, dress, earrings and a what appears to be a diadem. Her hair is down, but gathered in a loose, low ponytail.
Date:
c. 120-140 CE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Medea boiling the ram, detail of a black-figure neck amphora

Medea (center left) stands in front of a lebes (center right) on a tripod over a fire, out of which the front half of a ram appears. Her left hand is raised in command; she wears a mitra, embroidered chiton, and striped himation. Behind her sits a white-haired Pelias, he holds a staff in his left hand. Pelias' daughters, Antinoe and Asteropeia stand on the opposite side of the lebes (right) one has her right hand raised in astonishment.
Date:
510-500 BCE
Image Credit:
© Trustees of the British Museum. Used by permission.

Hercules and Omphale, detail of a Roman mosaic from Llíria

Hercules (left) is dressed in women's clothes. He holds a distaff with wool in his left hand and what appears to be a drop spindle in his right (mosaic is damaged). Omphale is seated (right) nude except for Hercules' traditional lion skin. Hercules' club rests in the crook of her left arm.
Date:
200-250 CE

Herakles and the gods fighting the giants, detail of a black-figure amphora in the style of the Lysippides Painter

A bearded Zeus (left) steps into a quadriga (center) holding the reins in his left hand and a thunderbolt in right. Herakles stands in the chariot, left foot on the pole; he wears a short embroidered chiton and the lion's skin, with quiver at his back, and is in the act of shooting an arrow from his bow. On the far side of the chariot is Athena (right) wearing her helmet, aegis with fringe of snakes, and breastplate. She carries a shield and spear aimed toward a fallen giant.
Date:
c. 520-500 BCE
Image Credit:
© Trustees of the British Museum. Used by permission.

Hercules diverting the rivers Alpheios and Peneus, detail of a Roman mosaic from Llíria

Hercules (left) lifts a rake above his head apparently to break the bank of either the river Alpheus or Peneus represented by a stack of rocks (right). A stream of water flows from the earth into a bucket. Hercules wears his lion skin and his club lies discarded on the ground at his feet.
Date:
200-250 CE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Herakles defeats Hippolyta, detail of an Attic red-figure neck amphora

Herakles (left) battles Hippolyte (center). Herakles grabs Hippolyte by her right arm with his left hand, raising his club in his right. Hippolyte has fallen to her right knee, and supports herself with the shield on her left arm. A wrapped object at her waist may represent the belt Herakles was sent to retrieve. A second Amazon (left) raises her shield attempting to engage Herakles.
Date:
c. 510–500 BCE

Hercules and the Stymphalian Birds, detail of a Roman mosaic from Llíria

Hercules (left) draws his bow aiming at three of the Stymphalian birds (right), which are diving at him. Hercules wears his lion skin, a quiver is slung across his right shoulder and rests against his left hip.
Date:
200-250 CE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Herakles and the Hydra, black-figure hydria attributed to the Eagle Painter

Herakles (right) grasps one of the Hydra's heads with his left hand, raising his club in his right. Iolaos (left) grasps another head with his left hand and begins to cut it off with a sickle in his right. Below Iolaos a small fire burns.
Date:
520–510 BCE
Image Credit:
J. Paul Getty Museum

Hercules and the Golden Apples, detail of a Roman mosaic from Llíria

Hercules (left) plucks an apple from a tree (center) with his left hand. He wears his lion skin and carries his club in his right. Three of the Hesperides look on from the background (right).
Date:
200-250 CE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Herakles fighting Geryon, detail of a black figure amphora attributed to the E Group

Herakles (left), wearing his lion skin and raising his club with his right hand, fights Geryon (right) depicted with three bodies each in full armor and bearing shields and spears. Eurytion sits on the ground (center) holding his right side with his left hand as if wounded.
Date:
c. 540 BCE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Hercules and the Cretan Bull, detail from a Roman mosaic from Llíria

Hercules (left) grasps the Cretan Bull (right) by its right horn and muzzle turning its head to face the viewer. Hercules wears his lion skin; his club lies discarded on the ground below the bull.
Date:
200-250 CE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Herakles presents Eurystheus with the Erymanthian Boar, black-figure amphora attributed to the Antimenes Painter

Herakles (center left) holds the Erymanthian Boar snout down over a large amphora in which Eurystheus (center right) is hiding. Iolaos (left) stands behind Herakles resting his club on his right shoulder. Hermes (right) stands on the opposite side of the amphora gesturing down toward Eurystheus with his right hand
Date:
ca. 520-10 BCE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Hercules defeats the Mares of Diomedes, detail of the Twelve Labors from a Roman mosaic from Llíria

Hercules wearing his lion skin (left) holds one of the Mares of Diomedes by the neck with his left hand. In his right he holds his club preparing to swing. Behind them two mares can be seen already lying on the ground. A young man can also be seen on the ground about to be trampled.
Date:
200-250 CE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Hercules fighting the Nemean lion, detail of a sarcophagus

Hercules (center) grapples with the Nemean Lion. The lion stands on his hind legs head turned into Hercules' left shoulder with its left front paw clawing Heracles' right arm. The pair are flanked by a spiral carved column (left) and a tree (right).
Date:
2nd century CE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Herakles captures the Hind of Keryneia, detail of a black-figure amphora

Herakles (center left) grasps the Hind of Keryneia (center right) by its right antler having broken off its left with his left hand. Athena (left) and Artemis (right) look on. Athena holds a sheathed sword raised in her left hand. Artemis holds her bow in her right hand. Both women gesture toward the center scene with their free hands.
Date:
540-530 BCE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Herakles strangling the snakes, detail of a red-figure stamnos attributed to the Berlin Painter

The infants Herakles (center) and Iphikles (right) lie on a bed. The snakes sent by Hera wrap around Herakles' waist while he grasps their throats strangling them. A woman at the head of the bed lifts Iphikles to safety.
Date:
c. 480-475 BCE

Gnōthi Sauton mosaic, convent of San Gregorio excavations

A skeletal form lies on its side in the grass facing the viewer. Its ribs and pelvis are visible. Its arms and legs are intact though they appear wasted. Underneath it is the inscription Gnōthi Sauton.
Date:
1st cen. CE

Agache: Les parques (The Fates)

The Fates (left) are seated next to a yarn winding frame (right). Nona (Greek Clotho, background left) holds a distaff with wool in her right hand and appears to be spinning thread with her right. Seated in front of her (foreground center) Decima (Greek Lachesis) winds the spun thread on a yarn winding frame. Morta (Greek Atropos, foreground left) watches cupping her chin in her left hand. In her right hand she holds her scissors in her lap.
Date:
c. 1882 CE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Rubens: Tereus' Banquet

Tereus (left) sits on a throne covered in red drapery. He faces Philomela and Procne (right) raising his left hand as if to ward the off; his right hand grips a sheathed sword. Procne holds her son, Itys', severed head in her bare hands, stretching it out toward her husband Tereus. Philomela stands behind Procne with her right hand on Procne's left shoulder. Philomela grips a thyrsus behind her back in her left hand. Both women's hair is loose and their clothing disarrayed indicating their madness.
Date:
1636 - 1638 CE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons

Philomela and Procne prepare to kill Itys, detail of a red-figure wine cup attributed to Makron

Philomela (right) wears a chiton with her hair loose around her shoulders. She lifts the nude Itys (center) by the upper arms. Procne (left) faces Philomela gesturing with both hands raised. She wears a chiton and her hair is arranged on the back of her head with a ribbon tied around the crown of her head. A sword hilt is just visible on her left hip.
Date:
c. 480 BCE
Image Credit:
Wikimedia Commons