Visuals(1) Flashcards
Who is the baby pictured?
Zeus being nursed by a goat named Amalthea
Who is pictured?
Zeus is on the throne and Thetis is asking Zeus to kill off the Greek soldiers because that’s what her son Achilles wants and Zeus owes her
Who is this and what is he holding?
Zeus; lightning
What is happening in this artwork?
Zeus is carrying off Ganymede to be his cupbearer
Who is this?
Zeus
Who is pictured?
Prometheus
Who is pictured?
Prometheus strangling the vulture
What is happening in this piece?
Prometheus is being punished by Zeus for stealing fire to give to mankind by chaining him up and letting vultures eat him for eternity
Who is depicted?
Prometheus
Who is this?
Pandora
Name all people starting from left to right:
Zeus, Hermes, Epimetheus, and Pandora
What is this artist depicting?
Zeus transforming into a cloud to have an affair with Io
What is going on in this painting?
Zeus turned Io into a cow before Hera could see her, but Hera knows that Zeus is being unfaithful so she demands to keep the beautiful cow as a gift
What is this sculpture depicting?
Zeus impregnating Leda in his swan form
What is happening?
Zeus is abducting Ganymede in his eagle form to make him his own personal cupbearer
Who is pictured?
Zeus pursuing Ganymede
Who is it?
Poseidon
Who is pictured?
Poseidon and Amphitrite
What is happening in this painting?
Perseus is about to behead Medusa
Who is this and what is he holding up?
Pursues; the head of Medusa
Who is this?
Triton blowing on a conch to announce Poseidon
What is happening in this piece?
Menelaus has trapped Proteus the shape-shifter to force him to reveal the future
Who is this?
Scylla
What is being pictured?
Odysseus facing Scylla and Charybdis
Who is depicted?
Hades and Persephone
What is being depicted?
Hades taking Persephone to the underworld
What is happening?
Hades is abducting Persephone
Who is this?
Orpheus
What is happening in this painting?
Orpheus is at the throne of Hades demanding Eurydice be returned to him
Who is this sculpture depicting?
Orpheus and Eurydice
Who is this?
Hades and Cerberus
Who is at the head of the boat?
Charon
Who is this?
Hera
Who is depicted being tortured?
Ixion
Who is being depicted?
Hebe
This is a more modern depiction of what?
The Judgement of Paris
Who is the figure looking into the mirror?
Aphrodite
Who is this sculpture depicting?
Aphrodite
Who is this?
Cupid
Who are these people?
Adonis and Aphrodite
What is happening in this scene?
Aphrodite is begging Adonis not to leave her and go on the hunt, and in the background you can sea Adonis being killed by Ares in the form of a boar
Who is pictured?
Cupid and Psyche
This temple most likely would have been for:
Hestia
This statue depicts a:
Vestal Virgin
Who are the two children nursing from the wolf?
Remus and Romulus
Who is this?
Demeter
What is happening in this painting?
Demeter is searching for Persephone
Who is pictured?
Demeter and Persephone
Who is pictured?
Artemis
Who is pictured?
Artemis and Actaeon
