Ancient

Hercules, with help from Hermes and Athena, steals Cerberus from Hades Our hero has three remaining labors before he is freed from his servitude to King Eurystheus (and, by extension, Hera). If you missed Part 1, with the preceding labors of Hercules, you can read it here . Hercules fights the Giant Geryon, Mosaic Floor, 26 CE, National Archeological Museum of Spain, Madrid This task on which King Eurystheus sends Hercules is yet another suicide mission. As well, it's anoth

Hydria, 470-460 BCE, from Puglia, Italy. Home museum is the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. Last May, I had the pleasure of...

On October 25th, 2022, I gave a lecture at Metropolitan State University on the Origins of Sirens. In the presentation, I trace how...

If you're looking at prestige art and architecture, it's likely that you're going to find lions in its decoration. I wouldn't be...

Modern representations of the snake-haired woman depict her as a dangerous beauty, but the Ancient Greek and Roman images show her as...

You could reasonably ask, "If you like photographing sculptures of people so much, why not be a portraiture photographer? Aren't living...

Ancient Roman sarcophagi were for the wealthy, and were created in workshops which concentrated on particular themes: demonstrating the...

Images of barbarians were created to support a narrative of Roman superiority, and to justify military aggression as a defense of...

The ancient town, on Lake Bolsena, north of Rome, has Etruscan origins. The festival has roots as a fertility rite, where the town gave...

The barbarians here are not a journalistic representation of a specific battle, just as the image of the decedent at the center of the...