Friday, January 1, 2010

Myths & Legends: January 1-7

Dec. 25-31 - Jan. 1-7 - Jan. 8-14

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Britomartis. To find out more about the Minoan goddess Britomartis, "Lady of the Nets," see this Wikipedia article: link; for information about the image: image source.


Venus and Pygmalion's Statue. To find out more about Pygmalion and his statue, see this Wikipedia article: link; for information about the image: image source. There's also a post here.

I've put up some additional notes about Pygmalion here.


Perseus Slays Medusa. To find out more about Medusa, see this Wikipedia article: link; for information about the image: image source.


Achilles and Hector's Corpse. To find out more about Achilles and Hector, see this Wikipedia article: link; for information about the image: image source. There's also a post here.


Deucalion and Pyrrha. To find out more about the great Flood, see this Wikipedia article: link; for information about the image: image source.


Odysseus and the Suitors. To find out more about Odysseus and his journey home, see this Wikipedia article: link; for information about the image: image source. There's also a post here.


Aristotle and Phyllis. To find out more about Aristotle and Phyllis, see this Latin-English exemplum: link; for information about the image: image source.