The Appennine Colossus or "Appennino" (1579-1580) by Giambologna at the Villa di Pratolino in Italy. 📷Stephen H, Tutt'Art

"The Giant" by Arrigo Minerbi (1881-1960), meant to represent Neptune. Fegina Beach, Monterosso al Mare, Italy. 1910. Photo via Italianways, Meg Carriero.

Athena in a gossamer gown with her little owl

Stunning illustration of Sobek in crocodile form from "The Book of the Faiyum." Sobek was known as "Lord of the Nile" and the one "who greens the Two Banks." Egyptian, Greco-Roman period, ca. 1st century BCE-2nd century CE. Ink on papyrus,12.5 in. H. Walters Museum (# W.738).

A recreated Middle Kingdom temple in the Ancient Egyptian Garden located at Hamilton Gardens in New Zealand. 🤩 📷Pseudopanax

Illustrations from "A Technical History of Costume: Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine Costume & Decoration" by Mary G. Houston. 1947. 📷me

"Of revered gold-wreathed and beautiful Aphrodite I shall sing, to whose domain belong the battlements of all sea-laved Cyprus..." "Roses of Youth" by Henrietta Rae (1859–1928). Image credit: Scarborough Museums and Galleries

Neptune's seahorses. Date: 19th century. Medium: marble. Italian work, not signed. Victor Werner Collection, Belgium.

Amazons, Georges Barbier

Gold pendant set with a silver Roman denarius featuring Salus, the goddess of health & safety. The setting dates to ca. 1870 & was created with laurel leaves and berries in the "archaeological revival" style popular at the time. Photo: British Museum.

Print titled, "Women and Men in Greco-Roman clothing." 1876-1888. Photo: NYPL Digital Collections.

"The God of the Vine was born of fire and nursed by rain, the hard burning heat that ripens the grapes and the water that keeps the plant alive." 🍇#MythologyMonday Painting by Eugène Delacroix. Photo: © Musée du Louvre/Hervé Lewandowski

"The Vintage Festival" (1871) by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912). Oil on panel. Photo: National Gallery of Victoria.

In Greek myth, Phyllis dies of grief when Demophon fails to return & she is transformed into an almond tree. At his belated embrace, the tree bursts into blossom, her spirit briefly returned. The almond, symbol of watchfulness, marks love that waits beyond death. #MythologyMonday

Illustrations of pottery titled, "Edad antigua. Objetos de ceramica Griegos" (1894). Illustrated by Friedrich Hottenroth. 📷NYPL Digital Collection

"Praxilla" (1922) by John William Godward (1861-1922). Oil on canvas. Private Collection. Photo: Perez Reviriego Perez Herrera.

"Time, Death and Judgement" (1864-1886) by George Frederic Watts (1817-1904). Oil on canvas. Photo: National Gallery of Canada.

For #FairytaleTuesday's theme on "water," a pendant featuring Aphrodite standing in a blue shell that evokes the sea and her birth. Gold, lapis lazuli. Early Byzantine, 7th century. 17 x 8 x 3/4 in. Photo Credit: © Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.

"Orpheus and Cerberus" (1843) by Thomas Crawford (1813-1857). Marble. AN: 1975.800. Photo: MFA Boston.

Two illustrations by Alice & Martin Provensen for a children's book adaptation of the Iliad and Odyssey (Simon & Schuster, 1956). (Photos by me).