Greek Mythology Paintings

Here you can have a look on pictures of famous greek mythology paintings,which are kept in the Louvre museum, in Paris.

As you can see, next to each picture there is a small description, where you can read some details about the painting, such as the name of the painting and the name of the artist, the approximate year it was completed, the name of the museum that the painting is now kept and finally some words about its theme.

When you browse, you can see a larger version of any picture by clicking on its image in the gallery. The larger picture loads inside a window on the same page, which you can close by clicking anywhere on the image.

	Name:"Apollo and Marsyas" Museum:Louvre, Paris Artist and Year:Pietro Perugino,ca. 1495 Theme:Music contest between god Apollo and Marsyas.
	Name:"Mountain Parnassus" Museum:Louvre, Paris Artist and Year:Andrea Mantegna,1495-1497 Theme:Gods Aphrodite and Ares having a party on Mt Parnassus.
	Name:"The Triumph of Virtue" Museum:Louvre, Paris Artist and Year:Andrea Mantegna,ca. 1502 Theme:Goddess Athena ousts Aphrodite from Garden of Virtue.
	Name:"Aphrodite,Cupid and Ares" Museum:Louvre, Paris Artist and Year:Lambert Sustris,1548-1550 Theme:Scene with goddess Aphrodite, god Ares and Cupid.
	Name:"The capture of Deianeira" Museum:Louvre, Paris Artist and Year:Guido Reni,1620-1621 Theme:Centaur Nessus captures Hercule's wife Deianeira.
	Name:"The inspiration of the poet" Museum:Louvre, Paris Artist and Year:Nicolas Poussin,ca. 1630 Theme:God Apollo and muse Calliope inspire young poet.
	Name:"Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice" Museum:Louvre, Paris Artist and Year:Nicolas Poussin,1649-1651 Theme:Orpheus and Eurydice set in a beautiful landscape.
	Name:"Artemis resting" Museum:Louvre, Paris Artist and Year:Francois Bouchin,1742 Theme:Goddess Artemis resting with one of her companions.

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