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Women representing architecture and astronomy. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1803, after R. Corbould.

Circe sits with books and wand; to right, men transformed into animals. Etching by G.B. Castiglione, 165-.

Silenus, holding grapes and crowned with vines, flanked by a maenad and a faun. Engraving by C. Faucci, c. 1768, after G. B. Cipriani after P. Rubens.

Caduceus surmounted by Pegasus and cornucopiae

A satyr wearing spectacles removes a thorn from the foot of a male faun while a female faun and boy satyr observe, with printed latin verse. Line engraving by G. Piccini after J. Muller after B. Spranger.

Diana returning from the chase bearing dead birds meets Pan holding grapes and other fruit. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.

A drunken bacchanalian gathering with women and a satyr trying to waken two sleeping men. Etching by G. de Lairesse after himself.

Medea draining the blood of Aeson in order to rejuvenate him with her special brew. Engraving.

A man in the foreground conducts an alchemical experiment with an alembic; in the background a female figure representing the world looks at a chemist, who prepares an oxygen experiment with a glass jar and a candle; representing the historical transition from alchemy to chemistry. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1805, after R. Corbould.

Pill tile: Wellcome No. 1. Apollo with outstreched arms.

M0019440: Plaster cast of Chiron, or Cheiron, the centaur

Pan, carrying a basket of grapes, preceded by a woman riding a goat, both followed by a young satyr feeding another goat. Etching after S. Della Bella.

A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.

Greek mythology : an introduction / Fritz Graf ; translated by Thomas Marier.

M0004914: Ganymede playing with a hoop whilst holding a fighting cock

Forms of astonishment : Greek myths of metamorphosis / Richard Buxton.

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Mythology, Greek

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Images referencing Mythology, Greek

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A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.

Greek mythology : an introduction / Fritz Graf ; translated by Thomas Marier.

M0004914: Ganymede playing with a hoop whilst holding a fighting cock

Forms of astonishment : Greek myths of metamorphosis / Richard Buxton.

Women representing architecture and astronomy. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1803, after R. Corbould.

Mythology, Greek

Images from the collections

Images referencing Mythology, Greek

Works from the collections

A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.

Greek mythology : an introduction / Fritz Graf ; translated by Thomas Marier.

M0004914: Ganymede playing with a hoop whilst holding a fighting cock

Forms of astonishment : Greek myths of metamorphosis / Richard Buxton.

Women representing architecture and astronomy. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1803, after R. Corbould.

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