Greek and Roman Gods in love (Paintings)

2. It turns out the gods and heroes of ancient Greece and Rome aren't too different from us modern folk.
These myths have all the romance, feuds, and transmutation...

3. Zeus
Hey ladies, guess who’s coming down to earth tonight?
All right. All right. My wife, you know, and she's a bit strict. It's forced me to be creative ...some really good disguises ...
I've already said enough.

4. Art in Detail
Gods in love

5. Here the goddess of beauty, love, falling desperately in love with a guy who is literally the sexiest man on earth ...

6. TIZIANO Vecellio
Venus and Adonis
1554
Oil on canvas, 180 x 207 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid

8. Picture this: Eros (Cupid) gets nicked by his own arrow and falls for a mortal girl.
There's love, mystery, betrayal, passion, danger …

9. GÉRARD, François
Cupid and Psyche
1798
Oil on canvas, 186 x 132 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

11. In a Nutshell: Cupid (called Eros by the Greeks), the little winged god, nails Apollo with the golden arrow of love.
Instantly, Apollo falls in love with Daphne, but she finds the idea of loving anybody totally gross.

12. VOS, Cornelis de
Apollo chasing Daphne
1630
Oil on wood, 193 × 207 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid

14. Dionysus (Bacchus)'s conversations
Dionysus: How did I end up with the most beautiful wife in the world?
Ariadne: Awww, shucks
Theseus: Good thing I abandoned you on that island after all, huh Ariadne?
Dionysus: I need a glass of wine ...

15. TIZIANO Vecellio
Bacchus and Ariadne
1520-22
Oil on canvas, 175 x 190 cm
National Gallery, London

17. In a Nutshell: With Medusa's head Perseus soars above Ethiopia with his trusty winged sandals. When he gets to
the ocean, he notices a girl chained to a rock.
Perseus instantly falls in love with the beautiful maiden, as is always the case in these kinds of stories.

18. RUBENS, Peter Paul
Perseus and Andromeda
1620-21
Oil on canvas transferred from
panel, 99,5 x 139 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

20. Atalanta to Hippomenes: Throwing those three golden apples was a dirty trick !!
Hippomenes to Atalanta: Hey, nobody has forced you to pick these apple !!

21. COLOMBEL, Nicolas
Atalanta and Hippomenes
c. 1699
Oil on canvas, 141 x 127 cm
Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna

23. In a Nutshell: Hades (Pluto)'s ... abduction of Persephone ?... this wasn’t as bad as it looks !!

24. REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van
Rijn
Rape of Proserpina
c. 1632
Oil on oak, 85 x 80 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

26. What ? Pan ?
Oh yes, a hairy guy with the legs and horns of a goat !
... and trying to seduce any pretty young thing who comes his way !

27. RUBENS, Peter Paul
Pan and Syrinx
1617-19
Oil on oak panel, 40 x 61 cm
Museumslandschaft Hessen,
Kassel

29. Hey, guess who’s coming down to earth tonight?
Surprise, surprise ... Callisto's virginity has been taken

30. RUBENS, Peter Paul
Jupiter and Callisto
1613
Oil on canvas, 202 x 305 cm
Staatliche Museen, Kassel

32. Art in Detail:
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33. APHRODITE (VENUS)
Greeks call her Aphrodite, Romans call her Venus, but everybody calls her drop dead gorgeous. One of the most worshipped of Greek deities, Aphrodite
is the goddess of love, beauty, and procreation. As you might guess, Aphrodite has a pretty wild love life. She provides Olympus with more scandal and
trouble than it could ever want. She is often vain, selfish, vengeful, and untrustworthy. Still, though, both god and mortal can’t get enough of Aphrodite's
unearthly beauty and irresistible sensual charms. There's no one quite like her.
CASE FILE: APHRODITE (VENUS) AND ADONIS
Defendant (Aphrodite) accused of harassment of the young Adonis, son of Myrrha. Complainant (Persephone) believes Aphrodite deliberately seduced
Adonis at a vulnerable age and convinced him to come live with her.
Case Status: Dismissed when Adonis declared his mutual love for Aphrodite. Their relationship is recognized as one of the great love stories in Greek
mythology.

34. EROS (CUPID)
Eros (Cupid) is the god of passion, desire, and (sometimes) love. When you hear a god described like that, you might think that any story he pops up in
will end happily. Two people will meet, fall in love, skip through fields of flowers, make babies, and all that good stuff. However, this is hardly ever what
goes down when Eros comes a knockin'. Instead, the mischievous little guy causes trouble everywhere he goes – sometimes, for no better reason than
his own personal amusement.
CASE FILE: EROS (CUPID) AND PSYCHE
Wanted for breaking and entering, harassment and disorderly conduct. Subject (Eros) caught breaking and entering into Psyche's apartment repeatedly in
order to carry out Aphrodite's request to make Psyche fall in love with the ugliest man in the world.
Case Status: Closed. Psyche married and fell in love with Eros and decided not to press charges.

35. APOLLO
Apollo is one of the most popular gods, and everybody wants to worship him. Is it because he's the god of music and rocks out on the lyre? Is it
because he's the god of prophecy and everybody wants to know the future? Who knows? But the bottom line is that Apollo is the coolest kid in school.
CASE FILE: APOLLO AND DAPHNE
Complainant (Daphne) filed a restraining order against Apollo after accusing him of stalking her.
Case Status: Closed. When Apollo ignored the court's order, Daphne begged her father to help. He transformed her into a into a laurel tree before Apollo
could catch her.

36. DIONYSUS (BACCHUS)
Dionysus (a.k.a. Bacchus) is the god of wine, theater, and revelry. Wherever this guy goes, a party erupts around him. He is constantly surrounded by a
wild gathering of female followers called Maenads, or Bacchantes, as well as a herd of Satyrs, creatures with the upper bodies of men, but the legs and
horns of goats. Quite a motley crew.
CASE FILE: ARIADNE AGAINST DIONYSUS
Case Description: Complainant (Ariadne, Dionysus´ wife) accuses defendant (Dionysus) of Flings with Aphrodite, Aura, Beroe, Kronois, Nikaia, Althaia,
Erigone, Pallene, Physkoa, Ampelos, Polymnos. The defendant is constantly surrounded by a wild gathering of female followers as well as a herd of
Satyrs, creatures with the upper bodies of men, but the legs and horns of goats.
Case Status: Case pending. All investigators sent to question the defendant become intoxicated and dance the night away.

37. PERSEUS
Perseus is the granddaddy of all the Greek heroes, coming before Theseus, Heracles, Odysseus, and the rest. In a lot of ways, Perseus is the dude that all
mortal heroes have to measure up to. Perseus is best known for beheading the Gorgon Medusa, a snake-haired lady who can turn anybody who looks at her
into stone.
On top of that, Perseus is also known for slaying the Cetus, a giant sea monster, in order to rescue the Princess Andromeda, the fair maiden who would one
day be his wife.
CASE FILE: PERSEUS, ANDROMEDA, AND THE SEA MONSTER CETUS
Case Description: Complainant (Poseidon) accuses the defendant (Perseus) of murder and armed robbery. When Andromeda's parents, Cepheus and
Cassiopeia, tried to assuage the angry sea-god Poseidon by giving their daughter to Poseidon's sea monster, Cetus, Perseus killed Cetus and rescued
Andromeda.
Case Status: Pending. Everyone's super mad. It doesn't look like this is going to end anytime soon. Full details are filed away in the myth of Perseus and
Andromeda.

38. ATALANTA
Atalanta was no damsel in distress. Known for being a kick-butt huntress and a super-fast runner, this lady had a habit of ticking off macho men
who couldn't stand that a woman was better at typically manly activities. Some of Atalanta's most famous feats were drawing first blood in the hunt
for the Calydonian Boar, slaying some unruly centaurs, and voyaging with Jason and the Argonauts on the Quest for the Golden Fleece. Her biggest
defeat was losing a foot race to a suitor named Hippomenes, who she had to marry after. Hippomenes totally cheated, though, so maybe we
shouldn't count it as a defeat. All in all, Atalanta was one tough chick.
CASE FILE: ATALANTA VS. HIPPOMENES
Case Description: Complainant (Atalanta) accuses Defendant (Hippomenes) of being a total cheater. After he decided to claim her, King Iasos told
Atalanta she had to marry. Atalanta said she would marry any dude who could beat her in a foot race. Hippomenes finally managed it with the help
of Aphrodite. The goddess of love gave Hippomenes some golden apples, which he threw on the ground during the race. For some reason, Atalanta
couldn't resist these shiny things and kept stopping to pick them up.
Case Status: Case dismissed. Hey, it's not like anybody forced Atalanta to pick up those apples.

39. HADES (PLUTO)
Hades is the brother of Zeus and Poseidon. He's pretty much always in a bad mood because he's stuck being the lord of the dead, while his brothers rule
the sky and the sea. We have to say, we can't really blame him. It must be pretty depressing hanging out in the gloomy underworld all day. Even his wife,
Persephone, dreads being down there. Of course, he did kind of kidnap her and force her to marry him…
CASE FILE: PERSEPHONE, DEMETER, AND HADES
Wanted for kidnapping Demeter and Zeus's daughter, Persephone, and forcing her to marry him.
Case Status: Prosecution suspended when Zeus negotiated for the release of Persephone from the underworld for half of every year.

40. PAN (FAUNUS)
Pan is one wild and crazy guy. Maybe it's because he's got the legs and horns of a goat, or maybe it's because he spends all his time in the woods and
fields. Whatever the case, this god of shepherds, wilderness, rustic music, and male sexuality is notorious for being totally off the chain.
CASE FILE: SYRINX VS. PAN
Case Description: Complainant (Syrinx) accuses Defendant (Pan) of harassment. Pan got all hot and bothered about Syrinx, one of Artemis's virgin
nymph followers. He chased her all around the woods until finally she had some naiads change her into a patch of reeds on the bank of the River Ladon
to escape him.
Case Status: Case closed. To keep Syrinx with him always, Pan cut some of the reeds and tied them together, making the first pan flute or syrinx. (If
Syrinx hadn't been a plant, we're guessing she would've had some things to say about being cut up and turned into a musical instrument.)

41. ZEUS
What? You don't know who Zeus is? He's basically the most powerful guy on Mount Olympus, the king of the gods. Everybody, gods and mortals, has to
do what he says. Cross Zeus the wrong way, and you might just get a lightning bolt in the face – or worse. It's Zeus' job to make sure that the good are
rewarded and the evil are punished.
CASE FILE: ARTEMIS, CALLISTO, AND ZEUS
Case Description: Complainant (Artemis) accuses defendant (Zeus) of fraud and sexual assault. Zeus seduced Callisto, Artemis' virgin nymph companion,
by taking the form of Artemis herself.
Case Status: Case pending. A countersuit has been filed by Zeus, accusing Artemis of murder, because she subsequently changed Callisto into a bear and
shot her.