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ALL GODS APHRODITE APOLLO ARES ARTEMIS ATHENA

DEMETER DIONYSUS EROS HADES HEBE HERA

HEPHAESTUS HERMES HESTIA POSEIDON PAN ZEUS

Indentification Image Description

All Gods

Caption: Assembly of the Gods
Creator: Oltos
Material: Red-figure cup
Date: c.525-500BC
Place made: Athens
Current Location: Tarquinia, Museo Nazionale Description: Zeus sits in the middle holding his thuderbolt while Ganymede serves him wine. The other gods are recognisable from their attributes: Athena holds her helmet; Aphrodite holds a flower and a dove; Ares holds his armor and Hermes wears his travelling boots.

Aphrodite

Caption: Birth of Venus
Creator: Sandro Botticelli
Title: Birth of Venus
Material: Tempera on canvas
Date: c.1483-5
Place made: Florence
Current Location: Florence Uffizi Description:

Apollo

Caption: Apollo at Olympia
Creator:
Material: marble
Date: c. 456
Place made: Olympia (in the Peloponnese)
Current Location: Olympia Description: From the west pediment of the temple of Zeus at Olympia. Apollo imposes (or tries to impose) order on the stuggling pairs of Lapiths and Centaurs. The identification of this central figure is not absolutely certain, but fragments of a bow originally held in his lowered hand support the idea that it is Apollo here on his father's temple. The east pediment showed a local legend: the story of Pelops and Hippodameia.

Caption: Heracles and Apollo fight over the tripod
Creator: Andokides Painter
Material: Red-figure amphora
Date: c.530-515BC
Place made: Athens (found at Vulci)
Current Location: Berlin, Staatliche Museen 2159 Description: Heracles walks off towards Athena holding the tripod while Apollo holds on to one of its legs, Artemis stands behind him holding stylised flowers.
The other side of this vase shows a human struggle: men wrestling.
The Andokides Painter was one of the first to work in the red-figure technique and some of his other vases use both techniques, like the one with the depiction of Heracles catching Cerberus.

Caption: Apollo and Daphne
Creator: Antonio Pollaiuolo
Material: Painting
Date: Mid 15th-century
Current Location: London, National Gallery 928 Description: The depiction of the moment of metamorphosis presents a challenge for artists - compare the ancient representations of Thetis' multiple metamorphoses in her struggle with Peleus. In this painting Daphne's arms have already turned into branches as Apollo, dressed in the costume of the artist's day, catches hold of her. Daphne's calm expression in this painting contrasts with the violent, twisting motion of Bernini's sculpture of the same subject.

ALL GODS	APHRODITE	APOLLO	ARES	ARTEMIS	ATHENA
DEMETER	DIONYSUS	EROS	HADES	HEBE	HERA
HEPHAESTUS	HERMES	HESTIA	POSEIDON	PAN	ZEUS

Indentification	Image	Description
All Gods
Caption: Assembly of the Gods Creator: Oltos Material: Red-figure cup Date: c.525-500BC Place made: Athens Current Location: Tarquinia, Museo Nazionale		Description: Zeus sits in the middle holding his thuderbolt while Ganymede serves him wine. The other gods are recognisable from their attributes: Athena holds her helmet; Aphrodite holds a flower and a dove; Ares holds his armor and Hermes wears his travelling boots.
Aphrodite
Caption: Birth of Venus Creator: Sandro Botticelli Title: Birth of Venus Material: Tempera on canvas Date: c.1483-5 Place made: Florence Current Location: Florence Uffizi		Description:
Apollo
Caption: Apollo at Olympia Creator: Material: marble Date: c. 456 Place made: Olympia (in the Peloponnese) Current Location: Olympia		Description: From the west pediment of the temple of Zeus at Olympia. Apollo imposes (or tries to impose) order on the stuggling pairs of Lapiths and Centaurs. The identification of this central figure is not absolutely certain, but fragments of a bow originally held in his lowered hand support the idea that it is Apollo here on his father's temple. The east pediment showed a local legend: the story of Pelops and Hippodameia.
Caption: Heracles and Apollo fight over the tripod Creator: Andokides Painter Material: Red-figure amphora Date: c.530-515BC Place made: Athens (found at Vulci) Current Location: Berlin, Staatliche Museen 2159		Description: Heracles walks off towards Athena holding the tripod while Apollo holds on to one of its legs, Artemis stands behind him holding stylised flowers. The other side of this vase shows a human struggle: men wrestling. The Andokides Painter was one of the first to work in the red-figure technique and some of his other vases use both techniques, like the one with the depiction of Heracles catching Cerberus.
Caption: Apollo and Daphne Creator: Antonio Pollaiuolo Material: Painting Date: Mid 15th-century Current Location: London, National Gallery 928		Description: The depiction of the moment of metamorphosis presents a challenge for artists - compare the ancient representations of Thetis' multiple metamorphoses in her struggle with Peleus. In this painting Daphne's arms have already turned into branches as Apollo, dressed in the costume of the artist's day, catches hold of her. Daphne's calm expression in this painting contrasts with the violent, twisting motion of Bernini's sculpture of the same subject.