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ASCLEPIUS ERICHTHONIOS HYACINTH ICARUS NARCISSUS ORPHEUS


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Erichthonius
Caption: Birth of Erichthonios
Creator: Painter of Munich 2413 (also attributed to Hermonax)
Material: Red-figure stamnos
Date: c.475-450 BC
Place Made: Athens (found at Vulci)
Current Location: Munich, Antikensammlung, 2413		 Description: Gaia hands the baby Erichthonios over to his adoptive mother Athena who is depicted as unusually feminine. Although she is not armed there is still a suggestion of her aegis in the snakey fringe of the mantle. The male figure is probably Hephastus. Two rather incongruous Erotes (given the story) stand on the floral decoration.
Icarus
Caption: The Fall of Icarus
Creator: Peter Brueghel the Elder
Title: The Fall of Icarus
Current Location:Brussels, Mme van Buren collection		 Description: All that serves to identify the mythological subject matter of this painting are Icarus' legs disappearing into the sea. The pastoral setting echoes Ovid's Metamorphoses VIII, where the poet imagines the astonishment of peasants and shepherds as Icarus and his father fly by.