From right to left: Isis, her husband Osiris, and their son Horus, the protagonists of the Osiris myth, in a 22nd Dynasty statuette. Louvre Museum. Image Credit: Guillaume Blanchard, 2004. Public Domain.
Osiris and Isis: An Egyptian Love Story
The Passion of isis and Osiris: A Gateaway to Trascendant Love
Plutarch's On Isis and Osiris
According to the myth Inanna prefers the farmer, Enkimdu
(the god of farming) and Dumuzi (the god of food and vegetation) tried to win
the hand of the goddess Inanna.
Sumerian terracotta cuneiform tablet from Nippur (southern Mesopotamia). First half of the 2nd millenium B.C.E. Istanbul Archaeological Museums/Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul, Turkey. Image credit:
Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin - Creative Commons.
Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin - Creative Commons.
Dumzid /Tammuz
Inanna - Ishtar
The Descent of Inanna
Venus et Adonis by Antonio Canova (1789-1794).
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (5633), Genève.
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (5633), Genève.
Adonis
Adonis Cult
Adonis and Aphrodite in Art and Myth
The Story of Adonis and Aphrodite, by Ovid - Metamorphoses X
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld.
1861. Oil on canvas. 113 x 137. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA.
1861. Oil on canvas. 113 x 137. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA.
Orpheus and Eurydice
Virgil's Georgics: The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
Opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1762)
Meter and Attis. Proveninece unknown. Relief dated to the late 2nd century B.C.E. Image credit: Archaeological Museum of Venice (room VIII, no 16)
The Love Story of Cybele and Attis
Cybele, Attis and Related Cults
The Myth and Ritual of Attis
Paris abducting Helen and the figure of Eros (winged god of love and desire). Detail form an Athenian red-figure clay skyphos dated to 490-480 B.C.E. Makron painter & Hieron potter. From Suessula. Primary citation: ARV2, 458,1. Beazley Number: 204681. Francis Bartlett Fund / Boston - Museum of the Fine Arts, 13.186. Wikipedia Commons
Paris Alexander
The Legend of Helen of Troy
Helen of Troy
Helen of Troy: Beauty, Myth, Devastation
Penelope and Eurykleia. Eurykleia tries to persuade mourning Penelope that her husband has eventually returned. Melian relief dated to 1st century C.E. Image credit: Museo
Nazionale Romano (Terme di Diocleziano), Rome;
Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY
Penelope in Homer's Odyssey
Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey
Odysseus & Penelope: Enduring Love
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