Golden Age
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The term Golden Age comes from Greek mythology, particularly the Works and Days of Hesiod, and is part of the description of temporal decline of the state of peoples through five Ages, Gold being the
The Golden Age by Pietro da Cortona (Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy)
The Golden Age (c. 1530) by Lucas Cranach the Elder
Robert Willemsz de Baudous: Golden Age, etching, c. 1598.
Sculpture of Pan teaching Daphnis to play the pipes; c. 100 BCE, found in Pompeii.
Pandora
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In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first human woman, created by Hephaestus on the instructions of Zeus. As Hesiod related it, each deity cooperated by giving her unique gifts. Her other name—inscrib
Pandora holding a pithos, with Hermes and a seated Prometheus in painting entitled Prometheus, Mercury, and Pandora, 1814, by Josef Abel
Pandora by John William Waterhouse, 1896
A pithos from Crete, c. 675 BC (Louvre Museum)
Hermes carrying Pandora down from Mount Olympus, a medal based on a design by John Flaxman