Hylas
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In classical mythology, Hylas was a youth who served Heracles as companion and servant. His abduction by water nymphs was a theme of ancient art, and has been an enduring subject for Western art in th
Hylas and nymphs from a mosaic in Roman Gaul (3rd century)
Theocritus's Idyll 13, a poem of circa 300 BC devoted to Hylas. P. Oxy. 694, 2nd century AD.
Hylas and the Nymphs (1896) by John William Waterhouse
Pygmalion
Argonautica
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The Argonautica is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. The only entirely surviving Hellenistic epic, the Argonautica tells the myth of the voyage of Jason and the Ar
Jason and the Argonauts Arriving at Colchis, by Charles de La Fosse. The poem Argonautica was written specifically for Ptolemaic Alexandria, but it has long been a resource for other dynasties seeking to illustrate their power and ambitions. This painting is located in the Château de Versailles.
Athena helps build the Argo; Roman moulded terracotta plaque, first century AD.
In Medea, a conflicted Medea is shown mixing a potion for an incantation, c. 1867 by Frederick Sandys
Kylix Theseus Aison MNA Inv 11365 n 1