Fragment of an oval cameo with Zeus wearing the aegis, in a modern mount
Greek, Hellenistic Period, 1st or 2nd century B.C.
sardonyx
Royal Collection Trust (acquired by King George III)
Source: rct.uk
Oreads by Annie Louisa Swynnerton. British, exhibited 1907. Oil on canvas. Tate Collection.
From the Tate:
This probably illustrates a scene in the ancient Greek poem Dionysiaca. Zeus, god of the sky, has flooded the earth. The oreads (mountain spirits) are forced to seek safety on higher ground. A rainbow suggests the storm is ending, although we are left to wonder if the figure glimpsed on the lower right will survive.
In 1922 Annie Swynnerton became the first woman to be elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in over 150 years. Swynnerton was also involved with the struggle for women’s rights. Some of her sitters and supporters were leading figures in the suffrage movement.
Source: tate.org.uk
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Gustave Moreau - Study for Leda and the Swan. 1876
Marble votive relief with eyes, dedicated to Zeus by Philomation
Greek (found near the Pynx in Athens), Roman Period, 2nd to 3rd cent. A.D.
British Museum
Source: britishmuseum.org
Stater of Kingdom of Syria with laureate head of Zeus (obverse) and elephant with spear above (reverse), struck under Seleukos I Nikator
Greek (minted at Susa), Early Hellenistic Period, c. 298-280 B.C.
silver
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Source: mfa.org
Red-figure calyx krater with Zeus pursuing a woman (top) and bearded man (bottom), attributed to the Achilles Painter
Greek (manufactured at Athens), Classical Period, c. 450-440 B.C.
terracotta
MFA Boston
Source: mfa.org
Gold stater of Cyrene, struck under Polianthes, with Nike driving quadriga (obverse) and Zeus Ammon laureate (reverse)
Greek (minted at Cyrene, Cyrenaica), Classical or Early Hellenistic Period, 375-308 B.C.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Source: mfa.org
Red-figure pelike with Zeus and Ganymede, by the Achilles Painter. From Athens, Attica. Greek, 445-440 B.C. Terracotta. J. Paul Getty Museum.
Source: getty.edu
Ring with Leda and Zeus in the form of a swan. Greek, 3rd century B.C. Gold. J. Paul Getty Museum.
Source: getty.edu
The Abduction of Ganymede by Correggio
1520-1540
oil on canvas
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Source: commons.wikimedia.org
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Tetradrachm of Diodotos II, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, C. 246-230 BC
Struck circa 235-230 BC, from Mint B, perhaps the finest example known.
Obverse: Diademed head of Diodotos II. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ, Zeus striding left, hurling thunderbolt from his upraised right hand and with aegis over his outstretched left arm; to left, before his left foot, eagle standing left with wreath above; behind, Β.
The Bactrian kingdom was founded by Diodotos I who had been appointed satrap of Bactria by Antiochos II but who then revolted in 255 BC. He seems to have ruled jointly with his son Diodotos II from 246 BC until his death in 239 BC. The revolt was, however, rather gradual since the coinage produced by Diodotos I first bore the portrait and name of Antiochos II and then continued in the name of the Seleucid king but with his own somewhat elderly looking portrait. Diodotos II’s coinage also initially was struck in the name of the Seleucid king, but bore his own young and handsome head. The final issues bore his name as well. The present coin has one of the most beautiful of all the known portraits of Diodotos II. He was apparently overthrown by Euthydemos I, who formed another dynasty of Bactrian rulers.
Source: nomosag.com
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Silver tetradrachm of Alexander III of Macedon, head of Herakles & seated Zeus.
Greek, 315–308 B.C.
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Zeus, wearing a gold crown. Obverse of a gold stater from Lampsacus, ca. 360-340 BCE. Now in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris.
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Zeus, wearing a gold crown. Obverse of a gold stater from Lampsacus, ca. 360-340 BCE. Now in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris.
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Statue of Zeus. Pergamon Museum. 2nd century BCE. Marble.
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The wedding of Zeus and Hera. Fresco from the House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii; now in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples.