Auguste Rodin. Orpheus and Eurydice, probably modeled before 1887, executed 1893. New York, Metropolitan Museum.
London Underground Tube map re-imagined as the Ancient Greek underworld. The Iris Project, Feb 2014.
Odissea. TV miniseries directed by Franco Rossi, 1968. With Bekim Fehmiu as Odysseus, Giulio Donnini as Tiresias, and Bianca Doria as Anticleia.
La commedia illumina Firenze. Domenico di Michelino, 1456. Florence, Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
Dante, Inferno, 26. Dante and Virgil with Ulysses and Diomedes, two of the false councilors, in the eighth ring of the eighth circle. Oxford, Bodleian Library.
Protesilaus and Laodamia Sarcophagus, 170 CE. Rome, Vatican Museums. A: Death of Protesilaus, reunion with Laodamia, Laodamia’s grief, Protesilaus’s return to Hades. B: Left side: Protesilaus bids farewell to Laodamia before leaving for Troy. C: Right side: The punishments of Sisyphus, Ixion, and Tantalus in Hades.
The Danaids and Sisiphus. Attic black-figure neck amphora attributed to the Bucci Painter, later VI. Munich, Antikensammlungen. Photo: Beazley archive.
The Dreary Coast, a site-specific work by Jeff Stark staged on the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. Report by Mae Ryan and Ana Terra Athayde, The Guardian, Tuesday 4 November 2014.
Theatrical poster for the 2004 Broadway production of The Frogs by Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove, and Nathan Lane, based on Aristophanes, The Frogs.
Top Related