Zeus Greek God Painting
According to later greek mythology leda bore helen and polydeuces children of zeus while at the same time bearing castor and clytemnestra children of her husband tyndareus the king of sparta.
Zeus greek god painting. The abduction of ganymede 1635 the greek myth of ganymede tells the story of how zeus became infatuated with the beauty of the ganymede and takes the form of an eagle to abduct him. Zeus the king of the gods sits in a palace or temple accompanied by the deities of love and desire. Paintings and engravings of zeus the paintings are post antique from 1520 to 1846 mostly created by famous european artists. The ancient greeks believed that zeus ruled the sky and all of the other deities in their pantheon and the zeus modern wall art print seeks to capture the magnificence of the ancient god.
Description zeus aims his lightning bolt at a giant not shown. Referring to the latin name jupiter reliefs and statues of zeus. An eagle sits perched on his other hand. The famous artist rembrandt portrays this illustration in his oil painting the abduction of ganymede.
Zeus is the child of cronus and rhea the youngest of his. All the best zeus painting 28 collected on this page. Detail of zeus aphrodite and eros from a painting depicting the tale of leda and the swan. Leda and the swan is a story and subject in art from greek mythology in which the god zeus in the form of a swan seduces or in some versions rapes leda.
This image is a montage of two photos of the vase.