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Scylla, Red-Figure Vase
A red-figure vase depicting Scylla, the monster who preyed on victims going through the Straits of Messina. Boeotian, 450-425 BCE.
Louvre Museum, Paris.
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Charybdis
A table support representing the sea monster Charybdis, who was said to haunt the straits between Sicily and the Italian peninsula. 2nd century CE.
Archaeological Museum of Naples.
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The Punishment of the Danaids
The punishment of the 50 daughters of Danaus who, for killing their husbands on their wedding night, must fill a bowl with water down in Hades - a task which never ends as the bowl leaks. (Painting by John William Waterhouse...
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Tethys
A mosaic depicting the Greek river/water goddess Tethys. (Antakya Museum, Turkey)
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Uranus & Gaia
A Roman mosaic depicting the Greek primordial gods Uranus (in the guise of the later Aion) and Gaia. Sentinum, 3rd century CE. (Glyptothek, Munich)
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Typhon
The snake-monster Typhon of Greek mythology on a black-figure vase, 540-530 BCE.
Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich.
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Themis
A marble statue of Themis, the primordial goddess associated with Justice. c. 300 BCE.
National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Tantalus
A 17th century CE oil painting by Gioacchino Assereto depicting Tantalus, he who was punished by Zeus and had to stand under a fruit tree that remained forever just out of reach. (Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand)
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Thetis Dipping Achilles into the River Styx
A painting by Antoine Borel (1743-1810) depicting Thetis dipping Achilles into the River Styx to make him immortal.
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Rhea Riding a Lion
A scene from the Pergamon altar depicting the Titan Rhea riding a lion. 2nd century BCE. (Pergamon Museum, Berlin)
