Images

Scota, the mythological progenitor of the Gaels, as depicted by John Fergus O'Hea, 1838-1922 CE.

This illustration from a 15th Century CE manuscript of Walter Bowers' epic Scotichronicon portrays Scota and Goídel Glas, the legendary progenitors of the Gaelic people.

Wayland's Smithy is a Neolithic long barrow and burial chamber in Oxfordshire, England which dates to the 4th Millennium BCE. The site was built in two phases, a timber oval chamber was constructed c. 3570 BCE, and the stone long barrow pictured...

The so-called "Prince of Glauberg" is a life-sized sandstone statue of a Celtic ruler from modern day Glauberg, Germany. The "Prince of Glauberg" is depicted with a mail tunic, a wooden shield and a sword, indicating his status as a warrior...

This page is from the Book of Leinster, a manuscript from 12th Century CE Ireland which contains fragments of many other works including the Lebor Gabála Érenn. The Book of Leinster is currently in the collection of Trinity College, Dublin...

An early-Cycladic vase in the form of a piglet. 2800-2300 BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Naxos, Greece)

A scene from a Greek black-figure pottery vase showing the hero Odysseus tied to a sheep as a means of escape from the cyclops Polyphemos. Unknown date. (Mykonos Archaeological Museum)

A scene from an Attic red-figure drinking cup showing two males at a symposium. First half of the 5th century BCE. (Mykonos Archaeological Museum)

A detail from a 'Melian' vase depicting a Greek woman of the archaic period. First half of the 6th century BCE. (Mykonos Archaeological Museum)

A depiction of a Trojan warrior. From a pithamphora manufactured in the second quarter of the 7th century BCE. The vessel was made on the island of Tinos in the Cyclades and found at Chora on Mykonos. (Archaeological Museum, Mykonos).