Myths & Legends Gallery

Pandora. Artist: Unknown

Pandora. Pandora (the 'all-gifted') was the first mortal woman according to the Greek poet Hesiod. She was sent by Zeus as a gift to Epithemus. She brought a box (a jar in Hesiod's original version) which, when opened, released all the world's evils. Only Hope remained. After a Victorian painting

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'Saint George and the Dragon', c1505. Artist: Raphael

'Saint George and the Dragon', c1505. The painting is part of the Mellon Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. From Masterpieces of Painting, edited by Huntington Cairns and John Walker. [National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Random House, New York, N.Y. 1944]

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'Helene - Femme De Menelas', 1403, (1939). Artist: Master of Berry's Cleres Femmes

'Helene - Femme De Menelas', 1403, (1939). In Greek mythology, Helen is the daughter of Zeus and Leda . According to legend, she was the most beautiful woman in the world, only the goddess Aphrodite surpassing her in this field. The illustration is part of the manuscript De Claris mulieribus, traduction anonyme en francais (Livre des femmes nobles et renommees) by Giovanni Boccaccio, housed in the Bibliotheque nationale de France, Paris. From Verve - Nos. 5-6, July-October 1939. [Verve, France, 1939]

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