THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Gigantomachy
1. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The sea god, Triton, son of Poseidon, with his mother, Amphitrite, fights against the giants.
West frieze of the northern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
2. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The sea god, Triton, son of Poseidon, with his mother, Amphitrite, fights against the giants.
West frieze of the northern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
3. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The sea god, Triton, son of Poseidon, with his mother, Amphitrite, fights against the giants.
West frieze of the northern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
4. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The sea god, Triton, son of Poseidon, with his mother, Amphitrite, fights against the giants.
West frieze of the northern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
5. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The sea god, Triton, son of Poseidon, with his mother, Amphitrite, fights against the giants.
West frieze of the northern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
6. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The sea god, Triton, son of Poseidon, with his mother, Amphitrite, fights against the giants.
West frieze of the northern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
7. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The sea god, Triton, son of Poseidon, with his mother, Amphitrite, fights against the giants.
West frieze of the northern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
8. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The sea gods Nereus and his wife Doris, Okeanos and his wife Tethys, partally preserved, fights against the giants.
Southern frieze of the northern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
9. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The sea gods Nereus and his wife Doris, Okeanos and his wife Tethys, partally preserved, fights against the giants.
Southern frieze of the northern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
10. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The sea gods Nereus and his wife Doris, Okeanos and his wife Tethys, partally preserved, fights against the giants.
Southern frieze of the northern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
11. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The sea gods Nereus and his wife Doris, Okeanos and his wife Tethys, partally preserved, fights against the giants. Detail: serpent-legged giant.
Southern frieze of the northern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
12. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The sea gods Nereus and his wife Doris, Okeanos and his wife Tethys, partally preserved, fights against the giants.
Southern frieze of the northern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
13. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The sea gods Nereus and his wife Doris, Okeanos and his wife Tethys, partally preserved, fights against the giants. Detail: Okeanos.
Southern frieze of the northern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
14. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The sea gods Nereus and his wife Doris, Okeanos and his wife Tethys, partally preserved, fights against the giants. Detail: Okeanos.
Southern frieze of the northern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
15. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The sea gods Nereus and his wife Doris, Okeanos and his wife Tethys, partally preserved, fights against the giants.
Southern frieze of the northern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
16. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The sea gods Nereus and his wife Doris, Okeanos and his wife Tethys, partally preserved, fights against the giants.
Southern frieze of the northern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
17. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Winged snake-legged Giant and eagle. On the cornice is the name of the artist, Theorretos.
Northern frieze of the southern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
18. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Winged snake-legged Giant and eagle.
Northern frieze of the southern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
19. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Three nymphs, the female nature demons, are from Dionysus’s entourage, fighting giants.
Northern frieze of the southern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
20. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Athena and Enceladus. Metopa from the eastern frieze of the Temple E in Selinuntum.
Limestone, marble.
460—450 BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.