THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Theseus
21. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Theseus boarding ship leaving Ariadne on the Naxos island.
Fresco in the triclinium of the House of the Tragic Poet.
Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Tragic Poet (VI, 8, 5).
22. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Dionysus finds sleeping Ariadne on the island of Naxos.
Fresco of the Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Vettii (VI. 15. 1. p).
23. CERAMICS. Greece.
Heracles-Theseus and the Cretan bull.
Black-figure mastoid. Attic.
Manner of the Haimon painter.
Clay. 490—480 BCE.
Inv. No. Б. 4220.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
24. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Etruria.
Demon threatening Theseus. Detail.
3rd—2nd centuries BCE.
Tarquinia, Tomb of the Orcus (Tomb of the Ogre, Tomb of Murina).