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Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Triton (god)
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. Rome.
Sarcophagus with representation of griffins.
Marble.
2nd cent. CE.
CIL XIV 5050.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
6. CERAMICS. Greece.
Heracles and nemean lion; Heracles and Triton.
Black-figure hydria. Attic.
Manner of the Antimenes Painter.
Clay. Carving, white paint. 520—500 BCE.
Inscription on the body: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΣ
Inv. Nos. Б. 1516 / ГР-4443.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.