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Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Giants
1. SCULPTURE. Asia.
Battle with giantes.
Fragment of the eastern frieze of the Pergamum altar.
Marble. Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
2. SCULPTURE. Asia.
Moira, battling with Typhon.
Northern frieze of the altar of Zeus in Pergamon.
Marble. Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
3. SCULPTURE. Asia.
Struggle of Athene and Alcyoneus.
Fragment of the eastern frieze of the Pergamum altar.
Marble. Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
4. SCULPTURE. Asia.
Pergamum bas-relief (the Athene group).
Marble.
2nd century 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 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
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.
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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.