THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Leto
1. CERAMICS. Greece.
Apollon slaying the giant Tityos who aggressed Apollon’s mother Leto.
Red-figure kylix, type B. Attic, Athens.
Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter (by Furtwangler).
Clay.
Early classical, ca. 460—450 BCE.
Inv. Nos. J 402 / 2689.
Munich, State Antique Collection.
2. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
The Delian Triad (Leto, Apollo, Artemis). A so-called “Small metope” of the temple Y in Selinuntum.
Compact limestone of Menfi.
560—550 BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
3. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
A part of frieze from the Temple С in Selinuntum.
Compact limestone of Menfi.
540—510 BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
4. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Apollo, Leto and Artemis on quadriga. Metopa from the Temple С in Selinuntum.
Compact limestone of Menfi.
540—510 BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Rear of columnar sarcophagus showing the Labours of Heracles and scenes of hunt. Frieze of a sarcophagus lid showing the presentation of Apollo and Artemis to Zeus. Acroteria.
Rear wall: asiatic marble. 160 CE.
Lid: Italian marble. Ca. 150 CE.
Inv. Nos. 95 (wall) / 96 (lid).
Rome, Museum and Gallery of Villa Borghese, Room II.
6. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Frieze of a sarcophagus lid showing the presentation of Apollo and Artemis to Zeus.
Lid: Italian marble. 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 96.
Rome, Museum and Gallery of Villa Borghese, Room II.