Tag Archives: Mythology

1950: Rumble at the Café des Poètes

Posted on August 26, 2020 by corvusfugit

Stolen poems incite a rumble in Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus (1950).

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1953: And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur

Posted on April 13, 2020 by corvusfugit

Leonora Carrington: And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur (1953)

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1897: Orpheus

Posted on September 3, 2019 by corvusfugit

Pierre Amédée Marcel-Béronneau: Orpheus in Hades (1897)

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1750 BC: Let Man Bear the Load of the Gods!

Posted on April 20, 2019 by corvusfugit

In one of the oldest surviving creation myths, humankind originates from a labor action. The story, told in the Babylonian Atrahasis Epic, goes like this: long before humankind, only gods exist, with some more powerful than others. These greater gods—the … Continue reading →

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170 AD: Memnon

Posted on November 25, 2018 by corvusfugit

Portrait of Memnon: Greek, c. 170 AD Memnon was the pupil, protégé, and adopted son of Herodes Atticus, a Greek aristocrat and sophist who served as a senator of the Roman Empire. He was named after the mythological Ethiopian king … Continue reading →

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1969: Icarus Complex

Posted on November 17, 2018 by corvusfugit

Stanislao Lepri: The Icarus Complex (1969)

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2001: Nothing But Black Space

Posted on July 22, 2018 by corvusfugit

In a 2001 study, Tim and Virginia Kasser analyzed the dreams of people who had been assessed as either highly materialistic or non-materialistic. They asked the participants to share “the two most meaningful, memorable, or powerful dreams they remembered in … Continue reading →

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100 AD: Leucippus

Posted on April 21, 2018 by corvusfugit

Galatea, daughter of Eurytius, who was son of Sparton, married at Phaestus in Crete Pandion’s son, Lamprus, a man of good family but without means. When Galatea became pregnant, Lamprus prayed to have a son and said plainly to his … Continue reading →

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1535: Panorama

Posted on December 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Maerten van Heemskerck: Panorama with the Abduction of Helen Amidst the Wonders of the Ancient World (1535); click for detail.

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1499: Wild Men

Posted on December 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

The two archetypal “wild men” that frame Albrecht Dürer’s portrait of Oswolt Krel (1499) were part of a popular theme in the late Medieval period and the early Renaissance. Wild men symbolized lust, fighting spirit, and the power of the primitive. … Continue reading →

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