ILLUSTRATIONS

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PLATE I

Aphrodite: Goddess of fertility and lust, born of sea foam

PLATE II

Dionysus: God of wine, born of Zeus’s thigh

PLATE III

Poseidon: God of the sea, punisher of Odysseus

PLATE IV

Andromeda: Princess and daughter of Cassiopeia and Cepheus

PLATE V

Daphne: Daughter of Peneus, god of the river Peneus

PLATE VI

Romulus and Remus: Twin brothers and founders of the city of Rome

PLATE VII

Cerberus: “The hound of Hades” that guards the gates of the Underworld

PLATE VIII

The Sirens: Hybrid female monsters who lure sailors to their deaths

PLATE IX

The Elysian Fields: A prophesied paradise of the afterlife

PLATE X

The Parthenon: Greek temple dedicated to the goddess Athena

 

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