Add to ORKGAlexander the Great was, from the 3rd century B.C.E. until the medieval Alexander Romance, the hero of fabulous adventures. Foremost among these was the story of his ascension towards the sun in a gondola drawn by griffins: attracted by a piece of fresh meat fixed at the end of a pike, they carried him ever higher, watched by his astonished army. Griffins, hybrids of eagle and lion, are ferocious guardians of the treasure and of the mounts of the gods. Still today in fantasy, they are associated with the creation of certain heroes: Harry Potter, affiliated to the house of Godric Gryffindor, rides his cousin the hippogriff (with the body of a horse), and the young Yukiko revives the lost tradition of "storm dancers" by taming a griffin in Th...
textThis report examines heroism in Apollonius’ Argonautica and argues that a different heroic model...
Fantastyczne zwierzęta w sztuce starożytnego Rzymu pojawiały się bardzo często. Niniejsza praca jest...
The Greek mythology is widely acclaimed as one of the richest treasures of universal epics; the myth...
The griffin in this collection of zoological images from the 17th century is consistent with the tra...
Vita.Even before his death Alexander the Great had become the subject of much speculation and exagge...
The griffin on this print is a well-known example of a half-eagle, half-lion hybrid. Not all fantast...
Griffins (or Griffons, or Gryphons), associated in ancient times with gods like Dionysus and heroes ...
Describes the cycle of myths about the Argonauts and the quest for the Golden Fleece, as well as the...
The story of Alexander the Great's Aerial Flight holds a special position among the manifold legenda...
Around the late eighth or early seventh century B.C., a poet, known to later ages as Homer, composed...
A hero, a monster, a princess: this illumination from the Collection of Tales of Troy, a manuscript ...
The Achaemenid Empire is known for its greatness, fierce campaigns and the story of its destruction...
Stories of heroes undergoing significant transformations are as old as stories themselves. The first...
UID/HIS/04666/2013Alexander the Great is one of the most widely mythologized figures of Antiquity, w...
68 pagesThe often-fluid boundaries between human and animal is a common subject in Greek myth, with ...
textThis report examines heroism in Apollonius’ Argonautica and argues that a different heroic model...
Fantastyczne zwierzęta w sztuce starożytnego Rzymu pojawiały się bardzo często. Niniejsza praca jest...
The Greek mythology is widely acclaimed as one of the richest treasures of universal epics; the myth...
The griffin in this collection of zoological images from the 17th century is consistent with the tra...
Vita.Even before his death Alexander the Great had become the subject of much speculation and exagge...
The griffin on this print is a well-known example of a half-eagle, half-lion hybrid. Not all fantast...
Griffins (or Griffons, or Gryphons), associated in ancient times with gods like Dionysus and heroes ...
Describes the cycle of myths about the Argonauts and the quest for the Golden Fleece, as well as the...
The story of Alexander the Great's Aerial Flight holds a special position among the manifold legenda...
Around the late eighth or early seventh century B.C., a poet, known to later ages as Homer, composed...
A hero, a monster, a princess: this illumination from the Collection of Tales of Troy, a manuscript ...
The Achaemenid Empire is known for its greatness, fierce campaigns and the story of its destruction...
Stories of heroes undergoing significant transformations are as old as stories themselves. The first...
UID/HIS/04666/2013Alexander the Great is one of the most widely mythologized figures of Antiquity, w...
68 pagesThe often-fluid boundaries between human and animal is a common subject in Greek myth, with ...
textThis report examines heroism in Apollonius’ Argonautica and argues that a different heroic model...
Fantastyczne zwierzęta w sztuce starożytnego Rzymu pojawiały się bardzo często. Niniejsza praca jest...
The Greek mythology is widely acclaimed as one of the richest treasures of universal epics; the myth...