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The poet Vergil, depicted in Vergilius Romanus text of Eclogues 6 manuscript of 5th C. AD. Minerva (glaring at Venus, as usual). 2nd C. AD Roman mosaic from Antioch depicting Judgment of Paris. Venus (looking coy). Juno (looking miffed). Paris, the slumming Trojan prince.
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The poet Vergil, depicted in Vergilius Romanus text of Eclogues 6manuscript of 5th C. AD
Minerva (glaring at Venus, as usual) 2nd C. AD Roman mosaic from Antioch depicting Judgment of Paris Venus (looking coy) Juno (looking miffed) Paris, the slumming Trojan prince
Ganymede about to be carried off by the eagle of Jupiter
The pietas of Aeneas: Aeneas, Anchises, and the household gods, by Bernini (1618-19), Galleria Borghese, Rome
Venus departing from Aeneas on the coast of Carthage G.B. Tiepolo (1757)
The pietas of Aeneas: Aeneas, Anchises, and the household gods, by Bernini (1618-19), Galleria Borghese, Rome
Aeneas, Ascanius and Anchises in wall painting from Pompeii (reproduction)
(DELOS IS IN HERE SOMEWHERE…)
Dido’s Banquet, VergiliusRomanus, 5th C. AD
Death of Dido Rubens (1635)
Dido Resolved David Ligare