The bronze sculptures on Greek mythology that we are going to present to you are reproductions of ancient pieces that can be seen in museums, some are still present in Greece on archaeological sites such as in Athens.
A Greek statue of a woman
Women are very present in Greek antiquity, they often represent goddesses who are very numerous at this time, goddess of hunting, of love of music and much more.
Here are the 3 most beautiful Greek sculptures of women:
The Greek statue of Themis goddess of justice
She is the goddess of Justice, Law and Equity, Themis assists Zeus in Olympus.
She holds the scales of a balance in one hand, with which she weighs the arguments of the opposing parties. At her hip she has the sword to settle disputes. The blindfolded eyes are the symbol of impartiality.
Bronze sculpture “The Three Graces”
The Three Graces are the Charites in Greek mythology, they are the goddesses of charm, beauty and creativity. They are the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome.
Bronze sculpture of the goddess Hera
Hera is the guardian goddess of the fertility of the couple and of women in childbirth. She is the daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, the wife of Zeus. She is the eldest child in the Iliad and the third in Hesiod.
A Greek man statue
Male sculptures in ancient Greece are often gods of olympus or titans like Poseidon, the giant Atlas. But they can also be the image of athletes, the Olympic games were created by the Greeks.
Bronze sculpture of Mercury / Hermes
Who is Mercury? In Roman mythology Mercury is the god of commerce. In Greek he is the god of trade named Hermes. He is the god of thieves, travel and the messenger of the other gods.
Bronze statue of the god Artemision
A monumental Greek sculpture, the god of Cape Artemision is 2 meters high and wide. It is made of bronze, dated around 460 BC.
It is preserved and visible at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
The left arm was discovered in 1926, and the rest of the statue was found in 1928 off Cape Artemision, north of the island of Euboea.
In the 1st century BC, the shipwreck of the ship that was carrying it, in a heterogeneous cargo, allowed it to survive through the centuries. It is one of the rare large Greek bronzes still preserved in its entirety.
Bronze statue of Zeus
Son of Cronus and Rhea, in Greek mythology, he is the king of the gods, brother of Hades, Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia and Hera who is also his wife.
He is, with his brothers Poseidon and Hades, one of the three masters of the Universe.
The statues of the Greek mythology date back more than 3000 years, the most recent dates from the Hellenistic and Archaic periods, we can distinguish the different periods through the styles, models and figures.
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