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#Autumn in Mythology
In Greek mythology, the autumn equinox is linked to Ade, Demetra and Persephone. In antiquity, myths and legends were used to find an explanation for the passing of the seasons, which marked with great importance the alternation of work in fields, crops and rest.
These are Apollo and Dafne and so do not really get to the theme
But this work done a while ago makes me think of the Autumn
Apollo and Daphne is a life-sized Baroque marble sculpture by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, executed between 1622 and 1625. Housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, the work depicts the climax of the story of Daphne and Phoebus in Ovid's Metamorphoses.....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_and_Daphne_(Bernini)
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#Autumn in Mythology
In Greek mythology, the autumn equinox is linked to Ade, Demetra and Persephone. In antiquity, myths and legends were used to find an explanation for the passing of the seasons, which marked with great importance the alternation of work in fields, crops and rest.
These are Apollo and Dafne and so do not really get to the theme
But this work done a while ago makes me think of the Autumn
Apollo and Daphne is a life-sized Baroque marble sculpture by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, executed between 1622 and 1625. Housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, the work depicts the climax of the story of Daphne and Phoebus in Ovid's Metamorphoses.....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_and_Daphne_(Bernini)
Thanks for your recent visits, favorites, comments and invitations. I go slow, but everything is very much appreciated, as always....
All rights reserved. Image can not be inserted in blogs, websites or any other form, without my written permission.