The niche is a cavity or recess in the wall, usually semicircular in shape, concluded by a segmental hemisphere. It is an architectural decorative element that can contain a fountain or statue....

Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus, commonly known as Maximian Herculius, because he was protected by Hercules, was originally from present-day Serbia. He was born in 250 AD and died by suicide in Marseilles in 310 AD, at the instigation of Constantine, during the period of the wars for supremacy o...

Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus, commonly known as Maximian Herculius, because he was protected by Hercules, was originally from present-day Serbia. He was born in 250 AD and died by suicide in Marseilles in 310 AD, at the instigation of Constantine, during the period of the wars for supremacy o...

Hercules was the son of Jupiter, king of the gods who, together with other deities, lived in a palace surrounded by clouds and built on top of a mountain called Mount Olympus. Juno, Jupiter’s wife, had been seized with hatred for the child since its birth, since he was the result of her husband�...

Hercules was the son of Jupiter, king of the gods who, together with other deities, lived in a palace surrounded by clouds and built on top of a mountain called Mount Olympus. Juno, Jupiter’s wife, had been seized with hatred for the child since its birth, since he was the result of her husband’...

A common figure in Greek and Roman myths, Marsyas is identified as a silenus, perhaps a satyr, a protector of the waters of springs and rivers. The mythological story is linked to the famous challenge with Apollo and his deeds were sung by Ovid in the Metamorphoses. It is said that Marsyas had coll...

A common figure in Greek and Roman myths, Marsyas is identified as a silenus, perhaps a satyr, a protector of the waters of springs and rivers. The mythological story is linked to the famous challenge with Apollo and his deeds were sung by Ovid in the Metamorphoses. It is said that Marsyas had coll...

The Gigantomachy is one of the most archaic myths representing the struggle of disorder and brute force against reason and heavenly order; in Greek mythology it is understood as the battle of the giants, children of the earth, against the gods of the heavens. The Gigantomachy, the final battle betw...

The Gigantomachy is one of the most archaic myths representing the struggle of disorder and brute force against reason and heavenly order; in Greek mythology it is understood as the battle of the giants, children of the earth, against the gods of the heavens. The Gigantomachy, the final battle betw...

Hercules, previously known as Heracles, in Greek mythology is considered a demigod, son of Zeus and Alcmene, venerated and known for his myth, which still persists throughout the Mediterranean. The historian Diodorus Siculus describes his stay in various cities of Sicily with a wealth of detail. Hi...