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. H...

Vertical architectural structure with a semicircular shape. It is built in the context of a wall to widen the space externally. The apse is covered by a brickwork vault, called a dome or semi-dome; in some cases the roof is made of wood with supporting beams placed like the rays of the sun....

The cena trimalchionis is an episode in the 15th book of Satyricon by Petronius, a narrative poem of which only a few fragments remain. Petronius, a Latin writer and poet who lived between the first and second half of the 2nd century AD, provides a refined and ironic description of the values and f...

The cena trimalchionis is an episode in the 15th book of Satyricon by Petronius, a narrative poem of which only a few fragments remain. Petronius, a Latin writer and poet who lived between the first and second half of the 2nd century AD, provides a refined and ironic description of the values and f...

Apollo was one of the most revered gods of Olympus. In mythology Apollo is associated with the shining sun and therefore with light, the source of life. According to myth, Apollo was the son of Leto and Zeus, born in the sacred sea of the island of Delos, together with his twin sister Artemis, the ...

Element forming part of the support system of the architectural structure, where the imposts are formed of columns. The capital connects the top part of the column, which is circular in shape, with the flat straight area above, composed of the architrave. Its shape is normally a truncated pyramid t...

Element forming part of the support system of the architectural structure, where the imposts are formed of columns. The capital connects the top part of the column, which is circular in shape, with the flat straight area above, composed of the architrave. Its shape is normally a truncated pyramid t...

“At his sweet strains the rushing stream / Its uproar stilled, and all its waves / Paused in forgetfulness of flight; ... All winged creatures of the wood / And e’en the woods themselves came near / To listen; or, if far on high / Some bird was wheeling through the air, / To that sweet music swi...

The nereids were figures from Greek mythology, sea nymphs, daughters of Nereus and the oceanid Doris. (according to mythological tradition, the Oceanids were the daughters of the titans Oceanus and Tethys, his sister) They were considered benevolent and immortal creatures, they were part of the mar...

Triton, a mythological sea creature, is identified as the son of Poseidon, god of the sea, and the nereid Amphitrite. One attribute of Triton was a great shell that, when played like a horn, had the power to calm storms. Triton was usually depicted as an ichthyocentaur, with the upper half human and...