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...

Ichthyocentaurs are figures from classical mythology linked to the sea, better described as fish-centaurs, the upper part of their body was human in form and the lower part in the shape of a fish tail, similar to mermaids. This connotation differentiates them from the most famous centaurs, other myt...

Among the Greeks and Romans, the symposium or convivium was the practice that followed the banquet, during which diners drank, sang songs and dedicated themselves to entertainment of various kinds, with philosophical conversations, plays or leisure activities. The symposium was dedicated to adult m...

Oceanus, son of Uranus and Gaea, was a Titan and for the ancient Greeks the god of water, distinguished from Poseidon, Neptune for the Romans, who was one of the twelve gods of Olympus. A solemn worship of Oceanus was established in ancient Greece and the custom spread of making offerings and sacrif...

In Greek mythology, the thiasus was originally the procession of Dionysus, composed of the maenads, or half human and half animal figures like the sileni and satyrs. The marine thiasos, on the other hand, refers to a composition of mythological figures, linked to the sea, that surrounded Poseidon. ...

The myth of Arion of Methymna is narrated by some sources including the Histories of Herodotus. The young composer was the first to write dithyrambs, original forms of tragedy, and was not inferior to anyone in his time. After a long stay with Periander of Corinth, his desire was to reach Italy and ...