An ancient fresco depicting an erotic scene from the Greek myth “Leda and the Swan” has been uncovered at the Pompeii archeological site in central Italy. The artwork portrays the Greek god ...

The Hunt explores art and ancient relics that are—alas!—lost to time. From the Ark of the Covenant to Cleopatra’s tomb, these legendary treasures have long captured the imaginations of ...

Eventually the fresco is likely to be displayed in a museum Archaeologists at Pompeii have found an erotic Roman fresco depicting Leda and the Swan - a Greek myth that has inspired artists for ...

Leda and the Swan: A Fresco Comes to Life in Pompeii Excavation It shows the rape of the queen of Sparta by Jupiter, the Romans’ Zeus, in the form of a swan. Posted 2018-11-25T19:55:05+00:00 ...

Her gaze may have been obscured for almost two millennia, but visitors to Pompeii’s vast archeological dig will soon be able to come eye to eye with Leda, Queen of Sparta, complete with the god ...

That fresco, an erotic scene depicting the ancient Greek myth of Leda and the Swan—in which Zeus, in the form of a swan, seduces Leda—has been unveiled this week in the domus (or upper-class ...

An archaeologist has discovered an ancient Pompeii mural that shows the queen of Sparta from Greek mythology having sex with the Roman god Jupiter, disguised as a swan. Leda being impregnated by ...

41.63 x 54.5 x 1.63 in. (105.7 x 138.4 x 4.1 cm.) Retelling one of the most legendary Greco-Roman mythological tales, this exceptional oil on panel of Leda and the Swan is credited to the workshop of ...

Eurymedusa and the Ant is the subject of very few paintings. There are limits. Leda and the Swan, on the other hand, is a common subject. And the sexual intercourse of bird and woman is often ...