dIck mARTin Creative Artist
Ceramic Sculpture
Greek Mythology
Classical
Greek
Art,
Literature,
History,
Myths
and
Legends
and
the
many
traditions
of
Ancient
Greece
have
always
fascinated
me
and
have
inspired
these
figurative
sculptures.
Ancient
Greek
vases,
especially
the
wonderful
collection
in
the
British
Museum
in
London,
give
great
enjoyment
and
suggest
endless
opportunities
for
creativity.
They
depict
fabulous
stories
of
Gods,
heroes
and
many
characters
and
the
adventures
they
undergo
exploring
universal themes just as relevant today.
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Ganymede
58cm
£295
Homer
described
Ganymede
as
the
most
beautiful
of
mortals.
Zeus,
in
the
form
of
an
eagle,
abducted
him.
He
was
given
immortality
and
made
cup-bearer
to the Gods.
Iris
Enceladus
Serenity
dIck mARTin Creative Artist
Calypso
Priam
Erato
Aeschylus
Aphrodite
Orpheus
Theseus
Circe
Calliope
Minotaur
Odysseus
Selene
Athena
Paris
Ariadne
Terspsichore
Euridice
GREEK MYTHOLOGY FIGURES SOLD
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Gaia
Gaia
58cm
£295
Gaia
was
the
personification
of
Earth,
the
original
ancestral
mother
of
all
life
and
mother
of
many
Greek
Gods.
She
is
connected
to
modern
environmental
concerns
and
Green
Issues.
Semele
56cm
£295
Semele
was
a
Theban
princess,
one
of
Zeus’s
many
lovers.
Tricked
by
Hera,
she
burnt
to
death
after
insisting
on
seeing
Zeus
in
all
his
glory.
She
was
the
only
mortal
mother of a god, Dionysus.
Achilles
Aphrodite
48cm
£295
Aphrodite
was
the
goddess
of
love
and
beauty,
born
from
the
foam
in
the
waters
of
Paphos,
on the island of Cyprus.
Theseus Enters the Labyrinth
53cm
£295
Ariadne Saves Theseus
51cm
£295
Theseus
was
sent
to
Crete
as
a
sacrifice
to
the
Minotaur,
half
bull,
half
man.
With
the
help
of
Ariadne,
who
provided
him
with
a
sword
and
a
ball
of
string,
Theseus
managed
to
find
and
slay
the
Minotaur and escape the labyrinth.
Personification - Optimism
43cm
£195
Personification - Compassion
46cm
£195
Personification - Kindness
45cm
£195
The
Ancient
Greeks
and
Romans
used
the
concept
of
Personification
to
show
attributes
and
ideas
of
human
characteristics
or
aspects
of
nature.
I
love
this
idea
and
try
to
convey
the
idea
/
feeling
in
the
sculpture.
Personification - Empathy
48cm
£195
Personification - Tolerance
45cm
£195
Selene
50cm
£295
Selene
was
goddess
of
the
Moon,
daughter
of
Titans
Hyperion
and
Theia
and
sister
of
sun
god
Helios
and
Eos,
goddess
of
the
dawn.
She
drove
her
moon
chariot
across
the
heavens.
Her
lovers
included
Zeus,
Pan,
and
the
mortal Endymion.
Persephone
was
abducted
by
Hades,
God
of
the
Underworld,
and
her
mother,
Ceres,
turned
the
earth
to
darkness
in
her
grief.
Hades
agreed
to
Persephone
returning
to
earth
for
six
months
each
year, which is the origin of the seasons.
Persephone
52cm
£295
Enceladus
47cm
£295
Enceladus
was
a
Giant
who
fought
the
Olympian
Gods
in
the
epic
battle
for
control
of
the
cosmos.
He
is
said
to
be
buried
under
Mount
Etna
in
Sicily
and
to
be
the
cause
of
earthquakes
and
volcanic
eruptions.
Erato, Muse of Love Poetry
51cm
£295
Zeus
and
Mnemosyne
slept
together
for
nine
consecutive
nights
and
thereby
created
the
nine
Muses
who
embody
the
Arts
and
inspire
creativity.
Artists,
poets,
dancers
and
writers
receive
their inspiration from them.
Calypso
50cm
£295
Calypso
was
a
beautiful
nymph
who
lived
on
the
island
of
Ogygia.
In
Homer’s
Odyssey,
she
enchanted
Odysseus
with
her
singing
but
Odysseus
could
no
longer
bear
being
separated from his wife Penelope.
