| JOAN DAY Mythology |
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| Early Christian cross and hermit's huts on an Irish loch. |
| Carnac: A prehistoric causeway of megaliths in Britanny. |
Daedalus, the legendary craftsman immortalized in Ovid's Metamorphoses, created sets of waxen wings
in order to escape with his son, Icarus, from King Minos' Cretan prison. Despite his father's warnings, the
son, intoxicated by the sensation of flight, soared too high and his wings melted in the sun.
L: Daedalus and Icarus: 40" x 30" (courtesy Jane Robson) R: Icarus: 40" x 30"
in order to escape with his son, Icarus, from King Minos' Cretan prison. Despite his father's warnings, the
son, intoxicated by the sensation of flight, soared too high and his wings melted in the sun.
L: Daedalus and Icarus: 40" x 30" (courtesy Jane Robson) R: Icarus: 40" x 30"
Persephone is pulled from the ground, pale after spending
the winter with her husband, Hades, king of the underworld.
The flowing robe of her mother, Demeter, mingles with the
clouds bringing live-giving rain to the spring-time crops.
the winter with her husband, Hades, king of the underworld.
The flowing robe of her mother, Demeter, mingles with the
clouds bringing live-giving rain to the spring-time crops.
| Leda and the Swan The Greek god Zeus visits the Spartan queen Leda in the guise of a swan. |
