Tag: Victor Paillard

Leda, in Greek legend, usually believed to be the daughter of Thestius, king of Aetolia, and wife of Tyndareus, king of Lacedaemon. She was also believed to have been the mother (by Zeus, who had approached and seduced her in the form of a swan) of the other twin, Pollux, and of Helen, both of…

A Roman marble figure of Silenus  Circa 2nd Century A.D. 55cm high Private Collection The bearded follower of Bacchus, standing with a drape covering his head and wrapped around his shoulders and torso, he stands with his left hand resting on his hip, with his weight on his right leg. In Greek mythology, Silenus was…