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Python, in Greek mythology, a huge serpent that was killed by the god Apollo at Delphi either because it would not let him found his oracle, being accustomed itself to giving oracles, or because it had persecuted Apollo's mother, Leto, during her pregnancy.\n\nThe fresco shows the Omphalos stone covered with a net and the Python wrapped around it. A priestess stands at left with a sacrificial bull.\n\nA detail from a sacrificial scene shows a bull being brought to the omphalos - Made up of a stone and a snake it represents the navel of the world - Apollo plays the zither.\n\nThe ancient Greeks also used omphalos to refer to a sacred, rounded stone in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi that was supposed to mark the center of the earth.
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On January 3rd 2024, the facade of the world-famous Glyptothek in Munich, dedicated to show ancient sculpture. It is the oldest public museum in Munich.
Palermo, Italy - October 17, 2022: Detail of a fresco of the Pompeiana hall in the apartments of  the Norman Palace also known as the Royal Palace
The pediment of the entrance to the Academy of Athens. It consists of a multiple-figured composition representing the birth of goddess Athena. It is a work of the sculptor Leonidas Drosis (1843-1884).
Fagnano Olona, Italy - May 6, 2023: Fagnano Olona, Varese province, Lombardy, Italy: exterior of the historic Madonna della Selva church
Facade of the stock exchange palace in Nantes in France. On the palace are the sculptures of Mathurin Crucy, a work completed in 1812
Statue - Arabs with elephant, Albert Memorial part, London, UK
House of the Vettii VI 15,1 Pompeii\nCentral wall painting on south wall showing Dionysus and Ariadne, as well as the fight between Eros and Pann
Rome, Italy - August 06, 2023: Marble statues, copies of those displayed above the Altare della Patria in Rome.
Religious art in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy: Adam and Eve
Gatchina, Russia - 16 July 2010: Fragment of the ceiling painting of the 18th century in the royal pavilion in the Gatchina Park. Plafond Triumph of Venus, was written in 1797 by artist I. Mettenleiter.
Maine National Monument in Central Park, New York City, USA on a sunny day.
The central portion of the ceiling of the salle des Pas-Perdus in the palais Bourbon, by Horace Vernet, entitled “Peace Enthroned Before Paris”.
The National Archives in Washington DC, houses the Declaration of Independence, The US Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
Buenos Aires, Argentina- December 25, 2010: View of Metropolitan Cathedral in Plaza de Mayo in a calm summer evening.
Iphigeneia carried to the sacrifice ( centre ) while the seer Calchas ( on the right ) watches on and Agamemnon - king of Mycenae who commanded the Achaeans during the Trojan War ( on the left ) covers his head in sign of lamentation. In the sky, Artemis appears with a hind which will be substituted for the young girl.\nThe House of the Tragic Poet ( also called The Homeric House or The Iliadic House ) is a Roman house in Pompeii, Italy dating to the 2nd century BC. The house is famous for its elaborate mosaic floors and frescoes depicting scenes from Greek mythology.\nFrom left to right : Agamemnon - Odysseus - Menelaos ( holding Iphigeneia ) - Calchas
Beautiful painting of a young man and woman of the Palatine Chapel or Cappella Palatina in the old town of Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Painting by Luigi Sabatelli dated 1806 in the Chapel of Madonna del Conforto, Cathedral of Arezzo
Facade Neue Wache Memorial Berlin Germany. Built in 1818.. After WW2 East German War Memorial against Fascism.  Now Memorial the Victims of War and Tyranny.
Bavaria is souvenir-icon Germany at its postcard best, and the fairy-tale Gothic, Biergarten-filled city of Munich is no exception.
The ceiling mural at The Griffith Observatory located on the south slope of Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park. The Observatory is literally in the center of the city in metropolitan Los Angeles, California.
Vintage photograph of Rosa Poppe as Sappho, German actress, 19th Century
Exterior View of the Museum of Cyprus in Nicosia
Dionysos discovers Ariadne on Naxos from the house of the colored columns in Pompeii.\nAfter Ariadne helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth, he abandoned her on the island of Naxos. His ship sails off in the upper right. Dionysus and his retinue discover her sleeping; the god falls in love with her and makes her his consort.
Classical Greek frieze in the entablature of a Greek style parthenon.
Paris, France: Notre Dame de Lorette Church Facade/Pediment. Situated in the 9th arrondissement, the Neoclassical church was completed in 1836.
Black White Decoration of Arts Institute of Paris France. Institute is a French learned society managing over 1000 foundations.  Louis IV created the building in 1661
Philadelphia, USA - July 28, 2024. Historic architecture of National Mechanics on S 3rd Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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