Mythology Pt 2

2. Like many important figures in myth and legend,Phoebus is a favorite subject of art and literature.
4. Ceres appears in many ancient works, especially hymns.
5. Is often depicted as part human and part spider.
6. Since Mars was not often the subject of worship, he is not featured as much as other Greek gods in sculpture and other ancient art.
8. Because of his popularity and the colorful stories about him and his followers, Bacchus has been a favorite subject of writers and artist.
9. He was a popular subject of ancient Roman authors such as Ovid and Seneca.
12. Venus and her son Aeneas are central to the action of Virgil's epic poem, the "Aeneid."

1. Although her story was widely known among the ancient Greeks, it was the subject of relatively few existing works of art and literature.
2. In art Minerva wears a helmet and breastplate and carries a spear and a shield adorned with the head of Medusa.
3. The god is better known and more commonly depicted as Saturn from the Renaissance through the modern age.
5. In works of art, Diana is often shown carrying her bow and arrows, surrounded by her hounds.
7. Though Kirke is hardly a major character in Greek mythology, she has endured in art and popular culture better than some Greek gods.
10. Because of his famous beauty and rather tragic love affairs with goddesses, he has been the subject of many works of art.
11. In addition to being the main character of Homer's Iliad, he was the subject of several plays written by Greek dramatists Aeschylus and Sophocles.