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Mercury

God of the Week: Hermes (Mercury)

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Seldom shown in lead roles, superb paintings by masters including Botticelli, Blake, Renoir, and Velázquez, and one strange myth to finish.

November 2, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 8 – Turned into stone, Mercury and Aglauros

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Two turned to stone: Battus for betraying Mercury, and Aglauros for obstructing Mercury’s courting of Herse, and her jealousy.

March 7, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 4 – Jupiter & Io, Mercury & Argus, Pan & Syrinx

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A triple bill of myths, ingeniously interwoven into a story with four different metamorphoses – and some superb paintings.

February 19, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting
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