Olympus: battle with the giants by Francisco Bayeu y Subías 1767-1768
"After this, when the Giants about Pallenê chose to begin the war against the immortals, Heracles fought on the side of the Gods, and slaying many of the Sons of Earth he received the highest approbation. For Zeus gave the name of "Olympian" only to those Gods who had fought by his side, in order that the courageous, by being adorned by so honourable a title, might be distinguished by this designation from the coward; and of those who were born of mortal women he considered only Dionysus and Heracles worthy of this name, not only because they had Zeus for their father, but also because they had avowed the same plan of life as he and conferred great benefits upon the life of men."
-Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.15
-Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.15
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| Olympus: battle with the giants by Francisco Bayeu y Subías 1767-1768. Museo del Prado. |
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| Ares. Possibly Aphrodite beside him? |
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| Herakles. |
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| Athena. |
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| Eros or Erotes. |
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| Zeus and Hera. |
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| Hephaestus. A cyclops is on the left. |
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| Dionysus beside a satyr. Top right: Poseidon? Top left: Hades and Persephone? |
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| Apollo. |
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| Hermes. |
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| Artemis. |
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| Satyrs. |
Quote:
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4B*.html
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