Greek Mythology in Art
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    • Glaucus and Scylla
    • Prometheus
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Hylas and the Nymphs in Art

The story of Hylas and the Nymphs is one has proven a source of inspiration for many artists; and with the basis of the Greek mythological tale being one of a beautiful hero abducted by beautiful nymphs, it is easy to see why. 

Hylas was a companion of Heracles, and when Heracles joined the crew of the Argo, Hylas joined alongside his companion. On the journey to Colchis, the Argo would stop Mysia to replenish their provisions. Hylas would go out to gather water, and he would quickly located the Pegae spring, where he commenced to fill water sacks. The spring though, was also home to Naiad nymphs, and they saw the handsome Hylas, and decided to abduct him. 

Thus Hylas was drawn beneath the waters of the spring, where the Naiad nymphs made him ageless and immortal, and no matter the effort made by Heracles to find Hylas, Hylas could not be found. 

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  • Home
  • Artists
    • Jan Cossiers
    • Herbert James Draper
    • Jacob Jordaens
    • Peter Paul Rubens
    • Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder
    • Titian
    • John William Waterhouse
  • Museums
    • The National Gallery >
      • Artemis and Callisto (Titian)
      • Judgement of Paris (Rubens)
      • Leda and the Swan (After Michelangelo)
      • Death of Actaeon (Titian)
      • Pan and Syrinx (Boucher)
      • Diana and Callisto (Bril)
      • Bacchus and Ariadne (Titian)
    • Prado >
      • Meleager and Atalanta (Jordaens)
      • The Three Graces (Rubens)
      • Deucalion and Pyrrha (Rubens)
      • Sisyphus (Titian)
      • Punishment of Tythus (Titian)
      • Briseis given back to Achilles by Nestor (Rubens)
      • Narcissus (Cossiers)
      • Cadmus and Minerva (Jordaens)
      • Prometheus Carrying Fire (Cossiers)
      • Jupiter and Lycaon (Cossiers)
      • Orpheus and Eurydice (Rubens)
      • The Fall of Icarus (Gowy)
    • Musee d'Orsay >
      • Sarpedon (Levy)
    • The Louvre >
      • The Three Graces (Regnault)
      • The Abduction of Ganymede by Zeus (Le Sueur)
      • The Race between Hippomenes and Atalanta (Halle)
      • Ixion, King of the Lapiths, Deceived by Juno, Who He Wished to Seduce (Rubens)
      • Phaedra and Hippolytus (Guerin)
    • The Hermitage >
      • Feast of the Gods (Rottenhammer)
      • The Three Graces (Furini)
      • Helen Recognising Telemachus (Lagrenee)
  • Subjects
    • The Three Graces
    • Ganymede
    • Hylas and the Nymphs
    • Glaucus and Scylla
    • Prometheus
  • Index