CURETES DICTAEI In the background of the painting are represented the ravines of Mount Dicte, on the island of Crete, the hiding place  of  child Zeus. It is said, relates Lucretius (De Rerum Natura, II, 33), that in this place the Curetes Dictaei once concealed the famous cries of Zeus. Children around a child, armed, with tireless dance, they beat bronze on bronze. Rhythmically they shook the terrifying crests of their helmets. The crash was motivated by the fact that Cronus / Saturn, if he had discovered his son, would have brought the baby to his jaws and wolfed him down. In his place ...

Jupiter bearer of the aegis In the painting "Jupiter bearer of the aegis" by Carla Roselli Jupiter Zeus, the king of the gods, son of Cronus, is depicted.     He is caught in the act of defeating one of the Giants, children of the Earth, Mimante the destroyer. The Giant could imitate any form and take on any aspect he wanted (Euripides, "Ion", v. 2015). Zeus first paralyzes him by shaking the "tremendous aegis, garnished with flakes", then pierces him with the huge thunderbolt. Finally he burns it and reduces it to ashes. KING OF THE GODS The king, also called by Homer...