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Artist: F. Wellington Ruckstuff
Patron: Charles Higgins
Title: The Monument and Altar to Liberty
Date: 1920

For those of us in New York, this is one of the most iconic images of Minerva. Located in Green-Wood Cemetery, she was positioned to wave back to the Statue of Liberty.

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Director: David Yates
Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 2
Date: July 2011

Here we have a scene from the final Harry Potter film; it is displaying Harry walking with and speaking to his dead mother, godfather, and friend. He summons them from the afterlife through the use of the resurrection stone to gain knowledge to help him on his journey to defeat Voldemort. This is similar to Aeaneas’ journey to the afterlife/Underworld to see his father and ask for his help on his own journey.

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Artist: Julie Cross
Title: Tantalus
Date: 2015

This painting depicts Tantalus standing in water and reaching for the apples that grow above him. As said in the myth, Tantalus in the Underworld is unable to eat or drink the food and water that is right in front of him.

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Show Creator: Michelle Lovretta

Show: Lost Girl

Date: 2014

In one of my favorite shows, Lost Girl, the main character, Bo- a mythical succubus, begins the show without knowing who her parents are. In the final season, she finds out that her father is Hades and that she was born in Tartarus. Other Greek Gods are also mentioned in this show. This screenshot shows Bo and Persephone when she arrives to Tartarus for the first time. At this point, she has not yet met Hades and Persephone is telling her that she is her step-mom and how horrible Hades is. Eventually she finds her way back out of Tartarus, but Hades now has a grasp on Bo and uses her as an anchor to get to Earth. Hades’ plot develops by him escaping from Tartarus and using Bo to take over and control the world along with the raising the Underworld. In the end which is actually the series finale, there is a conflict which ultimately ends with Hades being sent back to Tartarus.

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Songs: It's Never Over (Oh Orpheus
Artist: Arcade Fire
Album: Reflektor

This is one of my favorite of Arcade Fire's songs. The whole song, Eurydice is talking to Orpheus, telling him not to look back, and to "wait until it's over." I interpret this as her anticipating that his journey to the Underworld will not end in success and that he should wait for death to bring them back together in the Underworld. She says "it seems like a big deal now, but you will get over it." Perhaps this lyric tries to downplay the importance of love, which ultimately brought Orpheus to despair again and led to his demise.

A later song on the album called Awful Sound (Oh Eurydice) is Orpheus' response to her, in which he recalls how "it's an awful sound, when you hit the ground," the plurals indicating her multiple deaths and repeated causes of pain for her living lover. There is much more to glean from these lyrics so I encourage you to read them all!

The album artwork is of course, the statue of Orpheus and Eurydice that Susanna posted about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fENVQJGc18

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It's never over (Oh Orpheus) - Arcade Fire (HD + Lyrics)

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Artist: Disney
Title: Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Date: 1996
Everyone knows the famous Disney movie Aladdin, but the third movie, Aladdin and the King of Thieves was not as popular. In the movie, the animators incorporate the King Midas story by putting his hand in the movie. Aladdin goes to search for a golden hand, a synecdoche for King Midas. The hand is literally called the Hand of Midas and it is ultimately the demise of the antagonist because of his greed for it (he turns into gold).

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Student Submission         God of War - King Midas

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Student Submission         God of War - King Midas

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Artist: Tobias Kwan

Title: God of War - King Midas
Date: 2010

This is a drawing inspired by the video game God of War. In the video game they actually changed the story to King Midas was dragged by the Sparta and thrown in to lava, he ended up dying in the lava and the lava turned into gold. The video game did have a scene which Midas turned his daughter into gold, in this image we could see his hands was rotten even with the power of gold touch. I think that symbols wealth isn’t that necessary in life because you are not going to forever anyways.

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Artist: Hazel Lee Santino
Title: Blind Tiresias Confirms--Women Have More Fun
Date: 2016
This is a modern painting that demonstrate that being a woman is better than being a man in sexual intercourse. The male in this drawing seems sad and disappointed while the female has a timid smile yet, some pride expressed on her face. The snakes further verify that this man and woman are Tiresias.

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This is a #gif image from a clip from the Disney Hercules movie. In the short clip we see Hades throwing fire to the shades trying to escape the Styx river. It is the separation between the earth and underworld. I can't remember the Disney version of Hercules maybe I should watch it again for some humor and see its accuracy.

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Artist: Midas
Title: Generic Midas Touch
Date: 2017

I feel that this advertisement is incredibly ironic, since the myth of Midas showed that having a golden touch is not something to be desired. He turned his daughter into gold and could not even eat because he turned all of his food into gold. However, the Midas company still uses the slogan "Midas Touch" in its advertisement, to portray their services as golden. After reading the myth, I probably would not go to this mechanic, as the Midas Touch isn't something to be desired.

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Artist: Unknown but based on the manga Saint Seiya; Hades Chapter by Masami Kurumada.
Title: Lyra Orphee (Orpheus, Orfeo) and Eurydice in the Elysian fields.
Date: 2001-2004 (approx)

This picture depicts the character Lyra Orphee (based on Orpheus) playing his lyre for Eurydice in the Elysian fields. The iconography here is lyre and the saddened face of Orphee. In this version, Orphee is one of Athena's silver saints and went to the underworld to rescue Eurydice. Well aware that Orphee is a powerful saint, Pandora tricks him into looking back at Eurydice. This turns her into stone from the torso down. Pandora forces Orphee to stay in the underworld and fight for Hades instead of Athena. As a bonus, Pandora will place Eurydice in the Elysian fields. His power is based on his lyre and song (archetype) which not even the gods can resist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgDI9_RnAs4

the above link contain a video depicting the scene (Japanese dub, Spanish subtitles.

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Artist: Scott Welburn
Title: Argyle Sweater Comic Strip
Date: 2013
A comic poking fun at Midas' foolish wish,  and we see a separate myth with Medusa's 'power.' However, for the latter this punishment was intended but of course the Midas story teaches us about the punishments greed can bring.