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From the Midas touch and a Sisyphean task, to Pandora’s box and Achilles’ heel, characters from classical Greek and Roman mythology have an inescapable presence in everyday life and culture. The stories of these gods, goddesses, heroes and anti-heroes have been continually retold and reinterpreted in novels, poems, plays, music and in every type of visual art throughout centuries, from ancient Greek mythology paintings and sculptures to contemporary art.

 With the rediscovery of classical antiquity in the Renaissance, the poetry of Ovid became a major influence on the imagination of poets and artists and remained a fundamental influence on the diffusion and perception of Greek mythology through subsequent centuries. The myth of Medusa has been interpreted by artists such as Rubens, Caravaggio and Bernini, the story of Venus was depicted by artists such as Botticelli and Tintoretto, while the labors of Hercules were portrayed by artists such as Luca Giordano and Antonio del Pollaiolo.