Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives or stories that play a fundamental role in a society.

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Prospero And Ariel, From Shakespeare’s the Tempest

Prospero And Ariel, From Shakespeare’s the Tempest

Joseph Severn (English, 1793 – 1879)
Dante and Virgil in the inferno

Dante and Virgil in the inferno (1863-1865)

Hans Makart (Austrian, 1840 - 1884)
A Female Allegorical Figure

A Female Allegorical Figure (1740–50)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696-1770)
The Torture Of Mezence

The Torture Of Mezence (1865)

Louis Janmot (French, 1814 – 1892)
The Rape of Ganymede

The Rape of Ganymede (c. 1545)

Nicolò dell'Abate (Italian, 1509-1571)
Diana returning from the hunt

Diana returning from the hunt

François Lemoyne (French, 1688-1737)
Venus And Cupid

Venus And Cupid

Carlo Maratti (Italian, 1625-1713)
An Allegory Of Smell

An Allegory Of Smell (1640s)

Jan Brueghel the Younger (Flemish, 1601 - 1678)
Feast of the gods, with the Marriage of Neptune and Amphitrite

Feast of the gods, with the Marriage of Neptune and Amphitrite

Circle of Jan Brueghel I (Flemish, 1568-1625)
Tugenden

Tugenden (1765)

Joseph Winterhalder the younger (German, 1743-1807)
Mercury playing Argus to sleep with his flute, with Io transformed into a white heifer

Mercury playing Argus to sleep with his flute, with Io transformed into a white heifer (1648)

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)
Allegorical Figure of a Woman with a Shield or a Mirror

Allegorical Figure of a Woman with a Shield or a Mirror (c. 1740 - 1750)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696-1770)
Au dessus de la porte

Au dessus de la porte (1829 – 1894)

Charles Rochussen (Dutch, 1814 – 1894)
Study Revealing Anatomy to Medicine and Art

Study Revealing Anatomy to Medicine and Art (1786)

Alexandre Briceau (French, 1770 - after 1788)
Ondine Or La Mer Or Nymphe

Ondine Or La Mer Or Nymphe

Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904)
Bacchus and Ariadne

Bacchus and Ariadne (ca. 1650)

Jacob Van Loo (Dutch, 1614 - 1670)
Allegorie des Goldenen Zeitalters

Allegorie des Goldenen Zeitalters (1750-1755)

Franz Anton Maulbertsch (Austrian, 1724-1796)
Simo and his former slave Sosia. From Terence´s Andria.

Simo and his former slave Sosia. From Terence´s Andria. (1803)

Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard (Danish, 1743-1809)
Landscape With Wedding Of Peleus And Thetis

Landscape With Wedding Of Peleus And Thetis

Jan Brueghel The Elder (Flemish, 1568 - 1625)
Virgil Reading the Aeneid to the Family of Augustus

Virgil Reading the Aeneid to the Family of Augustus

Vincenzo Camuccini (Italian, 1771-1844)
Allegories of the Quarters of San Giovanni and Santa Maria Novella

Allegories of the Quarters of San Giovanni and Santa Maria Novella (1563 - 1565)

Giorgio Vasari (Italian, 1511-1574)
Vision

Vision (1880-1890)

Anonymous
The Judgement of Paris

The Judgement of Paris (1527)

Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472 - 1553)
Blessures D’amour

Blessures D’amour (1897)

William Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905)
Diana as Goddess of the Hunt

Diana as Goddess of the Hunt (1607)

Cornelis Cornelisz Van Haarlem (Dutch, 1562 - 1638)
Ossian Singing His Swan Song

Ossian Singing His Swan Song (1780 – 1782)

Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard (Danish, 1743-1809)
Apollo and Daphne

Apollo and Daphne (about 1640)

Jan Boeckhorst (Flemish, 1599-1668)
Patientia (Allegory of Patience)

Patientia (Allegory of Patience) (1660–1670)

Cornelis Saftleven (Dutch, 1607-1681)
Venus and Cupid

Venus and Cupid (1628 – 1670)

Jacob Van Loo (Dutch, 1614 - 1670)
The Barque Of Charon

The Barque Of Charon

Otto Brausewetter (German, 1825–1904)