The names of the statues listed below begin at the right of the stage. Parenthesis indicates the present location of the original.
1. Faun with Infant Bacchus (Naples Museum)
When Bacchus (Dionysus) was an infant, his father, Zeus, entrusted him to the nymphs and fauns, mythical creatures of the woodlands, and to the Muses, goddesses who presided over the arts, music, and literature.
2. Apollo Citharoedus (Vatican Museum, Rome)
God of music and the arts. Apollo wears the long robe of a musician and carries a lyre, the instrument he is said to have invented.
3. Mnemosyne, Mother of the Muses (Royal Museum, Dresden)
Sometimes called Woman from Herculanea because this statue was discovered there in the 18th century.
4. Dancing Satyr (Villa Borghese, Rome)
An older faun plays the cymbals as he dances, as if in a procession honoring Dionysus. A panther skin, sacred to the god, is draped on the stump behind him.
5. Demosthenes (NY Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum, Copenhagen)
Greek statesman and orator, devoted to preserving Athens’ freedom, born in 384 B.C.
6. Seated Anacreon (Villa Borghese, Rome)
Greek lyric poet born about 560 B.C.
7. Euripedes (Vatican Museum, Rome)
Greek playwright, holding a mask as would be worn in a Greek tragedy.
8. Diana of Versailles (Louvre Museum, Paris)
Goddess of the moon, divine huntress and sister of Apollo, Diana led the choir of nymphs and muses in her brother’s sanctuary.
9. Apollo Belvedere (Vatican Museum, Rome)
The most famous and most influential Greek and Roman god, Apollo was the sun god and was also a healer and patron of the intellectual pursuits.
10. Aeschines (Naples Museum, Naples)
Athenian orator and statesmen, rival to Demosthenes, 389-314 B.C.
11. Standing Anacreon (Jacobson Collection, Copenhagen)
The poet represented nude as the Greeks represented all gods, heroes and victorious athletes.
12. Sophocles (Lateran Museum, Rome)
Tragic poet and playwright of Athens, 496-406 B.C.
13. Lemnian Athena (Torso in Royal Museum Dresden, and head in Museo Civico, Bologna)
Goddess of wisdom and crafts, Athena invented the flute.
14. Marcellus or Germanicus as Heres Logios (Louvre Museum, Paris)
Man holding sea shell to ear.
15. Amazon (Berlin Museum)
The Amazons were legendary women warriors whose patroness was Diana.
16. Resting Faun (Capitoline Museum, Rome)
Often called “The Marble Faun” from the title of the book by Hawthorne, where he plays a role in the story.