About the images on the Pagan History Website
All images on this website were found using "google" image searches and are assumed to be in the public domain.
The two "Bacchantes" are pretty cool aren't they? They are also featured on the page "about" this website. They were both found by doing a "google" image search on the string "bacchante" (singular). The one on the left is a painting by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema titled "A Bacchante" - it was painted in 1875. The one on the right is a painting by Frederick Leighton titled "The Bacchante" - it was painted in 1895.
On the main page is a really nice picture of Demeter - this is taken from an online store called Arcaic Gifts. If you do a google image search on "demeter plaque" it will come up as a hit. The other image on the main page is a line drawing of Hermes Trismegistus - if you do a google image search on that name it should be one of the first images that comes up.
On the "questions" page there is another Demeter plaque which I found in the same way as the other one. It is also available for sale from several online merchants. The plaque is supposed to be based on a Mycenaean engraving. The other image is a famous painting titled "Shepherds of Arcadia" (that's right - search on that title). It was done by Nicolas Poussin in 1640(?).
The Goddess Worship page features yet another plaque! I am not in the plaque selling business, nor do I even provide any "click thrus" to people who are. This is a plaque of Roman Hecate - can you guess how I found it? The specific plaque shown is available from online merchants Stehphanie Taylor and Raven Grimassi. The other image is a beautiful rendition of the Chinese Buddhist Bodhisattva Cundi. It's not one of the first things that comes up from a search on "cundi" - but it should be on the second page if it's not on the first.
The image of Pan on the top left of that page is one of my favorites! It is definitely open to a variety of interpretations - just like Pagan History! Its a sculpture of Pan and Psyche - the artist's name is Reinhold Begas, and he did this in 1857. The image on the right is a statue of the God Silvanus - aka "Sylvanus", which is what you'll have to search on to find this statue. This statue is from the late 2nd century.
On the "Pagan Monotheism" page is a wonderful painting of Krishna dancing with the Gopis. This was found by searching on "krishna rasa gopis". Tha painting is available online at the "exoticindiaart.com" website. The image on the top right is a Late Antique mosaic of baby Dionysos seated in the lap of the God Hermes. It is from Paphos on Cyprus.
I went a little negative on the "tolerance" page - I admit it. The image on the left is a painting depicting the execution of Michael Servetus. His crime was to question the validity of the Calvinist version of the doctrine of the Trinity - for which he was burned alive on October 27 1553 (at the express order of John Calvin himself). The image on the right is a mosaic of the Emperor Justinian - the architect of the modern police state.
On the "101" page there is a line drawing of Apollonius of Tyana on the left, and one of the Pagan martyr Hypatia, on the right.
Finally (for now) on the page devoted to yours truly, there is a marble sculpture of Cupid and Psyche. This was done by Antonio Canova (1757-1822). They are looking at a butterfly. The other image is a painting by Sir Edward Poynter (1836 - 1919) titled "Sleep of Endymion".