1963 - 1999
Recording mythological pictorial themes in all ancient pictorial art from the Greek-Geometric period to around 400 AD as a source for myth research, religious, art and literary studies. Publication of the Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), a handbook of mythology in the pictorial art of Greece, the Roman Empire and neighboring cultures.
Bibliography
The lexiconhas been published in a total of eight double volumes (text and plate volume) and an index volume.
- I. Aara - Aphlad (1981) Bd. 1.1 (external link) / Bd. 1.2 (external link)
- II. Aphrodisias - Athena (1984) Bd. 2.1 (external link) / Bd. 2.2 (external link)
- III. Atherion - Eros (1986) Bd. 3.1 (external link) / Bd. 3.2 (external link)
- IV. Eros - Herakles (1988) Bd. 4.1 (external link) / Bd. 4.2 (external link)
- V. Herakles - Kenchrias (1990) Bd. 5.1 (external link) / Bd. 5.2 (external link)
- VI. Kentauroi et Kentaurides - Oiax (1992) Bd. 6.1 (external link) / Bd. 6.2 (external link)
- VII. Oidipous - Theseus (1994) Bd. 7.1 (external link) / Bd. 7.2 (external link)
- VIII. Thespiades - Zodiacus et Supplementum Abila - Thersites (1997) Bd. 8.1 (external link) / Bd. 8.2 (external link)
Index volumes:
1. Index der Museen (external link) (1999)
2. Index der literarischen und epigraphischen Quellen, der mythologischen Namen mythologischen Figuren, der Autoren (external link) (1999)
Further publication:
Supplementum 2009 (2009)
| Heidelberg | Würzburg |
|---|---|
| Management: Prof. Dr. Tonio Hölscher | Management: Prof. Dr. Erika Simon † |
| Collaboration: Prof. Dr. Ingrid Krauskopf | Collaboration: Dr. Anneliese Kossatz-Deißmann |
Contact:
LIMC Research Center of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities: hadw@hadw-bw.de
Further information
The project is now available online via the University of Basel: https://weblimc.org/ (as of 21.06.2024)