Illustrated Encyclopedia of Classical Mythology (LIMC)

Duration: 1972–2000

Cataloging of mythological motifs in all ancient visual arts from the Greek Geometric period to ca. 400 CE as a source for research in mythology, religious studies, art history, and literary studies. Publication of the *Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae* (LIMC), a handbook of mythology in the visual arts of Greece, the Roman Empire, and neighboring cultures.

Bibliography

The lexicon has been published in a total of eight two-volume sets (each consisting of a text volume and an illustrated volume) and one index volume.

I. Aara - Aphlad (1981) Vol. 1.1 (external link) / Vol. 1.2 (external link)
II. Aphrodisias - Athena (1984) Vol. 2.1 (external link) / Vol. 2.2 (external link)
III. Atherion - Eros (1986) Vol. 3.1 (external link) / Vol. 3.2 (external link)
IV. Eros - Heracles (1988) Vol. 4.1 (external link) / Vol. 4.2 (external link)
V. Heracles – Kenchrias (1990) Vol. 5.1 (external link) / Vol. 5.2 (external link)
VI. Centaurs and Centauresses - Oiax (1992) Vol. 6.1 (external link) / Vol. 6.2 (external link)
VII. Oedipus – Theseus (1994) Vol. 7.1 (external link) / Vol. 7.2 (external link)
VIII. Thespiades – Zodiacus et Supplementum Abila – Thersites (1997) Vol. 8.1 (external link) / Vol. 8.2 (external link)

Index volumes

1. Index of Museums (external link) (1999)

2. Index of literary and epigraphic sources, mythological names and figures, and authors (external link) (1999)

Further publications

Supplementum 2009 (2009)

Heidelberg research project
Director: Prof. Dr. Tonio Hölscher
Collaborators: Prof. Dr. Ingrid Krauskopf

Würzburg research project
Director: Prof. Dr. Erika Simon †
Collaborator: Dr. Anneliese Kossatz-Deißmann

Contact

LIMC research project 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 June 21, 2024)