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Large Empire style clock with Eros

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Eros was the son of Aphrodite and Ares, depicted as a winged boy manipulating human emotions with golden (love) and leaden (repulsion) arrows. According to myths, Eros remained a small boy and began to grow up only after the birth of his brother Anteros, the god of reciprocated love. Whenever the brothers were together, Eros flourished, but when separated, he regressed back to being a child, symbolizing that love without reciprocation cannot grow internally. The only coherent story that forms the core of Eros’s biography is his fateful relationship with the mortal princess Psyche, the embodiment of the human soul. Although the jealous Aphrodite ordered her son to destroy Psyche, Eros fell head over heels in love with her and hid her in his luxurious palace. He visited her only in absolute darkness, but Psyche succumbed to curiosity, lit an oil lamp at night and a drop of hot oil burned the sleeping god. Betrayed, Eros flew away and Psyche had to undergo cruel initiatory tasks, including a descent into the underworld. After she overcame this crisis of trust, Eros forgave her, the supreme god Zeus granted Psyche immortality, and a magnificent wedding took place on Mount Olympus. From this union, a daughter, Hedone (Delight and Pleasure), was born, symbolically concluding Eros’s life journey – the mystical union of Love and Soul gave rise to lasting joy.

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Table clock with Orpheus

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Orpheus is one of the most important figures in Greek mythology. Although he is not primarily ranked among the Olympian gods, he appears as a semi-divine singer, founder of the mysteries and patron of the arts. He was the son of the Thracian king Oiagra and the Muse Calliope. He received the gift of an exceptional voice from his mother, and was taught to play the seven-stringed lyre by the god Apollo. With his art, he was able to charm not only people, but also wild animals, trees and even make stones move.

The most famous mythical narrative is related to his marriage to the nymph Eurydice. After Eurydice died after being bitten by a snake, Orpheus went to the underworld to find her. With his singing, he softened the ruler of Hades himself and his wife Persephone. He won Eurydice back on the condition that he was not allowed to look back on his way back to the surface of the earth. However, just before reaching the light, he succumbed to doubts, looked back, and Eurydice returned forever to the realm of the dead.

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Empire style table clock with Apollo

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He was the son of the supreme god Zeus and the Titaness Leto. He was born as the twin brother of the goddess of the hunt Artemis on the island of Delos. Immediately after birth, he defeated the terrible dragon Python with arrows under Mount Parnassus, thus cleansing the region there and taking control of the sacred place.

Apollo was one of the most important Greek gods. While other gods often acted in affect and brought chaos, Apollo represented reason, order, harmony and clear rules. The Greeks saw in him the ideal of beauty and civilized behavior.

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