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| An annotated version of Raphael's 'The school of athens' also known as 'The School of Philosophy' - 1509 Click to enlarge the image |
The Figures in this monumental fresco are as follows:
1. Zeno of Citium
2. Federico II of Mantua
3. Epicurus
4. Boethius or Anaximander or Empedocles
5. Averroes
6. Pythagoras
7. Alcibiades or Alexander the Great
8. Antisthenes or Xenophon
9. Aeschines or Xenophon
1. Zeno of Citium
2. Federico II of Mantua
3. Epicurus
4. Boethius or Anaximander or Empedocles
5. Averroes
6. Pythagoras
7. Alcibiades or Alexander the Great
8. Antisthenes or Xenophon
9. Aeschines or Xenophon
10. Francesco Maria della Rovere
12. Parmenides
13. Plato (representing Leonardo da Vinci)
14. Aristotle
15. Diogenes
16. Heraclitus (representing Michelangelo)
17. Euclidor Archimedes with students (representing Bramante)
18. Zoroaster
19. Ptolemy
20. Protogenes (Il Sodoma, Perugino, or Timoteo Viti)
21. Plotinus (representing Donatello)
22. This is the sculpture of the god Apollo, god of light, archery and music, holding a lyre.
23. The sculpture is Athena, goddess of wisdom, in her classical Roman guise as Minerva.
