Art in Toronto's Streets and Parks

*Outdoor Art in Toronto* *Sculptures and Monuments in Streets and Parks*

*Lakeshore Blvd.*

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"The Garden of the Greek Gods"
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Elford Bradley Cox
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*Inscription:*	...	*Hercules* The mighty hero of ancient Greece. The Gods tested him with 12 labours. He is seen here after slaying the Nemean lion. The 20 sculptures of 'The Garden for the Greek Gods' are by E.B. Cox August 16, 1979
*Location:*		CNE grounds, westernmost part
*Sponsor:*
*Material:*		Limestone
*Year:*		1979

Mermaid
A sea nymph having the body of a woman and the tail of a fish. Here she holds a merbaby and a young dolphin.

Cyclops
One of the race of giant one-eyed men who herded sheep for a living. They were finally done in by Hercules after a fierce struggle.

Boy on a Dolphin
Many stories come down from antiquity of children having dolphins for playmates and sailors being helped to shore by dolphins.

Pan
The elusive god of the forest, half man, half goat, full of fun and games. He invented the reed pipes and filled the woods with their sounds.

Aphrodite
Goddess of love, also known as Venus, born of the sea she reached shore riding a scallop shell.

The Three Graces
These beauties were judged by Paris and the most beautiful of them received the golden apple.

The Harpies
These bird women were the embodiment of conscience and tore at the hearts of evil-doers.

Cerberus
This savage three-headed dog guarded the gates of Hades, to keep good people out and bad people in.

The Hydra

The Hydra
A monstrous dragon with nine heads originally - however if one head was cut off, two heads grew in its place. This one has 14 heads so figure how many heads were cut off.

The Hydra

The Typhon
Supposed to be a fearsome creature, half man, half snake. This last surviving specimen doesn't seem so very fierce.

Medusa
One of three gorgons, with hair of snakes, whose glance changed all who looked at her into stone.

Medusa

Orpheus
He charmed the creatures of the forest with his wonderful playing of the lyre and his heavenly singing.

Orpheus

The Minotaur
Half bull, half man, he guarded the maze for the king of Crete until vanquished by the Greek prince Theseus.

Centaur
One of a jolly race of creatures, half man, half horse, who lived in the forest of ancient Greece and were very hard to catch.

The Phoenix
After living in the desert for 500 years this bird was consumed by fire. It rose anew from its own ashes and is the symbol of eternal life.

Sea Horse
These creatures appeared on the surface of the Mediterranean as whitecaps. In large groups they could stir up quite a storm if the wind was right.

The Sphinx
A strange creature with claws of a bird and the body and tail of a lion. This woman would devour passing travellers if they could not answer her riddle correctly.

The Triton
He ruled the seas and by blowing on his conch shell could either stir up the waves or calm a storm.

Narcissus
A handsome young man who pined away for the love of his own reflection, finally turning into the flower of the same name.

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