The vast heritage of Greco-Roman mythology is the main source of inspiration behind the creation of modern superheroes.
Characters like Superman—often associated with Hercules—are a direct testament to this, as are figures like Flash, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman.
These contemporary heroes are here compared to their ancient predecessors—Mercury, Neptune, and the Amazons—highlighting the profound interdependence between ancient and modern mythology: a bond expressed in the continuity of the subjects and their iconographic transformation over time.
The reproductions exhibited here, icons of antiquity, are therefore intended to explore the fil rouge that links past and present of these mythological stories, presenting some of the ancient characters from which modern authors, mainly from the two leading world labels DC and Marvel, have been inspired, giving life to the most famous protagonists of the world of Superheroes developed over the last decades.