Classical Mythology
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Art. History. Classical Mythology. Best of Greek & Roman Myths (and a little Near East too). Owls & Pomegranates. Co-host @MythologyMonday.📜🏺⚡️𓃢
"The Giant" by Arrigo Minerbi (1881-1960), meant to represent Neptune. Fegina Beach, Monterosso al Mare, Italy. 1910. Photo via Italianways, Meg Carriero.
"The Vintage Festival" (1871) by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912). Oil on panel. Photo: National Gallery of Victoria.
Stunning illustration of Sobek in crocodile form from "The Book of the Faiyum." Sobek was known as "Lord of the Nile" and the one "who greens the Two Banks." Egyptian, Greco-Roman period, ca. 1st century BCE-2nd century CE. Ink on papyrus,12.5 in. H. Walters Museum (# W.738).
"The God of the Vine was born of fire and nursed by rain, the hard burning heat that ripens the grapes and the water that keeps the plant alive." 🍇#MythologyMonday Painting by Eugène Delacroix. Photo: © Musée du Louvre/Hervé Lewandowski
Print titled, "Women and Men in Greco-Roman clothing." 1876-1888. Photo: NYPL Digital Collections.
Gold pendant set with a silver Roman denarius featuring Salus, the goddess of health & safety. The setting dates to ca. 1870 & was created with laurel leaves and berries in the "archaeological revival" style popular at the time. Photo: British Museum.
Illustrations from "A Technical History of Costume: Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine Costume & Decoration" by Mary G. Houston. 1947. 📷me
Neptune's seahorses. Date: 19th century. Medium: marble. Italian work, not signed. Victor Werner Collection, Belgium.
"Of revered gold-wreathed and beautiful Aphrodite I shall sing, to whose domain belong the battlements of all sea-laved Cyprus..." "Roses of Youth" by Henrietta Rae (1859–1928). Image credit: Scarborough Museums and Galleries
Part of a marble face placed in a niche of a limestone pillar as an offering to Asclepios, #Greek god of healing. Dedicated by Praxias after his wife’s eyes were cured, 350-300 BC. Acropolis Museum, Athens. 📷 my own #Archaeology
"The birth of Minerva" lithograph by Kaeppelin, 19th century. 📷NYPL Digital Collections.
"A Young Roman Warrior Accompanied by His Father Asks the Gods for the Success of His Weapons" (ca. 1780) by Jean-Germain Drouais. Oil on canvas. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne. 📷Didier Descouens
The goddess Ceres reclines before a waving wheat field dotted with poppies as the green earth appears to rise up and embrace her. #MythologyMonday "Ceres" by Osmar Schindler (1867–1927). Private Collection.📷Sotheby's.
A #Roman mosaic of a frog sitting on a lily-pad #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Mosaics
Book cover of the week for #BookWormSat: "D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths" by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. (Photo by me)
Collection of Ancient Greek and Roman intaglios, intricately carved amethyst gemstones, dating from approximately the 4th century BC to the 2nd century AD. Amethyst held significant value in both Ancient Greek and Roman cultures, appreciated for its captivating purple hues and…
Roy the "Royal Scribe" and his wife Nebtawy "Chantress of Amun" New Kingdom, Late 18th- early 19th Dynasty, 1319–1292 B.C. TT 255. Valley of the Nobles; Theban Necropolis, Luxor West Bank
Carved coral bracelet featuring the head of Bacchus wearing vines and grapes. Panthers, animals associated with the god, flank his face. Coral, gold. Italian, ca. 19th century, 3.60 cm h. Photo: © The Trustees of the British Museum
