Simon · @SimonBralee
61 followers · 89 posts · Server zirk.usThe fascinating new Islanders exhibition at the Fitzwilliam asks us to think about the ancient world as a network society. #history #AncientHistory #AncientMediterranean #AncMed #Cyprus #Sicily #Sardinia https://rhakotis.com/2023/04/06/islanders/
#history #ancienthistory #ancientmediterranean #AncMed #Cyprus #sicily #Sardinia
Erotic Mythology (comms open) · @AimeeMaroux
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It's the Day of Ares / Mars' Day / #Tuesday!
Marble bust of #Ares after the Greek original by Alkamenes ca. 420s BCE.
The god is depicted as a beardless youth with an elaborate helmet, the crest of which is resting on the back of a #sphinx.
#DayOfAres #Mythology #GreekMythology #GreekMyth #Myth #Mythodon @ @mythology @antiquidons #GreekGods #AncMed #GreekRomanArt @histodons
#tuesday #ares #sphinx #DayOfAres #mythology #greekmythology #greekmyth #myth #mythodon #greekgods #AncMed #greekromanart
Erotic Mythology (comms open) · @AimeeMaroux
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Let's get the hashtag #FannyFriday started on #Mastodon, @antiquidons,
@medievodons & @histodons!
A day all about the vulva in art and history 👌
#Friday is perfect as it was the #DayofAphrodite in #ancientGreece & Rome.
Toot vulva #artefacts & #art, tell vulva #funfacts, or teach us some vulva #history!
Calling #FannyFriday veterans @rogueclassicist @phistorians @Chapps @vagina_museum @roob @emmaaum #AncMed #medieval #ancientRome #RomanBritain
Banner by @Ayhaidebil1 :birdsite:
#fannyfriday #mastodon #friday #DayOfAphrodite #ancientgreece #artefacts #art #funfacts #history #AncMed #medieval #ancientrome #romanbritain
Erotic Mythology (comms open) · @AimeeMaroux
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The Harpyiai or Harpies were depicted as winged women, sometimes with ugly faces, or with the lower bodies of birds. They were the spirits/daimones of sudden, dangerous gusts of wind and were sent by the gods to snatch up people and things from the dark earth. A missing person was said to have been snatched by the #Harpies.
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#mythology #GreekMythology #AncMed #GreekRomanArt
@mythology @antiquidons
#harpies #mythology #greekmythology #AncMed #greekromanart
Erotic Mythology (comms open) · @AimeeMaroux
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The Griphoi or #Griffins are hybrid creatures with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. They guard a treasure of gold by the border to Hyperborea. Griffins were popular decorations in #ancientGreek art, for example the helm of the statue of #Athena Piraeus.
@mythology #mythology #GreekRomanArt #GreekMythology #AncMed @antiquidons
#griffins #ancientgreek #athena #mythology #greekromanart #greekmythology #AncMed
Erotic Mythology (comms open) · @AimeeMaroux
923 followers · 866 posts · Server mastodon.socialThe Griphoi or #Griffins are hybrid creatures with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. They guard a treasure of gold by the border to Hyperborea. Griffins were popular decorations in #ancientGreek art, for example the helm of the statue of Athena Piraeus.
@mythology #mythology #GreekRomanArt #GreekMythology #AncMed @antiquidons
#griffins #ancientgreek #mythology #greekromanart #greekmythology #AncMed
Erotic Mythology (comms open) · @AimeeMaroux
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A tiny Roman amulet made of gold. Note the beautiful pubic hair!
#PhallusThursday @phistorians @rogueclassicist #GreekRomanArt #AncMed @antiquidons #ancientRome
#phallusthursday #greekromanart #AncMed #ancientrome
Erotic Mythology (comms open) · @AimeeMaroux
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It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday!
Bronze figurine of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus, the Latin name of the supreme god venerated in the great temple of Baalbek in modern Lebanon. The god has also been called Ba'al, Hadad, Helios and #Zeus.
#zeus #DayOfZeus #AncMed #greekromanart #histodon
Erotic Mythology (comms open) · @AimeeMaroux
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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!
#Hermes and a #satyr on their way home from the #NewYearsParty 😉
Perhaps it is one of his three sons known as the Satyroi Hermeides, #satyrs who became the messengers of Dionysos.
Athenian red-figure vase painting, dated ca. 525-475 BCE, today in Berlin Antikensammlung F2160
#DayOfHermes #Mythology #GreekMythology #GreekMyth #Myth #Mythodon #GreekRomanArt @mythology #GreekGods #AncMed @antiquidons
#wednesday #hermes #satyr #newyearsparty #satyrs #DayOfHermes #mythology #greekmythology #greekmyth #myth #mythodon #greekromanart #greekgods #AncMed
Erotic Mythology (comms open) · @AimeeMaroux
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It's the Day of Ares / Mars' Day / #Tuesday!
We start the #NewYear with something cute: #Ares bending down to talk to his son #Eros, depicted on a Roman oil lamp made of white clay.
Eros is a winged young boy holding the shield and spear of his father. Ares is in the nude except for his crested helm.
Or could it be Phobos or Deimos?
#DayOfAres #Mythology #GreekMythology #GreekMyth #Myth #Mythodon @mythology @antiquidons #GreekGods #AncMed #GreekRomanArt
#tuesday #newyear #ares #eros #DayOfAres #mythology #greekmythology #greekmyth #myth #mythodon #greekgods #AncMed #greekromanart
Erotic Mythology (comms open) · @AimeeMaroux
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It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday!
Our first #Selene of the year is found on the #Mosaic of the Planetarium from Italica, an archaeological site located in modern-day #Santiponce, 9 kilometres (5.5 miles) north of #Seville in #Spain.
#DayOfSelene #Selene #MosaicMonday #MoonMonday #AncMed #GreekRomanArt #histodon @antiquidons #ancientRome
#monday #selene #mosaic #santiponce #seville #spain #DayOfSelene #MosaicMonday #moonmonday #AncMed #greekromanart #histodon #ancientrome
Erotic Mythology (comms open) · @AimeeMaroux
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A dance party for #Satyrday, so that you may channel your inner #satyr or #maenad for your #NewYearsParty tonight 🥳
May the God of Joy, Wine, and Parties heal all your sorrows for this last night of the year! 🥂🍾
Io #Dionysos!
#HappyNewYear #HappyNewYearToAll #GreekRomanArt #AncMed #ancientGreece #vasepainting
#satyrday #satyr #maenad #newyearsparty #dionysos #happynewyear #happynewyeartoall #greekromanart #AncMed #ancientgreece #vasepainting
Erotic Mythology (comms open) · @AimeeMaroux
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It's the #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology!
And this Saturday is special because some say #Dionysos was born on 31 December. Here we see the Nativity of Dionysos with #Hermes delivering him to the nymphs of Nysa with the satyrs & maenads celebrating!
#HappyNewYear to all who celebrate. May the God of Joy Dionysos grant us much rejoicing this season, and from that season onwards for many a year! 🥂
#HappyNewYearToAll #mythology #AncMed @mythology @antiquidons #GreekMythology #GreekRomanArt
#DayOfDionysos #dionysos #hermes #happynewyear #happynewyeartoall #mythology #AncMed #greekmythology #greekromanart
Everton Bernardes · @ebernardes
106 followers · 25 posts · Server hcommons.socialDo you know modern plays based on Ancient Greek/Roman theatre that deal at any level with the history of black diaspora and/or are set in colonial or post-colonial contexts?
I've been writing about Pecong, by Steve Carter, a play based on Medea which is set in the Caribbean and has many Afro-Caribbean elements such as music, religion and society. Since then I've been interested in other plays that deal with similar questions, such as "The Darker Face of the Earth", by Rita Dove, "Odale's Choice", by Kamau Brathwaite, and "The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite", by Wole Soyinka.
Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
#classics #reception #ClassicalReception #theatre #AncMed #PostcolonialStudies #culturalstudies #BlackHistory #BlackStudies
#classics #reception #classicalreception #theatre #AncMed #PostcolonialStudies #culturalstudies #BlackHistory #BlackStudies
Erotic Mythology (comms open) · @AimeeMaroux
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For the last #FannyFriday of 2022 we're getting rid of the urine of the old year to be at ease and refreshed for a #NewYear.
#fannyfriday #newyear #AncMed #greekromanart #vasepainting #hetaira
Erotic Mythology (comms open) · @AimeeMaroux
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Can we establish the hashtag #FannyFriday on #Mastodon, @antiquidons,
@medievodons, and @histodons?
#Friday was the #DayofAphrodite for the ancient Greeks, preserved as the Day of Venus in many Romance languages. Therefore it's the best day for celebrating the #vulva in art & culture 👌
Toot vulva #artefacts & #art, tell vulva #funfacts, or teach us some vulva #history!
Calling #FannyFriday veterans @rogueclassicist @phistorians @Chapps @vagina_museum @roob
#AncMed
Banner by @Ayhaidebil1 🦃
#fannyfriday #mastodon #friday #DayOfAphrodite #vulva #artefacts #art #funfacts #history #AncMed
Erotic Mythology (comms open) · @AimeeMaroux
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It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday!
Detail of a scene shortly after the birth of #Dionysos from the thigh of #Zeus from a #Sarcophagus depicting the Triumph of Dionysos.
Roman, ca 190 CE
🎨Photo by Lucas Livingston
#DayOfZeus #Zeus #AncMed #GreekRomanArt #histodon #antiquidon #AncientRome
#dionysos #zeus #sarcophagus #DayOfZeus #AncMed #greekromanart #histodon #antiquidon #ancientrome
Erotic Mythology (comms open) · @AimeeMaroux
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#Dionysos seated on the left, watching an impressively acrobatic performer and her bum. Two other performers admire her front from the right.
325-300 BCE, Sicilian Greek kalyx krater, Apulian style
#dionysos #bumdaymonday #AncMed #greekromanart #histodon #antiquidon
Erotic Mythology (comms open) · @AimeeMaroux
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It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday!
Goddess #Luna Pediment at the Roman Baths. Note her whip in the back!
#DayOfSelene #Selene #AncMed #GreekRomanArt #histodon @antiquidons
#monday #luna #DayOfSelene #selene #AncMed #greekromanart #histodon
Erotic Mythology (comms open) · @AimeeMaroux
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It's the Day of Helios / Sol's Day / #Sunday!
Sol Invictus (#Helios) with a halo of sunlight and #Mithras (to his right) feast together.
Emperor Aurelian built a new temple for Sol, which was dedicated #OTD, 25 December 274 CE. The cult, like Mithraism, had been introduced from the East
Read more about mid-winter festivals (ancient & modern) in my article:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/32058351
#DayOfHelios #Sun #SolInvitus #AncMed #ReligioRomana #ancientRome #antiquidon @antiquidons
#sunday #helios #mithras #otd #DayOfHelios #sun #solinvitus #AncMed #religioromana #ancientrome #antiquidon