Funerary relief of Apelles from Herakleia ~ c. 110 BCE

Apelles holds a scroll(?) in his left hand and also rests his left foot on a cylinder, while resting his right hand on a herm with a youthful head.

Inscription reads: Ἀπελλῆ Θεμίσωνος / Ἡρακλεῖε χρηστὲ / χαῖρε (this is for ancient Greek fans, I can’t translate Greek!)

🏛 Kunsthistorisches Museum, inv. I 753

Interested in this artefact? There are more details here: https://www.khm.at/en/object/51788/

#ReliefWednesday #AncientGreece @histodons @antiquidons @archaeodons

✨Early Release - Disney’s Hercules

Join our patrons for a deep dive into the classic reception tour de force that is Disney’s Hercules (1997). We sit down with Professor Alistair Blanchard whose research on this heroic figure is second to none.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/86433979?utm_campaign=postshare_creator

#History #AncientGreece #ClassicalReception @histodons @antiquidons @archaeodons

The ‘contemplative’ Athena ~ c. 460 BCE

This piece is on my mind after coming across it quite unexpectedly in the Baths of Diocletian. It was a feeling of awe to see this beauty with my own eyes.

🏛 Acropolis Museum (usually, but clearly currently on loan!)

#ReliefWednesday #AncientGreece #History @histodons @antiquidons @archaeodons

This red-figure amphora offers an ancient spin on the old adage ‘eat a bag of d***s’. Seems like you could also ‘hop in a basket of phalloi’!

Attributed to the Myson Painter, 480-475 BCE

🏛 Archaeological Museum of Syracuse, 20065

#PhallusThursday #AncientGreece #History @histodons @antiquidons @AimeeMaroux

Go bold or go home! This herm is thought to date to c. 520 BCE and the smooth surface of the herm body is perfect for showcasing their particular attribute!

📍 Siphnos
🏛 National Archaeological Museum of Athens, Inv. 3728

#PhallusThursday #AncientGreece #Herm @AimeeMaroux

Well, it is a start ... surely the British Museum is going to follow suit, very, very soon?
"Pope Francis returns three fragments of #Parthenon to #Greece - Carved heads of a boy, a horse and a bearded man, formerly in #Vatican Museums, unveiled in #Athens".

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/mar/24/pope-francis-returns-three-fragments-of-parthenon-to-greece

#Theft #Antiquities #AncientGreece #Greece #Colonialism #UK #BritishMuseum

It’s #SuperbOwl season!

This armoured owl is ready to take on any foe. They’re our pick to outshine any competition that might be thrown an owl’s way.

The oinochoe dates to the late C5th–early C4th BCE and is thought to be from Athens. The owl was connected with the goddess Athena. A militaristic owl is very much in keeping with Athena’s own military tendencies.

🏛 Louvre, CA 2192
📸 Hervé Lewandowski

#History #AncientGreece #OwlsOfMastodon

2 articles on how modern interpretations of classical art history as "pure, marble-white" erases the multicultural aspect of the ancient Greek & Roman, European worlds.

Decolonizing Classics Classroom
https://blog.cambridgescp.com/decolonising-classics-classroom-diversity-representation-visual-aids

Why I Teach About Race & Ethnicity in the Classical World
https://eidolon.pub/why-i-teach-about-race-and-ethnicity-in-the-classical-world-ade379722170

#AncientHistory #AncientRome #AncientGreece #Ancient #History #Education #Teaching #Diversity #Decolonization

Ancient Greek Votive Ear, limestone (Cyprus, 4th–3rd Century BCE)

On the lobe are five syllabic signs, the meaning of which is not evident.

Via the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

#Ear #Anatomy #Listening #Hearing #VotiveOffering #limestone #carving #ancient #Greece #Cyprus #AncientGreece

Ancient Greek Votive Ear, limestone (Cyprus, 4th–3rd Century BCE)

On the lobe are five syllabic signs, the meaning of which is not evident.

Via the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

#Ear #Anatomy #Listening #Hearing #VotiveOffering #limestone #carving #ancient #Greece #Cyprus #AncientGreece

Extensive trade networks existed between the ancient Mediterranean world & Africa, which can be seen in foreign coins, vases and other artifacts found across cities such as Berenike (Greece), Aksum (Ethiopia) & Adulis (Eritrea).

Shown:

(Left) King Aphilas of Axum, Ethiopia depicted on coinage found in ancient Berenike, Greece.

(Right) Roman Wine Amphora, possibly similar to ones identified at Adulis in Eritrea.

#AncientHistory #AncientRome #AncientGreece #Ethiopia #Eritrea #Artifacts

A little late on #Caturday but here’s the beautiful Cinder who we also like to think of as Achilles. She has just one back paw which is golden in colour as though that was where she was held by Thetis and dipped into the Styx.
#Mythology #AncientGreece #ClassicalReception #Achilles

That's another #illustration that #Instagram censored by not adding it to the tags or serving it to my followers. I think their AI confused the #Greek column for something inappropriate. Oh well.

#mastoart #watercolor #watercolour #gouache #ancientgreece #greece #art

Ancient #Greek #mythology has always been huge for me. It was the fantasy world I was daydreaming about in third grade (along #StarTrek). My dad had bought an #encyclopedia in the late '70s and that was my No1 subject to read.

Here's a #watercolor #painting I did with goddess Demeter begging #Pluto in the #underworld to release her daughter #Persephone.

#traditionalart #art #mastoart #illustration #illustrations #cerberus #watercolour #underworld #hades #ancientgreece #greece #myth

RT @ArysPan: The Sacred Way, Oracle of Delphi ✨
#Archaeology #AncientGreece

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