It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thorsday

This bronze statuette of Jupiter follows a well-known iconographic scheme: the figure is nude, standing with the weight on the right leg, with the left bent and placed behind; the right hand grasps a thunderbolt, the left arm would originally have rested on a scepter.

Dated late 1st - early 2nd century CE.

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It's the #Theogamia in two days, the anniversary of Zeus and Hera's wedding. The Attic month of Gamelion was the Athenian "marriage month", similar to June being most popular for ancient Roman weddings due to its association with the goddess Juno.
I hope #Zeus has a beautiful annversary gift for his wife.

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Zeus-Jupiter as Planet Jupiter in the Mosaic of the Plantearium, found in the ancient Roman city of Itálica, Santiponce, Seville, Spain

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Meet Zeus Keraunios, #Zeus of the Thunderbolt, a Greek bronze sculpture of the King of the Gods as a muscular mature man about to hurl his iconic thunderbolt (now lost).
Dated ca. 150-50 BCE

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Zeus, King of the Gods, throwing his thunderbolt in this red-figure vase painting from Athens, dated 470-460 BCE.
In the photo, the dark laurel crown can be seen exceptionally well!

📸 Peter
https://www.flickr.com/photos/28433765@N07/39934205432/in/album-72157691985706251/

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In this plaster cast of an ancient Roman relief of #Zeus-Jupiter, the King of the Gods is shown standing up, holding his thunderbolt and a scepter. A cloak is draped over the shoulder of the otherwise nude god, who appears as a mature, bearded man with a pretty braid of hair around his forehead.
Dated ca. 117–138 CE.

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Sculpture of #Zeus from the Eastern pediment of the Temple of Zeus at #Olympia, Greece.
Olympia was major Panhellenic religious sanctuary of #ancientGreece, where the ancient #OlympicGames were held every four years throughout Classical #antiquity, from the 8th century BCE to the 4th century CE.

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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.

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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

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Birth of #Dionysos as the Light of Zeus, 'Dios Phos'!
The vase painter of the fifth century wrote next to the childlike figure of the god emerging from the thigh of Zeus: "Dios phos" - "Light of Zeus." The person is called "Diosphos Painter" because of this artwork.
Black figure vase painting, 500-490 BCE

🎨 Egisto Sani: https://www.flickr.com/photos/69716881@N02/31511476664/

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Birth of #Dionysos as the Light of Zeus, 'Dios Phos'!
The vase painter of the fifth century wrote next to the childlike figure of the god emerging from the thigh of Zeus: "Dios phos" - "Light of Zeus." The person is called "Diosphos Painter" because of this artwork.
Black figure vase painting, 500-490 BCE

🎨 Egisto Sani: https://www.flickr.com/photos/69716881@N02/31511476664/

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#Neoclassical painting of the birth of #Dionysos from the leg of #Zeus.
Oil on canvas, private collection.

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#Neoclassical painting of the birth of #Dionysos from the leg of #Zeus.
Oil on canvas, private collection.

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The birth of #Dionysos from the thigh of #Zeus as imagined by a 12th century CE #medieval monk.
Manuscript at the Panteleimon monastery, Mt. Athos, Greece.

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The birth of #Dionysos from the thigh of #Zeus as imagined by a 12th century CE #medieval monk.
Manuscript at the Panteleimon monastery, Mt. Athos, Greece.

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Birth of #Dionysos by George Platt Lynes, 1945-49
The infant god is emerging from his father's thigh.
There is a hypothesis that Dionysos was sewn into Zeus' thigh in September as a 6 month preemie and therefore was born the second time in December.

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Birth of #Dionysos by George Platt Lynes, 1945-49
The infant god is emerging from his father's thigh.
There is a hypothesis that Dionysos was sewn into Zeus' thigh in September as a 6 month preemie and therefore was born the second time in December.

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#Zeus wielding his thunderbolt as designed by Italian artist #Fedini.

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https://www.deviantart.com/fedini/art/Zeus-527621126

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#Zeus wielding his thunderbolt as designed by Italian artist #Fedini.

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https://www.deviantart.com/fedini/art/Zeus-527621126

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Graeco-Roman chalcedony intaglio of #Zeus enthroned, holding a scepter with an eagle to his feet.
The intaglio dates to 30 BCE - 200 CE. The gold ring itself is modern.

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