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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 18:52:57 GMT -5
Quote:One of the Meteora Monasteries in Greece, built up from the 14th to 16th centuries cf. The Cloistered Cleric (aka Nun, Friar): BEST OF DRAGON, VOL. IV
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 18:53:12 GMT -5
Quote:The Minerva Bowl, silver cup from the Hildesheim Treasure, the largest collection of Roman silver found outside Italy
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 18:53:28 GMT -5
Quote:Terracotta statuette of Hades sitting on his throne, from Boeotia, c. 400-350 BC
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 18:53:46 GMT -5
Quote:Aphrodite reproaches Eros, Greek silver-gilt mirror, 2nd c AD
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 18:54:01 GMT -5
Quote:Aphrodite, goddess of love, riding a swan on an Athenian red-figure vase, made in Cyprus 500–400 BC
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 18:54:23 GMT -5
Quote:3rd century BC Greek bronze statue of an unknown prince
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 18:54:37 GMT -5
Quote:Bellerophon on Pegasus killing the Chimera: Attic epinetron (knee guard for wool-workers) 425BC, Nat Arch Mus Athens.
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 18:54:53 GMT -5
Quote:Papyrus fragment with lines from Homer's Odyssey, Greek, Ptolemaic, 285–250 BC ► t.co/RyorzjIsHi
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 18:55:08 GMT -5
Quote:Greek gold armband with the figure of the god Triton, dated to the 3rd century BC
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 18:55:23 GMT -5
Quote:Ancient Greek Weapons and Carts Chromolithograph - 1894
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 18:55:39 GMT -5
Quote:Perseus Confronting Phineus with the Head of Medusa - Sebastiano Ricci, 1705
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 18:55:59 GMT -5
Quote:Superb Roman silver & gold treasure from Berthouville, detail of Mercury & Hercules ... via t.co/pw2SMx3cHd
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 18:56:15 GMT -5
Quote:Greek ivory: Achilles dragging Hektor behind his chariot (4th c.AD, Eleutherna) via t.co/38hasQUDIo
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 18:56:30 GMT -5
Took this one at the weekend at Stirling Castle. Still on the classical theme though, Hercules grappling with the Nemean Lion. One of about three dozen large (c 1m) decorative carvings made in 1500 for the ceiling of James V's reception hall:
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 18:57:25 GMT -5
Quote:Two of my #FavMW statues of Artemis/Diana are in the @museelouvre #MuseumWeek
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 21:51:41 GMT -5
An actual caryatid column: picture link non working
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 21:52:18 GMT -5
A reconstruction of one of Phidias' statues of Athena - a cast was taken of the original and a new statue made and gilded as the original would have been:
A similar treatment of another statue of Athena which was originally painted rather than gilded:
More missing pictures.
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 21:52:32 GMT -5
Quote:Greek bronze cuirass dated to the 4th century BC
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 21:52:48 GMT -5
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 21:53:07 GMT -5
Quote:The Zeus of Otricoli, a Roman marble 2nd century AD copy of a Greek statue originally from the 4th century BC
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 21:53:25 GMT -5
Quote:A dagger and pair of bronze gladiator's greaves (leg guards) from Pompeii decorated with relief of Jupiter & Neptune.
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 21:53:56 GMT -5
Quote:Two terracotta oil lamps in the form of a Gladiator's helmet (Romisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne).
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 21:54:12 GMT -5
Quote:Bronze statuette of a hoplomachus (a type of gladiator armed to resemble a Greek hoplite), 2nd c. AD (Neues Museum).
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 21:54:32 GMT -5
I like this kind of stuff... Quote:Greek shopping list from the 3rd century AD: Heraclides asks his brother for food & tells him prices to barter for.
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 21:54:50 GMT -5
Quote:Centaurs abduct Hippodameia at her wedding. Her Lapith groom Perithous & Theseus intervene. Apulia 350BC, MAN Naples.
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 21:55:06 GMT -5
Quote:The 8 foot tall head of the Colossus of Constantine, that once stood at 12 metres, or 40ft tall, dated to c.315 AD
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 21:55:22 GMT -5
I may have posted this before. Quote:Ancient Greek terracotta dolphin, likely a child's rattle, ca. 4th c. BC via t.co/lFooYKRYEd
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 21:55:40 GMT -5
GREEK The Olympic Pantheon (DDG.3.99, 100) Greek Mythos (DDG.63) Greek Mythology (G.DG.H.13) (L&L.102)
Olympian Theology (DDG.3.99) Olympian Cosmology (DDG.3.99, 100) Table 4-1 : The Olympian Pantheon (DDG.3.100) Table 4-2 : Olympian Deities By Race (DDG.3.100) Table 4-3 : Olympian Deities By Class (DDG.3.100)
The New Age (L&L.103) The Greek Pantheon (L&L.104)
Greek Temple Complex (image/map) (L&L.107) Olympian Temple (DDG.3.103)
The Academy (Philosophy of Good, truth, beauty) (DDG.3.132)
Gaea (Greater goddess of Fertility, health, prophesy) (L&L.108) Uranus (Greater god of Sky) (L&L.108)
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 21:55:53 GMT -5
Rhea (Greater goddess of Fertility, life) (L&L.109)
Zeus (Greater god of Sky, air, storms, fate, nobility) (DDG.3.101) Zeus (Greater god of Heavens, law) (L&L.110) Zeus (god of the air) "ruler of the gods" (Greater god) (DDG.63) Zeus God of the Air "Ruler of the Gods" (G.DG.H.13) The White Eagle of Zeus (DDG.63) White Eagle (G.DG.H.13)
Poseidon (Intermediate god of Sea, rivers, earthquakes) (DDG.3.129) Poseidon (Intermediate god of Water, earthquakes, creation) (L&L.116) Poseidon (god of seas, oceans, streams, and earthquakes) (Greater god) (DDG.73) Poseidon God of the Seas, Oceans, and Streams (G.DG.H.13)
Hades (Greater deity of Death, underworld, earth, wealth) (DDG.3.115) Hades (Intermediate god of Death, wealth) (L&L.117) Hades (god of the underworld and death) (Greater god) (DDG.69) Hades God of the Underworld and Death (G.DG.H.13)
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Post by El Borak on Mar 12, 2024 21:56:05 GMT -5
Aphrodite (Intermediate goddess of Love, beauty) (DDG.3.103) Aphrodite (Intermediate goddess of Love, beauty) (L&L.111) Aphrodite (goddess of love, beauty and passion) (Greater goddess) (DDG.64)
Apollo (Intermediate god of Light, prophecy, music, healing) (DDG.3.105) Apollo (Intermediate god of Light, prophecy, music, healing) (L&L.115) Apollo (god of the sun, prophecy, music, and archery) (DDG.64) Apollo God of Music and Light (G.DG.H.13)
Athena (Greater goddess of Wisdom, crafts, civilization, war) (DDG.3.110) Athena (Intermediate goddess of Wisdom, crafts, war) (L&L.112) Athena (goddess of wisdom and combat) (Greater goddess) (DDG.65) Athene Goddess of Wisdom and War (G.DG.H.14)
Ares (Intermediate god of War, killing, strife) (DDG.3.107) Ares (Intermediate god of War, killing, strife) (L&L.111) Ares (god of war) (Greater god) (DDG.65) Ares God of Battle (G.DG.H.14)
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