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Post by Admin on Oct 9, 2016 8:23:08 GMT
Quote:Kylix showing an aroused Satyr mounting an aroused donkey. The image hints at the sexual arousal caused by wine.  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Oct 9, 2016 8:36:59 GMT
Quote:RT @ahencyclopedia: Today in ancient history: The Festival of Hecate - (goddess of the Moon). #Mythology #Moon  Quote:Marble statuette of Hecate depicted as a triple goddess surrounded by dancers, from the Mithraeum at Sidon.  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Oct 9, 2016 8:58:56 GMT
Quote:Bronze head of the god Apollo, 1st - 2nd century AD. (Nîmes Archaeology Museum)  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Oct 9, 2016 9:05:33 GMT
Quote:The Farnese Atlas - a Roman 2nd century copy of a Greek original dated to the 3rd century BC  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Oct 9, 2016 16:46:54 GMT
Quote:One of the Meteora Monasteries in Greece, built up from the 14th to 16th centuries  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish] cf. The Cloistered Cleric (aka Nun, Friar): BEST OF DRAGON, VOL. IV
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Post by Admin on Oct 10, 2016 11:07:37 GMT
Quote:The Minerva Bowl, silver cup from the Hildesheim Treasure, the largest collection of Roman silver found outside Italy  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Oct 11, 2016 6:57:00 GMT
Quote:Terracotta statuette of Hades sitting on his throne, from Boeotia, c. 400-350 BC  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Oct 12, 2016 1:48:30 GMT
Quote:Aphrodite reproaches Eros, Greek silver-gilt mirror, 2nd c AD  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Oct 12, 2016 1:49:38 GMT
Quote:Aphrodite, goddess of love, riding a swan on an Athenian red-figure vase, made in Cyprus 500–400 BC  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Oct 12, 2016 4:34:17 GMT
Quote:3rd century BC Greek bronze statue of an unknown prince  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Oct 12, 2016 22:17:38 GMT
Quote:Bellerophon on Pegasus killing the Chimera: Attic epinetron (knee guard for wool-workers) 425BC, Nat Arch Mus Athens.  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Oct 13, 2016 2:43:28 GMT
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Post by Admin on Oct 13, 2016 2:49:05 GMT
Quote:Greek gold armband with the figure of the god Triton, dated to the 3rd century BC  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Oct 13, 2016 3:42:46 GMT
Quote:Ancient Greek Weapons and Carts Chromolithograph - 1894  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Oct 13, 2016 4:48:12 GMT
Quote:Perseus Confronting Phineus with the Head of Medusa - Sebastiano Ricci, 1705  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Oct 13, 2016 13:03:58 GMT
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Post by Admin on Oct 13, 2016 13:22:33 GMT
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Post by Admin on Oct 13, 2016 15:52:42 GMT
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:  Thanks to: Emetix cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish] |
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Post by Admin on Oct 14, 2016 10:11:08 GMT
Quote:Two of my #FavMW statues of Artemis/Diana are in the @museelouvre #MuseumWeek   Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Oct 14, 2016 10:49:53 GMT
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Post by Admin on Oct 14, 2016 10:57:55 GMT
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:  Thanks to: Nagora cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish] |
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Post by Admin on Oct 14, 2016 11:49:07 GMT
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Post by Admin on Oct 14, 2016 21:46:55 GMT
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Post by Admin on Oct 16, 2016 5:06:05 GMT
Quote:The Zeus of Otricoli, a Roman marble 2nd century AD copy of a Greek statue originally from the 4th century BC  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Oct 16, 2016 7:23:03 GMT
Quote:A dagger and pair of bronze gladiator's greaves (leg guards) from Pompeii decorated with relief of Jupiter & Neptune.  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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