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Post by Admin on Nov 3, 2016 11:16:26 GMT
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Post by Admin on Nov 3, 2016 22:44:35 GMT
Quote:Ancient Greek owl dressed up as Athena. Now in the Louvre. @holland_tom  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Nov 3, 2016 22:49:12 GMT
Quote:Ancient Greek owl has a drink from a bird bath. #OwlsInAntiquity  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Nov 4, 2016 1:14:20 GMT
Quote:Dionysos, (Kylix, 540-530 BC) Attic Black-figure, painted by Exekias. Staatliche Antikensammlungen.  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Nov 4, 2016 2:40:11 GMT
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Post by Admin on Nov 4, 2016 3:05:51 GMT
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Post by Admin on Nov 4, 2016 3:24:47 GMT
Quote:Odysseus and his Lilliputian men blind the drunken Polyphemus. Italian, early 16th century, attribution disputed  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Nov 4, 2016 5:06:54 GMT
Quote:Before sunscreen was invented, people used olive oil and rice bran to protect against UV rays.  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Nov 5, 2016 12:39:39 GMT
Quote:Scylla, a sea monster who haunted the rocks of a narrow strait opposite the daemon Charybdis. #monstersinantiquity   Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Nov 5, 2016 12:49:29 GMT
Quote:Typhon, the Father of All Monsters. It was the most ferocious creature ever to roam the earth. #monstersinantiquity  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Nov 5, 2016 12:50:15 GMT
Quote:Three heads are better than one: Cerberus—the underworld's fearsome guard #dog with a snaky tail #AshmoleanMuseum  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Nov 5, 2016 12:59:51 GMT
Quote:All about Medea - top post on a top witch! Potions and Poisons: Classical Ancestors of the Wicked Witch, Part 2 t.co/jGztKOC2d2 #HappyHalloween  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Nov 5, 2016 13:44:43 GMT
Quote:Perseus holding the head of a young looking Medusa, Villa of San Marco, Stabiae  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Nov 5, 2016 13:58:36 GMT
Quote:Detail from Beethoven Frieze by Gustav Klimt. The Gorgones sickness, madness, death...  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Nov 8, 2016 2:44:32 GMT
Quote:Look - tablet already configured and linked to the internet! Greek, 1stC AD  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Nov 8, 2016 3:10:51 GMT
Quote:12thC Romanesque angel so gently wakes the magi under their crochet-trimmed blanket at Autun. Season's greetings!  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Nov 8, 2016 7:31:10 GMT
Quote:Gilded bronze statue of Hercules holding his club and an apple of the Hesperides, 2nd century BC (Capitoline Museum)  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Nov 9, 2016 4:19:50 GMT
Quote:Bronze statues of Athena & Artemis found at Piraeus, 1959, by workers laying pipes. 360-340 BC. #Greece #archaeology  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Nov 9, 2016 7:27:23 GMT
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Post by Admin on Nov 9, 2016 8:28:40 GMT
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Post by Admin on Nov 9, 2016 8:41:01 GMT
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Post by Admin on Nov 9, 2016 8:52:42 GMT
bronze parade greave from 3rd century, with a relief of Mars. both found in my hometown.  Thanks to: Khan cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish] |
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Post by Admin on Nov 16, 2016 10:18:50 GMT
Quote:Orestes Pursued by the Furies - William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1862  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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Post by Admin on Nov 16, 2016 19:14:15 GMT
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Post by Admin on Nov 16, 2016 23:55:06 GMT
Quote:Fresco depicting Perseus releasing Andromeda from her chains on the rock, from the House of the Dioscuri #Pompeii.  Thanks to: Theslo of Qualon cf. Neat Pictures: added more! [adultish]
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