His Classics Gallery

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A ram destined for sacrifice stands before an altar of Hermes.  Campanian red-figure calyx-krater, a
punicwars:sappho, fragment 94  (trans. anne carson)
via-appia:Alloy coin of Hadrian, minted in AlexandriaRoman, 117-138 A.D.
Boadicea and Her Daughters (1856 – 93, erected 1902) by Thomas Thornycroft, on WestminsterBridge in
Bronze statuette of the Roman goddess Juno (= Greek Hera).  Artist unknown; 2nd or 3rd cent. CE.  No
A female slave hands a child to its mother.  Attic red-figure lekythos, artist unknown; ca. 470-460
Ancient Roman statuette (Dolomitic marble) of the goddess Nemesis, with a “wheel of fortune” in her
tiny-librarian:Closeup of the head of a statue of Ptolemy XV Caesar, known by his nickname of Caesar
Ancient mosaic of Apollo and Daphne.  Now in the Antakya Archaeological Museum, Turkey.  Photo credi
Polyphemus and Galatea.  Roman mosaic of the 2nd century CE, now in the Alcázar de los Reyes Cristia
oldbizarrebeautiful:Frontispiece to 1831 edition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, or the Modern Prome
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grandegyptianmuseum:Dog and askos wine vesselMosaic of a dog and askos wine vessel from Hellenistic
Red-figure pyxis depicting a hand.  Artist unknown; 4th cent. BCE.  Now in the National Museum in Wa
Gregory Peck cited that his favorite leading ladies were Audrey Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman and Ava Gard
Denarius of L. Cassius Longinus (63 BCE).  On the obverse, the goddess Vesta; on the reverse, a vote
art-from-me-to-you:Maxfield Parrish, Jason and His Teacher, 1909. Oil on canvas
villainquoteoftheday:“There is nothing in this world that occurs to you that does not occur to me fi
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The head of Heracles.  Roman copy (ca. 135-150 CE) after a lost Greek original attributed to Lysippo
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classicpenguin:It’s almost Halloween, and that means everyone’s looking for Ichabod Crane! With the
Kore (Persephone) gives the Eleusinian nobleman Triptolemos the gift of grain, which he will soon sp
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