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caballerodelatristefigura:— Euripides, Bacchae 506 (tr. Reginald Gibbons)

Shamhat’s speech to Enkidu about Gilgamesh, from tablet 1 (tr. Andrew George, Penguin Classics, 1999

prettybooks:I participate in Top Ten Tuesday and this week the theme is Top Ten Classics I Want to R

30iugeraandamule:clodiuspulcher:#and imo its less pro/anti augustus and more anti war pro the peace

Heracles (right) pursues Ares’ son Cycnus (left in the center, Zeus attempts to separate the combata

alexandriad:Keeping Up With The Julio-Claudians!

woozapooza:The Odyssey + screenshotsofdespair.(Iliad here.)

archaicwonder:Extremely Rare Roman Bronze Priest of Mars with Wolf-Skin Cowl, 1st Century BC/ADThe f

greuze:John William Godward (1861-1922)The Love Letter (Detail)Oil on canvas, 1907

ignudiamore:Aurelius Antoninus Pius Divus.

Those who know – know. #quote #dopequote #inspiration #blacklove #90s #lovesongs #lovequote #b

Eos (Dawn) carries off Cephalus.  Attic red-figure lekythos, attributed to the Oionokles Painter; ca

theancientwayoflife:~ Figure of a Woman.Date: 4th century B.C.Place of origin: Tanagra, GreeceMedium

clodiuspulcher:THE REUNION OF ODYSSEUS AND PENELOPE PROVIDES A PARADIGM OF RESTORED MARITAL HARMONY 

finelythreadedsky:I yearn and I seekSappho Lobel-Page 36cross stitching the classics 8/?

emthehistorygirl:WOMEN OF THE JULIO-CLAUDIAN ERA OF ROME

elanormcinerney:Hippolytus by Euripides | Translated by Rachel Kitzinger | The Greek Plays

Terracotta figurine from Myrina, depicting an actor of Greek New Comedy.  Artist unknown; late 3rd o

clodiuspulcher:thoodleoo:i may use my degree in classics exclusively to make extremely bad alignment

lionofchaeronea:Cassandra prophesies the fall of Troy to Priam, Paris, and Hector.  Fresco in the Th

lifelessordinary0:Temple of Horus, Egypt

Bronze statuette of Hermes/Mercury, seated on a rock and holding a purse.  Artist unknown; 1st/2nd c

Private portrait of an ancient Roman man.  Artist unknown; ca. 140-150 CE.  Now in the Walters Art M

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