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Poseidon, enthroned and holding his trident, greets his son Theseus (right).  Side A of an Attic red

earlhamclassics:This is an actual Roman Sock, made of wool, from between 200 and 400 CE.Proof that,

A youth reclines at a symposium, holding an aulos (double flute), while a woman dances in front of h

hubrivs:You can’tThe Lament for Icarus - Herbert JamesDraper(1898)Hercules on the Pyre - Guido Reni

chelidonart:The Dead Romans Society - Just like bearsApparently, ancient Romans believed bears shape

Dionysus, holding a kantharos, with his son Oenopion.  Detail from an Attic black-figure amphora, si

Portrait of Herodotus.  Roman copy of a Greek original dating to the early 4th cent. BCE.  Found nea

andnowimhere:Passover - 2x01

Greek theatre at Segesta (Sicily).  It was built during the 100’s BC, and can seat up to 4,000

A scene from Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazousae.  Apulian red-figure krater, artist unknown; ca. 370 B

via-appia:Detail from the fresco in the Villa of Mysteries, PompeiiRoman, 1st century AD

jessicaroux:Artemis, created for the 1001 Knights books. She is the ancient Greek deity of the hunt,

Entrance ramp to the Manhattan Bridge (New York).The bridge opened to traffic in December 1909.  In

historyfilia:Ptolemaic roundel from a mosaic floor decorated with a dog and a gilded askos, from Ale

elpaisdealicia:The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, by Te Hu

Ancient Roman marble statue of a youthful Hercules.  Artist unknown; 69-96 CE (Flavian period).  Now

artschoolglasses:Reconstruction of the Serapeum of Hadrian’s Villa, TivoliThe Vatican Museums

thehistoricalsociety:This Week In History - 15th March 44BCE - Julius Caesar is Assasinatedcave idus

Two hoplite phalanxes clash.  Side A of an Attic black-figure Tyrrhenic amphora, attributed to the F

Heracles battles the three-bodied monster Geryon (right), having already defeated his servant Euryti

musings-of-a-philhellene:Flowers left for Caesar on the altar which marks his funeral pyre.

didoofcarthage:Black-figure hydria with chariot of Achilles dragging the corpse of Hector (and detai

Heracles, assisted by his nephew Iolaos, fights the Lernaean Hydra, using a battle tactic that schol

A drunken satyr reclines on a lionskin, his empty wineskin beside him.  Bronze sculpture found in th

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