The Classics

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Jason and Medea solemnize their marriage with a joining of hands (dextrarum iunctio).  From a Roman

Theseus is greeted as liberator after killing the Minotaur.  Fresco in the Fourth Style from the bas

Theseus’ abduction of Helen of Troy: Theseus, assisted by his best friend Pirithous and Helen’s sist

greek-museums:Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki:Bronze medallion with Athena, possibly from a wo

via-appia:Views of the Temple of Hephaestus or Hephaisteion (earlier also called the Theseion) from

thelittlestcabbage:Some fanart for my classics course, because why not?

niarchery:“At the tender age of mid-twenties, Achilles was, frankly, the biggest mommy’s boy in the

the-fault-in-marys-life:musings-of-a-philhellene:Take me back to Herculaneum

theancientwayoflife:~ Livia as Ceres.Place of origin: Rome (?)Date: A.D. 15-45Medium: MarbleProvenan

thelogicofthetrance:Peace, you never seemed so tediousAs now – no, never quite like this.~ SapphoVie

TheLadies Fresco at Akrotiri (Santorini, c. 1700 BC).Thisfresco, in two separate sections, shows two

Coin of the polis of Homolion in Thessaly.  On the obverse, the head of Philoctetes; on the reverse,

thegetty:The Perseid meteor shower is upon us!Every year in mid-August, the Perseids seems to fly ou

hildegardavon:theancientwayoflife ArtemisPoseidon, Apollo and Artemis in the meeting of gods, bas-re

theslowesthnery:the wretched abomination known as the minotaur has discovered some chalk

themovingcloud:Roman silver ring depicting Romulus, Remus, and the wolf2nd century CE

thebenevolentberserker:Iliad moodboards: Diomedes King of Argos, the youngest of the Achaean kings,

Theatrical performers with masks.  Detail from a relief sculpture on a Roman sarcophagus, artist unk

thefugitivesaint:Maxwell Ashby Armfield (1882-1972),  'Medea and the Dragon’, 1914

wordsmithic:Studying in Greece: Thessaloniki

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

thelastparagraph9:The Sorrows of Young Wertherby Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMy Rating: ★★★★☆Random Li

the-fault-in-marys-life:THIS IS ABSOLUTELY MY FAVOURITE DRINK!

if you don’t get it read Julius Caesar and then spend 8 years in my head[ID: a painting of the Star

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