Hello, classics graduate - I’m interested in classics, the middle ages, history in general and art. Also, rabbits. Finished the Aeneid, Heroides, Catullus, Georgics, Suetonius in Latin. Now on Silius Italicus’ Punica.
“Sarcastic Brit” - the Guardian
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This is the best griffin I’ve seen. Forget the monstrous depictions of them as ogres and flesh devouring beasts of nightmares. I much prefer this startled, well meaning individual with his kind and sad face and enormous hat.
🕰️c1250BC
📍 Cyprus
🏛️ BM
📷 mine
Tetradrachm https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.294
Beach huts from St Leonard’s-on-Sea near Hastings.
📷 mine
#AdoorableThursday
Carausius
CMA: Greek and Roman Art
In #Pride Month, here’s the Emperor Hadrian and his boyfriend, Antinous. The young man died in mysterious circumstances on a cruise on the Nile in 130AD. Hadrian, devastated by his death, deified him and then founded a city at his death site which became a cult centre.
🏛️BM
📷 mine
Carausius
In #Pride Month, here’s the Emperor Hadrian and his boyfriend, Antinous. The young man died in mysterious circumstances on a cruise on the Nile in 130AD. Hadrian, devastated by his death, deified him and then founded a city at his death site which became a cult centre.
🏛️BM
📷 mine
This is the world famous Lycurgus Cup. It’s made from dichroic glass, meaning it changes colour depending on the direction the light comes from (red from behind, green from front).
It shows Lycurgus’ death. He tried to kidnap Ambrosia who was turned into a vine which then strangled him.
🏛️📷BM
This is the world famous Lycurgus Cup. It’s made from dichroic glass, meaning it changes colour depending on the direction the light comes from (red from behind, green from front).
It shows Lycurgus’ death. He tried to kidnap Ambrosia who was turned into a vine which then strangled him.
🏛️📷BM
These two ancient Greek wooden flutes or pipes are known as ‘auloi.’ They were played as shown on the accompanying vase which must have required some real skill.
🕰️C5th BC
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This small glass bowl is Anglo-Saxon and dates to the early C7th AD. That deep, rich blue colour is entrancing.
🏛️📷 BM
This small glass bowl is Anglo-Saxon and dates to the early C7th AD. That deep, rich blue colour is entrancing.
🏛️📷 BM
