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"When sent by Polydectes, son of Magnes, to the Gorgones, he received from Mercurius [Hermes], who is thought to have loved him, talaria and petasus, and, in addition, a helmet which kept its wearer from being seen by an enemy."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2.12
Art by a-gnosis
"Having kissed Apollon, Branchos received a garland and a wand of laurel and began to prophesy."
Varro, Antiquitates rerum divinarum
#PrideMonth
Nobody knows what the colossus looked like. But the popular image of him straddling the harbour with ships passing underneath is a medieval invention. The bronze statue could not have been built with its legs apart without collapsing under its own weight.
#Solstice
It's the Day of Kronos / #SaturnsDay / #Saturday!
Engraving showing a statue of Saturnus standing naked on a socle, holding a scythe in his right hand and a child in his left hand.
After Jacques Jonghelinck, 1586
#DayOfKronos #Kronos #Saturnus #neoclassicism
I have exciting news: I'm only 3 patrons away from the 50 patron reward: sexy postcards!
1x MF: my version of Hades and Persephone by @LindaSejic
1x MMM: Apollon, Dionysos & Hermes by @TheLastBacchae
1x FF: patrons get to vote on who it's gonna be...
https://t.co/MCmcFCpLEF
Apollon, Frigg, Tezcatlipoca, and Wadjet 😊
Frigg by Sam Flegal
https://t.co/kCIMHUgyEW
Tezcatlipoca by Manwe Varda
https://t.co/c7ZQiwPznu
Wadjet by SillyJelly
https://t.co/zwbD9wAZH8
#MythologyMonday #Mythology
It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday!
Zeus-Jupiter on a 62–79 CE fresco from Pompeii
Today in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
#DayOfZeus #Zeus #Jupiter