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"Peace, peace!
Dost thou not see my baby at my breast
That sucks the nurse asleep?" (Shakespeare)
Cleopatra VII Philopator committed suicide #OTD 30 BCE in Alexandria.
🖼️ Hans Makert "Der Tod der Kleopatra" (1875)
"The arrow flew with such force that it pierced Bel’s armor, shot through the giant’s chest and stuck into the ground behind him. Bel would no longer menace the people of Hayk" (Moses of Chorene)
Legendary Armenian founding figure Hayk Nahapet slew the giant Bel #OTD 2492 BCE
@MaeneSigne @Corvuscorax81 I just leave this here... aioli, anyone?
https://t.co/FIYZlRet1A
“So it was a mistake. Kisses, bites...
They sound alike, and those who deeply love
Can reach for one as well as for the other...”
In Kleist's version, Amazon queen Penthesilea misunderstands Achilles' amorous intentions and slays him. Quite messily.
#FairyTaleTuesday
“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more” (Lord Byron)
#Classiclitsaturday
🖼️ Caspar David Friedrich, 1824
Your weekly Wunderkammer #SuperstitionSat safety advice - under-the-weather edition
“Ring around the moon, it’s meant to rain soon”
Thank you. Spit thrice, touch cold iron and be safe.
🖼️ Alphonse Mucha (#BOTD 1860) "The Moon" (1902)