Dr Cromさんのイラストまとめ

Bronze statue of a 'Victorious Youth', the so-called 'Getty Bronze', ca. 3rd-2nd Century BC, described as being "found in the sea in international waters" in 1964. #Greek

Plus a shot for the benefit of @museumbums

Image: J. Paul Getty Museum (77.AB.30)

#LatinForTheDay - 26 December

"quale solet silvis brumali frigore viscum
fronde virere nova, quod non sua seminat arbos,
et croceo fetu teretis circumdare truncos:
talis erat species auri frondentis opaca
ilice, sic leni crepitabat brattea vento....

Io Saturnalia!

Yes, it's been a strange year, but #ClassicsTwitter and #MuseumsUnlocked have been real sources of solace for me. So my thanks to you all and my best wishes for the season!

Image: 'The Romans in their Decadence', Thomas Couture - 1847 (Musée d'Orsay: 3451)

Amethyst intaglio signed by the artists Dioskourides, ca. 25 BC. #Roman

The gem is typically claimed to depict the Greek orator Demosthenes. Provenance extending back to ca. 1602, once owned by Sir Arthur Evans.

Image: J. Paul Getty Museum (2019.13.15)

Term finished today, albeit more with a whimper than a bang. However, I'm grateful to have made it... Now to have a couple of lie-ins.

#ClassicsAdventCalendar - 8 December

The Terme Boxer, or 'Boxer at Rest', a glorious Hellenistic bronze statue that was found on the Quirinal Hill in Rome, in 1885.

Image: Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme

Right... Time to log off and curl up with Cthulhu for a little while... To be more specific, the first play of 'Reign of Cthulhu'. Toodles!

#MuseumsUnlocked - Storms

Not my usual stuff, but I'm also a massive comic fan, so...

Here's Halle Berry's Ororo Munroe/Storm Costume from the 2014 film 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'.

Image: National Museum of American History (2014.0076.02)

A quick #ClassicsCurio - Josephus claims that mandrake (which he calls 'Baras) had to be harvested by a dog on a chain, so that the root's scream as it was pulled out would not harm any humans. Thanks to @CBPolt for the inspiration!

Image: British Library: Harley 1585 f. 57

#LatinForTheDay - 21 November

Otium divos rogat in patenti
prensus Aegaeo, simul atra nubes
condidit lunam neque certa fulgent
sidera nautis;

otium bello furiosa Thrace,
otium Medi pharetra decori,
Grosphe, non gemmis neque purpura venale
neque auro.

Horace, Odes 2.16.1-8