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#LatinForTheDay - 10 November

"compesce mentem: me quoque pectoris
temptavit in dulci iuventa
fervor et in celeris iambos
misit furentem: nunc ego mitibus...

#LatinForTheDay - 7 November

Quem virum aut heroa lyra vel acri
tibia sumis celebrare, Clio?
quem deum? cuius recinet iocosa
nomen imago

aut in umbrosis Heliconis oris
aut super Pindo gelidove in Haemo,
unde vocalem temere insecutae
Orphea silvae

Horace, Odes 1.12.1-8

The civic coinage is dominated by a mounted horseman on the Obverse, with a couched lance. However, as the coins were designed for civic usage, the issues aren't as numerous as the Alexander-style design.

#LatinForTheDay - 23 October

"...vertere pallor
tum parochi faciem nil sic metuentis ut acris
potores, vel quod maledicunt liberius vel
fervida quod subtile exsurdant vina palatum....

First up for #MoasicMonday, here's a roundel showing the birth of Mithras. Flanked by his two usual attendants, Cautes and Cautopates, Mithras emerges from a dark cave: ca. 1st Century AD (provenance back to ca. 1905), probably from Egypt. #Roman

Image: Walters Art Museum (43.7)

#LatinForTheDay - 17 October

"...Liberius si
dixero quid, si forte iocosius, hoc mihi iuris
cum venia dabis. insuevit pater optimus hoc me,
ut fugerem exemplis vitiorum quaeque notando....

It's that day of the week again, it's #PhallusThursday - so here's an ithyphallic Satyr from the sanctuary of Zeus at Dodona, ca. 540-530 BC. Sashay away!

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Athens (KAP 22)

Ooh, it's been a busy one so far, but here's a second #MosaicMonday offering, with the Leadenhall Street Mosaic, showing Bacchus riding side-saddle on a tigress: ca. 1st-2nd Century BC, but with 19th Century restoration. #Roman

Image: British Museum (OA.290)

I ADORE her!

A glorious amethyst with Artemis (Diana) dressed as befits the huntress goddess. She leans on a column, seemingly extinguishing a torch on a rock. Signed ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΟΥ, suggesting an engraver active under Augustus. #Roman

Image: Naples Archaeological Museum (26070)