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Statuette of Mercury in a contrapposto stance, holding a caduceus: Berthouville Hoard, ca. AD 175-225. Likely from the votive contents of a shrine of Mercury Canetonensis. #Roman #Archaeology

Image: Bibliothèque nationale de France (inv.56.1). Link - https://t.co/hFPe9XdzNV

#ReliefWednesday - Roman amethyst with the goddess Diana in her guise as a huntress. Signed ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΟΥ ('Of Apollonios'), suggesting the gem engraver active under Augustus. #Roman #Myth

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (26070). Link - https://t.co/rDrxWz507f

A spot of ancient colour with this staggeringly beautiful enamelled goblet, ca.1st-2nd Century AD, from the Begram Hoard, showing figures engaged in date-harvesting. #Archaeology #Afghanistan

Image: National Museum of Afghanistan, Kabul (04.1.43). Link - https://t.co/eFTLMQQBUH

#FrescoFriday - Discovered in 1755 in the 'Villa at the Royal Stables' on Portici, this subtly coloured panel is usually interpreted as the myth of Galatea and Polyphemus, though other pairings have been suggested. #Roman #Art

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8983)

#LatinForTheDay – 25 May #Martial

“hic ubi sidereus propius videt astra colossus
et crescunt media pegmata celsa via,
invidiosa feri radiabant atria regis
unaque iam tota stabat in urbe domus.
hic ubi conspicui venerabilis Amphitheatri...

#FrescoFriday - Starting the day with this gorgeous panel from Magna Graecia, more precisely a Messapian tomb painting from Gnathia (modern Egnazia): ca. 300-250 BC. #Ancient #Art

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9361). Link - https://t.co/AA484fdyHt

Fragmentary statue of Mercury from the Berthouville Hoard, ca. 2nd Century AD. Clad in a short chlamys and winged petasus, he holds a purse in his right hand. #Roman #MythologyMonday

Image: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (inv.56.2). Link - https://t.co/hYc8YonHbR

#LatinForTheDay – 29 April #Ovid 🧵

“uror, ut inducto ceratae sulpure taedae,
ut pia fumosis addita tura focis.
Aeneas oculis semper vigilantis inhaeret;
Aenean animo noxque quiesque refert.
ille quidem male gratus et ad mea munera surdus,...

#LatinForTheDay – 17 March #Ovid

“Dicebam “medicare tuos desiste capillos!”
tingere quam possis, iam tibi nulla coma est.
at si passa fores, quid erat spatiosius illis?
contigerant imum, qua patet usque, latus.
quid, quod erant tenues, et quos ornare timeres?...

#FrescoFriday - High art meets high emotion with this panel of the torture of Ixion from the east wall of the exedra of the House of the Vettii, Pompeii (VI.15.1).

Ixion on his wheel is marginalised, focussing our attention on the reaction of Juno and Mercury. #Roman #Art #Myth