//=time() ?>
#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
#FrescoFriday - The fabulous panel from the House of Marcus Lucretius, Pompeii (IX.3.5), showing the drunken Heracles at Omphale's court. The Queen stands on the right, sporting Heracles' club and lion-skin. #Roman #Art
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8992)
#LatinForTheDay – 14 February #Tibullus 🧵
“te spectem, suprema mihi cum venerit hora;
te teneam moriens deficiente manu.
flebis et arsuro positum me, Delia, lecto,
tristibus et lacrimis oscula mixta dabis.
flebis: non tua sunt duro praecordia ferro...
#FrescoFriday - a Satyr and Maenad panel from the tablinum of the House of L. Caecilius Iucundus, Pompeii (V.1.26). They are described as 'embracing'... Riiiigggghhhht. #Roman #Art
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (110590). Link - https://t.co/q5xImwtL62
#MosaicMonday - beginning with a Late 2nd Century mosaic scene: ca. AD 180-190, from Carthage. Typically interpreted as showing preparations for a banquet, with figures carrying dishes and tableware. #Roman #Art
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1796). Link - https://t.co/wChhLMjblc
#FrescoFriday - a rather fabulous panel from the large triclinium of the Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale. I love the details of the shadows on the column. #Roman #Art
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (SN5). Link - https://t.co/ViArjVex6h