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#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
#LatinForTheDay – 26 November 🧵
“integra quaeramus rorantis prata per herbas
undamque occultis meditantem murmur in antris,
quam neque durato gustarint ore volucres,
ipse nec aetherio Phoebus libaverit igni.
nostra loquar, nulli vatum debebimus orsa,...
#LatinForTheDay – 5 November
“tempus erit, cum vos orbemque tuebitur idem,
et fient ipso sacra colente deo,
et penes Augustos patriae tutela manebit:
hanc fas imperii frena tenere domum.
inde nepos natusque dei, licet ipse recuset,...
Painted plaque from an Etruscan tomb, ca. 470 BC, showing a female musician playing a lyre with a plectron. I enjoy the details in the depictions of the clothing. Provenance sadly limited. #Etruscan #Art
Image: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (62.362). Link - https://t.co/QGmbMp4J0g