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#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

#LatinForTheDay – 4 October

“certus es ire tamen miseramque relinquere Dido,
atque idem venti vela fidemque ferent?
certus es, Aenea, cum foedere solvere naves,
quaeque ubi sint nescis, Itala regna sequi?
nec nova Carthago, nec te crescentia tangunt...

#FrescoFriday - a fabulous fragment of Campanian tomb painting, ca. Late 4th Century BC. The larger female figure holds a dove and rosebud, with a pomegranate and cluster of grapes above. #Art

Image: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (H4 116/248). Link - https://t.co/mRww8sLRLW

#LatinForTheday - 15 September

"regina, attonito quamquam pavor ore silentem
exanimet, mirata tamen paulumque reductis
passibus in solo stupuit duce. nec minus inter
ille tot ignoti socias gregis haeret in una
defixus sentitque ducem dominamque catervae....

Amethyst intaglio signed by Dioskourides, ca. 25 BC. The gem is typically claimed to depict the Greek orator Demosthenes. The piece was formerly owned by Sir Arthur Evans (sold in 1941). #Roman #Gem

Image: J. Paul Getty Museum (2019.13.15). Link - https://t.co/9omJPsi9Kp

#GreekForTheWeek

"...αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα
Οὐρανῷ εὐνηθεῖσα τέκ’ Ὠκεανὸν βαθυδίνην
Κοῖόν τε Κρεῖόν θ’ Ὑπερίονά τ’ Ἰαπετόν τε
Θείαν τε Ῥείαν τε Θέμιν τε Μνημοσύνην τε
Φοίβην τε χρυσοστέφανον Τηθύν τ’ ἐρατεινήν....

A rather exquisite miniature portrait bust of a woman in rhodolite garnet: ca. 3rd Century BC, perhaps representing Queen Berenice II, wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes, but this is not certain. #Egypt #Gem

Image: J. Paul Getty Museum (81. AN.76.59). Link - https://t.co/K4B94GZx4Z

Ancient Coin of the Day: The last few days have been a bit coin-light, so let’s get back to it with a look at some electrum issues of Thebes, starting with this hemidrachm ca. 360-340 BC. #ACOTD #Numismatics #Thebes

Image: ANS 1959.73.1. Link - https://t.co/nQKjqraMga