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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
#FrescoFriday - beginning with this Late 1st Century AD fresco fragment from the amphitheatre at Mérida. The excellent preservation is due to the fresco being re-used in a tomb. #Roman #Art
Image: National Museum of Roman Art, Mérida (CE26719). Link - https://t.co/PudUnpwQ5Z
#LatinForTheDay - 23 August
"Non te nullius exercent numinis irae;
magna luis commissa: tibi has miserabilis Orpheus
haudquaquam ad meritum poenas, ni fata resistant,
suscitat, et rapta graviter pro coniuge saevit.
illa quidem, dum te fugeret per flumina praeceps,...
We've all had those days where your phallus unexpectedly transforms into a panther...
It's #PhallusThursday so here's a bronze tintinnabulum from Herculaneum showing that very problem.
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (27853). Link - https://t.co/sTC7Eqqepm
"Just good friends..." 🙄
'Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus' by Gavin Hamilton, ca. 1760-1763
#ClassicalReception
Image: National Gallery of Scotland (NG 2339). Link - https://t.co/hG5Hol8s7h
A final #FrescoFriday from the atrium of the House of Meleager, Pompeii (VI.9.2). Discovered 12 October 1829, a grief-stricken Dido, alongside the personification of Africa in elephant headdress, as Aeneas departs. #Roman #Art
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8898)