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#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)

The Obverse features a laureate portrait of Apollo and by the 1st Century BC, the date of this example, had been complemented by the ethnic marker ΛΥ – ‘Of the Lycians’ – that now flanks the bust.

Ancient Coin of the Day: Going back to the Hellenic world today, looking at some of the coinage of the Lycian League from the 2nd Century BC onwards, kicking off with this silver hemidrachm. #ACOTD #Lycia #Kithara

Image: ANS 1987.77.20. Link – https://t.co/oeX9oGAlXz

I didn't sleep... So now I'm doing my best to emulate Fry in 'Three Hundred Big Boys'. #Coffee

#FrescoFriday - it's another day for enjoying the garden, so here's a panel of the 'Garden Fresco' from the House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii (VI.17.42). The details of the birds are exquisite. #Roman #Garden

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (40690)

It's an afternoon for basking and listening to stuff...