Symmachus 📜🏺さんのイラストまとめ

@chapps They sure are everywhere - usually hiding behind a statue of Marcus Aurelius etc. and pretending to be a paragon of civility. Just ignore them and keep on keeping on Chapps, you rock 💪

(I realise my PFP is also a statue but it's an illustration so it doesn't count 👀)

A Parthian rhyton, or drinking vessel.

Produced c. 1st century BCE, it takes the form of a roaring lion leaping out of the silver rhyton. It is decorated with a gold mane and inlaid garnet eyes.

🏛️@GettyMuseum

#Classics #Parthian #lran #Art #Archaeology #History

A fresco from the tomb of the middle-ranking Egyptian official Nebamun depicting women playing instruments. Dated c. 1,350 BCE.

🏛️Museum of Egyptian Antiquities

#Ancient #Egypt #Art #History

2/2 | warrior in single combat after a raven settled on his helmet and distracted the enemy by flapping in his face.

Whether it belonged to a relative or simply a fan of the likely anecdotal story, it remains a stunning work of art.

🏛️Thorvaldsen Museum
📷Michael Merulla

#FrescoFriday | A lively Roman fresco depicting Hercules discovering his son Telephus.

Found in Herculaneum, Telephus is suckled by a deer as Arkadia, Pan and a winged Virgo watch on.

🏛️@MANNapoli

#Classics #Roman #Art #Archaeology #Myth

#FrescoFriday | The vivid Minoan fresco of the "Saffron Gatherer".

Up to 3,400 years old, it was uncovered in the prehistoric city of Akrotiri at Santorini, Greece.

📷 u/Synchronyme

#Minoan #Greek #Art #Archaeology #Ancient

#FrescoFriday | A fresco from the Villa of the Mysteries in #Pompeii.

Dating to c. 1st century BCE, it may depict a woman being initiated into the Dionysian mysteries. Her direct gaze gives a striking sense of realism.

🏛️@MANNapoli

#Classics #Roman #Archaeology #Art

#FrescoFriday | This stunning work from the Villa of the Mysteries in #Pompeii shows a Bacchic rite - the fifth of seven similar frescoes.

Here a woman kneels before a priestess beside a mynaed or thyiad and a figure holding a thyrsus.

🏛️@MANNapoli

#Classics #Art #Archaeology

Happy #ShieldSunday!

Dating to c. 185 BCE, this bronze shield is from Pontus in Asia Minor. It features a six-pointed star circled by the inscription 'Basileus Pharnakoi', in reference to King Pharnakes I of Pontus.

🏛️ @GettyMuseum

#Classics #Greek #Archaeology #War #History

Io Saturnalia! 🎉

#OnThisDay the Roman calendar saw the start of the Saturnalia festival which lasted 6 days.

Held to honour Saturn, it featured a public banquet, gift-giving, and a carnival atmosphere that briefly upended #Roman social norms.

#Classics #History #Saturnalia