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Happy #May to all in tweeterland. Named after the Greek goddess Maia Μαία one of the Pleiades & the mother of Hermes (Mercury). Depicted here w lower garlands & wreaths via @britishmuseum
The mosaic depiction of Maia is via @carolemadge; in #Spain.
#MayDay #OTD #HappyMayDay
"The goddess Aphrodite was sprung from the dark-blue depths of the sea and nurtured by the foam from the frothing waves."
Apuleius, on the birth of Aphrodite.
via @ClassicalMyths
🎨Adolph Hirémy-Hirschl (1860-1933)
#Mythology #Aphrodite #Venus #Cyprus
Happy #May to all in tweeterland. Named after the Greek goddess Maia Μαία one of the Pleiades & the mother of Hermes (Mercury). Depicted here w lower garlands & wreaths via @britishmuseum || The mosaic depiction of Maia is via @carolemadge; in #Spain.
#MayDay #OTD #HappyMayDay
It’s the Church of Asinou, dedicated to the Virgin Mary w 12 cen frescoes & later periods. Among the finest examples of #Byzantine Christian mural painting on #Cyprus. #UNESCO World Heritage Site along with 9 other painted churches in the Troodos region. #CyprusArt #art https://t.co/8LdxC5bdgu