Dr Sophie Hayさんのイラストまとめ

Detail of Iapyx removing an arrowhead from the thigh of Aeneas as recounted in Virgil’s Aeneid. Aeneas’ son Ascanius weeps at his side and I love the soldiers muttering in the background. #Troy

The detail of the reflection of Thetis in the shield being made for Achilles in Hephaestus’ workshop is simply sublime.
I love the ancient painter who thought to do this.

I wouldn’t be me and utterly predictable if I didn’t absolutely love the inclusion of the Pompeian frescoes in the @britishmuseum #Troy exhibit.

@LoreleiKing @britishmuseum Oh golly, I’m so very, very predictable but the detail of Thetis reflected in a shield destined for Achilles from a fresco in Pompeii (see how predictable!) is just astonishing and wonderful and ridiculous and I just love the painter who took the time...

As for grapes from #Pompeii... we are inundated by them in their many forms and of course their effects... #WorldFoodDay

It is quite something, that carpet... #SupremeCourt https://t.co/kGVKJ3cRTK

Wonderful news from #Pompeii of conservation of the painted plaster ceiling in House of the Painters at Work, Region V by University of Lausanne. So-called because the painters were interrupted by the AD79 eruption & left frescoes forever unfinished.
Images 1&2 via @MassimoOsanna

The painted tomb of Ferry de Beauvoir, Bishop of Amiens 1457-73. Amiens Cathedral, France.

An extraodinary shop sign from the facade of a shop in #Pompeii. Interpreted as a carpenter’s sign showing a dead Perdix on a bier at the feet of Daedalus; murdered for his ingenuity in inventing the saw. Also interpreted as an advert for a perfumery selling spices for funerals.

To celebrate today’s Palio in Siena here is a slightly older band of horsemen – Roman charioteers who raced for four factions each represented by a different colour.
Charioteer Gaius Appuleius Diocles amassed a fortune of 35,863,120 sesterces – the equivalent of £9.6 billion.