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- 8 December

The Terme Boxer, or 'Boxer at Rest', a glorious Hellenistic bronze statue that was found on the Quirinal Hill in Rome, in 1885.

Image: Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme

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2020-12-08

Alexander the Great was clean-shaven. He forced his soldiers to shave as beards could be grabbed by their enemies in “hand-to-beard combat.” The practice of shaving spread from Alexander to the whole known world of the Hellenistic Empire. 🪒

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2020-10-18

In 276 BC the Hellenistic king Pyrrhus famously remarked upon departing Sicily, 'Oh what a wrestling ground we are leaving for the Carthaginians and Romans to fight over.' He was proved right when, 12 years later, the First Punic War erupted

Artwork by © Johnny Shumate.

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2020-09-20

In 276 BC the Hellenistic king Pyrrhus famously remarked upon departing Sicily, 'Oh what a wrestling ground we are leaving for the Carthaginians and Romans to fight over.' He was proved right when, 12 years later, the First Punic War erupted.

Artwork by © Johnny Shumate.

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2020-08-03

The original post is also ridiculous since it doesn't even show Romans under Caesar, Antony or Octavian, it just shows the very Macedonian Greeks who you are talking about, Alexander the Great and his companion cavalry. You can tell by the early Hellenistic period armor/clothes.

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2020-07-26

I'm Antoinette! A student studying graphic design & comics. I have a comic on titled RITE. A monster romance in a fantasy world inspired by hellenistic & etruscan art
Read: https://t.co/rSKxxgvUqW
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2020-07-24

Congrats on 200 here!!! and thank you for tagging me! For those reading the thread I'm Antoinette, the author and artist of the canvas webtoon RITE!! It's a monster romance comic that deals with love and religion in a hellenistic/etruscan fantasy world.
https://t.co/rSKxxgvUqW

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2020-07-18

Hello!! I'm Antoinette the author and artist of RITE. A monster romance webtoon that focuses on the complexities of love, religion, and wine. Inspired by etruscan & hellenistic art and western paganism. The first chapter is coming to a close very soon
https://t.co/rSKxxgvUqW

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2020-07-13

Hellenistic North Africa was a economic powerhouse with a more suitable climate than today. After Carthage’s demise, the Berber Kingdom of Numidia prospered, many of its rulers, such as its 1st king Massinissa (~238-148 BC), being great patrons of the arts, learning, & libraries

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2020-07-09

Hellenistic amethyst intaglio depicting a maenad holding a thyrsus in one hand and a phallus in the other, dated to the 2nd century BCE. The intaglio is set in a modern gold ring.

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2020-07-06

In 276 BC the Hellenistic king Pyrrhus famously remarked upon departing Sicily, 'Oh what a wrestling ground we are leaving for the Carthaginians and Romans to fight over.' He was proved right when, 12 years later, the First Punic War erupted.

Artwork by © Johnny Shumate

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2020-06-16

Ancient Hellenistic Bronze Winged Helmets.

Chalcidian Type Helmet, 4th c. BC, Gary Hendershott Antiques;

Pilos Type Helmet, 4th-3rd c.c. BC, Hermann Historica;

Griffin-crested Chalcidian Helmet, 4th c. BC, Hermann Historica;

Illyrian Type Helmet, 400 BC, Pax Romana Auctions.

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2020-06-14

Hippopotamus devouring of a crocodile, 1st century carnelian intaglio in latter setting. https://t.co/JJ4PG7zcGd
I remembered the ring, Alexandria, Hellenistic period, 2nd-1st C BCE https://t.co/bnNGiOAvk9

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2020-06-11

No, it is definitely Alexander, the "Alexander Mosaic" from Pompeii depicting the Battle of Issus against Persian King Darius III, who is also seen in the mosaic. Compare the face and hair of Alexander here with his mosaics from Pella plus Hellenistic Greek statues of him:

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2020-06-10

...in fact, it was this Egyptian art trope that was repeated by the Minoans of Crete, the Mycenaean Greeks of the mainland during the Bronze Age, and way later by Classical/Hellenistic Greeks and even Romans with men being suntanned outdoors and women being pale and domesticated.

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2020-06-05

Given the role of diplomacy, it was essential for Hellenistic rulers to be polyglots. From our best information, Cleopatra spoke around 7 languages, but the most prolific linguist was Mithridates VI at 22 different languages ranging from native Anatolian dialects to Latin & Greek

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2020-06-03

Boeotian bronze helmet from the Hellenistic period or early version of a helmet?

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2020-05-04

Work in Progress of a SFW commission I'm doing, depicting the two people that killed legendary general Pyrrhus of Epirus, according to Greco-Roman historian Plutarch

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2020-05-01

I'm currently working on a monster romance comic titled: RITE. It is about transformation, love, and how different people deal with change. Setting and art is inspired by etruscan, hellenistic, and celtic themes.

https://t.co/rSKxxgvUqW

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2020-04-27

Ancient Artefact of the Day: The Terme Boxer, or 'Boxer at Rest', a glorious Hellenistic bronze statue that was found on the Quirinal Hill in Rome, in 1885.

Image: Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme

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2020-04-23