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In #GreekMythology, #Crius or #Krios was the #Titan #god of #heavenly #constellations and of the #South. His parents were #Gaia and #Ouranous and his children included #Astraios, #Pallas and #Perses by #Eurybia.
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Feeling a void now that #AIASCS2021 is over? Here's something to look forward to! Our conference's keynote lecture by Dr. Emily Greenwood is on March 12 at 4:30pm EST. Register now at https://t.co/0eAH0WRVUS #classicstwitter
#Inanna is the #Sumerian #goddess of #love, #sensuality, #fertility, #procreation, and #war. She later became the #Akkadian and #Assyrian #Ishtar, and then the #Hittite #Sauska, the #Phoenician #Astarte and the #Greek #Aphrodite
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In #GreekMythology, #Bia was the #Titan #Goddess of #force, #anger and raw #energy. Her parents were the Titans, #Pallas and #Styx and her 3 siblings were #Kratos/#strength, #Nike/#victory, and #Zelos/#zeal.
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Io Saturnalia!
Yes, it's been a strange year, but #ClassicsTwitter and #MuseumsUnlocked have been real sources of solace for me. So my thanks to you all and my best wishes for the season!
Image: 'The Romans in their Decadence', Thomas Couture - 1847 (Musée d'Orsay: 3451)
In #GreekMythology #Perses was the #Titan of #destruction. He was the father of #Hecate, #goddess of #witchcraft, by #Asteria. His name means "the #Destroyer" or "the #Ravager."
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In #GreekMythology #Boreas was the #god of the #NorthWind and #winter. He swept down from the #cold #mountains of #Thrace, chilling the air with his icy breath. Beyond his home lay #Hyperborea, a land of eternal #spring
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In #NorseMythology, #Skaði is the #jötunn/#Giant and #goddess of #snow and #ice. She is associated with #wolves, #winter, #skiing, #bowhunting and #mountains.
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In #GreekMythology, #Chione/#Khione; was the #goddess of #Snow and #Ice. She was the daughter of #Boreas, the #god of the #north #wind, and #Orithyia a daughter of #Erechtheus, #king of #Athens
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Dames (1934)🎬 Ray Enright and Busby Berkeley
⭐Dick Powell ⭐ Joan Blondell
#PreCode #ClassicsTwitter 🎞
A movie basically set up for Berkeley to have fun with. And he does! What's impressive to me about many of the #Precode films - even the ones done for fun were not lazy.
In Central #European #folklore and #mythology, #Krampus is a #horned "half-#goat, half-#demon", who, during the #Christmas #season, punishes #children who have #misbehaved.
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In #Austro-#German #legend, #Perchta is a #malevolent #pagan #goddess who stalks the #snowy landscape by #night during the #TwelveDaysOfChristmas. She is also associated with the #Feast of the #Epiphany on #January6th
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In #GreekMythology #Makaria/#Macaria was #goddess of #blessed #death. She was a #merciful counterpart of #Thanatos and helped #souls reach the Islands of the Blessed. She was a daughter of #Hades and #Persephone
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In #GreekMythology, #Apate was the #goddess of #lies and #deceit. Her mother was #Nyx/#night. Her #Roman name was #Fraus and her male counterpart was #Dolos, #god of #trickery, and her opposite was #Aletheia, goddess of #truth
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the amount of abs and pectorals in this scene is astounding #CLAS2500 #classicstwittermovie
Is there any significance to the #goddess #Amphitrite in the #Classics world at the moment?
The views on my #YouTubeVideo on her is going up daily and I was wondering why.
https://t.co/GCdDCAG6UK
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Family are watching Footloose & the soundtrack is blaring “Where have all the good men gone & where are all the gods?” Exactly.. #ClassicsTwitterMovie
This portrait of Ovid made by one of my undergrads as a thank you for last year has made my day. #ClassicsTwitter #TinyJoys
Today is #NationalDanceDay the #muse of #dance, #music, #song and the #chorus in #GreekMythology is #Terpsichore one of the #NineMuses she is often depicted with a #lyre or #Plectrum
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