Hellen Jo is coming to CAB!!

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Here’s a contemplative Goku from the afterlife in the pose of a Hellenistic sculpture

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The winged victory of samothrace is an amazing hellenistic statue realized during the 2th century BC. It was discovered during the 18th century and has... No head. It's not stopping me from doing a funny face on it hahaha

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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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For I usually recommend podcasters. Today I’m recommending artists whose works depict the ancient world:
(Roman North Africa)
(From Mesopotamia to the Hellenistic East)
(The Alexander Romance)
(Roman)

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Victoire de Samothrace
Musée du Louvre

Marble Hellenistic sculpture of Nike (the Greek goddess of victory), that was created in about the 2nd century BC
https://t.co/lH9TvJHqBC

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IF I MAY...ive got an Agent 3 named soda who's big buff and bigger history buff ! part time professor at shellendorf institute when they're not doing recon in the domes for cuttlegear's agency + part time fashion disaster, and are a lot softer than they'd ever like to admit lmfao

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Terracotta Bust of Ariadne ~ Etruscan C3rd BCE

This gorgeous bust wears a veil and wreath of vines and berries, suggesting the potential of a divine union with Dionysos.

Hellenistic in style, the sculpture also has traces of polychromy hinting at a vibrant original.

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A stunning Hellenistic head surely of Aphrodite found in the bouleuterion in / Smyrna although described as “head of a woman” in the museum

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The sculpture (c. 2nd cent BCE/1st cent CE) may be Hellenistic or a later copy. It highlights the grief of Trojan priest, Laocoön, as two killer serpents rise from the sea after he rejects the notion of the Trojan horse as a gift

1.Vatican Museum2.Alessandro Allori 3.Marco Dente

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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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