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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
Greek Proverb
https://t.co/P3SXJmxhOb

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2018-03-24

The Irish word for is 'dris', which is a cognate of the Greek 'drákōn'. Both stem from the Indo-European root 'derḱ' - 'to see clearly'. Hence in the Irish tradition, the dragon is capable of many feats by sight alone: possession, mutilation, enchantment or corruption.

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2018-03-24

Portrait of English poet Judith Madan (1702-1781)

Inscribed to the lower right ‘KAEIO’, the Greek name for Clio, the muse of history, writing and poetry.

From Isherwood Fine Art https://t.co/CPSEqgC9IS

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2018-03-21

Anastasis Scene in Meaning ‘’standing up again’’ in Greek, Anastasis is one of the finest example of frescoes in the world. It is located in the semi-dome of the apse. https://t.co/ER4ah1J6yT

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2018-03-20

greek tragedy- the wombats (aka a bop and an inspiration)

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2018-03-20

‘The Heroes: or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children’ by Charles Kingsley.
Illustrations by W. Russell Flint.
Published 1912 by Phillip Lee Warner.
University of California Libraries.
https://t.co/628N0NKdaY

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2018-03-20

Charon, the ferryman of the River Styx has a lot of underrated potiental that nobody really pays attention to when writing stuff about Greek Mythology or making modern day aus and I find that offensive.

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2018-03-19

Day 2 of posting old sketches/studies of sculptures through the years: sketch of the side slab of “Ludovisi throne” with the bas -relief of a woman playing the aulos (double flute). Greek, circa 470 BCE perhaps originally for a temple to Aphrodite

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2018-03-18

I was challenged by
to craft my ideal Fire Emblem game. Here's the protagonists!

Girl on the left is a Peg Knight w/ light magic from a Greek-inspired country.
Girl on the right is a Dracoknight w/dark magic from a Norse country.

They're girlfriends!

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2018-03-17

So, with people speculating that we could possibly get a new Eeveelution I figured I'd draw my own for the time being. I call this Icareon, the Sky High Pokemon... I couldn't think of anything else, so I tried giving it a Greek and Roman feel since Icarus is in its name.

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2018-03-16

Ready for For this edition we will meet in Ancient Greece - high up on mount Olympus to be exact, so prepare to meet some of your favourite Greek gods and characters!

https://t.co/wshyXnZGAG

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2018-03-14

“We were like gods at the dawning of the world, and our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.” (I’m Still Emo)

https://t.co/Uztdu2qaOl

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2018-03-12

Forget about proportions, this boy's got a huge head full of dreams

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2018-03-10

Making art is such a journey. Here is a painting of Zeus from when I was 15, and another from today, 10 years later. Some things change but my love for Greek mythology remains 🙈 …

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2018-03-10

ee greek god (ares) au ^a^

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2018-03-09