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Blue man groups new member, who happens to be affiliated with silver. Aeneas, a certainly strange warrior.

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2023-02-19

funny doodle of my buddy 's character aeneas, from the same rp as melinoe!

fun fact, they're cousins but don't know each other >:)

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2023-01-25

Ancient Greek word of the day:

μοιρα, -ας f. (moira) = destiny

Roman fresco of Dido abandoned by Aeneas, 1st c. AD, from the House of Meleager, Pompeii.

Naples National Archaeological Museum.

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2022-06-18

A resplendent Venus meets her lover Anchises on Mount Ida. Their son will be Aeneas, hero of Troy. It's his (their) lineage that's said to lead to Romulus, the legendary founder of Rome.

🎨 William Blake Richmond, Venus and Anchises, ca 1889 (Public domain)

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2022-01-24

Vulcan Presenting Arms to Venus for Aeneas, 1756

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2022-01-23

A most important foundation of the origins of Rome is the story of Aeneas, written by Virgil in his 'opus magnum' the ‘Aeneid’.
The hero & founder of is the Trojan warrior son of Venus & Anchises. The Julians traced their ancestry to Aeneas' son, Ascanius.

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2021-12-27

Vulcan Presenting Arms to Venus for Aeneas, 1756

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2021-11-14

Marcantonio Raimondi, Venus and Aeneas, 15th-16th century https://t.co/3XYgP33k7b

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2021-06-17

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Apotheosis of Aeneas, c. 1765 https://t.co/lScS2ECQ4X

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2021-06-15

This Roman cornelian gemstone depicting the goddess Venus and Anchises, the father of Aeneas, is our

Produced c. 25 BCE, this superb engraving is set in a gold and enamel 18th century frame.

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2021-05-28

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Apotheosis of Aeneas, c. 1765 https://t.co/lScS2ECQ4X

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2021-05-03

There was another famous Sibyl I bumped into once,the Sibyl of Cumae, near Naples, as consulted by Aeneas, referenced by Ovid and Petronius. Painted by Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri)(1581-1641), and Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel (sometimes I wonder how much M liked women😏)

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2021-04-07