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Rude Talk in #Athens
Mixing history, literary criticism, and dirty jokes, Mark Haskell Smith pays tribute to a slew of forgotten Greek writers in his latest book 'Rude Talk in Athens' that will feed the intellect as well as tickle the funny bone.
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Edward Dodwell (1769-1838)-'bazaar of Athens'-drawing in Views in Greece by the English traveller and archaeologist, London (1821)
'The House in Athens' part of a letter by Pliny the Younger written in the 1st- 2nd century A.D tells of Athenodorus who's haunted by a spectre in chains (thought to have inspired Marley's Ghost) here's some images from mine and @MikeOB graphic novel adaptation #folklorethursday
'Feels Like Summer' music video by Childish Gambino, 2018 (cameos posted by @PopCrave) // Details from 'The School of Athens' by Raphael Sanzio c. 1509-1511. 🎬📹🖌️🎨 @TabloidArtHist
The famous`School of #Athens' by #Raphael, painted between 1510-1511 CE, depicting all of the major philosophers of antiquity with Plato and Aristotle at the centre. (Vatican Museums, Rome).
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Knocking on Heathens' Door
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"When one is painting, one does not think" - Raphael.
'The School of Athens' by Raphael Sanzio, 1511.