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The pomegranate-and-skull-pattern on the scarf that Karl included came from this illustration of Demeter and Persephone meeting for coffee: a positive representation. I didn’t think the pattern was that noticeable but it’s one of my most popular Redbubble items!

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2023-04-01

day 30: offering. Agamemnon makes the worst offering of them all. I had a few other frivolous ideas but for some reason went a bit dark in the end. Sorry for being a downer!

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2022-10-31

October 28 (Ancestor): Got a little occupied yesterday, so didn't manage to make this one before now. Pandora's the first human woman, and so is presumably a shared ancestor of us all.

Here she is, working on her first (and last) unboxing video!

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2022-10-30

day 28: ANCESTOR (a day late)

Amarantus, an enslaved person from birth, explains to Grata, a British enslaved person new to the house, some Roman customs concerning ancestors...

(A new little Amarantus illo, with permission from )

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2022-10-30

Day 27: Epithets

"Sing to me of the man, muse," begins Homer’s Odyssey “the man of twists and turns.” In the Greek, polytropos, is Homer’s first epithet of the hero Odysseus. The odyssey of 'that resourceful man' is reimagined in Romare Bearde's paintings.

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2022-10-27

In Homer’s Iliad, the gods were not mere spectators. Some remained neutral while others supported the Greek or Trojan cause. In this artwork by Sean O'Brogain, Ares ‘the Warlike’ and Poseidon ‘the Earth-shaker’ determine the time and place of a battle.

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2022-10-27

Day 26 (yes, I realize my compound hieratic numbers are going the "wrong" way, but that was an artistic choice. 😉 ) This is probably the SFW version of today’s theme that we’re going to see.

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2022-10-26

Anger for Day 23: Πάθος.

In the Rhetoric, Aristotle says the emotion (πάθος) of anger is caused by a real or perceived slight or insult. In De Anima, he describes the physiological effect as a boiling of the blood around the heart.

(That pigeon is doomed.)

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2022-10-24

Classicstober day 23 - Pathos
When thinking a way to interpretate the prompt of 'Pathos' I kept thinking about how seeing all the children's toys that we have found and how it made me feel

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2022-10-23

Day 23: Pathos

"'We shall die unavenged. But let us die. This, this is how it pleases me to go down among the shades. Let the Trojan who knows no pity gaze his fill upon this fire from the high seas and take with him the omen of my death.'" Virgil, Aeneid BK 4

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2022-10-23

day A fresco from depicting a scene from the  'Iphigenia in Tauris' by

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2022-10-23

Day 22: MOTHER

Persephone and Demeter meet for coffee.

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2022-10-22

October 20 (Transformation): I love the story where Dionysus gets caught by pirates. He grows vines that stop the ship from sailing, transformed himself into a lion and chased the pirates aboard (except the helmsman), and then transformed them into dolphins!

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2022-10-21

day 20: transformation. Circe serves up the special brew for her guests.

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2022-10-20

day 20 - transformation
circe because she's great at that sort of thing

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2022-10-20

Day 19: WARRIOR

A selection of Trojan War participants…

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2022-10-20

19: warrior. War is hell, you know.

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2022-10-19

Day 19: Warrior

Herakles, on the Greek side, attacks vigorously from the left. His opponents are three Amazons (legendary female warriors who lived in Asia Minor). Also, thank you to my two Year 9 students for their lovely pictures. 🏺🥰

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2022-10-19

Day 18 (yes, I realize my compound hieratic numbers are going the "wrong" way, but that was an artistic choice. 😉 ) I was inspired by an image from Deir el-Medina from one of Dr. Anne Austin's talks.

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2022-10-19

Day18: VINE

Dionysus, god of wine, is the life and soul of any party…

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2022-10-18