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Just realised that while I've drawn a fair few ancient dogs, it's not nearly enough!!!🐺🐕💗

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2023-03-24

Nike • Winged Victory 🌿
My take on a fresco from Pompeii. I loved working on this in the last weeks - I am quite busy with uni work (I had a nice but quite demanding Aristotle seminar & I'm writing my Plato paper atm) but I steadily continued drawing :) /1

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2023-03-18

After Killing king Eurytus, as penitence, Heracles is sold as a slave to Queen Omphale, and made to do domestic women's work for three years.

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2023-03-15

In Hesiods, "Shield of Hercules", he and Iolaus, with Athena and Apollo's support, spur forward to clash with the bandit Cycnus, and his father, god of war, Ares!

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2023-03-10

Medea: I’m a different sort—dangerous to enemies, but well disposed to friends. Lives like mine achieve the greatest glory. 🗡️🩸💃 ❤️‍🔥

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2023-03-08

My caryatid illustration just turned four years old?? I cannot believe this 😭🥰

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2023-03-06

went to Franco Manca the other day, appreciated this on the menu 👌🏻

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2023-02-25

Day 9!
Heracles labor "The Belt of Hippolyta"
After sailing to Themiscrya, Heracles savagely cuts through the ranks of Amazons to get his prize

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2023-02-22

Io Saturnalia, omnes! 🍻🌲🌨

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2022-12-18

Saturnalia in Vindolanda 🪔🌨️🌲🏺

December's illustration rounds off with a cozy scene of the vicus' neighbours coming together for a boozy Saturnalia 🥂

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2022-12-12

Somewhere along the Limes Britannicus... 🌲❤️‍🔥🌨️

I drew this piece last year for my December 2021 p! It's of a Roman couple gathering materials for their Saturnalia decorations in country🧡

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2022-12-04

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

For my second book on my quest to unite and I'm going with one of my favorites: Age of Bronze. Created by Eisner winner Eric Shanower it tells the story of the Trojan War and does a great job of being literately and archaeologically accurate.

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2022-10-12

Once again is trying to find the vulva in history's "bean shaped objects" -it's

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2022-09-02

Orpheus Orpheus, who could charm the wild animals and very trees and rocks with his lyre amongst the forests of Olympus, finds a new love with the Dryad (wood nymph) Eurydice.

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2022-07-15

ARTEMIS: twin sister of Apollo, virgin goddess of hunting, wild animals, childbirth, and disease/death of girls.
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2022-07-02

HEPHAESTUS: God of weapon forges and fire. Born with a lame leg, and described as ugly, he crafts ingenious objects. Can you guess at the golden items in the illustration?

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2022-06-27

APHRODITE: Goddess of love, pleasure, and fertility, holds her prized golden apple from Paris, while her companion Eros (later cupid) pampers and flatters her.

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2022-06-24