Scaryadne (they/them)
@ariadnes-subthread.bsky.social
Amateur; for the love of the subject. Classics, history, and archaeology nerd.
Ancient, Neoclassical, and Sandalgoth fashionistx/aspiring experimental archaeologist
Maenad🍇🐂🍷🤪🎉
(You might also see some star trek & parenting stuff from time to time)
Ancient, Neoclassical, and Sandalgoth fashionistx/aspiring experimental archaeologist
Maenad🍇🐂🍷🤪🎉
(You might also see some star trek & parenting stuff from time to time)
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Your Monday morning astonishing artifact is the Malia "bee" pendant. (Spoiler alert: they may be wasps.) 🏺🧪
Malia Bee Pendant: A 3,800-year-old accessory found in a Minoan 'pit of gold'
This extremely detailed depiction of insects holds clues to the natural world of the ancient Minoans.
www.livescience.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Your Monday morning astonishing artifact is the Malia "bee" pendant. (Spoiler alert: they may be wasps.) 🏺🧪
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Happy August Bank Holiday to all those who celebrate. You'd better get some good relaxing in because it's the last one til Christmas!! 😱
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Recumbent Bacchante", c1834, by Lorenzo Bartolini, from Chatsworth House.
Thanks @jdk653.bsky.social for sharing 😁
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Recumbent Bacchante", c1834, by Lorenzo Bartolini, from Chatsworth House.
Thanks @jdk653.bsky.social for sharing 😁
August 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Happy August Bank Holiday to all those who celebrate. You'd better get some good relaxing in because it's the last one til Christmas!! 😱
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Recumbent Bacchante", c1834, by Lorenzo Bartolini, from Chatsworth House.
Thanks @jdk653.bsky.social for sharing 😁
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Recumbent Bacchante", c1834, by Lorenzo Bartolini, from Chatsworth House.
Thanks @jdk653.bsky.social for sharing 😁
Crazy how every time there's discourse about gender neutral language for pregnancy/childbirth/etc, I see a bunch of people pretending like people who give birth and don't ID as women don't exist at all. Even people who probably think they're not transphobic lol
August 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Crazy how every time there's discourse about gender neutral language for pregnancy/childbirth/etc, I see a bunch of people pretending like people who give birth and don't ID as women don't exist at all. Even people who probably think they're not transphobic lol
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2,000 year-old leather baby boot from Vindolanda Roman fort on the northern frontier of ‘Britannia’. So small it’s unlikely the owner did much walking in it!
From the residence of the fort commander and his wife, it possibly belonged to one of their children. 📷 me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
From the residence of the fort commander and his wife, it possibly belonged to one of their children. 📷 me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
August 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
2,000 year-old leather baby boot from Vindolanda Roman fort on the northern frontier of ‘Britannia’. So small it’s unlikely the owner did much walking in it!
From the residence of the fort commander and his wife, it possibly belonged to one of their children. 📷 me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
From the residence of the fort commander and his wife, it possibly belonged to one of their children. 📷 me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
Shoutout to nataliehaynes.bsky.social for telling an *actually funny* trans-related joke in her most recent episode, I legit CACKLED
Natalie Haynes (@nataliehaynes.bsky.social)
Bestselling author, broadcaster, classicist✍🏻 NO FRIEND TO THIS HOUSE: Pre-order now for September 2025. Posts by N and team.
https://linktr.ee/nataliehaynesauthor
nataliehaynes.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Shoutout to nataliehaynes.bsky.social for telling an *actually funny* trans-related joke in her most recent episode, I legit CACKLED
How is it that I've blocked dozens of keywords (probably over 100 now), hit "show less like this" on every post where I couldn't identify a keyword to block, searched for and liked tons of posts about the context I DO want, AND MY 'FOR YOU' IS STILL 75% U S P*L*T*CS??????????
August 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
How is it that I've blocked dozens of keywords (probably over 100 now), hit "show less like this" on every post where I couldn't identify a keyword to block, searched for and liked tons of posts about the context I DO want, AND MY 'FOR YOU' IS STILL 75% U S P*L*T*CS??????????
On a related note, if anyone knows any cool sounding jobs for a mainly C++ dev in Oregon, Seattle, or fully remote please tell me about em 😳
August 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
On a related note, if anyone knows any cool sounding jobs for a mainly C++ dev in Oregon, Seattle, or fully remote please tell me about em 😳
Apparently the university I live near, which is where I always assumed I would go if I can ever manage college, is shutting down their Classics program :(
I'm looking at schools in Seattle now (my partner is looking at tech jobs there anyways). Portland only has it at private colleges :|
I'm looking at schools in Seattle now (my partner is looking at tech jobs there anyways). Portland only has it at private colleges :|
August 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Apparently the university I live near, which is where I always assumed I would go if I can ever manage college, is shutting down their Classics program :(
I'm looking at schools in Seattle now (my partner is looking at tech jobs there anyways). Portland only has it at private colleges :|
I'm looking at schools in Seattle now (my partner is looking at tech jobs there anyways). Portland only has it at private colleges :|
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A rare Roman sun hat is on public display at England’s Bolton Museum. The felt cap is believed to date to something after 30 BC and was likely made for a member of the Roman military who was stationed in Egypt.
Photo credit Bolton Museum
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
Photo credit Bolton Museum
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
August 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A rare Roman sun hat is on public display at England’s Bolton Museum. The felt cap is believed to date to something after 30 BC and was likely made for a member of the Roman military who was stationed in Egypt.
Photo credit Bolton Museum
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
Photo credit Bolton Museum
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
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And here's some more Roman flip flops, recently discovered in the Villa del Casale on Sicily: news.artnet.com/art-world/fl...
#AncientBluesky 🏺
#AncientBluesky 🏺
August 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
And here's some more Roman flip flops, recently discovered in the Villa del Casale on Sicily: news.artnet.com/art-world/fl...
#AncientBluesky 🏺
#AncientBluesky 🏺
It's important to me that everyone knows this is also the origin of "Dwight"
The name "Dennis" derives from Latin 'Dionysus', likely popularized by 3rd century martyr St. Denis, patron saint of Paris. It entered English with many variants & alternate spellings.
Which mean... DENNY'S is *literally* a place dedicated to the Greek god of 'merriment, madness and wild nature'.
Which mean... DENNY'S is *literally* a place dedicated to the Greek god of 'merriment, madness and wild nature'.
a sign for denny 's diner welcomes you to america
Alt: a sign for Denny's diner, showing food and coffee, orange juice in a pass-through, with cooks working on a griddle behind it. Text below the logo reads "Welcome to America's Diner".
media.tenor.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It's important to me that everyone knows this is also the origin of "Dwight"
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“The frescoes depict chaotic scenes of ecstatic dancing, hunting, and merriment, all in honor of Dionysus, the god of wine and festivities. “
mymodernmet.com/casa-tiaso-f...
mymodernmet.com/casa-tiaso-f...
Newly Discovered Pompeii Frescoes Reveal a Different—Wild—Side of Ancient Roman Women
“[It’s] a metaphor for a wild, ecstatic life."
mymodernmet.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
“The frescoes depict chaotic scenes of ecstatic dancing, hunting, and merriment, all in honor of Dionysus, the god of wine and festivities. “
mymodernmet.com/casa-tiaso-f...
mymodernmet.com/casa-tiaso-f...
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“Bind me and you put a god in chains.”
Mythological Dionysus cosplay made and worn by me.
Photo taken by @mandyficent.bsky.social and color corrected by me.
#cosplaymaker #cosplayer
Mythological Dionysus cosplay made and worn by me.
Photo taken by @mandyficent.bsky.social and color corrected by me.
#cosplaymaker #cosplayer
August 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“Bind me and you put a god in chains.”
Mythological Dionysus cosplay made and worn by me.
Photo taken by @mandyficent.bsky.social and color corrected by me.
#cosplaymaker #cosplayer
Mythological Dionysus cosplay made and worn by me.
Photo taken by @mandyficent.bsky.social and color corrected by me.
#cosplaymaker #cosplayer
Please get me up to date on my follows lol, anyone from the last 6 months in #ancientbluesky
Especially anyone related to ancient fashion, cosmetics jewelery, textiles, etc!
Or anyone who posts about #Dionysus and related topics!
Especially anyone related to ancient fashion, cosmetics jewelery, textiles, etc!
Or anyone who posts about #Dionysus and related topics!
August 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Please get me up to date on my follows lol, anyone from the last 6 months in #ancientbluesky
Especially anyone related to ancient fashion, cosmetics jewelery, textiles, etc!
Or anyone who posts about #Dionysus and related topics!
Especially anyone related to ancient fashion, cosmetics jewelery, textiles, etc!
Or anyone who posts about #Dionysus and related topics!
This adds an interesting thematic edge to Naxos
Enjoyed the beach this summer? Did you know that the Ancient Greeks viewed beaches not as escapes, but as dangerous frontiers, sterile, death‑linked, and full of omens. buff.ly/MOO3ZPG #AncientGreece #Classics #AncientBluesky
The beach wasn’t always a vacation destination - for the ancient Greeks, it was a scary place
Beach vacations became popular only around the 19th-20th centuries – as part of the lifestyle of the wealthy.
buff.ly
August 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This adds an interesting thematic edge to Naxos
Idk why I keep opening threads instead of the app I actually like 😭😭😭😭😭
August 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Idk why I keep opening threads instead of the app I actually like 😭😭😭😭😭
Would ψευδóγυνη be the correct distaff of Ψευδάνωρ? Especially have no idea if that stress mark is correctly placed lol.
January 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Would ψευδóγυνη be the correct distaff of Ψευδάνωρ? Especially have no idea if that stress mark is correctly placed lol.
I've shared grape-suit Dionysus on FB about a billion times but I don't know if I have here yet 😂
#FrescoFriday and it's Bacchus and Mt. Vesuvius. From the House of the Centenary in Pompeii (Regio IX.8.6).
An Agathodaemon slithers up to an altar below the god, while he pours some wine out for his panther. Vineyards are shown on Vesuvius' slopes.
My photo at bit.ly/4j3vqSZ
#AncientBlueSky🏺
An Agathodaemon slithers up to an altar below the god, while he pours some wine out for his panther. Vineyards are shown on Vesuvius' slopes.
My photo at bit.ly/4j3vqSZ
#AncientBlueSky🏺
January 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I've shared grape-suit Dionysus on FB about a billion times but I don't know if I have here yet 😂
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This closeup of an early 1st c. CE fresco from the Herculaneum palaestra shows a rare representation of a woman (human or muse) writing. She seems to be inscribing something below a tragic theater mask. Her hairstyle and garments seem very Greek. 🏺 #ancientbluesky 1/
#MANN (inv. 9019)
📸 me
#MANN (inv. 9019)
📸 me
January 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This closeup of an early 1st c. CE fresco from the Herculaneum palaestra shows a rare representation of a woman (human or muse) writing. She seems to be inscribing something below a tragic theater mask. Her hairstyle and garments seem very Greek. 🏺 #ancientbluesky 1/
#MANN (inv. 9019)
📸 me
#MANN (inv. 9019)
📸 me
Not many things I love more than ancient artifacts that would probably be considered kind of gaudy/inelegant by modern aesthetics
I'm revisiting some notes on the Begram Hoard, so it seems an opportune moment to share this beautiful enamelled goblet, ca.1st-2nd Century AD, showing figures harvesting dates. #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: National Museum of Afghanistan, Kabul (04.1.43). Link - www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
Image: National Museum of Afghanistan, Kabul (04.1.43). Link - www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
January 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Not many things I love more than ancient artifacts that would probably be considered kind of gaudy/inelegant by modern aesthetics
Doing one of my 'ancient aesthetics, modern materials'-type looks tonight :3
January 12, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Doing one of my 'ancient aesthetics, modern materials'-type looks tonight :3
OMG I love that I was saying we should have a Fresco Friday a few weeks ago and then I came back after a lil while and it's a thing 😂
January 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
OMG I love that I was saying we should have a Fresco Friday a few weeks ago and then I came back after a lil while and it's a thing 😂
I really should have an answer for this, but I don't 💀anyone got some ideas?
Anybody know an accessible (for undergrads) and accurate chapter/article on ancient Greek clothing? It feels like the only places these exist are in 100 yo history of costume books that cover every era and are specialists in none... #AncientBlueSky #TeachAncient #Textiles
January 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I really should have an answer for this, but I don't 💀anyone got some ideas?
I keep trying to tell myself to open this app instead of FB when I don't have the brain capacity to do anything but scroll, but DAMN its hard to rewire
January 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I keep trying to tell myself to open this app instead of FB when I don't have the brain capacity to do anything but scroll, but DAMN its hard to rewire