Elizabeth Saint C
@esaintc.bsky.social
Loves Classics, History, Art, Travel, Books and Cats 🐈⬛
#classicstober #classicstober25
Day 3 - The Graiai
There once were mythic sisters named Graiai,
Who shared one tooth and one eye between three,
When Perseus came near,
They shrieked in great fear
'He's taken them both! How greedy?!'
Day 3 - The Graiai
There once were mythic sisters named Graiai,
Who shared one tooth and one eye between three,
When Perseus came near,
They shrieked in great fear
'He's taken them both! How greedy?!'
October 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#classicstober #classicstober25
Day 3 - The Graiai
There once were mythic sisters named Graiai,
Who shared one tooth and one eye between three,
When Perseus came near,
They shrieked in great fear
'He's taken them both! How greedy?!'
Day 3 - The Graiai
There once were mythic sisters named Graiai,
Who shared one tooth and one eye between three,
When Perseus came near,
They shrieked in great fear
'He's taken them both! How greedy?!'
#ClassicsTober25
Day 2 Thanatos
"[Apollon] gave him [the dead Sarpedon] into the charge of swift messengers to carry him, of Hypnos (Sleep) and Thanatos (Death), who are twin brothers, and these two presently laid him down within the rich countryside of broad Lykia."
Homer, Iliad 16.681
Day 2 Thanatos
"[Apollon] gave him [the dead Sarpedon] into the charge of swift messengers to carry him, of Hypnos (Sleep) and Thanatos (Death), who are twin brothers, and these two presently laid him down within the rich countryside of broad Lykia."
Homer, Iliad 16.681
October 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
#ClassicsTober25
Day 2 Thanatos
"[Apollon] gave him [the dead Sarpedon] into the charge of swift messengers to carry him, of Hypnos (Sleep) and Thanatos (Death), who are twin brothers, and these two presently laid him down within the rich countryside of broad Lykia."
Homer, Iliad 16.681
Day 2 Thanatos
"[Apollon] gave him [the dead Sarpedon] into the charge of swift messengers to carry him, of Hypnos (Sleep) and Thanatos (Death), who are twin brothers, and these two presently laid him down within the rich countryside of broad Lykia."
Homer, Iliad 16.681
#ClassicsTober2025
Day 1 - Hypnos, god of sleep.
"Yet you love sleep and salute Hypnos, the Greek god of sleep, and forget that he is death's brother"
Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet.
🖼"Sleep and his Half Brother, Death", John William Waterhouse (1874, oil on canvas Private Collection
Day 1 - Hypnos, god of sleep.
"Yet you love sleep and salute Hypnos, the Greek god of sleep, and forget that he is death's brother"
Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet.
🖼"Sleep and his Half Brother, Death", John William Waterhouse (1874, oil on canvas Private Collection
October 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
#ClassicsTober2025
Day 1 - Hypnos, god of sleep.
"Yet you love sleep and salute Hypnos, the Greek god of sleep, and forget that he is death's brother"
Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet.
🖼"Sleep and his Half Brother, Death", John William Waterhouse (1874, oil on canvas Private Collection
Day 1 - Hypnos, god of sleep.
"Yet you love sleep and salute Hypnos, the Greek god of sleep, and forget that he is death's brother"
Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet.
🖼"Sleep and his Half Brother, Death", John William Waterhouse (1874, oil on canvas Private Collection
#InternationalDogDay
The saddest tale, the goodest boi....
(1) Argus, the faithful hound of Odysseus, was the only one to recognize Odysseus upon his return to Ithaca after 20 years. Too weak to move, he wags his tail and offers a final gaze of recognition before passing away.
The saddest tale, the goodest boi....
(1) Argus, the faithful hound of Odysseus, was the only one to recognize Odysseus upon his return to Ithaca after 20 years. Too weak to move, he wags his tail and offers a final gaze of recognition before passing away.
August 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
#InternationalDogDay
The saddest tale, the goodest boi....
(1) Argus, the faithful hound of Odysseus, was the only one to recognize Odysseus upon his return to Ithaca after 20 years. Too weak to move, he wags his tail and offers a final gaze of recognition before passing away.
The saddest tale, the goodest boi....
(1) Argus, the faithful hound of Odysseus, was the only one to recognize Odysseus upon his return to Ithaca after 20 years. Too weak to move, he wags his tail and offers a final gaze of recognition before passing away.
#MosaicMonday
It is flaming June so remember to help the birds and wildlife survive the heat by putting fresh water out for them.
Detail from mosaic depicting tame deer drinking from a fountain. C. 3/4 CE. Carthage.
📷 British Museum, London
#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky
It is flaming June so remember to help the birds and wildlife survive the heat by putting fresh water out for them.
Detail from mosaic depicting tame deer drinking from a fountain. C. 3/4 CE. Carthage.
📷 British Museum, London
#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky
June 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
#MosaicMonday
It is flaming June so remember to help the birds and wildlife survive the heat by putting fresh water out for them.
Detail from mosaic depicting tame deer drinking from a fountain. C. 3/4 CE. Carthage.
📷 British Museum, London
#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky
It is flaming June so remember to help the birds and wildlife survive the heat by putting fresh water out for them.
Detail from mosaic depicting tame deer drinking from a fountain. C. 3/4 CE. Carthage.
📷 British Museum, London
#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky
Happy Midsummer's Eve
"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind."
A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
Cupid fresco, c. 1st BCE - 1st CE, Villa San Marco, Stabiae
📷 Sito Archeologico di Stabiae
#FrescoFriday
"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind."
A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
Cupid fresco, c. 1st BCE - 1st CE, Villa San Marco, Stabiae
📷 Sito Archeologico di Stabiae
#FrescoFriday
June 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Happy Midsummer's Eve
"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind."
A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
Cupid fresco, c. 1st BCE - 1st CE, Villa San Marco, Stabiae
📷 Sito Archeologico di Stabiae
#FrescoFriday
"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind."
A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
Cupid fresco, c. 1st BCE - 1st CE, Villa San Marco, Stabiae
📷 Sito Archeologico di Stabiae
#FrescoFriday
#FrescoFriday
"Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas"
Ovid, Ars Amatoria
Pompeii. House of the Golden Bracelet, wall painting n. 32, Gallic rose plant (detail).
📷 Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei.
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
"Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas"
Ovid, Ars Amatoria
Pompeii. House of the Golden Bracelet, wall painting n. 32, Gallic rose plant (detail).
📷 Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei.
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
June 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
#FrescoFriday
"Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas"
Ovid, Ars Amatoria
Pompeii. House of the Golden Bracelet, wall painting n. 32, Gallic rose plant (detail).
📷 Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei.
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
"Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas"
Ovid, Ars Amatoria
Pompeii. House of the Golden Bracelet, wall painting n. 32, Gallic rose plant (detail).
📷 Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei.
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
#worldcrocday
Roman parade armour made from crocodile skin. 3rd/4th century CE. Discovered Manfalut, Egypt. It may have been used for cult purposes.
📷 British Museum
#ancientbluesky
Roman parade armour made from crocodile skin. 3rd/4th century CE. Discovered Manfalut, Egypt. It may have been used for cult purposes.
📷 British Museum
#ancientbluesky
June 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
#worldcrocday
Roman parade armour made from crocodile skin. 3rd/4th century CE. Discovered Manfalut, Egypt. It may have been used for cult purposes.
📷 British Museum
#ancientbluesky
Roman parade armour made from crocodile skin. 3rd/4th century CE. Discovered Manfalut, Egypt. It may have been used for cult purposes.
📷 British Museum
#ancientbluesky
#MosaicMonday
Whilst out hunting, Actaeon catches sight of goddess Diana bathing. His punishment is to be turned into a stag and hunted by his own hounds.
Read more here:
Ovid,Metamorphoses Book 3
House of Venus, Volubilis, Morocco 2nd/3rd century CE.
📷 Jerzy Strzelecki
#classicsbluesky
Whilst out hunting, Actaeon catches sight of goddess Diana bathing. His punishment is to be turned into a stag and hunted by his own hounds.
Read more here:
Ovid,Metamorphoses Book 3
House of Venus, Volubilis, Morocco 2nd/3rd century CE.
📷 Jerzy Strzelecki
#classicsbluesky
June 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
#MosaicMonday
Whilst out hunting, Actaeon catches sight of goddess Diana bathing. His punishment is to be turned into a stag and hunted by his own hounds.
Read more here:
Ovid,Metamorphoses Book 3
House of Venus, Volubilis, Morocco 2nd/3rd century CE.
📷 Jerzy Strzelecki
#classicsbluesky
Whilst out hunting, Actaeon catches sight of goddess Diana bathing. His punishment is to be turned into a stag and hunted by his own hounds.
Read more here:
Ovid,Metamorphoses Book 3
House of Venus, Volubilis, Morocco 2nd/3rd century CE.
📷 Jerzy Strzelecki
#classicsbluesky
#FrescoFriday
Detail of a Roman fresco showing scene of dressing a priestess or bride. Found in the palaestra of the Forum Baths at Herculaneum. Dated back to 1st century CE.
📷https://feminaeromanae.org
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
Detail of a Roman fresco showing scene of dressing a priestess or bride. Found in the palaestra of the Forum Baths at Herculaneum. Dated back to 1st century CE.
📷https://feminaeromanae.org
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
June 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#FrescoFriday
Detail of a Roman fresco showing scene of dressing a priestess or bride. Found in the palaestra of the Forum Baths at Herculaneum. Dated back to 1st century CE.
📷https://feminaeromanae.org
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
Detail of a Roman fresco showing scene of dressing a priestess or bride. Found in the palaestra of the Forum Baths at Herculaneum. Dated back to 1st century CE.
📷https://feminaeromanae.org
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
A bit of Classical Reception for #MosaicMonday. Detail of a sphinx from the National Library of Ireland, part of a pair depicted with the the motto 'Sapienta' or wisdom which was one of the attributes associated with the sphinx.
📷 @Rustransdark
#classicsbluesky
#ancientbluesky
📷 @Rustransdark
#classicsbluesky
#ancientbluesky
June 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
A bit of Classical Reception for #MosaicMonday. Detail of a sphinx from the National Library of Ireland, part of a pair depicted with the the motto 'Sapienta' or wisdom which was one of the attributes associated with the sphinx.
📷 @Rustransdark
#classicsbluesky
#ancientbluesky
📷 @Rustransdark
#classicsbluesky
#ancientbluesky
Graceful gazelles this #FrescoFriday. Their delicately painted forms really give a sense of these slender, shy creatures...
Antelopes Fresco, discovered at Akrotiri, Thera (Santorini). C. 1700 BCE
📷 National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
Antelopes Fresco, discovered at Akrotiri, Thera (Santorini). C. 1700 BCE
📷 National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
June 6, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Graceful gazelles this #FrescoFriday. Their delicately painted forms really give a sense of these slender, shy creatures...
Antelopes Fresco, discovered at Akrotiri, Thera (Santorini). C. 1700 BCE
📷 National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
Antelopes Fresco, discovered at Akrotiri, Thera (Santorini). C. 1700 BCE
📷 National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
#ReliefWednesday
For you do not share
The Pierian roses, but unseen in the house of Hades
You will stray, breathed out, among the ghostly dead
Sappho, Fragment 65
Exaltation of the flower. Grave stele, Farsala. Thessaly, Greece. 470 - 460 BCE. Louvre Museum
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
For you do not share
The Pierian roses, but unseen in the house of Hades
You will stray, breathed out, among the ghostly dead
Sappho, Fragment 65
Exaltation of the flower. Grave stele, Farsala. Thessaly, Greece. 470 - 460 BCE. Louvre Museum
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
June 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#ReliefWednesday
For you do not share
The Pierian roses, but unseen in the house of Hades
You will stray, breathed out, among the ghostly dead
Sappho, Fragment 65
Exaltation of the flower. Grave stele, Farsala. Thessaly, Greece. 470 - 460 BCE. Louvre Museum
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
For you do not share
The Pierian roses, but unseen in the house of Hades
You will stray, breathed out, among the ghostly dead
Sappho, Fragment 65
Exaltation of the flower. Grave stele, Farsala. Thessaly, Greece. 470 - 460 BCE. Louvre Museum
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
A #MosaicMonday peacock in honour of Juno and the month named for her. She was the goddess of marriage, childbirth and fertility. Peacocks were sacred to her and drew her chariot.
Peacock, Detail of Mosaic - 4th century CE., Bardo Museum, Tunis
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
Peacock, Detail of Mosaic - 4th century CE., Bardo Museum, Tunis
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
June 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A #MosaicMonday peacock in honour of Juno and the month named for her. She was the goddess of marriage, childbirth and fertility. Peacocks were sacred to her and drew her chariot.
Peacock, Detail of Mosaic - 4th century CE., Bardo Museum, Tunis
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
Peacock, Detail of Mosaic - 4th century CE., Bardo Museum, Tunis
#classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
Welcome June ~ Let the wild rumpus begin!
Max Ernst Pietschmann (German, 1865-1952), "Dance of satyrs and nymphs in a spring landscape"
#classicsbluesky
#ancientbluesky
Max Ernst Pietschmann (German, 1865-1952), "Dance of satyrs and nymphs in a spring landscape"
#classicsbluesky
#ancientbluesky
June 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Welcome June ~ Let the wild rumpus begin!
Max Ernst Pietschmann (German, 1865-1952), "Dance of satyrs and nymphs in a spring landscape"
#classicsbluesky
#ancientbluesky
Max Ernst Pietschmann (German, 1865-1952), "Dance of satyrs and nymphs in a spring landscape"
#classicsbluesky
#ancientbluesky
#MosaicMonday
Detail from the 'Lion Hunt' mosaic. Late 4th century BCE, from the House of Dionysos. Pebble Mosaic.
Pella Archaeological Museum. Greece.
#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky
Detail from the 'Lion Hunt' mosaic. Late 4th century BCE, from the House of Dionysos. Pebble Mosaic.
Pella Archaeological Museum. Greece.
#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky
May 26, 2025 at 7:05 AM
#MosaicMonday
Detail from the 'Lion Hunt' mosaic. Late 4th century BCE, from the House of Dionysos. Pebble Mosaic.
Pella Archaeological Museum. Greece.
#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky
Detail from the 'Lion Hunt' mosaic. Late 4th century BCE, from the House of Dionysos. Pebble Mosaic.
Pella Archaeological Museum. Greece.
#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky
May 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
#worldbeeday2025
A silver tetradrachm from Ephesus depicting a honey bee. The temple of Artemis, one of the 'Seven Wonders of the Ancient World' was located there and the priestesses were known as 'Melissae' or honeybees.
Dated 370-360 BCE
📷ArchaiOptix.
#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky
A silver tetradrachm from Ephesus depicting a honey bee. The temple of Artemis, one of the 'Seven Wonders of the Ancient World' was located there and the priestesses were known as 'Melissae' or honeybees.
Dated 370-360 BCE
📷ArchaiOptix.
#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky
May 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
#worldbeeday2025
A silver tetradrachm from Ephesus depicting a honey bee. The temple of Artemis, one of the 'Seven Wonders of the Ancient World' was located there and the priestesses were known as 'Melissae' or honeybees.
Dated 370-360 BCE
📷ArchaiOptix.
#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky
A silver tetradrachm from Ephesus depicting a honey bee. The temple of Artemis, one of the 'Seven Wonders of the Ancient World' was located there and the priestesses were known as 'Melissae' or honeybees.
Dated 370-360 BCE
📷ArchaiOptix.
#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky
#InternationalDanceDay
Terpsichore is one of the nine Muses in Greek mythology. She is the goddess of dance and chorus. Her name, means "delight in dancing".
The Muse Terpsichore. Fresco fragment. House of Julia Felix, Pompeii. 62–79, Louvre, Paris.
#classicsbluesky #ancient
📷 Louvre Museum
Terpsichore is one of the nine Muses in Greek mythology. She is the goddess of dance and chorus. Her name, means "delight in dancing".
The Muse Terpsichore. Fresco fragment. House of Julia Felix, Pompeii. 62–79, Louvre, Paris.
#classicsbluesky #ancient
📷 Louvre Museum
April 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#InternationalDanceDay
Terpsichore is one of the nine Muses in Greek mythology. She is the goddess of dance and chorus. Her name, means "delight in dancing".
The Muse Terpsichore. Fresco fragment. House of Julia Felix, Pompeii. 62–79, Louvre, Paris.
#classicsbluesky #ancient
📷 Louvre Museum
Terpsichore is one of the nine Muses in Greek mythology. She is the goddess of dance and chorus. Her name, means "delight in dancing".
The Muse Terpsichore. Fresco fragment. House of Julia Felix, Pompeii. 62–79, Louvre, Paris.
#classicsbluesky #ancient
📷 Louvre Museum
Tiger, tiger burning bright...
This lustrous 4th century CE mosaic of a tiger prowling amongst foliate designs just glows!
Roman floor mosaic, Villa of Tellaro, Sicily.
#MosaicMonday #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
📷 Salvatore Pirrera
This lustrous 4th century CE mosaic of a tiger prowling amongst foliate designs just glows!
Roman floor mosaic, Villa of Tellaro, Sicily.
#MosaicMonday #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
📷 Salvatore Pirrera
April 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Tiger, tiger burning bright...
This lustrous 4th century CE mosaic of a tiger prowling amongst foliate designs just glows!
Roman floor mosaic, Villa of Tellaro, Sicily.
#MosaicMonday #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
📷 Salvatore Pirrera
This lustrous 4th century CE mosaic of a tiger prowling amongst foliate designs just glows!
Roman floor mosaic, Villa of Tellaro, Sicily.
#MosaicMonday #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
📷 Salvatore Pirrera
#MosaicMonday
Happy 2,778th birthday Rome founded this day 753 BCE.
Roman mosaic flooring showing the she-wolf feeding Romulus and Remus which is central to the founding myth of the city. From the cubicle in the Domus della Fortuna Annonaria in Ostia.
📷 Ostia Antica Park
#ancientbluesky
Happy 2,778th birthday Rome founded this day 753 BCE.
Roman mosaic flooring showing the she-wolf feeding Romulus and Remus which is central to the founding myth of the city. From the cubicle in the Domus della Fortuna Annonaria in Ostia.
📷 Ostia Antica Park
#ancientbluesky
April 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
#MosaicMonday
Happy 2,778th birthday Rome founded this day 753 BCE.
Roman mosaic flooring showing the she-wolf feeding Romulus and Remus which is central to the founding myth of the city. From the cubicle in the Domus della Fortuna Annonaria in Ostia.
📷 Ostia Antica Park
#ancientbluesky
Happy 2,778th birthday Rome founded this day 753 BCE.
Roman mosaic flooring showing the she-wolf feeding Romulus and Remus which is central to the founding myth of the city. From the cubicle in the Domus della Fortuna Annonaria in Ostia.
📷 Ostia Antica Park
#ancientbluesky
#MosaicMonday
Roman Mosaic of the Spring from the Villa La Olmeda in Pedrosa de la Vega, Palencia, Spain. Dated to the 4th century AD. All that rich foliate and floral bursting forth!
Image: Valdavia
Roman Mosaic of the Spring from the Villa La Olmeda in Pedrosa de la Vega, Palencia, Spain. Dated to the 4th century AD. All that rich foliate and floral bursting forth!
Image: Valdavia
April 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
#MosaicMonday
Roman Mosaic of the Spring from the Villa La Olmeda in Pedrosa de la Vega, Palencia, Spain. Dated to the 4th century AD. All that rich foliate and floral bursting forth!
Image: Valdavia
Roman Mosaic of the Spring from the Villa La Olmeda in Pedrosa de la Vega, Palencia, Spain. Dated to the 4th century AD. All that rich foliate and floral bursting forth!
Image: Valdavia
This #FrescoFriday we have a magnificent duo courtesy of
of the excellent
@followinghadrian.bsky.social
Cautes and Cautopates, torchbearers for the god Mithras. Tauroctony fresco in the mithraeum of Capua. 2nd century CE, Ancient Capua.
#ClassicsBlueSky #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #AncientRome
of the excellent
@followinghadrian.bsky.social
Cautes and Cautopates, torchbearers for the god Mithras. Tauroctony fresco in the mithraeum of Capua. 2nd century CE, Ancient Capua.
#ClassicsBlueSky #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #AncientRome
April 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This #FrescoFriday we have a magnificent duo courtesy of
of the excellent
@followinghadrian.bsky.social
Cautes and Cautopates, torchbearers for the god Mithras. Tauroctony fresco in the mithraeum of Capua. 2nd century CE, Ancient Capua.
#ClassicsBlueSky #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #AncientRome
of the excellent
@followinghadrian.bsky.social
Cautes and Cautopates, torchbearers for the god Mithras. Tauroctony fresco in the mithraeum of Capua. 2nd century CE, Ancient Capua.
#ClassicsBlueSky #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #AncientRome
#MosaicMonday
The abduction of Europa.
Zeus carries the Phoenician princess Europa across the sea in the guise of a bull.
Roman. 3rd -4th century CE. House of Europa, Sparta, Greece.
#ClassicsBlueSky #AncientBlueSky #archaeology #AncientGreece #Mythology #AncientRome
The abduction of Europa.
Zeus carries the Phoenician princess Europa across the sea in the guise of a bull.
Roman. 3rd -4th century CE. House of Europa, Sparta, Greece.
#ClassicsBlueSky #AncientBlueSky #archaeology #AncientGreece #Mythology #AncientRome
March 31, 2025 at 8:11 AM
#MosaicMonday
The abduction of Europa.
Zeus carries the Phoenician princess Europa across the sea in the guise of a bull.
Roman. 3rd -4th century CE. House of Europa, Sparta, Greece.
#ClassicsBlueSky #AncientBlueSky #archaeology #AncientGreece #Mythology #AncientRome
The abduction of Europa.
Zeus carries the Phoenician princess Europa across the sea in the guise of a bull.
Roman. 3rd -4th century CE. House of Europa, Sparta, Greece.
#ClassicsBlueSky #AncientBlueSky #archaeology #AncientGreece #Mythology #AncientRome
#FrescoFriday
Io, Argive princess + lover of Zeus wearing bovine horns watched over by Argos on jealous Hera's orders. Ancestress of Perseus, Heracles, Minos, Cadmus...
One of the moons of Jupiter
1st C CE, Casa di Meleagro, Pompeii, Naples National Archaeological Museum
Io, Argive princess + lover of Zeus wearing bovine horns watched over by Argos on jealous Hera's orders. Ancestress of Perseus, Heracles, Minos, Cadmus...
One of the moons of Jupiter
1st C CE, Casa di Meleagro, Pompeii, Naples National Archaeological Museum
March 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#FrescoFriday
Io, Argive princess + lover of Zeus wearing bovine horns watched over by Argos on jealous Hera's orders. Ancestress of Perseus, Heracles, Minos, Cadmus...
One of the moons of Jupiter
1st C CE, Casa di Meleagro, Pompeii, Naples National Archaeological Museum
Io, Argive princess + lover of Zeus wearing bovine horns watched over by Argos on jealous Hera's orders. Ancestress of Perseus, Heracles, Minos, Cadmus...
One of the moons of Jupiter
1st C CE, Casa di Meleagro, Pompeii, Naples National Archaeological Museum