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Cassandra by Janaina | www.janaina.net
Art for Month of Fear 2018 - Lies
In Greek mythology, Cassandra was one of the princesses of Troy and blessed with the gift of foreseeing the future. The most popular version of this myth is that Apollo fell in love with her, but when Cassandra denied the god and his advances, he placed a curse on her, so that no one would believe her words or predictions.
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Ancient Roman gold nipple cover, 1st century AD.
from Czerny’s International Auction House
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loki: where’s the child support bitch
svaðilfari: [neighs because he’s literally just a horse]
loki:
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My Latin class has a group chat for when we need translation help and it was goin wild last night. Not with translations but with Roman memes.
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~ Nine Bifaces.
Date: 700,000–200,000 B.C.
Style: Acheulean
Medium: Flint, quartzite.
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My embroidery recreation of a beautiful Etruscan mirror from the 3rd century BC depicting Helen, Paris, Achilles, and Chryseis!
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A giant, black, sarcophagus has been found in Alexandria and I could not be more excited about it.
If we do open it we could find
The tomb of Alexander the Great (Coolest possible answer. Probably the coolest thing we’ve found in my lifetime unless aliens decide to show up.)
Rando important Egyptian Pharaoh ( Also cool answer. Definitely an awesome find.)
An ancient and unspeakable evil (We haven’t had a good ol’ doomsday level curse in a good long while. Definitely overdue for this one)
It’s a win/win/win scenario.
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you’re not really engaging with classical literature unless you want to fight it
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These 2,200-year-old mosaics were unearthed recently in the ancient Greek city of Zeugma, which is located in modern-day Turkey. They, along with other murals, were discovered when flooding threatened the city due to the construction of a nearby dam, drawing the attention of local archaeologists and anthropologists.
(Source)
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Shops and Houses, Caerwent Roman Town, Monmouthshire, 6.5.18.
Sitting close to the forum and the main road through the town can be found a street of Roman shops and houses; these were the smaller buildings where everyday life took place. The foundations reveal a variety of buildings for different purposes. They were likely shops with a workroom at the front and living quarters to the rear. There is some evidence that two shops became one; perhaps a wealthy owner took over a neighbour’s premises. By about 350CE, a colonnaded portico was built over the front of the site. Most of the buildings were single storey.
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The ruined Minoan palace of Knossos. Abandoned in the 14th century BC.
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Ancient ruins give us a fascinating window into the past..
Ancient ruins give us a fascinating window into the past: how people lived, the spaces they inhabited and their daily lives. Historians, architects and travellers alike marvel at these remnants of time past, but it’s often hard to get a sense of what these spectacular buildings would have looked like at their peak. We decided to step back in time and recreate some of our favorite ancient ruins in their original locations.
Identified from the top:
The Parthenon Athens, Greece / 432 BC
Luxor Temple Luxor, Egypt / 1380 BC
Nohoch Mul Pyramid (Coba) Quintana Roo, Mexico / 100 BC-100 AD
Temple of Jupiter Pompeii, Italy / 200 BC
Milecastle 39 (Part of Hadrian’s Wall) Northumberland, England / 100 AD
The Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacán Teotihuacan, Mexico / 200 CE
Area Sacra di Largo Argentina—Temple B Rome, Italy / 101 BC
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Sarcophagus of the Muses - detail, Terpsichore and Thalia - white marble, found in Rome, 180-200 A.D. now at the Museum of Art History, Vienna
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some people???? stab emperors??? to coup????
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Update: I got accepted to the summer abroad program and so I’m going to Italy for 6 weeks and I get to participate in a dig on a villa!!!
I’m currently looking at abroad programs in Italy (and I found one, yay!) and I’m starting to compile a list of grad schools that I’ll look over in the spring and holllllllly shit I just can’t believe it.
#Hades' World#lmao grad school list is on hiatus#my life has been very busy atm#now on to scholarships
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