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These massive stone structures called Broches were unseen in continental Europe and most of the British Isles. Built sometime during the Bronze age, Broches were unique to northern Scotland. Their creators were either of Celtic or Nordic background. 

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goodnight, darling...

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my god, my universe

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We're spiritually lying in the soup tonight boys

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Guys.

Y’all.

I…

I just. I just… i have discovered something. And I have laughed too much. I have laughed every time I have tried to explain it to someone. I cannot get through this.

Look. Okay.

There are two things you need to know, here.

First: There’s a style of Greek pottery that was popular during the Hellenic period, for which most of the surviving examples are from southern Italy. We call them ‘fish plates’ because, well, they’re plates, and they’re decorated with fish (and other marine life).

Like this one, currently in the Met:

Or this one, currently in the Cleveland Museum of Art:

They’re very cool. We’re not 100% sure what they were for, because most of the surviving ones were found as grave goods, but that’s a different post.

The second thing you need to know is that when we (Classics/archaeology/whatever as a discipline) have a collection of artefacts, like vases, sculptures, paintings, etc. and we do not know the name of the artist, but we’re pretty sure one artist made X, Y and Z artefacts, we come up with a name for that artist. There are a whole bunch of things that could be the source for the name, e.g. where we found most of their work (The Dipylon Master) or the potter with whom they worked (the Amasis Painter), a favourite theme (The Athena Painter), the Museum that ended up with the most famous thing they did (The Berlin Painter) or a notable aspect of their style. Like, say, The Eyebrow Painter.

Guess what kind of pottery the Eyebrow Painter made?

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NEW INFO NEW INFO NEW INFOOOOO

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Обернули жемчужины шею В три ряда, в три ряда Говорил, ты будешь моей иль ничьею Никогда, никогда

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🐍💦💦

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Made a Zagreus and Thanatos fan art for @captainmac's birthday 🌟

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you may have seen achilles in his miserable blanket burrito but have you seen odysseus Sitting Like That while appealing to achilles in his miserable blanket burrito

achilles looking very "make him stop make him stop make him stop"

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I've been reading Emily Wilson's translation of The Iliad and I'm about to make it everyone's problem.

Not enough people appreciate that Athena pulls Achilles hair to stop him from attacking Agamemnon. I'd like to think, had they been invented, she would have used a spray bottle.

Also, I know that my illustration of the Athena and Achilles scene is more generically classically inspired, and the Aphrodite and Helen illustration uses Bronze Age aesthetics. They're not meant to exist sequentially, I'm just vibin'.

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🌱🍂🏳️‍⚧️ EASE OFF: Chapter 6, Epilogue - END!

Zagreus introduces his lovers to one another in Elysium.

And that's it, that's the end!! I wish I had more to say... thanks so much for reading after all this time 🥺💜

I'm currently working on getting this printed 👀 So it's not quite over yet!

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Full PDF available for free (link in pinned post)

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2.1 | Chapter 2.2 | Chapter 2.3 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6

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I really like drawing mid-battle kissies

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super late to the fandom but it's better late than never 😎👌

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hi falin hiiii (titties out vr on twitter)

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picked a bunch of mandrakes the other day