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Justinian and Attendants, mosaic, c 547 AD

San Vitale, Ravenna

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In Greek mythology and religion, Asclepius was the God of Medicine – descendant of the God Apollo and mortal Coronis. His name means, "to cut open". It is said that he was so named as a result of his mother's childbirth experience, during which time her womb had to be cut open in order for Asclepius to be born (now known as a cesarean section). All traditional cultures have some personification of the Divine Healer or miracle working physician. (Wiki)

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Orpheus adorned in Roman battle attire playing a lyre from the walls of the Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter, Rome.

The Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter are found approximately three kilometers from southeast Rome and the ancient Via Labicana, and date to the 4th century AD. The catacombs were named in reference to the Christian martyrs Marcellinus and Peter who may have been buried there according to legend, near the body of St. Tiburtius.

During excavations performed from 2004 to 2010, an estimated 20,000 skeletons were discovered in these catacombs; the skeletons were buried in loculi (individually buried within a niche), arcosolia (a burial under an arched recess), or cubicala (individuals grouped together into a burial chamber). The catacombs "cover 3 hectares with 4.5 kilometers of subterranean galleries on three different levels". (Wiki)

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Phoebus Apollo, The Sun God with his chariot and horses  

 One of Apollo's most important daily tasks was to harness the four horses (Aethon, Pyrois, Phlegon, Eous) that were pulling his golden chariot, in order to pull the Sun across the sky every day.

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The Erechtheum, Athens, Greece

On the north side of the Acropolis, Athens, which was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena. The building, made to house the statue of Athena Polias, has in modern scholarship been called the Erechtheion (the sanctuary of Erechtheus or Poseidon) in the belief that Pausanias' description of the Erechtheion applies to this building. However, whether the Erechtheion referred to by Pausanias is indeed the Ionic temple or an entirely different building has become a point of contention in recent decades. (Wiki)

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amphitrite,  in  greek  mythology,  the  goddess  of  the  sea,  wife  of  the  god  poseidon,  and  one  of  the  50  daughters  of  nereus  and  doris.  poseidon  chose  amphitrite  from  among  her  sisters  as  the  nereids  performed  a  dance  on  the  isle  of  naxos.  amphitrite  spurred  his  advances,  with  him  sending  a  dolphin  after  her  where  she  encountered  it  at  the  atlas  mountains.  for  the  dolphin’s  work  in  helping  convincing  amphitrite  to  marry  him,  poseidon  created  the  delphinus  constellation.  seals  and  dolphins  are  the  symbols  and  offspring  of  amphitrite.  she  also  bred  sea  monsters  and  her  great  waves  crashed  against  the  rocks,  putting  sailors  at  risk.

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“Hypnos” by Carlo Maria Mariani (1931–present). Italian artist. oil on canvas.

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Statue of a prince or dynast without crown. Bronze, Greek artwork of the Hellenistic era, 3rd-2nd centuries BC. (Look at the beard, subtly engraved using a burin). Museo nazionale romano di palazzo Massimo

Repost from @yamunaontheroad

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ADIKIA was the personified spirit (daimona) of injustice and wrong-doing. She was depicted as an ugly, barbarian woman with tattooed skin. Her opposite number was Dike (Justice) who was sometimes depicted beating her with a club.

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Achlys is the goddess of misery, poisons, and eternal night. She lives inTartarus and is the daughter of Nyx, the goddess of night. Nyx really loves Achlys because she makes her proud, whereas Hemera is the exact opposite of her, thus making Achlys and Nyx hate Hemera. She keeps Heracles' shield with her to remind people about the pain and sadness it caused her. Her hobbies are clawing at her cheeks to make them bleed, she takes pleasure in crying no matter how much it hurts. She can create poisonous flowers by just summoning them to her will.

https://greekgoddesses.fandom.com/wiki/Achlys

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Sword of Thracian king Seuthes III (IV century BC)

The ruler's sword is 61 centimetres long. Its handle is shaped like a gryphon's head, and the blade is multi-layered and made of iron. The sword also has a special scabbard with a decoration imitating scales on the body of the mythical gryphon - a creature that combines the marks of a lion and an eagle. The sword was probably used primarily as a parade weapon.

The weapon was discovered during excavations in the mound "Golyama Kosmatka" (Valley of the Thracian Rulers, Kazanlak, Bulgaria) on October 4 and 5, 2004, when archaeologist Georgi Kitov made one of his great discoveries - the tomb of the Thracian king Seuthes III.

The sword was located in the third chamber of the site, on a piece, broken by the marble door, and under a golden wreath - exactly where the ruler's head should lie. The ritual laying shows the great importance that the Thracians attached to the weapon.

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Portrait of a Roman c 80 BC, Marble, Lifesize, Palazzo Torlonia, Rome

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Pandora by John William Waterhouse, 1896, Private Collection

The painting is titled Pandora in honor of the first woman according to Greek mythology. Created by order of Zeus to introduce all evil into the lives of men, after Prometheus, against divine will, He will give them the gift of fire.

The recreated moment is the one in which Pandora is about to open the chest that contained the evils of the human race (old age, illness, passion, poverty and others).

Her curiosity caused everyone except Hope to run away and spread out into the world.

The theme, widely represented since Antiquity, was illustrated by the also Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti in his work Pandora. (Wiki)

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Prometheus brings Fire to Mankind, Heinrich Friedrich Füger

c 1817

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The Pantheon, Rome c 118-125 AD, Rome

Dedicated to “all the gods”.

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Temple of Fortunis Virilis, Rome. Late 2nd century BC

Probably dedicated to the Roman god of Harbours, Portunus.

The oldest well-preserved example of its kind, showing Greek influence with Ionic columns and  entablature as well as Etruscan elements.

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Portrait of a Boy, Early 3rd c bc, bronze, 9″

Archaeological Museum, Florence