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The Women of Amphissa by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1887)

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The Horai were the goddesses of seasons and natural portions of time.

Chose to portray them as triplets this time. Of course, It would be fun to depict them as more "elemental", but I went with simple human designs for this. I plan to have them printed on my new thank-you cards soon. ✨

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The Graces Crowning Venus, late 19th century

Antonio Frilli, after a design by Antonio Canova

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Apollo entertaining Dionysus and Hermes

Black figure Amphora (520BC-510BC) attributed to the Rycroft Painter.

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I think I'll revisit my old posts and update them

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Statue of Apollo

Marble. Roman copy (117—130 CE) from a Greek original (4th century BCE).

Apollo is depicted in slight movement, with the left advanced leg, the pick in his right hand and the cetra held by the left and resting on the shoulder and on the side; the belt of the zither, which crosses the bust transversely, is decorated with a thin and sinuous plant shoot with volutine.

(Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum.)

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"I did not do what was written...", Henrik Edoyan (translated by metamorphesque)

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some pic I drew on February...I always post them on LOFTER and forgot I have Tumblr...(little dumb)

my Apollo looks like a mortal man cause now he's healing, he'll be much more big if he want show the power of a god.(maybe tall as 3 meter, even more. :)

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Selene! Excited for Hades 2!!

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Un Fauno / The God Pan - Faun (1870) by Francisco Jover y Casanova

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But never let me die without a struggle and without acclaim

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λέγουσι δ᾽ ὥς τις εἰσελήλυθε ξένος, γόης ἐπῳδὸς Λυδίας ἀπὸ χθονός, ξανθοῖσι βοστρύχοισιν εὐοσμῶν κόμην, οἰνῶπας ὄσσοις χάριτας Ἀφροδίτης ἔχων... - And they say that some foreigner has arrived, a sorcerer, an enchanter from the land of Lydia, with sweet-smelling hair in tawny curls, the wine-dark charms of Aphrodite in his eyes...

Euripides, Bacchae 233-236

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ancient greek word of the day: ἀναξίμολπος (anaximolpos), queen of song, epith. of Urania

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demeter and persephone

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To Kyprogenea

Entre as brumas e o mar cerúleo Sobe a espuma e o vento gentil Reclinada em lisas conchas Vem a divina Ciprogênia Afrodite de doces dons, amplos sorrisos De busto firme e feição suave Um sorriso se forma em bela face O horizonte se ilumina, os céus se abrem Ó Afrodite, o mundo inteiro fascinas!

english:

Between the mists and the cerulean sea The foam and rise the gentle wind Reclining on smooth shells Come the divine Kyprogenea Aphrodite with sweet gifts, wide smiles With a firm breast and soft features A smile forms on a beautiful face The horizon lights up, the skies open O Aphrodite, the whole world you fascinate!

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The Golden Fleece by Herbert James Draper (1904)

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Art Deco Aphrodite and Venus by Erté aka Romain De Tirtoff, detail.