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Absolutely gorgeous

Theo Fennell, a tourmaline and diamond 'Memento Mori' ring, the circular faceted red tourmaline is set within a border with the inscription 'Memento Mori' in black enamel, set with two black diamonds and a border of small white diamonds, a skull applied to each shoulder in yellow gold, stamped Fennel to inside shank, with inner re-sizing balls.

Woolley and Wallis

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Central medallion with the scene of the kidnapping of Ganimedes,” 2004, Palmyra, World Monuments Fund, wmf.org.

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The winners of this year's City Dionysia are now revealed! Thank you everyone for your hard work and dedication!

✒ For the Poetry category:

Savage & Free by @khaire-traveler

✒ For the Art category:

Untitled by @vdoes

✒ For the Retellings category:

Sparagmos (or Euripides, Eat Your Heart Out) by @delirpa

✒ and, finally, for the Original Myth category:

"Apothnesko and the Psychopomp" by @hillbillyoracle

Congratulations to our winners!

Continue writing and sharing your work with the world and the gods. Thank you again for your participation, and we look forward to seeing next time!

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This was an incredible opportunity to see this fond in person. 3.5 lbs of gold...

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Another incredible statue on display at the Getty Villa. Just an exquisite terra cotta figure with an incense burner attached.

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Had a great visit to the Getty Villa and enjoyed seeing these two small Etruscan bronzes

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House of Neptun, Herculaneum, Italy

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Tunic fragment, Peru, 7-9th C.

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Tunic fragment, Peru, 7-9th C.

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newly-discovered fragment of Theda Bara in Cleopatra (1917)

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The story of a marble worker Evrard Flignot from Brussels who devastated by the death of his wife built a pretty mausoleum for her in Cimetière de Laeken.

At first look inside, there is a mourner reaching out to an empty wall. But, once a year, on the day of the summer solstice, the Sun draws a light that recalls this love for almost a century.

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Terracotta vase in the form of a seated silen

Period: Late Classical

Date: 4th century B.C.

Culture: Greek, Attic

Medium: Terracotta

Dimensions: 4 7/16in. (11.3cm)

THE SEILENOI (or Sileni) were elderly rustic spirits(daimones) in the train of the god Dionysos. They were sons of the first Seilenos and the fathers of the tribes ofSatyrs and Oreiades (mountain nymphs).

The Seilenoi were depicted as fat, elderly, white-haired satyrs with horse’s tail and ears, and snub nose. They were often covered in fluffy white hair, and sometimes sported a pair of ox horns.

The twelve male guardians of the infant Dionysos known asPheres Lamioi, were probably Seilenoi.

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Absolutely gorgeous contrasts

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A short comic I’ve done for @ibenkrutt

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finally finished this portrait of dionysus for class!