#ancmed — Public Fediverse posts
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#Osiris proves that you can have an erection long after you're dead and, with a little magic, even father a son posthumously.
Osiris statuette, #ancientEgypt
#PhallusThursday #EgyptianArt #AncMed @antiquidons @phistorians
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Picking up the thread from yesterday. To recap, today is the 29th and last day of Boēdromiōn. Since the ten days of an Athenian month are counted *down* rather than *up*, when you only have 29 days you have to skip a day you would have in a 30-day month 🧵
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I promised I would come back to the controversy of the the "omitted day" in the ancient Athenian calendar and today is the day. 🧵
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This year Boēdromiṓn is a "hollow" month, the first one of the year, meaning that it has 29 days rather than 30. It's worth talking a bit about how the choice of "hollow" vs. "full" is maybe the most made-up part of the made-up calendar generated for my bot
https://mastodon.social/@hemerologion@botsin.space/111074962879573730
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In Delphi, today is Boukátios 15, (probably the last day of) the Pythian Games. Two years to go until the Olympic Games in Elis #AncMed #GreekHistory
https://mastodon.social/@hemerologion@botsin.space/110984369742869735
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I made a very niche bot to toot today's date on the Athenian calendar @hemerologion
Happy Skirophoriṓn 17, it's almost the end of 2022/2023!
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Fret not! #Dionysos is here to bring joy to your Monday with his gorgeous backside!
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🎵 Phallus on the wall! Like a phallus on the wall! 🎵
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The fascinating new Islanders exhibition at the Fitzwilliam asks us to think about the ancient world as a network society. #history #AncientHistory #AncientMediterranean #AncMed #Cyprus #Sicily #Sardinia https://rhakotis.com/2023/04/06/islanders/
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It's the Day of Ares / Mars' Day / #Tuesday!
Marble bust of #Ares after the Greek original by Alkamenes ca. 420s BCE.
The god is depicted as a beardless youth with an elaborate helmet, the crest of which is resting on the back of a #sphinx.#DayOfAres #Mythology #GreekMythology #GreekMyth #Myth #Mythodon @ @mythology @antiquidons #GreekGods #AncMed #GreekRomanArt @histodons
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Let's get the hashtag #FannyFriday started on #Mastodon, @antiquidons,
@medievodons & @histodons!A day all about the vulva in art and history 👌
#Friday is perfect as it was the #DayofAphrodite in #ancientGreece & Rome.
Toot vulva #artefacts & #art, tell vulva #funfacts, or teach us some vulva #history!
Calling #FannyFriday veterans @rogueclassicist @phistorians @Chapps @vagina_museum @roob @emmaaum #AncMed #medieval #ancientRome #RomanBritain
Banner by @Ayhaidebil1 :birdsite:
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The Harpyiai or Harpies were depicted as winged women, sometimes with ugly faces, or with the lower bodies of birds. They were the spirits/daimones of sudden, dangerous gusts of wind and were sent by the gods to snatch up people and things from the dark earth. A missing person was said to have been snatched by the #Harpies.
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#mythology #GreekMythology #AncMed #GreekRomanArt
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The Griphoi or #Griffins are hybrid creatures with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. They guard a treasure of gold by the border to Hyperborea. Griffins were popular decorations in #ancientGreek art, for example the helm of the statue of #Athena Piraeus.
@mythology #mythology #GreekRomanArt #GreekMythology #AncMed @antiquidons
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A tiny Roman amulet made of gold. Note the beautiful pubic hair!
#PhallusThursday @phistorians @rogueclassicist #GreekRomanArt #AncMed @antiquidons #ancientRome
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It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday!
Bronze figurine of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus, the Latin name of the supreme god venerated in the great temple of Baalbek in modern Lebanon. The god has also been called Ba'al, Hadad, Helios and #Zeus.
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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!
#Hermes and a #satyr on their way home from the #NewYearsParty 😉
Perhaps it is one of his three sons known as the Satyroi Hermeides, #satyrs who became the messengers of Dionysos.
Athenian red-figure vase painting, dated ca. 525-475 BCE, today in Berlin Antikensammlung F2160#DayOfHermes #Mythology #GreekMythology #GreekMyth #Myth #Mythodon #GreekRomanArt @mythology #GreekGods #AncMed @antiquidons
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It's the Day of Ares / Mars' Day / #Tuesday!
We start the #NewYear with something cute: #Ares bending down to talk to his son #Eros, depicted on a Roman oil lamp made of white clay.
Eros is a winged young boy holding the shield and spear of his father. Ares is in the nude except for his crested helm.
Or could it be Phobos or Deimos?#DayOfAres #Mythology #GreekMythology #GreekMyth #Myth #Mythodon @mythology @antiquidons #GreekGods #AncMed #GreekRomanArt
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It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday!
Our first #Selene of the year is found on the #Mosaic of the Planetarium from Italica, an archaeological site located in modern-day #Santiponce, 9 kilometres (5.5 miles) north of #Seville in #Spain.
#DayOfSelene #Selene #MosaicMonday #MoonMonday #AncMed #GreekRomanArt #histodon @antiquidons #ancientRome
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A dance party for #Satyrday, so that you may channel your inner #satyr or #maenad for your #NewYearsParty tonight 🥳
May the God of Joy, Wine, and Parties heal all your sorrows for this last night of the year! 🥂🍾
Io #Dionysos!#HappyNewYear #HappyNewYearToAll #GreekRomanArt #AncMed #ancientGreece #vasepainting
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It's the #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology!
And this Saturday is special because some say #Dionysos was born on 31 December. Here we see the Nativity of Dionysos with #Hermes delivering him to the nymphs of Nysa with the satyrs & maenads celebrating!
#HappyNewYear to all who celebrate. May the God of Joy Dionysos grant us much rejoicing this season, and from that season onwards for many a year! 🥂#HappyNewYearToAll #mythology #AncMed @mythology @antiquidons #GreekMythology #GreekRomanArt