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  1. So, my #dentist is #catholic like most people in #mexico . Yes, she understands its a #religion brought to her ancestors by the point of a sword, but that doesn't seem to phase her faith in the slightest. Even more #hardcore, she goes to a specific church every so often to pray or give #patronage [or whatever chatolics do] to #Apollonia, the #patron #saint of dentists and toothaches. Why is she the patron saint of dentists and toothaches you ask? Because she had her teeth ripped out and / or shattered at the hands of an Alexandrian mob, that's why.
    I find this both endearing and disturbing at the same time, and I can think of little else as she rakes metal instruments across my teeth.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Ap

  2. 40 years ago this week, "Take Me With U" by #Prince And The Revolution with #Apollonia entered the #Top40 at 37. It peaked at 25 on 23 Mar 1985. It was the last single from the "Purple Rain" soundtrack, and the only one of the five singles not to make it into the top 10. youtube.com/watch?v=KEtEsBf3iR #1980s #MusicHistory #MusicVideo

  3. It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡

    "Even nature trembles at your mighty nod,
    loud-sounding, armed with lightning, thundering god."
    Orphic Hymn 15 to Zeus

    🏛️ #Zeus bronze statuette from the Greek colony of #Apollonia in #Illyria

    @antiquidons @mythology
    #DayOfZeus #GreekRomanArt

  4. It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡

    Meet this beautiful Zeus Keraunios, Zeus of the Thunderbolt, from Apollonia. In the Archaic and Early Classical periods, numerous bronze statuettes of the thunderbolt-wielding Zeus appear at his cult centres of Olympia, Dodona, and elsewhere in Greece and other territories.

    🏛️ Zeus statuette from the Greek colony of #Apollonia in Illyria

    #DayOfZeus #Mythology #GreekRomanArt @antiquidons @histodons @mythology

  5. The schooner #Apollonia is at a pivotal moment.

    The #CenterForPostCarbonLogistics (led by Andy Willner) is now raising funds for a new sustainability fellowship that would significantly help Apollonia grow its green logistics work to expand the low carbon network moving goods between the Hudson Valley and New York Harbor.

    The Center is looking to raise $80k by March 1, 2023 so the role is in place for the 2023 sail freight season. Donations accepted online at postcarbonlogistics.org/2023/0