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It's #ClassicsTober! Here's a thing I wrote last month about ancient ideas about monsters and geography, their legacies. #monsters #ClassicsTober25 #geography #maps
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Hecate for #ClassicsTober25 - although a minor figure in the magnificent Jupiter and Semele by Gustave Moreau - Hecate’s presence as a chthonic goddess is significant to this work.
Semele’s demise was wrought by Juno but ultimately enacted by Jupiter. And who should wait patiently in the shadows? Hecate of course. With her crescent moon crown and wide-eyed stare, Hecate stands ready to meet Semele.
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‘The Magic Circle’ 1886 by John William Waterhouse is our pick for φαρμακίς ‘witch, sorceress’ #ClassicsTober25
This painting captures the power and potential of harnessing a knowledge of nature to achieve certain ends. Whether this is potentially Medea or Circe or yet another powerful ancient figure (or even one closer to us in time), Waterhouse imagines a world of power and possibility.