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  1. Erotic Mythology 🌈 @[email protected] ·

    It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏

    #OTD, 15 May, it's the #Mercuralia, a Roman festival in honour of Mercurius in his function as god of commerce. This year it coincides with the birthday of Apollon. #Hermes and #Apollon are half-brothers and love each other dearly:
    "And Hermes loved the son of Leto continually, even as he does now."
    Homeric Hymn 4 to Hermes

    🏛 Red-Figure Volute Krater dated 415–400 BCE

    @mythology @antiquidons
    #DayOfHermes #Mythology #GreekRomanArt

    #wednesday #otd #mercuralia #hermes #apollon #dayofhermes
  2. Erotic Mythology 🌈 @[email protected] ·

    It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏

    This cup of #Hermes and a dog was made as a pair, the other depiting Apollon. The delicately painted seated #Hermes adorns the center of the cup, feeding or playfully teasing the hound reclining at his side.

    🏛 Red-figure #kylix by the Iliupersis Painter, ca 375–350 BCE, #Apulia in #MagnaGraecia

    @mythology @antiquidons
    #DayOfHermes #Mythology #GreekMythology #ancientGreece #ancientItaly #GreekRomanArt #VasePainting

    #wednesday #hermes #kylix #apulia #magnagraecia #dayofhermes