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Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇
"Liber [Dionysos], falling in love with her, took her [Ariadne] from there [the island of Naxos] as his wife."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 43🏛 Dionysos and Ariadne crowned, Etruscan Red-figure pottery, 4th century BCE, Krater from Civita Castellana, ancient Falerii, Rome province, Italy
#antiquidons #history #GreekRomanArt #mythology #Dionysos #Ariadne #Etruscan #EtruscanArt
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It's the #DayOfZeus / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday! ⚡
"Because of his beauty, Zeus kidnapped Ganymedes by means of an eagle, and set him as cupbearer in the sky."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.141🏛️ Bronze mirror case depicting the abduction of Ganymede by Zeus, Late #Etruscan art from Palestrina, Italy
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It's the #DayOfZeus / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday! ⚡
"Because of his beauty, Zeus kidnapped Ganymedes by means of an eagle, and set him as cupbearer in the sky."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.141🏛️ Bronze mirror case depicting the abduction of Ganymede by Zeus, Late #Etruscan art from Palestrina, Italy
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It's the #DayOfZeus / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday! ⚡
"Because of his beauty, Zeus kidnapped Ganymedes by means of an eagle, and set him as cupbearer in the sky."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.141🏛️ Bronze mirror case depicting the abduction of Ganymede by Zeus, Late #Etruscan art from Palestrina, Italy
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It's the #DayOfZeus / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday! ⚡
"Because of his beauty, Zeus kidnapped Ganymedes by means of an eagle, and set him as cupbearer in the sky."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.141🏛️ Bronze mirror case depicting the abduction of Ganymede by Zeus, Late #Etruscan art from Palestrina, Italy
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It's the #DayOfZeus / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday! ⚡
"Because of his beauty, Zeus kidnapped Ganymedes by means of an eagle, and set him as cupbearer in the sky."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.141🏛️ Bronze mirror case depicting the abduction of Ganymede by Zeus, Late #Etruscan art from Palestrina, Italy
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It's #PrideMonth, so we have some same sex love this #PhallusThursday! 🏳️🌈
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Exploring the divine through the Statuette of Tinia reveals the Etruscan connection to Greek and Roman mythology. The unique surface texture tells a story of time, artistry, and preservation. How do you interpret the rough patina of this ancient piece?
#ClevelandArt #EtruscanArt #BronzeSculpture
https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.196 -
The Etruscans said #TransRights :BlobhajTransPrideHeart:
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It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡
"13 miles inland from Pilo [in Elis] is the shrine of Zeus of Olympos, which owing the celebrity of its Games has taken possession of the calendar of Greece."
Pliny the Elder, Natural History 4.14🏛️ #Zeus from the Eastern pediment of the Temple of Zeus at #Olympia
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It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡
"On the boundary between the territory of Kyzikos and that of Priapos is a place called Harpagia, from which, according to some writers of myths, #Ganymedes was snatched, though others say that he was snatched near Dardanos."
Strabo, Geography 13.1.11🏛️ Bronze mirror case depicting the abduction of #Ganymede by #Zeus. Late #Etruscan from Palestrina, Italy.
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The Statuette of Tinia captivates with its representation of power in ancient Etruscan art. Featuring a thunderbolt and a rough yet captivating surface, what stories might this figure whisper from the past?
#ClevelandArt #EtruscanArt #AncientGreece
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It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡
Fufluns or Puphluns is the #Etruscan god of plant life, happiness, wine, health, and growth in all things. He is the son of the god Tinia and Semla, who was killed by Tinia in the form of a lightning bolt. Like #Zeus, Tinia sews the infant into his thigh and later gives birth to him.
🏛️ Birth of #Fufluns (#Dionysos), Etruscan mirror in Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
@antiquidons @mythology @archaeodons #DayOfZeus #EtruscanArt
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It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡
Fufluns or Puphluns is the #Etruscan god of plant life, happiness, wine, health, and growth in all things. He is the son of the god Tinia and Semla, who was killed by Tinia in the form of a lightning bolt. Like #Zeus, Tinia sews the infant into his thigh and later gives birth to him.
🏛️ Birth of #Fufluns (#Dionysos), Etruscan mirror in Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
@antiquidons @mythology @archaeodons #DayOfZeus #EtruscanArt
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It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡
Fufluns or Puphluns is the #Etruscan god of plant life, happiness, wine, health, and growth in all things. He is the son of the god Tinia and Semla, who was killed by Tinia in the form of a lightning bolt. Like #Zeus, Tinia sews the infant into his thigh and later gives birth to him.
🏛️ Birth of #Fufluns (#Dionysos), Etruscan mirror in Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
@antiquidons @mythology @archaeodons #DayOfZeus #EtruscanArt
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It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡
Fufluns or Puphluns is the #Etruscan god of plant life, happiness, wine, health, and growth in all things. He is the son of the god Tinia and Semla, who was killed by Tinia in the form of a lightning bolt. Like #Zeus, Tinia sews the infant into his thigh and later gives birth to him.
🏛️ Birth of #Fufluns (#Dionysos), Etruscan mirror in Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
@antiquidons @mythology @archaeodons #DayOfZeus #EtruscanArt
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It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡
Fufluns or Puphluns is the #Etruscan god of plant life, happiness, wine, health, and growth in all things. He is the son of the god Tinia and Semla, who was killed by Tinia in the form of a lightning bolt. Like #Zeus, Tinia sews the infant into his thigh and later gives birth to him.
🏛️ Birth of #Fufluns (#Dionysos), Etruscan mirror in Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
@antiquidons @mythology @archaeodons #DayOfZeus #EtruscanArt
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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
Terracotta head of #Hermes of Véies from the sanctuary of Portonaccio in Veji.
🏛 Hermes-Turms, Etruscan terracotta head wearing a pilos, 6th century BCE, Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, #Rome
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It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡
Meet Etruscan #Zeus or #Tinia watch his adult son #Hercle being breastfed by his wife #Uni [Hera] as a sign of adoption. #Aplu [#Apollon] and another god and goddess are present to witness the ritual too.
🏛️ #Hera breastfeeding #Herakles, drawing of an #Etruscan mirror case engraving from Volterra, 4th century BCE, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, #Florence
@antiquidons @mythology @archaeodons #DayOfZeus #EtruscanArt
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It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡
Meet Etruscan #Zeus or #Tinia watch his adult son #Hercle being breastfed by his wife #Uni [Hera] as a sign of adoption. #Aplu [#Apollon] and another god and goddess are present to witness the ritual too.
🏛️ #Hera breastfeeding #Herakles, drawing of an #Etruscan mirror case engraving from Volterra, 4th century BCE, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, #Florence
@antiquidons @mythology @archaeodons #DayOfZeus #EtruscanArt
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It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡
Meet Etruscan #Zeus or #Tinia watch his adult son #Hercle being breastfed by his wife #Uni [Hera] as a sign of adoption. #Aplu [#Apollon] and another god and goddess are present to witness the ritual too.
🏛️ #Hera breastfeeding #Herakles, drawing of an #Etruscan mirror case engraving from Volterra, 4th century BCE, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, #Florence
@antiquidons @mythology @archaeodons #DayOfZeus #EtruscanArt
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It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡
Meet Etruscan #Zeus or #Tinia watch his adult son #Hercle being breastfed by his wife #Uni [Hera] as a sign of adoption. #Aplu [#Apollon] and another god and goddess are present to witness the ritual too.
🏛️ #Hera breastfeeding #Herakles, drawing of an #Etruscan mirror case engraving from Volterra, 4th century BCE, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, #Florence
@antiquidons @mythology @archaeodons #DayOfZeus #EtruscanArt
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It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡
Meet Etruscan #Zeus or #Tinia watch his adult son #Hercle being breastfed by his wife #Uni [Hera] as a sign of adoption. #Aplu [#Apollon] and another god and goddess are present to witness the ritual too.
🏛️ #Hera breastfeeding #Herakles, drawing of an #Etruscan mirror case engraving from Volterra, 4th century BCE, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, #Florence
@antiquidons @mythology @archaeodons #DayOfZeus #EtruscanArt
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Helena, spilling her booze, while rocking her horse…
Amsterdam Klezmer Band - BOMBA
Artwork by Martin Draax -
Always show the goods when you chat up a goddess.
Silver engraving from an Etruscan pot showing #Hermes in the nude, practicing "tasteful sophrosyne" like @phistorians's Hercules Farnese today.