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  1. this week's episode was FILLED with bad dads & bad brothers, including:

    King Lycaon, who tried to feed his son (who he murdered) to Zeus (and, ofc, any mention of Zeus brings forward his dad Cronus, who was out here eating his children whole)

    King Amulius, who ordered his two sons abandoned in the woods to die

    Romulus, who killed his brother Remus over city-founding shenanigans

    If that doesn't inspire you to listen to this week's pod ( starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/), surely nothing would 😂 !

    #podcast #mythology #BadDad #storytelling #Stories #Legends #lore #StarLore #Lupus #constellation #myths #GreekMythology #RomanMythology #myths

  2. They Found Ash

    On the Pleasures and Perils of Romanticism | by Zachary Bivins In the fey of her smileRome turned to embers. Augustan travertine,sooty, split, toothless;marbled colonnades bowedlike forgotten patriarchsbeneath their scars Empires denied. The moon looked away,a black prayer forgotten;no howls for mercy,only berries crushedin a bear's fell maw. Her lips smoldered,teasing dawn-gilded, like fire from heavenconsuming all thingsthat reached starward. Wyrd, elusive as a fox a wending glimpse […]

    thetigressawakes.wordpress.com

  3. Am I just now realizing, two Cantos later, after looking up who the "Queen of everlasting lamentation" refers to (Persephone, duh, who else could it possibly be..), that the Pluto we met earlier is Hades, THE HADES (husband/kidnapper to Persephone).

    I can't for the life of me internalize the roman names.

    #Dante #TheDivineComedy #bookstodon #GreekMythology #RomanMythology

  4. Rare Roman Medusa cameo unearthed in Hallstatt, Austria

    Archaeologists working in the alpine village of Hallstatt, Austria, have uncovered an extremely rare piece of Roman jewelry: a finely carved cameo depicting Medusa, the mythical Gorgon from Greek mythology...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/12/rom

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #Medusa #greekmythology #romanmythology #romanempire #romanart

  5. Fresko aus Pompeji: Dargestellt ist der verwundete Äneas, zu seiner linken Seite sein Sohn Ascanius und rechts - mit Schleier - seine Mutter Aphrodite, die Göttin der Liebe

    #roman #römisch #fresco #pompeji #romanart #romanempire #romanitas #archeology #mythology #romanmythology #legends #gods #heroes

  6. Rare Roman sarcophagus showing Dionysus defeating Hercules found in Caesarea

    Excavations in the coastal city of Caesarea, Israel, have revealed a rare 1,700-year-old marble sarcophagus from the Roman era. It is carved with a detailed scene of a drinking contest between the wine god Dionysus and the mythological hero Hercules...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/06/rar

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanempire #romanart #romanmythology #dionysus #hercules

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