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17th century gold ring / engraved with a hare, a hound, a deer, a fly, and plants / inscribed on the inside “LOYALTE NE PEUR” (loyalty not fear)
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Silver ring with carnelian intaglio,Roman, 100-200 AD
from Apollo Art Auctions
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And the grass where you lay left a bed in your shape
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3/8/22
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Expulsion from the Garden of Eden (or Expulsion from Paradise)
by Thomas Cole
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the odyssey, book xxiii - the recognition by penelope
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Poseidon. Bronze sculpture, 480 BC. Found in the sea in Boeotia, Greece. It rests on low rectangular plinth on which is engraved the inscription: "Sacred to Poseidon". NAMAthens.
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Henryk Siemiradzki (1843 - 1902) 
Parnassus, 1900
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Stater of the polis of Corinth. On the obverse, Pegasus above the Greek letter qoppa; on the reverse, Athena wearing a Corinthian helmet. Artist unknown; minted ca. 515-500 BCE. Photo credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com
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Hail Aphrodite,
gleaming, sea-foam born goddess,
I look for you in the night sky
& find you nestled between the stars,
O Goddess, a pearl amongst the burning masses,
more beautiful than even Sappho had told,
I praise and adore you, Dearest One
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Gerhard Munthe (1849 - 1929)
After the Rain, motif from Eidsvold, 1883
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The Battle of Hastings by Tom Lovell (Details)
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Hey! I love your writing, do you post anywhere else?
hi! thank u so much! i only post here at the moment :) x
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An Anglo-Saxon Sceatta with Wodan head flanked by crosses, verso with fantastic animal. c. 710-720AD
A sceat was a small, thick silver coin minted in England, Frisia and Jutland during the Anglo-Saxon period
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