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Nymph discovering a mermaid in the reeds Georges-Marie-Julien Girardot

Mermaid Mondays

#Georges-Marie-Julien Girardot

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The Letter (A Classical Maiden), 1899

John William Godward

#John William Godward

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every day someone treats romans and greeks as interchangeable societies when not even greeks and other greeks are interchangeable and let’s not even begin on the fact there is a ~1000 years timespan that is also somehow getting ignored here

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~ Ariadne and Dionysus.

Period: Late Roman/Late Antiquity

Date: A.D. 3rd-5th century

Place of origin: Achmim, Egypt

Medium: Wool on linen, colored knitting

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i love when ancient historians write totally made up speeches for historical figures.be so fr livy he would not fucking say that .

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Minoan Ladys

#minoan civilization

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I saw the 15th century Byzantine codex that depicts most emperors and even Pulcheria of the Theodosian Dynasty, Zoe and Theodora of the Macedonian Dynasty being in there.

Yes, there are facial inaccuracies on the appearances of the earlier emperors.

@scribl1ta

#ancient rome #eastern rome #roman empire #byzantine empire

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(modern aus your senators)

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Partial view of bathroom in House of Menander, Pompeii.

#ancient rome #pompeii

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House of the Vettii in Pompeii.

#ancient rome #pompeii

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Archways in the Forum Romanum, Rome.

#ancient rome

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-The Favourite-

#john william godward

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-Summer Flowers-

#john william godward

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-Idleness-

#john william godward #😸😸😸😸😸

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Egyptian

Sphinx of Amenhotep IlI, (possibly from a Model of a Temple)

New Kingdom, ca. 1390-1352 B.C.E.

#ancient egypt #18th dynasty

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Statue of Princess Takushit, c.670 BC

#egyptian art #ancient egypt #nsfw #25th dynasty

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Byzantine mosaics, assorted locations

#byzantine art #mosaic #byzantine