Omestes od Omadios

just an average archaist, not classicist

[sixpenceee]

[neapolis-neapolis]

Flora, Medea, Diana e Leda (I sec.), Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Napoli.

[emmaconlon]

Mt. Vesuvius overlooking Naples, part I

[rocketfuelpiss]

Mount Vesuvius, Italy

(27th April 2019) <3

[ancientorigins]

4th Century Lycian Tomb in Fethiye Turkey

[vaninnavaninni]

A crouching Aphrodite in a shell. H. 17.2 cm. Terracotta. Roman, 1st century B.C-  1st cent. A.D.

[sunnytravler]

Pompeii, Italy

[smorzando]

[the-wolf-and-moon]

[allthingseurope]

Parthenon, Athens (by Evan Wise)

[ancientrome]

The Roman goddess Victoria accomplishes a ritual sacrifice killing of a bull.

[mythologyofthepoetandthemuse]

“Read myths. They teach you that you can turn inward, and you begin to get the message of the symbols. Read other people’s myths, not those of your own religion, because you tend to interpret your own religion in terms of facts – but if you read the other ones, you begin to get the message. Myth helps you to put your mind in touch with this experience of being alive. It tells you what the experience is.”

— Joseph Campbell, “The Power of Myth” (via mythologyofthepoetandthemuse)

[beautifulklicks]

MiroM

[hauntedbystorytelling]

Braun, Clément & Cie :: The Propylaia to the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, Europe; negative 1869; print about 1890; Carbon print / source: J. Paul Getty Museum

[historyarchaeologyartefacts]

Votive crown (gold, pearls, sapphire), Spain (Visigoths) before 672 AD[1122x2693]

[secifosseluce]

one of the sweetest things about italians is how utterly in love we are with the sun. the amount of times I’ve heard songs lovingly praise the beautiful golden sun that “ti fa bene”, is good for you…how we revere brother sun and sister moon like we did millennia ago…is such a heart-warming thing

[aphroditeinfurs-deactivated2017]

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The Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal is the oldest surviving song in the world. It dates back to 1400 BC and was found in the Syrian city of Ugarit. The beautiful composition was a hymn dedicated to Nikkal, the Phoenician goddess of orchards whose name means  “Great Lady and Fruitful.”