Aphodite's Daughter

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Snowing at sea

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Why do I never think about the possibility of snow on the ocean??? Now I see why, because it’s too ethereal

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Art by Sasha Vinogradova

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Teeth In Circle Earrings (Gold) 

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Giambattista Valli Spring 2018

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This triggered something deep in Tumblr until I added chromatic noise and exported it as a JPEG. Tumblr just refused to let me upload it.

Tumblr doesn’t even want you memeing about their shitty porn filter anymore.

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Me as an adult

Father is Strange Episode 36

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i can’t stop laughing

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when you try to act cool in front of your crush

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my kind of man

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Sphinx of the Naxians

Delphi, Greece

560 BCE

12.5 M high total, Sphinx alone 2.2 M

Ionic order

This beauty is one of my favorites. Its early Ionic capital and towering presence are mesmerizing

The Sphinx of the Naxians, also called Sphinx of Naxos, is a colossal marble statue of a sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a woman, the chest and wings composed of the impressive feathers of a prey bird turned upward, and the body of a lioness. It was originally set up on a stele around 560 BCE   next to the Temple of Apollo in Delphi by Naxos, one of the richest Cycladic islands at the time. The Sphinx stood on a 10 meters column that culminated in one of the first Ionic capitals.

The statue of this mythical creature stood on a towering Ionic column, which may have been the oldest Ionic construction project in the site of the Oracle of Delphi. Her statue had been set up close to the Halos, the most sacred spot of Delphi, where Apollo had presumably killed the python. According to tradition and its mythological representation, the Sphinx had the face of a woman bearing an enigmatic smile, prey bird wings, and the body of a lioness. It was carved from a large piece of Naxian marble. The solid construction combined elements that gave the statue a character of motion and vitality, such are the details that depict the hair, chest, and wings. It is also notable because it is an early example of carving in-the-round, as opposed to relief carving that was common during that time. The monument was made entirely of marble and created awe to the visitors and constituted a typical example of Naxian sculpture in its peak period, i.e. in the sixth century BCE

On the base there is an inscription dated to 328-327 BCE, renewing the promanteia (The privilege, bestowed upon cities or individuals by the Oracle of Delphi, to ask the Pythia in priority) for the Naxians:

ΔΕΛΦΟΙ ΑΠΕΔΩΚΑΝ ΝΑΞΙΟΙΣ ΤΑΝ ΠΡΟΜΑΝΤΗΙΑΝ ΚΑΤΤΑ ΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ ΘΕΟΛΥΤΟΥ ΒΟΥΛΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ ΕΠΙΓΕΝΕΟΣ Delphi accorded the Naxians the right of Promanteia as before, at the time of archon Theolytos and Epigenes the Bouleutes

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When the pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.

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