Trident and Tales

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Egyptian statuette of an Apis Bull

Late Period, Dynasty 26 - 30, 664 - 343 BCE

Metropolitan Museum of Art 17.190.62

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1st century BC marble statue of Cybele from Formia, Lazio

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Roman statue of Eros playing the zither and riding on a dolphin

1st century BCE - 1st century CE

Louvre MNC 520

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My current mood today is Achilles wrapped in a blanket burrito.

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Egyptian statue of a woman holding a basket and a duck

Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981 - 1975 BCE

Metropolitan Museum of Art 20.3.7

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Silver coin issued by King Croesus, depicting a lion fighting with a bull, and two squares

595 - 546 BCE

British Museum RPK,p148I.1.Sam

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Greek Hellenistic Gold Ring With Pegasus Ca. 400 BC.

Pegasus is a winged horse in Greek mythology, usually depicted as a white stallion. He was sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa. Pegasus was the brother of Chrysaor, both born from Medusa's blood when their mother was decapitated by Perseus. Greco-Roman poets wrote about his ascent to heaven after his birth and his obeisance to Zeus, who instructed him to bring lightning and thunder from Olympus.

Pegasus is the creator of Hippocrene, the fountain on Mount Helicon. He was captured by the Greek hero Bellerophon, near the fountain Peirene, with the help of Athena and Poseidon. Pegasus allowed Bellerophon to ride him in order to defeat the monster Chimera, which led to many more exploits. Bellerophon later fell from Pegasus's back while trying to reach Mount Olympus. Both Pegasus and Bellerophon were said to have died at the hands of Zeus for trying to reach Olympus. Other tales have Zeus bring Pegasus to Olympus to carry his thunderbolts.

Long honored as a constellation, Pegasus is a subject of very rich iconography, especially through ancient Greek pottery as well as paintings and sculptures of the Renaissance.

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Happy Pride to whatever Helen and Aphrodite have going on

[h3rmitian]

demeter lost her daughter, she was searching all the earth of arcadia, and poseidon showed up to declare his love to her and then proceeded to chase her... literally you could be having the worst day of your life and a man-

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Roman statue of a dancing Maenad

4th - 3rd century BCE

Walters Art Museum 54.968

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Greek aryballos in the form of an eagle's head

7th - 6th century BCE

Metropolitan Museum of Art 2006.267

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Roman bust of Gaia, originally used as decoration for a vessel

1st century CE

Walters Art Museum 54.874

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Two Egyptian masks of Anubis, the masks were worn by priests during funerary rites and represented Anubis as protector and embalmer

New Kingdom; Ramesside period - Third Intermediate Period

Egyptian Museum Cairo JE 55620; Louvre N 4096

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Apollo with a raven and Artemis with a deer

Roman marble (1st cent. CE) candelabrum base with decorative reliefs and crouching sphinxes at the corners.

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King with a Stubbled Beard

New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1280 B.C. From Western Thebes Now in the Walters Art Museum. 32.1

▫ A stubbled faced king is a rather peculiar sight in Ancient Egyptian art. Historians suggest the beard is a sign of mourning, growing out a beard is still common practices for mourning in varied cultures around the world until this very day.

French Egyptologist Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt demonstrated that the growth of the natural beard was reserved for times of mourning, specifically between the death of a person and funeral. On the day of the funeral ceremony, it is thought all male attendees shaved, and the official “time of mourning” was concluded. Based upon the features, it is generally agreed the 19th Dynasty king depicted is Seti I.

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[avatarmerida]

Happy pride month to the tiny cowboy and tiny Trojan man from Night at the Museum

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[knitordeath]

This hands down the best comment in the notes, I will not be taking criticism.

[song-of-sea-and-sky]

happy pride month 2021 I ain’t quittin’ you…

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Roman ring depicting Eros with a torch (left) and Psyche with a bunny (right)

200 - 300 CE

Louvre Bj 1280