Goat’s Milk and Honey

A Roman tomb was recently unearthed in Giugliano, southern Italy, dating to the 1st Century. One of the frescoes inside depicts Hercules and Mercury capturing Cerberus…very reminiscent of early depictions of Tyr and Fenrir further north. ᛏ

"Then holy Janus, amazing in his double appearance, suddenly presented his pair of faces to my eyes. ... He held a staff in his right hand and a key in his left, and he uttered these words to me from his front-facing mouth: 'Put aside your fear, industrious bard of the days. Learn what you seek, and take in my words with your mind. The ancients - for I'm a primitive phenomenon - used to call me Chaos. See of how far a time I sing the history! The bright air here and the three elements that remain, fire, water, earth, used to be just one heap. When once this mass separated, because of discord in its parts, and broke apart and went off into new homes, flame sought the height, a nearer place caught air, and earth and sea settled in the middle region. At that time I, who had been a round mass and a bulk without form, resorted to a shape and limbs appropriate to a god. Even now, small indication of my once chaotic shape, what's in front and behind in me appears the same. Hear the second reason for the shape you've asked about, so you may know this and my function together. Whatever you see all round, sky, sea, clouds, lands, everything is closed up and opened by my hand. The guardianship of the vast universe rests with me alone, and the right to turn the hinge is entirely mine.'" Ovid, Fasti 1.95-120

In this excellently produced video, Elder Ethanaphis discusses the central importance and prevalence of ritual in our lives. A great watch, highly recommended: https://youtu.be/o6oy60TWcrM?si=AnT-_1MuR05hFmt6

The Three Graces By: Michael Parkes

Statue of Artemis Ruins of Ephesus, Turkey.

Marble statuette of triple-bodied Hekate and the three Graces Roman, 1st-2nd century AD Happy New Moon to my followers 🖤🌑

Roman Sun Dial located at the Temple of Apollo in Pompeii.

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Apollo and Daphne By: Daniel Seiter

Divinity was seen incarnate; through perfected mortality, man was immortal. Edith Hamilton, The Greek Way

Zeus with Hermes

A Sikeliot (Sicilian) Greek bust of Persephone from Syrakousa (Siracusa), whose worship was particularly strong amongst the Greeks of Sicily.

Today is the Khalkeia. In ancient Greek times, a priestess would guide workers to ceremonially place wool upon a loom, that would over the next nine months be spun to make an elaborate, bright-yellow-and-blue robe to be taken in procession and placed upon the statue of Athena at the start of Her Panathenia Games, to petition her blessing and supervision of the games. I presume that after the games, this sacred robe would be stored or else placed upon one of the statues of Athena within the polis, and a new robe would be made for the next year. Thus, the making of the robe was a way of not just consecrating the sacred games but also of contributing to the worship and honor of Athena throughout the state.

🪨“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 - 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐨-𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐄𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐞 𝐈𝐥, 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟓. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.” ➖-𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭. 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲: @aesthetical_symphonies 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 🥀𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐲: 🌺༺ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐭 ༻🌺

The Death of Hyacinthus By Giambattista Tiepolo

Jupiter and Juno By: Agostino Carracci

Zeus, Leto, Apollo and Artemis