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The cult image of Aphrodite of Aphrodisias is packed with gorgeous details and is our pick for #ReliefWednesday on account of the relief decoration along her body that reflect different aspects of her divinity including: the Three Graces, Selene and Helios, Aphrodite as a sea-goat with Tritons, and three winged Erotes.

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Description from the Aphrodisias Excavations website: “The statue stands stiffly and frontally, like an old Anatolian goddess, and was designed to recall that earlier identity, now subsumed in Aphrodite. The figure wears a tall headdress and veil and a thin dress covered by thick, hard cladding. The cladding is divided into a chest area and four lower zones. Each of the four zones contains figured decoration that concerns different aspects of Aphrodite: (1) the Three Graces, her handmaids; (2) Selene (Moon) and Helios (Sun), the permanent temporal extent of her realm; (3) Aphrodite in classical form on a sea-goat with tritons; and (4) three winged Erotes, her children and agents, engaged in sacrifice. The iconography of the statue was designed to combine the archaic aspects of the old local goddess with ideas of the classical and hellenistic Aphrodite.” Photo credit to wneuheisel via Flickr

The Partial Historians

Perseus’ rescue of Andromeda is complicated by his murder of Medusa. Here Andromeda appears in a yellow gown and Perseus is clearly identifiable from his winged boots and the head of Medusa…

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Description from The World History Encyclopaedia: “Fourth style fresco depicting Perseusfreeing Andromeda from her chains on the rock, from the House of the Dioscuri in Pompeii, National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
Andromeda, chained helplessly on the rock, a prey to pacify a sea monster sent by Poseidon to punish Cassiopeia, Andromeda's mother, who had boasted of her daughter's beauty. Perseus comes face to face with the beautiful Andromeda, immediately falls in love with her and rushes off to kill the sea monster. Photo credit: Carole Raddato.”

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Estuche de maquillaje de la segunda mitad del siglo III a.C. en forma de vieira, con nereida de espaldas montando un hipocampo en la cara interna del espejo y otra de frente montando una pantera marina en la cara externa. 🏛️Museo Arqueológico Nacional de Tarento #AntiguaGrecia #Ancientgreece

Estuche con forma de vieira. La tapadera superior es redonda y muestra una nereida sentada de espaldas sobre un hipocampo, con la cola enredada y con crin escamosa.

The Partial Historians

We’re not saying you definitely need to visit Delos, but we’re not not saying that either 😉

Happy #PhallusThursday to all those who celebrate 🥳

#AncientGreece #History @AimeeMaroux

Description from the World History Encyclopaedia: “Two columns topped by a phallus, each carrying relief scenes of Dionysos and Pan, c. 300 BCE. The phallus was a typical symbol of the cult of Dionysos. They stand as part of the Stoivadeion, a rectangular exedra.”

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What is our favourite #ancientGreek play?

Mine is The Frogs by Aristophanes. 🐸

#WorldTheatreDay #ancientGreece #ancientGreekReligion #theatre

A humorous comic of a dialogue between Dionysos and Herakles from The Frogs by Aristophanes. Dionysos and Herakles are represented by bronze statuettes of Dionysos and Herakles respectively. The dialogue goes as follows:
Dionysos: As I'm reading to myself the Andromeda, a sudden pang of longing
shoots through my heart, you can't conceive how keenly.
Herakles: Caused by a woman?
Dionysos: No.
Herakles: A boy?
Dionysos: No, no.
Herakles: A man?
Dionysos: *sighs*
Herakles: Was it for Kleisthenes?
Dionysos: Don't MOCK me, brother.

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Since today is #WorldTheatreDay – you all know this already – but #Dionysos is the God of Theatre!

#Theatre performances were held in his honour and probably evolved from the jokes made during the Dionysia's procession of phalloi 🎭

@mythology @pagan #PhallusThursday #ancientGreece #ancientGreekReligion

Stone phallus atop a stone column in the remains of the Temple of Dionysos on the island of Delos.

The Partial Historians

“Top of the Thursday to you,” said Silenus to the passersby on the way to Athens. Such a sign as the one offered by Silenus is surely a positive one! While the Greeks preferred sophrosyne for themselves, the ways of the divine were clearly different.

#PhallusThursday #AncientGreece #History

Statue of Silenus, a satyr and minor god of drunkenness, dated from 540-530 BCE. Held at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece. (Photo by Prisma/UIG/Getty Images)

Histoires Mythiques

Est-ce qu'il y a sur ce réseau de vrai.e.s chercheureuses en archéologie/histoire sur l'Âge du Fer dans la Méditerranée (pas des étaleurs de culture dans mon genre, quoi) qui pourraient vite fait me faire un topo sur les sources de l'"arrivée des Achéens" en Grèce ?
J'arrive pas à trouver des infos fiables, tout ce que je vois sur Google pue un peu ou date d'il y a 30 ans.
Que dit l'archéo sur les habitants de la Grèce à l'Âge du Fer ? #archéologie #archeology #ironage #greece #ancientgreece

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This #ReliefWednesday we are enamoured of this gorgeous fragment that shows an almost nude man on a horse. Both are superbly detailed but the question of comfort for rider (and horse) lingers in the air…

#AncientGreece #History @antiquidons

Description from The Met: “This relief of a pacing horse with a nude rider is a tour de force of almost excessively sensitive surface texture and exaggerated anatomical detail. Decorative showiness takes precedence over organic unity, in a style often found in classicizing works of the first century B.C. The piece may copy one that was well-known in antiquity, for two others are preserved that show an almost identical horseman followed by another rider on a horse with the same pacing gait.” Object Number: 07.286.111

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Do you live in ancient Athens and have a son or daughter to marry off?

With this handy guide you'll make a great match in no time!

https://eroticmythology.com/wedding-guide-ancient-athens/

#wedding #ancientGreece @antiquidons

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@pagan @antiquidons The last day of the #Anthesteria is called #Chytroi or #Khýtroi, 'The Pots'. It's a festival of the dead where fruit or pulse is offered to the souls of the dead, who are then bidden to depart, and to #Hermes Chthonios, who should guide them back to the underworld. No one is supposed to eat the pottage, which is food of the dead. A rehearsal to select the players for the City Dionysia also takes place on this day.

#ancientGreece #HellenicPolytheism #HelPol #Athens

Photograph of a ceramic pot with cooked pulse.

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Today is the #Pithoigia, the first day of the Athenian #Anthesteria festival in honour of #Dionysos. It lasts three days, from the 11th to the 13th of the month of Anthesterion.

The Anthesteria festival celebrates the beginning of Spring and in particular the maturing of the wine stored at the previous vintage, whose pithoi (storage-jars) were now ceremoniously opened. Spring flowers decorate the house and drinking vessels.

@pagan @antiquidons
#ancientGreece #HellenicPolytheism #HelPol

A photo of several open pithos jars filled with wine.

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Okay, I couldn't let #superbowl pass without indulging in personal show n tell 🦉

Some ancient Athenian Owl coins. 5 silver tetradrachms and one small Athenian bronze. Only the reverses are shown. The other side of each bears the bust of Athena

Dates - Main box and 1st two in top row were struck 454 to 404 BCE. Top Right: 393 to 294 BCE. Centre left column: 170 BCE. Bottom Left: 166 to 157 BCE

#numismatics #ancientgreece

Collage of 6 ancient coins with an Owl motif. Only the reverse 'tails' sides are shown. Main box lower right and 5 smaller boxes bordering. Description as main text other than to mention that style varies according to era

Mystech

Broad (but not super technical deep) dive into Late Bronze Age Greece. Very chill, almost ASMR style presentation. Very long format, probably good for a road trip, hike, bath, sleep, etc.

https://youtu.be/1YdvOTiMn00

#history #youtube #podcast #asmr #bronzeage #ancientgreece