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September 13, 2019

elucubrare:and then Eris threw the apple of Discourse, inscribed “to the least problematic,” into...

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and then Eris threw the apple of Discourse, inscribed “to the least problematic,” into the feast 

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Published on September 13, 2019 21:01

themagpiesmusings:It is almost Autumn (Equinox 23rd September) and so Persephone is preparing to...

themagpiesmusings:

It is almost Autumn (Equinox 23rd September) and so Persephone is preparing to revisit Hades.

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Published on September 13, 2019 20:00

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Published on September 13, 2019 18:00

September 12, 2019

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brushandchisel:

*Proserpine*  by Dante Gabriel Rossetti,...



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*Proserpine*  by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, British (1828-1882) oil on canvas, Tate

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Published on September 12, 2019 18:00

September 7, 2019

gemsofgreece:
Holy Moly… Astypalea island, Greece. 



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Holy Moly… Astypalea island, Greece. 

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Published on September 07, 2019 20:00

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Wenceslas Hollar / The Greek Gods / Pluto (Hades)...



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Wenceslas Hollar / The Greek Gods / Pluto (Hades) & Proserpine (Persephone)
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Published on September 07, 2019 18:00

emma-draws:

Flowering pomegranates



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Flowering pomegranates

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Published on September 07, 2019 06:33

potnia-ctonica:

I have read (and see) something about Hades and Persephone having chickens in the...

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I have read (and see) something about Hades and Persephone having chickens in the underworld, but this is really a fact or is something invent?

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Published on September 07, 2019 00:08

September 6, 2019

thebirdroads:
One of my all time favorite historical facts is that we have evidence of potters’...

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One of my all time favorite historical facts is that we have evidence of potters’ wheels that predate wheels used for transport so it’s entirely possible that one day way back in the Copper Age a potter needed to move his potter’s wheel across his hut and was like “…hey, what if we…”

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Published on September 06, 2019 22:00