Rachel Alexander's Blog, page 23
November 9, 2021
elizabethanism:Detail from the fresco “Adorants”. The bea...
Detail from the fresco “Adorants”. The beauty wears jewelry and a myrtle branch on her head. A pomegranate blossom stands out on her shoulder. Already then people had a sense of beauty. 16th c.BC. Akrotiri, Thera island, Cyclades, Greece.
theshitpostcalligrapher:
req’d by @guitars-in-trees
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November 8, 2021
twirld:Vanitas Still Life (detail) Aelbert Jansz. van der...
Vanitas Still Life (detail) Aelbert Jansz. van der Schoor
thoodleoo:i accidentally got cerberus and the sphinx mixe...
i accidentally got cerberus and the sphinx mixed up in my head and created a scenario in which, if you wanted to go to the underworld, you had to answer cerberus’s riddle, but every time the riddle was just ‘who’s a good boy,’ and now i’m mad that that’s not actually how greek mythology goes
jaubaius:This is the last sunset in Svalbard,Norway of th...
This is the last sunset in Svalbard,Norway of this year..The next time they will see the sun there is in March..
November 7, 2021
pigeon-princess:
“No one can weave as well as I—not even ...
“No one can weave as well as I—not even the Goddess Athena!” Arachne boasted, unaware of who else might be listening in.
Revisiting one of the most memorable greek myths from my childhood, the weaving contest of Arachne and Athena.
baby-vintage:Beauty and the Beast, 1978
Beauty and the Beast, 1978
therkalexander:
“I don’t hold myself above your kind. The...
“I don’t hold myself above your kind. The gods of the earth, whose lives are intertwined with your immortal souls, cannot afford such… vanities.”
— Hades to Orpheus, The Good Counselor, Ch. 3 by @therkalexander
