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Last Days of Pompeii part 1I went to the Last Days of Pom...

Last Days of Pompeii part 1

I went to the Last Days of Pompeii exhibit at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco yesterday. Dionysos (Bacchus) greets you at the entrance.

This is a home water basin and two clay amphora. My hand is there for scale, almost but not quite touching the glass.

A fresco featuring oh so many birds and the heads of Ariadne and Dionysos watching over the festivities of the dining hall. A blurb about how the romans ate and the differences between their socialization and the way the Greeks socialized at meals.

A shrine for household gods.

A mural of Bacchus with a calm Vesuvius looming in the background, a portent of things to come.

A chicken eating a pomegranate!

This doesn’t have anything to do with Hades and Persephone or their worship in this particular instance, but I love the image because of the through-line with similar themes throughout southern Italy.

This was a mural typical in Roman banquet halls where they would show the main dish nibbling at the foods in which it was going to be cooked. Like an illustrated recipe. In this case it’s cockatrice in pomegranate sauce.

theia-mania-comics:Queen of the Dead 073

theia-mania-comics:

Queen of the Dead 073

powersimon:Cerberus, fearsome guard dog

powersimon:

Cerberus, fearsome guard dog

Omg what a sweet lovey baby!! I recognized your SN immedi...

Omg what a sweet lovey baby!!

I recognized your SN immediately. We’ve been mutuals on here for years and I can’t even begin to tell you how grateful I am for your support, and just so happy that you love my books and that you’ve been following my work since the earliest days ❤️

I’m going to try to arrange an advance drop with Coastside Books for The Good Counselor, and they should be able to get signed copies out to anyone who orders from them on or before the official release date.

I’ll keep you posted!

arjuna-vallabha:Hellenic inspiration, Villa Kerylos, Nice

arjuna-vallabha:

Hellenic inspiration, Villa Kerylos, Nice

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sixpenceee:

Flowers frozen in ice. Check out my Facebook | Instagram | Scary Story Website

i just wanted you to know that the hulking black dog in front is named hades aidoneus and he is the friendliest puppy ever. literally never met a stranger, and he loves LOVES to cuddle with any and everyone, including his reluctant sibling bashful. (i name

Omg what a sweet lovey baby!!

I recognized your SN immediately. We’ve been mutuals on here for years and I can’t even begin to tell you how grateful I am for your support, and just so happy that you love my books and that you’ve been following my work since the earliest days ❤️

I’m going to try to arrange an advance drop with Coastside Books for The Good Counselor, and they should be able to get signed copies out to anyone who orders from them on or before the official release date.

I’ll keep you posted!

mrkttnrgrphcs:Pomegranate Lino Print - New lino prints a...

mrkttnrgrphcs:

Pomegranate Lino Print - New lino prints are here! First up the Pomegranate ⁠

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dailyhistoryposts:A Byzantine textile depicting a pomegr...

dailyhistoryposts:

A Byzantine textile depicting a pomegranate tree (395 - 641)

Currently displayed at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France

virtuouslibertines69:“I owe more to the dead, with whomI ...

virtuouslibertines69:

“I owe more to the dead, with whom
I will spend a much longer time,
than I will ever owe to the living.”
- Sophocles, Antigone

Painting by Stephen Mackey