✨Dionysus and Spes (Maybe)✨

Dionysus is dressed in his panther-skin best and wears a garland to boot. He’s joined by a smaller figure more archaic in style which is thought to represent Spes, the personification of hope. But maybe that’s more HOPEFUL thinking since one of stops on the journey of provenance was as part of the Hope collection. Either way, this beautiful sculpture also considered to be a Roman reimagining of a Greek bronze from the fourth century BCE.

#AncientRome #AncientGreece #Dionysus

✨Venus, House of Venus - Pompeii✨

What a way to celebrate Friday with this gorgeous depiction of Venus. She appears to glide across the sea as she reclines in a shell. She is accompanied by a nereid riding a dolphin and Cupid shyly hanging back behind the shell.

#FrescoFriday #AncientRome #AncientGreece #Venus #Aphrodite

greek mosaik

#art #ancient #ancientgreece #poseidon #legenden #mythology #mythologie #museum #art #kunst #geschichte #history #histoire #photo #photography

✨It’s a god; it’s a man; it’s HERCULES!✨

Hercules’ second labour is a fitting match for #ReliefWednesday (that old hump day). Here he squares off against the Lernean Hydra.

The hydra was known to terrorise the countryside around Lerna with its nine serpenty heads. Between the venom and the fact that one head was immortal, this was not a labour to be sneezed at!

#Hercules #AncientRome #AncientGreece

🏺🪨 Before modern artillery, soldiers used lead sling bullets to defend cities like Antiochia Hippos.

This recently discovered projectile is unique because it features a mocking command – mathou – telling the target to "learn their lesson."

👉 popsci.com/science/ancient-sli…

#archaeology #history #ancientgreece #science #tech #discovery #psychology #warfare

🏛️⚙️ Long before digital projectors, Hero of Alexandria used a sophisticated system of weights and pulleys to create a programmable, moving theater. The 1st-century engineer’s "automatic stage" featured moving characters and changing scenes.

👉 greekreporter.com/2026/03/12/a…

#history #engineering #ancientgreece #stem #innovation #robotics #cinema #mechanicalengineering #heroofalexandria #technology #discovery #learning

Popular cuando estaba ausente, decadente cuando triunfó. #antiguagrecia #ancientgreece

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Para los grafiti, entonces añado The Ancient Graffiti Project, que no solo incorpora a Herculano, Pompeya y Estabia, sino también la ciudad griega de Esmirna. #antiguaroma #ancientrome #antiguagrecia #ancientgreece

ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/

Here’s Bellerophon in all his heroism!

This #MosaicMonday we recognise the glorious artistry of this second century CE mosaic that depicts Bellerophon riding Pegasus while killing the Chimera.

The Chimera was a monstrous fire-breathing creature from Lycia. It was often depicted as a lion with a goat's head protruding from its back and a tail ending with a snake's head.

Bellerophon was a Corinthian hero, the son of Poseidon and Eurynome, a Megarian princess who became a queen of Corinth. Bellerophon was known as one of the greatest hero and slayer of monsters, before the days of Heracles.

#AncientRome #History #AncientGreece

Reconstrucción de los colores originales de la estatua de Talía, musa griega de la comedia, de Delos, del siglo II a.C.

PD: No de los colores originales de esta escultura en concreto, sino que muestra cómo se veían los distintos pigmentos que usaban.

🏛️Museo Liebieghaus de Escultura #antiguagrecia #ancientgreece #arte #art

A long shot, but do I have any followers with a lot of knowledge about ancient Greece, and/or Roman empire (~200BC-200AD)?

Am trying to find some info on Archeological finds, and well, Google search is essentially useless now, so I'm hoping the amazing power of the fediverse can help.

#History #Romans #AncientGreece #Archeology