Omestes od Omadios

Flora, Medea, Diana e Leda (I sec.), Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Napoli.

Mt. Vesuvius overlooking Naples, part I

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4th Century Lycian Tomb in Fethiye Turkey

A crouching Aphrodite in a shell. H. 17.2 cm. Terracotta. Roman, 1st century B.C-  1st cent. A.D.

Pompeii, Italy

Parthenon, Athens (by Evan Wise)

The Roman goddess Victoria accomplishes a ritual sacrifice killing of a bull.

— Joseph Campbell, “The Power of Myth” (via mythologyofthepoetandthemuse)

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Braun, Clément & Cie :: The Propylaia to the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, Europe; negative 1869; print about 1890; Carbon print / source: J. Paul Getty Museum

Votive crown (gold, pearls, sapphire), Spain (Visigoths) before 672 AD[1122x2693]

The Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal is the oldest surviving song in the world. It dates back to 1400 BC and was found in the Syrian city of Ugarit. The beautiful composition was a hymn dedicated to Nikkal, the Phoenician goddess of orchards whose name means  “Great Lady and Fruitful.”