Repititiationes ~ 11/1/15

“David” and “Venus de Milo” Action Figures Put Art History in Motion #YES https://t.co/HsCro2g6yM

— Dr. Art History. (@wtfarthistory) November 1, 2015

November mosaic from El Djem, Tunisia, 3rd century AD, Sousse Archaeological Museum. pic.twitter.com/3EZZl1CluN

— Pythika (@Pythika) November 1, 2015

"Andromaque et Pyrrhus" par #Guérin au musée d'#Orléans. Une version grand format est exposée au @MuseeLouvre pic.twitter.com/bTgut9couG

— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) November 1, 2015

Olympia excavations 1875-76: Temple of Zeus, east side. From Curtius (ed.) 1876 pic.twitter.com/95ykJiZTF4

— Ulf R Hansson also ulrhanss.bsky.social (@UlfRHansson) October 31, 2015

"Mars sortant des bras de Vénus" de Jean Bartin (1732-1809) esquisse et toile du musée des Beaux-arts d'#Or… https://t.co/xdeC60x5PM

— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) November 1, 2015

"Phèdre et Hippolyte" par P-Narcisse #Guérin (1774-1883) au MBA #Orléans. La version définitive est au @MuseeLouvre pic.twitter.com/WToN7ef02E

— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) November 1, 2015

Plotille, épouse de Trajan (vers 190-200) Collection du cardinal Richelieu au musée des Beaux-arts d'#Orléans https://t.co/1fFKRULXAs

— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) November 1, 2015

Julien l'Apostolat (Ier-IIe siècle) musée des Beaux-arts d'#Orléans https://t.co/S7vcqyOuCq

— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) November 1, 2015

Homère (hiver et automne) et Morphée (printemps et été) marbres des Ier-IIe siècles restaurés au XVIIe, MBA #Orléans pic.twitter.com/Hym334AwTS

— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) November 1, 2015

Vénus Richelieu (Ier-IIe siècle) découverte à Pouzzoles, collection du cardinal Richelieu au musée des Beau… https://t.co/zkMzN8htOh

— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) November 1, 2015

Deux Vénus, une jeune femme à la colombe et sainte Madeleine
Musée des Beaux-arts d'#Orléans pic.twitter.com/7B93TviIFv

— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) November 1, 2015

"Vénus sortant du bain" (1831) par J-D Malknecht, musée des Beaux-arts d'#Orléans https://t.co/f5jUh9rdlR

— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) November 1, 2015

Atlas' first job. pic.twitter.com/IBCwttUghz

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) November 1, 2015

A review so inaccurate that it publicly has to fess up to 2 complete howlers is, IMO, unworthy of @GuardianBooks: https://t.co/2ibZtxHtBQ

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) November 1, 2015

The snake-haired Medusa. One the 3 Gorgons. All who looked at her face were turned to stone.#monstersinantiquity pic.twitter.com/EAnFEA6ijZ

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 1, 2015

@DrDonnaYates @SaveRome And this is the Caput Medusae in the Capitolinian Museums pic.twitter.com/Mroffl9r1U

— microscop (@microscop) November 1, 2015

Citizens of CYPRUS! I'm talking about Aristophanes at Uni of Cyprus Classics dept. tomorrow 0900-what's BIRDS about? pic.twitter.com/JCYidLe5zG

— @edithmayhall (@edithmayhall) November 1, 2015

@microscop @SaveRome @DrDonnaYates Massimo Museum, Rome pic.twitter.com/4dnXKFYJS2

— Marsi (@DMHull) November 1, 2015

Happy November!
November was the 9th month in the Roman calendar. It retained its name: from Latin novem = nine. pic.twitter.com/PdB7mwiaYV

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 1, 2015

[hmmmm … this could have other implications?] Art Collectors Find Safe Harbor in Delaware’s Tax Laws
https://t.co/7XhPyxvlqk

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 1, 2015

Charon, the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the deceased across the rivers Styx & Acheron.#deathinantiquity pic.twitter.com/26ELQRbNBc

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 1, 2015

Vindolanda fort & replicas are looking beautiful in the #autumn sunshine today. pic.twitter.com/9HUiozbNR9

— Vindolanda Trust (@VindolandaTrust) November 1, 2015

In no hurry to meet him… Hades, the King of the Underworld, the god of death and the dead. #deathinantiquity pic.twitter.com/BhG2lYIzhY

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 1, 2015

Cool reconstruction of the interior of the Roman Senate https://t.co/WPbh0NAVAB

— Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss) November 1, 2015

You're killing me! Great light show but I hope they move it to Rome's Largo Argentina, where Caesar really died. https://t.co/max8xn8mLR

— Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss) November 1, 2015

O mighty Caesar! Dost thou lie so low? https://t.co/max8xn8mLR

— Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss) November 1, 2015

Happy #AllSaintsDay
Nearest to a saint I could find.From Temple of the Palmyrene Gods,Dura Europos #ancientgraffito pic.twitter.com/rBUOPS3eGt

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) November 1, 2015

@Milutta @LuciaTassan @Asamsakti @CerisesMacaron @margaquiros @joselechiguero @MariaSuu @ipe_rosa1 @artmajcar Venus pic.twitter.com/BYbUIzyEBK

— daniela (@dadagioia) November 1, 2015

Sisyphus is condemned to roll a rock up a hill for eternity in the Land of the Dead.#deathinantiquity pic.twitter.com/jCTpWDhpUD

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 1, 2015

Lucanian fresco tomb painting depicting the deceased on her deathbed (prothesis), from Paestum.#deathinantiquity pic.twitter.com/oFOZl5Y2NR

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 1, 2015

An unlooted Mycenaean grave from Pylos, Greece, and other news items, today over at @AncientHistMag: https://t.co/NzmZo9pBRV

— Ancient History Mag (@AncientHistMag) November 1, 2015

#Mithology #Arttherapy
Perseus before Adromeda
Giuseppe Cesari (aka Cavaliere d'Arpino)1602
B'Sera
🎑🌷@Asamsakti pic.twitter.com/WzXOjMCylj

— Lucia Tassan Mangina🐦🇪🇺#FBPE (@LuciaTassan) October 31, 2015

Attic black-figure amphora depicting a woman mourning a dead warrior (Eos and her son Memnon?).#deathinantiquity pic.twitter.com/fwxl4GQ62x

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 1, 2015

La Dolce Vita’s Trevi Fountain revived https://t.co/gE7svqbX9L pic.twitter.com/gBCBxvE8dt

— The Art Newspaper (@TheArtNewspaper) November 1, 2015

I can highly recommend the 'Samothrace: Mysteries of the Great Gods' exhibition @acropolismuseum https://t.co/srt2ITPLdQ #learninglots

— Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson MBE (@ProfArleneHH) November 1, 2015

Mummy portraits from Roman tombs in Egypt. 2nd century AD.#deathinantiquity pic.twitter.com/5qm01EMgiG

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 1, 2015

Roman food tasting table & trivia promised @ExeterLibrary for #BeingHumanFestival Sat 14 Nov 2015 https://t.co/EnLuXh0a9H @IscaPark #Romans

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) November 1, 2015

Etruscan red-figured stamnos depicting a journey to the Underworld, around 300 BC.#deathinantiquity pic.twitter.com/tzK25lSqWd

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 1, 2015

Explorator 18.28 ~ November 1, 2015 | Explorator
https://t.co/AUEKhEfNv9

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 1, 2015

Repititiationes ~ 10/31/15 https://t.co/yDDvYWOsjL

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 1, 2015

again .. the @wordpressdotcom gods defy … grrrrrrrr

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 1, 2015

Repititiationes ~ 10/31/15 https://t.co/PflkIqEIpg

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 1, 2015

Explore @Smithsonian's digital 3D model of the Funerary Relief Bust of Haliphat from Palmyra https://t.co/cdchUWwSJ2 pic.twitter.com/QrtMd82HXC

— Heritage at State (@HeritageAtState) November 1, 2015

One of my favorites: a mosaic depicting the many assaults of the evil eye (House of the Evil Eye, Antioch, 2nd c. AD) pic.twitter.com/ZZPzcIlZWM

— Amanda Pavlick (@akpavlick) October 12, 2015

The Harpy Tomb relief, a siren carries a small figure perhaps representing the soul of the dead.#deathinantiquity pic.twitter.com/HdZC04Ylp4

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 1, 2015

@carolemadge why is it a harpy tomb if sirens are doing the work?

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 1, 2015

Today at Segesta: the unfinished temple begun c.415 BC. The clatter of goats' bells filled the air. pic.twitter.com/WT0Sqv25qP

— David Stuttard (@davidstuttard) November 1, 2015

The Roman necropolis of Aquileia (Italy) comprising of five burial enclosures. 1st-3rd century AD.#deathinantiquity pic.twitter.com/AFzdMz5qzg

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 1, 2015

Vintage Photos of the Athenian Acropolis Without Tourists https://t.co/MBLm2b0TFV pic.twitter.com/EIVEOucrY4

— HistoryBuff (@historybuffcom) October 30, 2015

@DMHull @rogueclassicist @microscop @SaveRome @DrDonnaYates Roman-German Museum, Cologne pic.twitter.com/NZ4Bdndf0j

— Eric (@SchnixB04) November 1, 2015

And I can't say how much these technical drawings of an Ionic column capital in #Pompeii by F. Boulanger please me. pic.twitter.com/AXHBYhVe1u

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) November 1, 2015

Such lovely tiles!! https://t.co/AYKtDrN7NJ

— Dr. Alexis M. Christensen (@AM_Christensen) November 1, 2015

@carolemadge why? Sirens only have arms when involved in contests with Muses near as I can tell

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 1, 2015

@carolemadge harpies need hands.. Almost by definition… Sirens don't

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 1, 2015

The Classics list of late isn't good for my neck arthritis

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 1, 2015

@rogueclassicist You convinced me! pic.twitter.com/K30YPW3IwV

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 1, 2015

A few of the Roman silver coins from todays Metal Detectives dig pic.twitter.com/M6EIyYYBN2

— Metal Detectives Group (@DetectingDigsUK) November 1, 2015

Las Cariatides de la Acrópolis. pic.twitter.com/2UA7OowLKp

— Marilu Martínez (@marilu_mtz_) October 31, 2015

@holland_tom You'll be thrilled to know Shaggy shares your passion for "Nero head coins" https://t.co/ElONXsIsw1 pic.twitter.com/DSZBg8ezNp

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) November 1, 2015

Leggere il territorio: metodologie, dati e modelli a confronto – 09/11/2015, Roma (Italy)
https://t.co/H7ySX7ekN2

— Fasti Congressuum (@fasticongress) November 1, 2015

Navigare necesse est: Estudios en homenaje a José María Luzón Nogué – 17/11/2015, Madrid (Spain)
https://t.co/DwKjLc94tT

— Fasti Congressuum (@fasticongress) November 1, 2015

Apollo crowns himself with a laurel wreath. Antonio Canova was born #onthisday in 1757. https://t.co/f95C5xUrTW pic.twitter.com/SMFmYkeaHw

— Getty (@GettyMuseum) November 1, 2015

Vase-shaped tombstone from Athens, c. 330 BC, and its reconstructed polychromy version.#deathinantiquity pic.twitter.com/9F5BBL0zBo

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 1, 2015

Sextas jornadas sobre Filosofía antigua "Doctor Francisco Olivieri" – 30/11/2015, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
https://t.co/NRFYGPZaYn

— Fasti Congressuum (@fasticongress) November 1, 2015

Medieval Monastic Library to be recreated online https://t.co/IoNNda5Vww pic.twitter.com/928rKZe7Hd

— Medievalists.net (@Medievalists) November 1, 2015

The Philopappos Monument in Athens is the tomb of Gaius Julius Antiochus Philopappos. ca. 116 AD.#deathinantiquity pic.twitter.com/kSJpyinH5T

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 1, 2015

Mosaic depicting a deceased person beside the bust of Sappho, from the tomb of a 9 years old boy.#deathinantiquity pic.twitter.com/jIT8VAhZQO

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 1, 2015

Ruin of the day: The Northern Necropolis of Hierapolis #Phrygia with many different types of tombs#deathinantiquity pic.twitter.com/XL2OCs3g68

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) November 1, 2015

Jonh William Godward Ofrenda a Venus1912 @joselechiguero @Milutta @LuciaTassan @elamigojavi @Amyperuana @VaniaDelli pic.twitter.com/Hgt3KdtQHL

— Amparo (@amparofashion) November 1, 2015

Amazing broadcast of #Sophocles' #Electra in modern Greek on independent television: https://t.co/w1lAcwBP3R #tvhistory #greektragedy

— CADRE was TVTragedy (@tv_tragedy) November 1, 2015

#NeverOnSunday was 1960, #Cacoyannis' #Electra was 1962, #ZorbaTheGreek was 1964: Greek cinema was an international hit in the early 60s!

— CADRE was TVTragedy (@tv_tragedy) November 1, 2015

The latest fully identified coin – an AE2 of Arcadius GLORIA ROMANORVM from Heraclea,392-395; (RIC IX.199 n.27b) pic.twitter.com/tzurGsCkIF

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) November 1, 2015

New open access resource: Cornelius Nepos, 'Life of Hannibal'. Latin text, notes, maps… https://t.co/GPKbr8rcs8 pic.twitter.com/qaiyXGG69W

— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) November 1, 2015

John William Godward (1861-1922) The Sweet Siesta of a Summer Day 1891. pic.twitter.com/h0XG4dvbwJ

— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) November 1, 2015

@carolemadge @rogueclassicist so what on earth are these droopy appendages? pic.twitter.com/sRuoXQb730

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) November 1, 2015

@pompei79 @carolemadge cracks in the plaster

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 1, 2015

@pompei79 @carolemadge looks like someone took a rake to the plaster

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 1, 2015

@pompei79 @carolemadge what else is in the room?

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 1, 2015

@pompei79 @FTKettering @carolemadge are there Muses?

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 1, 2015

@FTKettering @pompei79 @carolemadge sirens eventually evolved Rms, but only in music Playing situations

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 1, 2015

@FTKettering @pompei79 @carolemadge they had a contest with the Muses and lost

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 1, 2015

@FTKettering @pompei79 @carolemadge of course https://t.co/3GQBPAp0vR

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 2, 2015

@pompei79 @FTKettering @carolemadge what house is that

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 2, 2015

@FTKettering @pompei79 @carolemadge that's what I said.. They have arms when playing music

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 2, 2015

@FTKettering @pompei79 @carolemadge cf famously pic.twitter.com/jcmZb9Jyhm

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 2, 2015

@pompei79 @FTKettering @carolemadge same house?

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 2, 2015

@pompei79 @FTKettering @carolemadge I can't find that border

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 2, 2015

@pompei79 @FTKettering @carolemadge got it… Front of seems to have had a thing for wings

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 2, 2015

@pompei79 @FTKettering @carolemadge fronto

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 2, 2015

@pompei79 @FTKettering @carolemadge possibly an Obscure ref to achelous… Siren daddy

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 2, 2015

@pompei79 @FTKettering @carolemadge I've had achelous in my head since those weird sirens from the other day

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 2, 2015

@pompei79 @FTKettering @carolemadge the especially weird white ones growing out of a guy's beard

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 2, 2015

@LandOfHistory @pompei79 @FTKettering @carolemadge harpies have arms…

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 2, 2015

@LandOfHistory @pompei79 @FTKettering @carolemadge that's sirens… Unless they have instruments to play

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 2, 2015

@pompei79 @FTKettering @carolemadge I want more examples of sirens v Muses

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 2, 2015

@pompei79 @LandOfHistory @FTKettering @carolemadge Harpy

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 2, 2015

@LandOfHistory @pompei79 @FTKettering @carolemadge all ancient descriptions of harpies say they have arms

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 2, 2015

this is what I was thinking of… ache lous and daughters? posted by @DrDonnaYates pic.twitter.com/iSbpnkUicz

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 2, 2015