#Roman myth

[thesilicontribesman]

The Wolf and Romulus and Remus Mosaic, Roman Aldborough, North Yorkshire, 300-400CE, Leeds City Museum.

This panel formed the centrepiece of a large mosaic floor constructed in the Roman town of Isurium Brigantum, now Aldborough in North Yorkshire. The mosaic depicts the legend of Romulus and Remus. They were abandoned in the River Tiber but washed ashore where they were fed by a she-wolf.

[thefugitivesaint]

Charles Shannon (1914-1996), 'The Birth of Venus', ''The Tatler'', Vol. 94, #1223, 1924 Source

[notacluedo]

all this pyrrhus talk got my thinking about that scene in the Aeneid where Andromache meets ascanius

[allmythologies]

roman mythology: silvanus

silvanus is a protector & god of the forest, fields, and husbandmen. he is also known as the protector of the house, herds, and farm boundaries. silvanus is said to keep the dangers of the woodlands at bay, allowing crops and flocks to flourish.

[flaroh]

It's my name week! 🌻💃 ✨ April 28-May 3 the Romans celebrated the Floralia, a festival honouring Flora, the goddess of flowers and fertility 🌻 The festivities are notable for their inclusion of sex workers as festival participants.

[m00nb04rd5]

Hestia from Greek Mythology pls!

Hestia/Vesta, Goddess of The Hearth (Greek and Roman Mythology)

[hlblng]

Avernus - crater west of Naples, appears in Virgil's Aeneid as the entrance to the underworld

I made the background with liquid gold which only cost me 6 hours of my life and also the rest of my sanity. I will probably do it again.

[writingamongther0ses]

Father-daughter moment, even though it's not the right version of her father and she has no idea how old she is.

"It's just been a while since I had a daughter. What do young girls like these days?"

Rhea blinked. "I don't think I qualify as a 'young girl'."

"Really?"

"Vaguely?" Wow, she didn't know her own age?

"Eh, you're still my girl." Neptune reached over and patted her head. "No matter how old."

[almost-correct-quotes]

hero defined loosely

doomed defined as someone doomed from the start (or close to it) or the cards were weighted against them

[killertoons]

had an old idea spring up about the story of medusa...how there are different versions...and made a version where the hero Perseus is a blind kid sent to die in Death Valley and medusa finds him and goes on an adventure to Las Vegas/Olympus to take down the gods.

this was before ghost town so I doubt ill work on it now but just a thought...

[promptuarium]

JANUS, in the tenth year of the aforementioned Ninus, went from Africa to the Celtiberians, where he set up two colonies, named Noelas and Noeglas. And in the 19th year of Ninus, Janus went to Italy. When he had found that Camesenuus (who is Ham) was corrupting the youth more than expected, for three years he bore this level-headedly. Then, assigning him a few people from the colonies, he commanded him to leave Italy, and he commanded all the corrupted colonies of Gomer to tend the highlands across the broad river Janiculum. And he gave them his daughter Crana Helerna, that is, they elected her by suffrage and raised her to be queen with a white scepter. He gave the Janigenes their surname Razenua, and taught them physics and astronomy; he wrote down divinations and rituals, in the 1948th year of the world and the 2014th year before Christ was born. Therefore they followed his teaching, the same names and divine venerations as were used in Armenia-Saga. Berossus book 5.

[thesilicontribesman]

Roman Genius Loci

A Roman altar dedicated to the Genius Loci, the 'Spirit of the Place: It was found in Sheep Street, Cirencester in 1880.

The Genius wears a crown and holds a cornucopia in his left hand. In his right hand he holds a patera, (a sacrificial bowl) extended over an altar.

Corinium Museum, Cirencester

[thefugitivesaint]

''La Lusiade de Louis Camoëns'', 1776  Canto 6: ’Venus appeasing Tempest’ Source

[reesemh]

Minotaur 🐂

[allmythologies]

roman mythology: pluto

pluto was god of the dead and lord of the underworld. a figure of enormous dread and terrible might, pluto dispensed luck and controlled the fates of all mortals. as commander of the subterranean realms, he was the master of ores, metals, and the precious stones found within them. for this reason, he was celebrated by many as the bringer of wealth. 

[flaroh]

Manifesting a bountiful 2023 this Cerealia 🤞🌾🔥 Around April 19th, the seven day festival of Ceres would take place in ancient Rome. Mnay games and rituals took place during this celebration, including circus games and animal sacrifice. The Romans believed this worship would help protect their crops from disease and pests 🐀