AimeeMaroux, 8 months ago to mythology

It's the #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

"After #Hera inflicted madness upon him [#Dionysos], he wandered over #Egypt and Syria. The Egyptian king Proteus first welcomed him."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 29

🏛️ Dionysos and #Ariadne, #Coptic Egyptian tapestry from the 4th century CE.

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AimeeMaroux, 10 months ago to antiquidons

It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡

#Athena stands between her step-mother #Hera and her father #Zeus.

🏛️ Red-figure Stamnos, dated 500-460 BCE, from Attika, #Greece. Today in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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AimeeMaroux, 10 months ago to antiquidons

It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡

"[Zeus] made Hera his blooming wife: and she was joined in love with the king of gods and men, and brought forth Hebe and Ares and Eileithyia."
Hesiod, Theogony 921

🏛️ #Hera and #Zeus, marble relief from Temple E in #Selinunte, dated ca. 450 BCE. Today in the Museo archeologico regionale di #Palermo.

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