@CoinOfNote@Greenseer Not a river but a horned god: Kyrene and Apollon Karneios or Hermes Parammon depicted on this coin that is supposedly from Kyrene.
@CoinOfNote@Greenseer Did you know that groups work across instances? Everyone following a group will see the post, no matter if the instances know each other yet.
They are easy to set up, just tag something like ancientcoins @ a.gup.pe or type it into the search bar and boom! It exists!
@CoinOfNote@Greenseer I think most people in my niche have not made the move either. On the birdsite I had a mix of scholars, fellow erotica authors and adjacent creators (podcasters, cam girls & boys, sex bloggers, etc.), and mythology and folklore enthusiasts. I feel like there is only a fraction of all of this here and there is no community yet that is easy to find. I hope the new search will make it much easier.
That being said, the biggest myth community has always been on Tumblr, not Twt.
@Greenseer@CoinOfNote Awwww, thanks Greenseer 💚
I only occasionally browse coin forums or museum pages so I am super happy about people like you and CoinOfNote to share their knowledge about a coin or correct me if I'm wrong (sometimes the museum website seems to get it wrong!).
But of course it would be even more fun with more community. Maybe Tumblr will, in fact, federate at some point. That would be cool.
@CoinOfNote@Greenseer There's always new things to learn but the guide is indeed very basic. The groups thing is probably the most valuable tip!
If it ties in with a mythological theme you can also use the hashtag MythologyMonday. It's not huge but there are a few faithful contributors. And engagement on Twitter has gone to SHIT for that hashtag. Last time I hosted there was mostly ads and very little engagement. Which is a good thing, IMO.
@CoinOfNote@Greenseer It seems kinda dead? I mean, lots of my Twitter friends made an account but it seems very few people made it their main. I see mainly the same people posting but then I also miss posts because there's only the main feed and I can't sort people into lists like I can do here or on Twitter. I get much less engagement but I'm also less active myself I guess?
I just wish all the people would come here instead. 😩
@NovemberMan This is not really based on any myth aside from the framing being the myth of Persephone living with her mum for half the year and with her husband below the earth for the other half. And a woman has needs!
It's a fun fantasy inspired by myth and the hotspouse trope 😊
It's #FannyFriday, the day I invite everyone to post #vulva art along with me.
Here, #Eros is helping two women remove their pubic hair to be extra sexy. Yes, this goes back to antiquity. Eros and the woman behind him are using an oil lamp to burn off the hair. The bristly pubes growing back earned the vulva the nickname "piggy" in acient Greek.
While the auction house listed this piece as a rare C1st BCE intaglio, my suspicion is its a fake. Ancient Roman phalluses rarely came with balls when you could have another phallus! Something about the lightning bolts also feels off. What do you think?
@phistorians I agree, why add balls when cxyou can have another phallus instead? Also the testicles are too huge. Not even satyrs are depicted with huge testes. These are the finds I do have of fascina with balls and none of them look similar to the engraving.