Shayne Laughter

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09 September 2026 12:34

Thank you. I need this. Always interesting how love and war are blended in one figure. Why did the Hellenic (?) peoples' imagination split them into Aphrodite and Ares?

Hanes Johansson

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25 August 2026 11:16

A terracotta bust of a goddess from Falerii Veteres, modern Civita Castellana, north of Rome, made around 380 BC. She wears a heavy diadem and a peplos falling in fine folds, and the original paint is still on her.

Hanes Johansson

hane-s.bsky.social

23 August 2026 17:06

A gold ring, late fourth century BC, from Crete. The device is not a god, not an animal, not a hero. It is an arrowhead. Cretan archers were the most wanted light infantry in the ancient world. Alexander hired them. Carthage hired them. Rome hired them for centuries afterwards.

Hanes Johansson

hane-s.bsky.social

19 August 2026 14:38

Black-figure pottery, used on many famous Greek vases, wasn’t invented in Athens. It originated in Corinth around 700 BC, first on small perfume bottles. Figures were painted as silhouettes, then details scratched through before firing. Athens later adopted the technique and took the fame.