Ἑλένη

Alas for my troubles! Can it be that her beauty has blunted their swords?
~ Tuesday, December 6 ~
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Let the girl with a pretty face lie supine, let the lady
Who boasts a good back be viewed
From behind. Milanion bore Atalanta’s legs on
His shoulders: nice legs should always be used this way.
The petite should ride horse (Andromache, Hector’s Theban
Bride, was too tall for these games: no jockey she);
If you’re built like a fashion model, with willowy figure,
Then kneel on the bed, your neck
A little arched; the girl who has perfect legs and bosom
Should lie sideways on, and make her lover stand.
Don’t blush to unbind your hair like some ecstatic maenad
And tumble long tresses about
Your upcurved throat…
— Ovid, Ars Amatoria 3
Tags: romans sex andromache supine with my husband atalanta-style with alexandros
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~ Monday, December 5 ~
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sparrowqueen:

Nymphs dancing to Pan’s flute Joseph Tomanek.

sparrowqueen:

Nymphs dancing to Pan’s flute
Joseph Tomanek.

Tags: gods pan nymphs art ethereal women
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~ Sunday, December 4 ~
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sparrowqueen:

Orpheus and Eurydice Edmund Dulac, 1935.

sparrowqueen:

Orpheus and Eurydice
Edmund Dulac, 1935.

Tags: orpheus eurydice art ethereal women girls who are prizes
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~ Saturday, December 3 ~
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sparrowqueen:

The Judgement of Paris  Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1512-14.

sparrowqueen:

The Judgement of Paris
Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1512-14.

Tags: alexandros judgment of paris gods aphrodite hera athene well this is very strange
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~ Friday, December 2 ~
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Tags: three graces botticelli art ethereal women
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~ Thursday, December 1 ~
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wetalkedasgirlsdo:

illustration of Echo from A Book of Myth, Helen Stratton

wetalkedasgirlsdo:

illustration of Echo from A Book of Myth, Helen Stratton

Tags: echo and narcissus echo art powerless women
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~ Wednesday, November 30 ~
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Tags: apollo and daphne art apollo gods daphne how dare he appropriate her symbol?
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~ Tuesday, November 29 ~
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mesbeauxarts:

Antonio Canova. Three Graces. ca. 1813-1816.
Marble.
State Hermitage Museum. St. Petersburg, Russia.

mesbeauxarts:

Antonio Canova. Three Graces. ca. 1813-1816.

Marble.

State Hermitage Museum. St. Petersburg, Russia.

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~ Monday, November 28 ~
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sparrowqueen:

The Pearls of Aphrodite Herbert James Draper, 1907.

sparrowqueen:

The Pearls of Aphrodite
Herbert James Draper, 1907.

Tags: aphrodite gods art beauty women who are symbols
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~ Sunday, November 27 ~
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