Ἑλένη

"Let the girl with a pretty face lie supine, let the lady Who boasts a good back be viewed From..."

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:05:05 +0200

“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

sparrowqueen: Nymphs dancing to Pan’s flute Joseph Tomanek.

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:00:05 +0200

sparrowqueen:

Nymphs dancing to Pan’s flute
Joseph Tomanek.

sparrowqueen: Orpheus and Eurydice Edmund Dulac, 1935.

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:55:05 +0200

sparrowqueen:

Orpheus and Eurydice
Edmund Dulac, 1935.

sparrowqueen: The Judgement of Paris Lucas Cranach the Elder,...

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:52:05 +0200

sparrowqueen:

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

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Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:53:06 +0200

wetalkedasgirlsdo: illustration of Echo from A Book of Myth,...

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:56:05 +0200

wetalkedasgirlsdo:

illustration of Echo from A Book of Myth, Helen Stratton

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Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:02:05 +0200

mesbeauxarts: Antonio Canova. Three Graces. ca....

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:56:05 +0200

mesbeauxarts:

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

Marble.

State Hermitage Museum. St. Petersburg, Russia.

sparrowqueen: The Pearls of Aphrodite Herbert James Draper,...

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:00:05 +0200

sparrowqueen:

The Pearls of Aphrodite
Herbert James Draper, 1907.

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Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:13:06 +0200

never-a-true-believer: The Three Graces by *ninjaa-cake

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:08:05 +0200

never-a-true-believer:

The Three Graces by *ninjaa-cake

ponderful: Apollo and Daphne by Henrietta Rae

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:50:06 +0200

ponderful:

Apollo and Daphne by Henrietta Rae

lizznack: Praxiteles. Aphrodite of Cyrene. Ca. 340-330 BC. ...

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:00:05 +0200

lizznack:

Praxiteles. Aphrodite of Cyrene. Ca. 340-330 BC. (Roman copy, ca. 100 BC). Marble. Height: 5 feet.

thatsgreathustle: Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:56:05 +0200

thatsgreathustle:

Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne

Sappho's 'Hymn to Aphrodite'

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:56:05 +0200

Sappho's 'Hymn to Aphrodite':

girl-in-a-garden:

- translated by Prof. William Harris

Many colored throned immortal Aphrodita,
daughter of Zeus, wile-weaver, I beg you
with reproaches and harms do not beat down
O Lady, my soul
But come here, if ever at another time
My voice hearing, from afar
You have ear, and your father’s home leaving
——golden —- you came

Yoking the chariot. And fair, swift
Doves brought you over the black earth
Dense wings whirring, from heaven down
through middle air.

Suddenly they arrived, and you, O Blessed One,
Smiling with your immortal countenance
Asked what hurt me, and for what
Now I cried out.

And what do I want to happen most
In my crazy heart. “Whom then Persuasion
…………..to bring to you, dearest? Who
Sappho hurts you.

And if she flees, soon will she follow,
And if she does not take gifts, she will give,
If she does not love, she will love
Despite herself”

Come to me now, the harsh worry
Let loose, what my heart wants to be
Done, do it!, and you yourself be
My battle-ally.

Menelaus intends to strike Helen; struck by her beauty, he...

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:50:06 +0200

Menelaus intends to strike Helen; struck by her beauty, he drops his swords. A flying Eros and Aphrodite (on the left) watch the scene. Detail of an Attic red-figure crater, ca. 450–440 BC, found in Gnathia (now Egnazia, Italy).

"Peace can only be mine if I see everything ruined along with me."

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:03:06 +0200

“Peace can only be mine
if I see everything ruined along with me.”

- Medea, Seneca 426-7 trans. Emily Wilson (via claerwen)

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Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:51:05 +0200

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Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:42:05 +0200

potamia: Maria Callas (an American-born Greek soprano) as...

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:30:05 +0200

potamia:

Maria Callas (an American-born Greek soprano) as Medea