alexrooke.bsky.social
@alexrooke.bsky.social
Head of Classics at Halliford School Shepperton
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Please visit cdaltonfineart_1 on instagram for her amazing charity event - every donation gets a copy of her beautiful Apollo of Gaza image.
August 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Zeus 'gives birth' to Dionysus (holding torches--ouch!) from his thigh. The position of Hera's hand and her expression are priceless (she's not the mum). Amphora by Diosphos courtesy of National Library of France
November 28, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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Graffiti was a powerful form of protest in ancient Rome – as Gladiator II shows
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Graffiti was a powerful form of protest in ancient Rome – as Gladiator II shows
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the walls of Pompeii’s brothel were a particular hot-spot for sexual graffiti.
theconversation.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:11 PM
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A lovely thoughtful Athene, reminiscent of the final chapter of Stone Blind, I think.

(Acropolis Museum, info in thread)
November 21, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Tonight’s fun!
November 21, 2024 at 3:31 PM