Elizabeth Saint C @esaintc.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Io Saturnalia omnes! #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky 0107
Elizabeth Saint C @esaintc.bsky.social · 17/12/2025I love this Sisyphean take on seasonal stresses by @mindcymru.bsky.social #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky #tistheseason #mentalhealth 010
Elizabeth Saint C @esaintc.bsky.social · 03/10/2025#classicstober #classicstober25 Day 3 - The Graiai There once were mythic sisters named Graiai, Who shared one tooth and one eye between three, When Perseus came near, They shrieked in great fear 'He's taken them both! How greedy?!' 061
Elizabeth Saint C @esaintc.bsky.social · 02/10/2025#ClassicsTober25 Day 2 Thanatos "[Apollon] gave him [the dead Sarpedon] into the charge of swift messengers to carry him, of Hypnos (Sleep) and Thanatos (Death), who are twin brothers, and these two presently laid him down within the rich countryside of broad Lykia." Homer, Iliad 16.681 061
Elizabeth Saint C @esaintc.bsky.social · 01/10/2025#ClassicsTober2025 Day 1 - Hypnos, god of sleep. "Yet you love sleep and salute Hypnos, the Greek god of sleep, and forget that he is death's brother" Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet. 🖼"Sleep and his Half Brother, Death", John William Waterhouse (1874, oil on canvas Private Collection 020
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CDr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 03/09/2025This is exciting - a newly launched official Antonine Wall Trail that will help walkers to explore Britain's best Roman frontier! I will need to take a look and see how it compares to the route I took as I walked the Wall... storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/45fd... #WallsOnWednesdaystorymaps.arcgis.comThe Antonine Wall TrailFollow the Line of the Wall Across Central Scotland 17425
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 03/09/2025#ReliefWednesday: A #Roman terracotta money box in the shape of a beehive, decorated with an image of Mercury, holding the caduceus (the staff carried by herolds) and a money bag. Mercury was considered the god of financial gain and commerce, and as such...🧵1/2 🏺 #Archaeology 214437
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CThe Roman Society @theromansoc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Shout out for our pop-up exhibition 'Women of Romano-British Archaeology' on display in the Hellenic and Roman Library at Senate House in London curated by Dr Tatiana Ivleva. the-past.com/feature/expa... #ClassicsBluesky 🏺the-past.comExpanding frontiers: Celebrating the Mothers of Romano-British studies | The PastThe early days of Romano-British research are often thought to have been dominated by male excavators, but many female archaeologists also made vital contri ... 01410
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Fabulous 3,500 year-old Mycenaean wooden box embellished with repoussé gold plates with lions chasing deer and antelope, among palm trees, spirals and bulls heads. From Grave V, Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece. National Archaeological Museum, Athens. 📷 by me #ReliefWednesday #Archaeology 627852
Elizabeth Saint C @esaintc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025In London and fancy seeing/ handling objects lost by Roman citizens of Londinium? Head to the Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall for an exhibition of things discovered by Mudlarks. #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky FREE ADMISSION 6 and 7th September 10 - 4pm www.thecityofldn.com/event/mudlar...thecityofldn.comMudlarking Exhibition and talks - City of LondonIn this exhibition within the ancient Roman amphitheatre, mudlarks will display their private collections of Roman artefacts recovered from the River Thames. 120
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CThe Hellenic Society @hellenicsociety.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Starts 17th September! Our new online course 'Roman Coinage in Britain' with Dr Peter Guest. A 5-week course, 6.00pm - 7.30pm (UK time) + recordings will be available. More info and booking at: www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event... Joint course with @theRomanSoc #ClassicsBluesky 🏺 0176
Elizabeth Saint C @esaintc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Even better! Prof. Ron Hutton is due to lecture about magical, mystical Hecate on 26 November 2025 at 18:00hrs GMT. Not to be missed! Register for the online talk at the link below #ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky Hecate: Mistress of Magic | Gresham College share.google/2jGrCDZwRD37...share.googleHecate: Mistress of MagicHecate started as the ruling goddess of the Asian region of Caria, and got taken over by the Greeks as the only one able to operate in every realm of the cosmos. This then gave her special responsibil... 030
Elizabeth Saint C @esaintc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025The fabulous Prof. Ron Hutton is to give a free online lecture on the ancient Greek god Pan as part of the Gresham College Lecture series. September 17th at 18:00hrs GMT. Sign up at link below. #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky The Great God Pan: Lord of the Wild share.google/fx9Xv8CnfS7v...share.googleThe Great God Pan: Lord of the WildPan started as a shepherds’ god in a wild and backward area of Greece, but became one of the best-known in the Greek and Roman world. This was partly because the leading city of Athens imported him as... 040
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CCatherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 01/09/2025SEPTEMBER SPECIAL! Back to work today, but with the happy news that THE ROADS TO ROME is only 99p on Kindle all month so you can get away from it all in virtual fashion and enjoy the ancient routes. www.amazon.co.uk/Roads-Rome-H... 97431
Elizabeth Saint C @esaintc.bsky.social · 26/08/2025#InternationalDogDay The saddest tale, the goodest boi.... (1) Argus, the faithful hound of Odysseus, was the only one to recognize Odysseus upon his return to Ithaca after 20 years. Too weak to move, he wags his tail and offers a final gaze of recognition before passing away. 140
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CKate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Simple black and white Roman mosaic from a corridor of a house in Hersonissos, Crete, 2nd C AD. The corridor led to the dining room. Look closely for a kantharos from which a vine emerges. Cretan wine was appreciated and exported during the Roman period. #MosaicMonday #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky 26110
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CRoaminTheEmpire @roamintheempire.bsky.social · 23/06/2025For #MosaicMonday, from my recent visit to the Archaeological Museum of Split, the central panel of a large floor mosaic depicting Orpheus among the animals. From the provincial governor's house at Salona. Dated to the 2nd century CE. #Archarology #RomanArchaeology #AncientBlueSky 🏺 0479
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CJon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 23/06/2025#MosaicMonday #Roman mosaic with struggle between Eros and Pan, 3rd century AD. Archaeological Museum of Cordoba, #Spain. (See Alt for more details) #artwork #History #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky🏺 26815
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CJon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 23/06/2025#MosaicMonday 👀 Achilles is adored by princesses of Skyros, a scene from the #Iliad where #Odysseus discovers him dressed as a woman and hiding among the princesses at the royal court of Skyros. A late #Roman mosaic from La Olmeda, Spain, 4th-5th centuries AD. #Classics #History #AncientBlueSky🏺 1406
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CDr Craig Barker @drcraigb.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Something fishy for #mosaicmonday Mosaic panel featuring a fish and partridge behind it. From the House of Eustolios at Kourion in Cyprus, late 4th century CE. The Christian iconography is matched by inscription mosaics proclaiming Eustolios' faith. #ancientbluesky 🏺 0225
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CThe Partial Historians 🏺 @partialhistorians.bsky.social · 23/06/2025🦁🐆 It’s lion versus leopard this #MosaicMonday! This stunning scene comes from the Casa delle Colombe a mosaico at Pompeii. It seems the lion truly has the upper hand, standing over the prone leopard. The power of the lion’s claws are matched by its direct stare at the viewer. #AncientBluesky🏺 25415
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CJames Heath @mumblerjamie.bsky.social · 23/06/2025#MosaicMonday and my entry is from I Colori dei Romani at Centrale Montemartini. Here we have Europa and the Bull from a burial chamber at the Via Ostiense necropolis, as well as the plant decoration from the threshold of the same burial chamber. #AncientBlueSky🏺 0102
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint Cromanbritain.bsky.social @romanbritain.bsky.social · 23/06/2025#MosaicMonday Orpheus theme #mosiac, excavated from Barton Farm, Cirencester. The mosaic likely dates to the 4th century CE, a period when such imagery was popular in villa decoration across #RomanBritain. #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky🏛️ #History 24810
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CDr Pat Witts @wittspat.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Got so caught up analysing this that I forgot to add: #MosaicMonday #AncientBlueSky 🏺 0164
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CDr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 23/06/2025A #Roman mosaic portrait of a young woman, found in #Pompeii in the Casa della Matrona Ignota, & made about 2000 years ago. It is a beautifully-crafted image of an unknown woman; we can guess from her jewellery that she was wealthy, but not much else 🏺AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #MosaicMonday 813321
Elizabeth Saint C @esaintc.bsky.social · 23/06/2025#MosaicMonday It is flaming June so remember to help the birds and wildlife survive the heat by putting fresh water out for them. Detail from mosaic depicting tame deer drinking from a fountain. C. 3/4 CE. Carthage. 📷 British Museum, London #ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky 0164
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CDr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 20/06/2025#FrescoFriday - "Here's looking at you..." The central painting from the east wall of the triclinium of the House of the Doves, Pompeii (VII.14.9). A mask of a Maenad peeps out through a wall of grapevine foliage. #Pompeii #Art 🏺 Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9798) 17118
Elizabeth Saint C @esaintc.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Happy Midsummer's Eve "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind." A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare Cupid fresco, c. 1st BCE - 1st CE, Villa San Marco, Stabiae 📷 Sito Archeologico di Stabiae #FrescoFriday 0116
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CJon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 20/06/2025#FrescoFriday Reconstructed panel of ceiling plaster From the bath-house frigidarium. The painted panels were intended to make it look like a coffered ceiling for a vault. Later second century AD - Wroxeter 📷 My own. #Archaeology #History #art #artwork #AncientBlueSky🏺 14611
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CThe Partial Historians 🏺 @partialhistorians.bsky.social · 20/06/2025This #FrescoFriday we’re in awe of the deep blue of this fresco from Pompeii. It depicts Mars, the god of war. He stands on a plinth adding a sculptural feel and is surrounded by bushes, trees, birds, and a rich blue sky that might be about to turn from twilight to night. #AncientBluesky🏺 613635
Elizabeth Saint C @esaintc.bsky.social · 20/06/2025#FrescoFriday "Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas" Ovid, Ars Amatoria Pompeii. House of the Golden Bracelet, wall painting n. 32, Gallic rose plant (detail). 📷 Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky 072
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CDr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 19/06/2025ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵 #LatinForTheDay – 19 June #Ovid “risit et ex animo dedit optima—qualia possent excutere irato tela trisulca Iovi; torqueor infelix, ne tam bona senserit alter, et volo non ex hac illa fuisse nota. haec quoque, quam docui, multo meliora fuerunt,... 1164
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CBristol IGRCT @igrct.bsky.social · 19/06/2025This morning's #imageoftheweek is this illuminated illustration of Iliad 16, in which Achilles sacrifices to Zeus for Patroclus' safe return from battle. This image is from the 5th century CE Ambrosian Iliad, a unique and beautiful manuscript. #classicssky #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky #achilles 0104
Elizabeth Saint C @esaintc.bsky.social · 17/06/2025#worldcrocday Roman parade armour made from crocodile skin. 3rd/4th century CE. Discovered Manfalut, Egypt. It may have been used for cult purposes. 📷 British Museum #ancientbluesky 050
Elizabeth Saint C @esaintc.bsky.social · 16/06/2025#MosaicMonday Whilst out hunting, Actaeon catches sight of goddess Diana bathing. His punishment is to be turned into a stag and hunted by his own hounds. Read more here: Ovid,Metamorphoses Book 3 House of Venus, Volubilis, Morocco 2nd/3rd century CE. 📷 Jerzy Strzelecki #classicsbluesky 191
Elizabeth Saint C @esaintc.bsky.social · 13/06/2025#FrescoFriday Detail of a Roman fresco showing scene of dressing a priestess or bride. Found in the palaestra of the Forum Baths at Herculaneum. Dated back to 1st century CE. 📷https://feminaeromanae.org #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky 0112
Elizabeth Saint C @esaintc.bsky.social · 09/06/2025A bit of Classical Reception for #MosaicMonday. Detail of a sphinx from the National Library of Ireland, part of a pair depicted with the the motto 'Sapienta' or wisdom which was one of the attributes associated with the sphinx. 📷 @Rustransdark #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky 051
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CHannah Okon @han-okon.bsky.social · 06/06/2025#FrescoFriday of #Hermes / Mercury. Fresco on the facade of the House of Venus and the Four Gods (IX.7.1) #Pompeii. Dating to the first century CE. 📷Sergey Sosnovskiy/ ancientrome.ru #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #archaeology 0235
Elizabeth Saint C @esaintc.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Graceful gazelles this #FrescoFriday. Their delicately painted forms really give a sense of these slender, shy creatures... Antelopes Fresco, discovered at Akrotiri, Thera (Santorini). C. 1700 BCE 📷 National Archaeological Museum, Athens. #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky 072
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Good one 😆 5394102
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CThe Partial Historians 🏺 @partialhistorians.bsky.social · 04/06/2025This #ReliefWednesday we honour the fallen murmillo gladiator: Quintus Sossius Albius. This funerary stele commemorates his life with the dedication made by the freedwoman Sossia Iusta. Whether Albius died on the job is not clear… #AncientBluesky🏺 18413
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CDr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 04/06/2025A piece of #Roman brick, marked with a deep impression of a dog's paw print, set into the clay before it was fired - he nay have been a naughty doggie, or it could have been done on purpose to check if the clay was ready for the kiln #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology AncientBlueSky 0878
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CThe Classics Library @theclassicslibrary.bsky.social · 04/06/2025‘Roman mosaic’ advertises McDonalds in Rome. 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics #AncientBluesky 🏛️ www.wantedinrome.com/news/mcdonal... 1103
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Traveling in #Roman times: For #ReliefWednesday a relief depicting a carruca, a four-wheeled carriage drawn by two horses. Using a carruca was a rather comfortable way of travelling: the carriage body was suspended on leather straps - a kind of shock absorber. 🧵1/2 🏺#archaeology 728558
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Limestone plaque with the face of an owl. From Egypt, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 400–30 BC. Met Museum 📷 by me #ReliefWednesday #Archaeology 1042087
Elizabeth Saint C @esaintc.bsky.social · 04/06/2025#ReliefWednesday For you do not share The Pierian roses, but unseen in the house of Hades You will stray, breathed out, among the ghostly dead Sappho, Fragment 65 Exaltation of the flower. Grave stele, Farsala. Thessaly, Greece. 470 - 460 BCE. Louvre Museum #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky 0428
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CThe Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Register now for our upcoming online Classical Reception Summer Seminar Monday 9 June, 3.30-5pm Join Mar Rodda (University of Oxford) Who will discuss Giving Zeus a C-section: Gynaecology and medicalised violence in Lucian of Samosata bit.ly/3ZHpsyR ics.sas.ac.ukGiving Zeus a C-section: Gynaecology and medicalised violence in Lucian of Samosata 022
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CAthens Archaeology Festival @athensarchfest.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Coming soon: Athens Archaeology Festival! The theme: Myths & Mysteries. Join us for a day of fun activities for all ages-perfect for curious minds! 🇬🇷Το θέμα: Μύθοι & Μυστήρια. Ελάτε για μια μέρα γεμάτη διασκεδαστικές δραστηριότητες για όλες τις ηλικίες-ιδανική για ανήσυχα μυαλά! #ancientbluesky 0113
Reposted by Elizabeth Saint CThe Classics Library @theclassicslibrary.bsky.social · 02/06/2025 👁️ 👁️ 0101
