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@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-11-13 08:57:29
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It's the #DayOfZeus / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday! ⚡
"Men say that the marriage of Zeus and Hera was held in the territory of the Knossians, near the river Theren, where now a temple stands in which the natives of the place annually offer holy sacrifices and imitate the ceremony of the marriage, in the manner in which tradition tells it was originally performed."
Diod…

Marble votive relief to Zeus and Hera. The relief is framed on the right by a pillar with base and capital supporting an entablature crowned by a flat roof composed of tiles. The left side of the relief has been broken off. A bearded Zeus wears a himation wrapped to leave his chest bare. He has a long pointed beard and his long hair is gathered up into a bun at the back of his head. Zeus faces left and extends a phiale (shallow bowl) towards another figure, now missing. The only evidence of thi…
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-09-11 07:16:27
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"Because of his beauty, Zeus kidnapped Ganymedes by means of an eagle, and set him as cupbearer in the sky."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.141
🏛️ #Ganymedes and Zeus as an eagle, Roman

Mosaic of Ganymedes giving Zeus in the shape of an eagle something to drink from a cup. Ganymedes wears boots, a red himation, and a blue Phrygian cap.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-10-09 23:30:41
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"And Zeus, when Prometheus had taken fire and given it to men, put him in chains."
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.15.2
🏛️ Zeus and Ganymedes in The Theft of Fire by Christian Griepenkerl, 1878 CE
#neoclassicalArt

Oil painting of Zeus and Ganymede asleep on a cloud, Zeus' eagles with its head tucked under its wing, while Prometheus steals fire from Zeus' thunderbolt. His actual thunderbolt, it's not a euphemism.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-11-06 10:49:35
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"13 miles inland from Pilo [in Elis] is the shrine of Jove of Olympus, which owing the celebrity of its Games has taken possession of the calendar of Greece."
Pliny the Elder, Natural History 4. 14
🏛️ #Jupiter, 1s…

Roman marble statue of Jupiter called the Marbury Hall Zeus. Portrayed as a mature bearded man, Zeus sits enthroned in his role as king of the gods. Originally he would have held his attributes: a scepter and a thunderbolt. The colossal god towers over his mortal observers. Documented in the 1570s at Tivoli near Rome, the statue once decorated the gardens of the Villa d'Este. It is named for having been in the collection at Marbury Hall in England. Although it was carved in a Roman workshop in…
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-09-04 07:31:42
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"There is also [in Troizenos, Argolis] a sanctuary of Zeus surnamed Soter (the Saviour), which, they say, was made by [the mythical] Aitios, the son of Anthas, when he was king."
Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.31.10
🏛️ Glass cast, Roman cameo, bust of Zeus-Jupiter, signet ring, 30 BCE - No later than 200 C…

Glass cast of Zeus-Jupiter on a signet ring. The god is depicted as a mature man with a full beard and long hair. He's wearing a crown or fillet around his head. He is shown in profile.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-10-02 18:36:51
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"Because of his beauty, Zeus kidnapped Ganymedes by means of an eagle, and set him as cupbearer in the sky."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.141
🏛️ Bronze mirror case depicting the abduction of Ganymede by Zeus, Late #Etruscan

Etruscan bronze mirror case depicting the abduction of Ganymede by Zeus in the shape of a giant eagle. The eagle's talons hold on to a naked Ganymedes by the hips. Ganymedes reaches up, one arm holding on to the eagle's neck. Three figures are there to witness the abduction, two male and one female, all of them nude.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-10-30 12:30:06
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Happy #Halloween 🩸
"Zeus Kronides received him in a chamber fit for birth and having covered him in his thigh shut him up with golden clasps, hidden from Hera. And he brought forth, when the Moirai had perfected him, the…

A modern sculpture of the birth of Dionysos showing the infant inside Zeus' thigh that has been sliced open for baby Dionysos to emerge.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-08-28 08:09:55
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"On the highest point of the mountain is a mound of earth, forming an altar of Zeus Lykaios, and from it most of the Peloponnesos can be seen. Before the altar on the east stand two pillars, on which there were of old gilded eagles."
Pausanias, Description of Greece 8.38.2
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Roman marble copy of a Greek statue of Zeus (Roman Jupiter). The god stands holding a royal sceptre (missing) and cup, with an eagle by his side. He is depicted as a mature man with a full beard.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-09-25 15:45:56
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"When Zeus was beginning warfare against the Titans [...] he saw an eagle fly nearby as a favourable omen for victory. In return for this happy omen, and particularly because it was indeed followed by victory, he put a golden eagle on his war standards and dedicated it as a protection for his valour."
Anacreon, Frag…

Marble sculpture of Zeus or Jupiter, standing, an eagle perched at his feet, the thunderbolt in its talons. The god is wearing a himation and is depicted as a mature, bearded man.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-10-23 23:05:50
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"They used to say, my friend, that the words of the oak in the holy place of Zeus at Dodona were the first prophetic utterances. The people of that time, not being so wise as you young folks, were content in their simplicity to hear an oak or a rock, provided only it spoke the truth."
Plato, Phaedrus 275b
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Roman bronze figurine of Jupiter as a mature, bearded man dressed in a himation that he wears around his hips and his shoulder, draped around his left arm. He is crowned with a wreath, possibly of oak leaves, his sacred plant. The right arm is, sadly, missing, as is his right foot.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-08-21 11:32:12
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"Jupiter, mindful of his indiscretion, rescued her [Kallisto] and placed her and her son among the constellations. He named her Arctos (Bear), and her son Arctophylas (Bear Watcher)."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2.1
🏛️ #Jupiter

Roman mosaic of Jupiter as Wednesday. The bust of the god is inside a reddish circle. He wears a wreath, possibly an oak-leaf crown. A blue and green himation is draped around his shoulders. Jupiter is depicted as a mature, bearded man.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-09-18 06:49:04
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"Zeus breathes deeply with delight, like men who have undergone a great contest for a great prize, and he looks searchingly for his daughter, feeling pride in his offspring; nor yet is there even on Hera's face any trace of indignation; nay, she rejoices, as though Athena were her daughter also."
Philostratus th…

Red-figure vase painting of Athena, daughter of Zeus, standing between her step-mother Hera and Zeus who are both seated and holding a sceptre. Zeus is holding a libation bowl towards Athena who is bearing a spear and the aegis.