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@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2026-07-06 15:01:50
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This week's #MythologyMonday theme is heat. The Chimera is a hybrid creature from #GreekMythology, usually depicted as a lion with a goat's head protruding from its back and a snake for a tail. The Greek hero Bellerophon made use of the heat in the Chimera's fiery breath a…

Roman mosaic of the Greek hero Bellerophon riding the winged horse Pegasus as he is slaying the Chimera. Fire is show to emerge from the Chimera's mouths, both the lion's mouth and the goat's mouth. There is no block of lead on Bellerophon's spear, so he either already placed it or he is yet to come up with that idea. The mosaic was created in the 2nd to 3rd centuries CE.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2026-05-18 23:11:03
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Today's #MythologyMonday theme is kings. Kings often claim divine ancestry in #GreekMythology, with Zeus and Apollon being favourites among the royal lines. Zeus' most famously sired King Minos of questionable Minotauros fame, Medusa-slaying Perseus who became king of Argos, a…

Fresco of Perseus and his wife Andromeda. Perseus holds up Medusa's head so Andromeda may safely see its reflection in the pool below. It's from Pompeii and thus dated to the 1st century CE.