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@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-11-05 19:01:12
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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
"O Hermes, lord of games (enagônios), son of Maia and Zeus!"
Aeschylus, Fragment 212
🏛 #Hermes and youth, red-figure vase painting

Detail of a red-figure vase painting: Hermes with a young athlete or soldier. Hermes wears his petasos hat on his short, curly hair, a chlamys cloak fastened over his breast, and is nude otherwise He holds his iconic kerykeion staff that identifies him as the god Hermes. The young man beside him is also nude, a spear or javelin in his left hand and a himation draped over his left arm.
@smurthys@hachyderm.io
2026-01-22 23:00:44

#tbt: Pictures of some #portraits seen in the halls of Shree Sodhe Matha in #Udupi #India (Jan. 18, 2025)
The first two portray ("horse face"); the other two depict Waraaha (a boar). Both are forms of Lord Wishnu. #ama
PS: These are some of the finest modern portrayals I've seen. Also rare style for the setting they're in. Uneven ambience made taking pictures hard but I'm pleased with how they turned out. ☺️
#photography #amateur #Hindu #history #mythology #throwback #throwbackThursday