#ancient mythology
look all i’m saying is that if i found a guy with a stable job, a nice house, and a big dog, i, too, would eat the pomegranate seeds
“So Danae endured, the beautiful,
To change the glad daylight for brass-bound walls,
And in that chamber secret as the grave,
She lived a prisoner.
Yet to her came Zeus in the golden rain.”
[Source: Mythology, Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton]
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“Endymion the shepherd,
As his flock he guarded,
She, the Moon, Selene,
Saw him, loved him, sought him,
Coming down from heaven
To the glade on Latmus,
Kissed him, lay beside him.
Blessed is his fortune.
Evermore he slumbers,
Tossing not nor turning,
Endymion the shepherd.”
From the third-century poet Theocritus.
[Source: Mythology, Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton]
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Artemis of Ephesus
A Roman copy of an original from the 2nd century BCE.
Musei Capitolini
What the bulbous protrusions on Artemis’ garment are still remains a matter of debate. Initially they were thought to be breasts and this assumption was prominent even in the later ancient period – the 4th/5th century CE Christian writer Jerome referred to her as πoλυμαστις (“many-breasted”) – and throughout most of the Early Modern period. Now, however, there are competing interpretations: eggs, bull’s testicles, beehives, and gourds.
