Kantharos decorated with griffins attacking a deer. c. 325 - 300 B.C; terracotta. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“The subject of griffins attacking a deer has a long history and remained popular during the Hellenistic period throughout the Mediterranean area. It may be a symbol of the inevitability of death. The handles are ribbon-like and include so-called Herakles knots, a square knot symbolic of love and power in the ancient world. In the Roman Imperial period, Herakles knots were believed to heal wounds.” (x)
Parco Sigurtà, Verona. It started out as a mansion in 1417 and was inaugurated as a Park in 1978; some of his most illustrious guests were the Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria and Napoleon III of France.
The most relatable thing Dorian Gray did was become obsessed with a book and like… buy a whole bunch of different copies in different colors so he’d always have a copy that fit his “mood” and he’d read it over and over again and it’s like the book became part of who he was and honestly? Same man. I’d never do a lot of the crap that Dorian did, but this I would do.
