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The Classics Department at Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School. Sharing news and anything of Classical interest to the students of MTGS and the wider world!

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Gareth Harney (@optimoprincipi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Rare ivory statuette thought to depict the emperor Septimius Severus, found during excavations of Rome's Temple of Peace (Templum Pacis) in 2005. The 25cm artwork is a reminder that not all sculpture was in stone but also more rarely surviving wood, ivory, silver and even gold.

Rare ivory statuette thought to depict the emperor Septimius Severus, found during excavations of Rome's Temple of Peace (Templum Pacis) in 2005. The 25cm artwork is a reminder that not all sculpture was in stone but also more rarely surviving wood, ivory, silver and even gold.
Natalie Haynes (@officialnhaynes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Lots of fascinating objects at the Feminine Power exhibition at the British Museum, opening tomorrow. Here are a few of my highlights...

Lots of fascinating objects at the Feminine Power exhibition at the British Museum, opening tomorrow. Here are a few of my highlights...
Oxford Classics Outreach (@oxfordclassics) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join us this June at Oxford University's Open Days. Classics admissions talks, taster lectures and the chance to meet our students on Wed 29 & Thu 30 June. Space is limited in our Faculty, so book your space now: clasoutreach.web.ox.ac.uk/oxford-univers…

Join us this June at Oxford University's Open Days. Classics admissions talks, taster lectures and the chance to meet our students on Wed 29 & Thu 30 June. Space is limited in our Faculty, so book your space now: clasoutreach.web.ox.ac.uk/oxford-univers…
Natalie Haynes (@officialnhaynes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Surprise! This absolutely beautiful jigsaw puzzle, with art by Natalie Foss, is available August 18th. It comes with a poster profiling each of the women featured, written by me! Pre order it here (or ask your local bookshop/puzzle shop to order you one!): hachette.co.uk/titles/natalie…

Surprise! This absolutely beautiful jigsaw puzzle, with art by Natalie Foss, is available August 18th. It comes with a poster profiling each of the women featured, written by me! Pre order it here (or ask your local bookshop/puzzle shop to order you one!): hachette.co.uk/titles/natalie…
Dr Jo Ball (@drjeball) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Romans had a deity for almost everything; some of the lesser-known, more specialised #Roman gods include: Bubona - goddess of cattle Cardea - goddess of hinges Devera - goddess of sacred brooms Fornax - goddess of ovens Libitina - goddess of funerals #MythologyMonday

The Romans had a deity for almost everything; some of the lesser-known, more specialised #Roman gods include:

Bubona - goddess of cattle
Cardea - goddess of hinges
Devera - goddess of sacred brooms
Fornax - goddess of ovens
Libitina - goddess of funerals

#MythologyMonday
Chapps (@chapps) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The pics in this thread from Gareth Harney are the clearest I've yet seen which show the sharply painted yet delicate eyelashes and sideburn hairs on this portrait of Caligula (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen). #polychromy #romanarchaeology

Trimontium Trust (@trimontiumtrust) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A famous #Roman funerary relief of a butcher at work, from Ostia - in the back room is a lady whose hair & clothes identify her as wealthy & interestingly the relief suggests she is working, doing the accounts for the business. The relief dates to the 2nd century AD.

A famous #Roman funerary relief of a butcher at work, from Ostia - in the back room is a lady whose hair & clothes identify her as wealthy & interestingly the relief suggests she is working, doing the accounts for the business. The relief dates to the 2nd century AD.
Natalie Haynes (@officialnhaynes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There is something elegiac about these finds - HS2 is both helping us to discover some of the most remarkable sites & simultaneously ensuring they will be obliterated. Smaller objects will go to museums, which is wonderful. But the rest will be bulldozed. bit.ly/3zFErgF

Natalie Haynes (@officialnhaynes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Repeat after me: amphitheatre means theatre on both sides. It’s what happens when you have two semi-circular theatres put together - that’s why eg the Colosseum is round. It doesn’t mean outside theatre. So almost none of the

Chapps (@chapps) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Jeff Koons has created a temple of Apollo in an old slaughterhouse on the Greek island of Hydra. He’s crafted a #polychrome statue of the 2nd. c CE Apollo Kithara from Cyrene (#BritishMuseum). Collages of frescoes and a mosaic floor create an appropriate setting. #polychromy

Jeff Koons has created a temple of Apollo in an old slaughterhouse on the Greek island of Hydra. He’s crafted a #polychrome statue of the 2nd. c CE Apollo Kithara from Cyrene (#BritishMuseum). Collages of frescoes and a mosaic floor create an appropriate setting. #polychromy
Greek Myth Comix (@greekmythcomix) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Have you seen the work of @tylermLockett ? His fantastic Orpheus Series is up as a Guest Post on greekmythcomix.com right now! I particularly love this comparative duo of Orpheus finding, then losing, Eurydice 💔