Even More from the Met

Jan 10

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I want to share these photo as well. I already did on facebook. These are also from the Metropolitan Museum, part of their permanent collection. 

sweet-head-of-a-youth-or-maybe-hermes

firstly, the head of a young athlete. I adore this image because it just screams Hermes to me. It reminds me of the Hermes Praxiteles image i have on my shrine and it’s one of my favorite things in the Met’s Greco-Roman collection.

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Then there is a dancing Maenad with the most awesome Thyrsus ever. 

kharites

And the Kharites, the Three Graces

mature-herakles

and finally, Herakles.

 

(all photos are mine, copyright 2017. Do not use without permission)

About ganglerisgrove

Galina Krasskova has been a Heathen priest since 1995. She holds a Masters in Religious Studies (2009), a Masters in Medieval Studies (2019), has done extensive graduate work in Classics including teaching Latin, Roman History, and Greek and Roman Literature for the better part of a decade, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Theology. She is the managing editor of Walking the Worlds journal and has written over thirty books on Heathenry and Polytheism including "A Modern Guide to Heathenry" and "He is Frenzy: Collected Writings about Odin." In addition to her religious work, she is an accomplished artist who has shown all over the world and she currently runs a prayer card project available at wyrdcuriosities.etsy.com.

Posted on January 10, 2017, in Art, hellenic things, Uncategorized and tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.

  1. Merit | January 10, 2017 at 4:57 PM

    The Herakles pic is wonderful.

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  2. Sparrow | January 10, 2017 at 10:29 PM

    Wow! Those are all beautiful. The ancient sculptors were very talented.

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  3. sayjoisheathen | January 11, 2017 at 5:21 AM

    These are excellent pics. Someday I hope To see these personally, it looks like a wonderful experience

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  4. Xenophon | January 12, 2017 at 1:25 AM

    This would be the only reason why I would go to New York City

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