MTGS Classics

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

[Greek Myth Comix @GreekMythComix]

Have you seen the work of @tylermLockett ? His fantastic Orpheus Series is up as a Guest Post on https://t.co/fr0gfaybu2 right now!
I particularly love this comparative duo of Orpheus finding, then losing, Eurydice 💔

[Chapps @chapps]

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

[MTGS Classics @MTGS_Classics]

Always more surprises from Pompeii
https://t.co/teoHrr6lEJ

[Dr Mike Beer @sutekh69]

Marble head of Hercules pulled up from Roman shipwreck site in Greece https://t.co/VdeHfPfcmH

[Natalie Haynes @officialnhaynes]

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

[MTGS Classics @MTGS_Classics]

Inspiring. I remember following her book round the sites of Rome after graduating. https://t.co/HrU9ZzTA9i

[Chapps @chapps]

The pics in this thread from @OptimoPrincipi 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]

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]

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. https://t.co/kJAU9tCEZ9

[Dr Jo Ball @DrJEBall]

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

[ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch]

A 2000 year old public bathhouse from the Roman period is still used by locals in the town of Khenchela, Algeria.

#archaeohistories

[Natalie Haynes @officialnhaynes]

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!): https://t.co/L4uCLu1Pft

[Oxford Classics Outreach @oxfordclassics]

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: https://t.co/T8hezALjtW

[Natalie Haynes @officialnhaynes]

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

[MTGS Classics @MTGS_Classics]

Far too excited to find Dionysus Sailing under the foil on a bottle we're trialling for our wedding!

[MTGS Classics @MTGS_Classics]

National Theatre to stage The Odyssey in ‘epic’ retelling around England https://t.co/8N6PtneTYi

[MTGS Classics @MTGS_Classics]

Pompeii puzzle gets help from robots https://t.co/g8rB0X4m3M via @BBC_Reel

[Greek Myth Comix @GreekMythComix]

The Boyhood of Heracles (Hercules) part 1:

https://t.co/cZYmta8jRt

#ClassCiv #GCSE

[Gareth Harney @OptimoPrincipi]

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]

Bad wife or avenging mother? You might be able to guess which side I fall… (Link to article!)