Blown away by the collection of red-figure #ancient #Greek #Athenian pottery from #Spina #Italy. One of the finest collections I've ever encountered.

This one depicts a poignant scene between #Hector and #Andromache, characters from the #Trojan Wars. 440BC Chicago Painter.

#mythologymonday #Comacchio #Museum

Reading English and German translations of C.B.’s Le Cygne. Are you familiar with the poem, adaptions of it, or have grief/loss images to share of Swan, Andromache, or scenes mentioned in the poem? #LeCygne #TheSwan #Andromache #Grief #CharlesBaudelaire #WalterBenjamin #KarlHeinzBohrer #DerAbschied #Paris #Africa #Allegory #Grief #Exile
Greek theatre began in the 6th century BCE in Athens with the performance of tragedy plays at religious festivals. https://www.worldhistory.org/Greek_Theatre/ #History #Aeschylus #Ajax[Play] #Andromache
Ancient Greek Theatre

Greek theatre began in the 6th century BCE in Athens with the performance of tragedy plays at religious festivals. These, in turn, inspired the genre of Greek comedy plays. The two types of Greek drama...

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