you've probably seen the statue of #hercules wrestling with the Nemean lion (e.g., trying to give a cat a pill), but have you seen this, much more concerning one where he is.. skinning the lion?!

... the water nymph has the right idea--get the eff away from this dude 🙀

For more takes on the #labors and #myths of Hercules -- check out: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/hercules-myths-and-retconstellations/

📷 :https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/203957

#mythology #hercules #heracles #GreekMythology #StarLore #constellatioins #art #MetMuseum #museum #sculpture #classical #classics

Olympia Metopes. VIII. Herakles’ Eleventh Labor. Atlas and the Apples of Hesperides.

"Severe Style" sculpture appeals to me.

I have never been to Olympia in Greece, so have only seen pictures and casts of this metope, but the beauty of the figures entrances me.

I sometimes daydream that further "severe style" works will be found in the ocean or turn up in some yet undisturbed site on land.

#Art #Sculpture #Relief #GreekArt #SevereStyle #Olympia #Metope #Herakles #Heracles #Hercules #Atlas #Athena #Hesperides #Labors #Labours

So, on top of the AI news, they're cutting jobs in the west!

Square Enix announces more layoffs as part of US and Europe restructuring | VGC

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-enix-announces-more-layoffs-as-part-of-us-and-europe-restructuring/

#SquareEnix #Layoffs #Labors #Gaming

The US Caribbean & Florida Digital Newspaper Project: Miami Citizen, Miami Labor Citizen, and Labor Citizen now Digitized. “Content from the Miami Citizen (1938-1949), Mami Labor Citizen (1949-1956) and the Labor Citizen (1956-1959) have been digitized and are live in Chronicling America! Miami’s Central Labor Union decided to begin publishing a newspaper in March 1918, due to lack of […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/10/the-us-caribbean-florida-digital-newspaper-project-miami-citizen-miami-labor-citizen-and-labor-citizen-now-digitized/

WHO Reformen

https://venera.social/display/85a863ed-9866-2bf8-a7bd-990938993158

After Three-Year Impasse, D.C. Public Schools Reach Tentative Agreement With Teachers’ Union

#WashingtonDC #labors #unions

https://dcist.com/story/22/11/23/dcps-teachers-union-reach-tentative-contract-agreement/