It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏

Hermes and Dionysos are on their merry way into a #NewYear full of promise and opportunity 🥰

"Zeus loosed the stitches [from his thigh] and gave birth to Dionysos, whom he entrusted to Hermes."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.28

🏛 #Hermes and baby #Dionysos by #Praxiteles, 4th century BCE

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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏

"[Apollon:] "You, #Hermes, my blood brother, born of the same father, watch over him [Orestes, hounded by the Erinyes]; true to your name, be his guide (pompaios), shepherding this suppliant of mine."
Aeschylus, Eumenides 89

🏛 Hermes Farnese, detail, 1st century CE Roman copy of a 4th century BCE Greek original attributed to #Praxiteles

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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏

"Muse, sing of Hermes, the son of Zeus and Maia, lord of Kyllene and Arkadia rich in flocks, the luck-bringing, messenger of the gods whom Maia bare, the rich-tressed Nymph."
Homeric Hymn 4 to Hermes

🏛 Marble statue of #Hermes, 1st century CE Roman copy of a famous type created in the school of the Greek sculptor #Praxiteles in the 4th century BCE.

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Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹

When Kypris [#Aphrodite] saw Kypris at Knidos, "Alas!" said she; "where did Praxiteles see me naked?"
Plato, Epigram XVII

The Aphrodite of #Knidos, one of the first fully nude female statues in Greek art, was created by the sculptor #Praxiteles in the 4th century BCE.

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Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹

This nude terracotta figurine was likely inspired by the #Aphrodite of Knidos by #Praxiteles. Created from inexpensive terracotta clay, this Aphrodite might have been commissioned as a votive offering by a person of modest means.

🏛️ Greece, 4th-3rd Century BCE, today in the Cleveland Museum of Art

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It's the #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology!
This tender scene by sculptor #Praxiteles shows baby #Dionysos in the arms of his big brother #Hermes. It's one of my favourite pieces from #antiquity 🥺
The #artwork was made in the 4th century BCE and rediscovered in 1877 in the ruins of the Temple of Hera in Olympia.

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