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The Greek God Pan
Then: Now:
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Tagged flute, gods, Greek mythology, life, music, mythology, pipes, seduction, the god pan
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Love is Worth Fighting For: A Little Life Lesson from Perseus and the Medusa
I took this picture at the Getty Museum in Westwood on Saturday. It is a photo of a painting (from the first decade of the 1700s) by Sebastiano Rici, and depicts Perseus holding the head of Medusa in combat against … Continue reading
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Tagged freedom, gay equality, gay marriage, gay rights, Greek mythology, life, love, Medusa, perseus, scary, stone
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Truth, Carrying a Torch, and Justice, Carrying a Sword, Pursue a Person Who Has Violated the Moral Law
In this case, committing a murder: The painting, by the way, is part of the Getty Museum’s permanent collection. It’s titled, “Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime”. I snapped the above image of it this weekend, while in Westwood. The painter’s … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Getty Museum, Greek mythology, justice, life, poetic justice, the gods, truth
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The Higher Self and the Lower Self: Theseus and the Minotaur
An 1843 sculpture, by Antoine-Louis Barye, of Theseus slaying the Minotaur: Theseus’s entering the center of the Labyrinth at Knossos and slaying the Minotaur has sometimes been associated with Apollonian order and culture overcoming the bestial elements of body and psyche. And in … Continue reading
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Tagged athens, Freud, Greek mythology, Jung, life, psychology, the double, the minotaur, the self, theseus
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Heracles, Alcestis, and the Determined Human Heart’s Heroic and Relentless Path Through This World
Below is a fourth century Roman catacomb image of two courageous people who followed their hearts right into the very jaws of death: Heracles and Alcestis. The basic story from Greek mythology (and which Euripides made into a play) goes like this: … Continue reading
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Tagged alcestis, Apollo, catacombs, existentialism, fate, freedom, greek myth, Greek mythology, heracles, love, the heart, Valentine's Day
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Creepy Siren Selling Swedish Shampoo (or Something)
At least, at the end, her head didn’t spin.
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Tagged Bakkhai, cream, Dionysus, Greek mythology, Hellmouth, Pentheus mocks the bakkhai, shampoo, siren, vampire, vampires
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A LIBERAL AND HUMANIST Mythic Hero: Out of Compassion for Our Suffering and Ignorance, He Stole Fire from Heaven and Gave It to Mankind—and For This He Endured the Punishment of Zeus. An Image of PROMETHEUS Bound to a Rock, and a BIRD Plucking at His Liver
He fought the gods and, by exposing their injustice, delegitimized them, and won.
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Tagged agnostic, atheist, Greek mythology, Michael Shermer, myth, mythology, Prometheus, Prometheus Unbound, religion
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Eros and Thanatos: A Gorgeous Image of Dionysus, Discovered at Pompeii, Standing Alongside a Tranquil Vesuvius BEFORE It Had Exploded
A two thousand year old image of Dionysus, discovered at Pompeii. Dionysus giveth, and Dionysus taketh away:
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Tagged Apollo, Camille Paglia, Dionysus, Freud, Greek mythology, literature, mythology, poetry, Satan, snakes, Vesuvius
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Prometheus Unbound 