And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Caryatid mirror with Aphrodite, ca.1460 BC, (Ancient Greece ), bronze
The 12 year old boy in me is asking why the lady is flipping me off ..
ReplyDeleteNot 1460 BC (that’s prior to the fall of Troy). More like 460 BC at earliest.
ReplyDeleteIt's classically beautiful and it's amazing to have survived so well, but the best part is that it looks like Aphrodite is giving everyone the finger.
ReplyDeleteLook closer. Aphrodite's right hand holds a bird - a feathered bird, not a flipped one.
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