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The Punishment of Tityus
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👨🎨By: Titian
📚According to myth, Tityus was the son of Zeus and his mortal lover Elara, the daughter of King Orchomenus. In order to hide his pregnant lover from his fiercely jealous wife Hera, Zeus hid Elara deep, deep underground, where should would give birth with the greatest of pain. ⠀
Tityus proved to be a raging, violent, irrepressibly lustful creature, and upon discovering his existence Hera was only too glad to use the giant to her own ends. She inspired Tityus to try to rape Leto, the arrogant mother of Apollo (god of light, music, and poetry) and Artemis (goddess of wisdom and the hunt)
The two gods were always anxious to defend their mother and easily shot Tityus down with their arrows. However, they were unable to kill the monster: as a son of Zeus, Tityus was immortal. Therefore, as his punishment Tityus was sent to Hades, where he was tied down and doomed to have two vultures eternally peck out his liver , which re-grew with every new moon. 2 replies
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Ancient ink (my first nft collection)
1. Amara – The Eternal
"Timeless and unyielding, Amara walks between stars, where death dare not follow."
2. Kaelith – The Unbound
"With winds as her wings, Kaelith soars beyond chains, where no fate can hold her."
3. Morvaen – The Inevitable
"Silent as twilight, Morvaen comes unseen, for every road ends in his shadow."
4. Vorthan – The Endurer
"Through storms and sorrow, Vorthan stands, a fortress forged by trials."
5. Lythora – The Dawnbringer
"When night weeps its final tear, Lythora rises, bearing the promise of a new sun."
6. Nytheris – The Veiled One
"Shrouded in whispers, Nytheris moves unseen, where mysteries sleep and dreams awaken
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♦️The Tower of Babel♦️⠀
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👨🎨By: Pieter Bruegel the Elder⠀
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📚The paintings depict the construction of the Tower of Babel, which, according to the Book of Genesis in the Bible, was built by a unified, monolingual humanity as a mark of their achievement and to prevent them from scattering: "Then they said, 'Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.'⠀
Bruegel's depiction of the architecture of the tower, with its numerous arches and other examples of Roman engineering, is deliberately reminiscent of the Roman Colosseum,which Christians of the time saw as a symbol of both hubris and persecution 0 reply
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♦️Miracle of the Slave♦️⠀
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👨🎨By: Tintoretto⠀
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📚The painting portrays Saint Mark, patron saint of Venice, performing a posthumous miracle of saving a slave from torture. Drawn from hagiographic sources on the saint’s life, like Jacobus de Voragine’s Golden Legend and Jacopo Sansovino’s bronze reliefs, Saint Mark appears at the top of the image after being summoned by the slave, destroying the tools used in his torture and stunning the crowd.⠀
Prior to the events shown in the picture, the slave wants to visit the tomb of the patron saint of Venice, but his master forbids his visit. The slave makes the pilgrimage against his master’s will, and devotes his body to St. Mark upon reaching the tomb. The painting shows the slave’s arrival back to his master’s residence, when his master punishes him. The master, seated at the throne on the right, calls for the slave’s eyes to be gouged out, legs to be broken, and mouth to be shattered. 3 replies
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♦️Narcissus♦️⠀
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👨🎨By: Caravaggio⠀
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📚Legend has it that Narcissus was the preternaturally beautiful son of the nymph Leiriope and the river god Cephissus.⠀
When Narcissus was still a young boy, his mother took him to the blind prophet, Tiresias, to have his fortune told. The blind prophet predicted that "If he but fails to recognize himself, a long life he may have, beneath the sun."⠀
Unfortunately for Narcissus, he was to recognize himself all too soon. A vain and snobbish youth, he refused the fervent amorous advances of a multitude of young ladies, but was to finally meet a worthy match when he came across his own reflection in a pool. The boy fell madly and irrevocably in love with himself.⠀
Narcissus stayed beside the stream gazing at his reflected paramour in vain, neglecting even to eat or drink. Upon his death, his body was transformed into a beautiful yellow flower, which still carries his name today. 4 replies
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