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sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote2014-09-26 11:52 pm
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ἡ ποικιλῳδὸς Σφὶγξ τὸ πρὸς ποσὶν σκοπεῖν μεθέντας ἡμᾶς τἀφανῆ προσήγετο

[livejournal.com profile] rushthatspeaks, I found a sixth-century intaglio ring decorated with a siren, a sphinx, and a hippocamp. I don't know where the hippocamp came from, but otherwise—for obvious reasons—I thought of you.

(Ladies and gentlemen, for all your classical needs: the Etruscans.)
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[personal profile] yhlee 2014-09-27 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
That's gorgeous and makes me wish I wore a ring half so cool.

(Joe and I both lost our wedding rings, which is not as horrifying as it sounds because they each cost $20 and were used mainly for the ceremony. I keep meaning to get myself something new, though I haven't found it yet.)

[identity profile] rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com 2014-09-27 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
'Things with feathers'? That is, indeed, a very nice ring.

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2014-09-27 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Love that hippocamp!

(And somehow this is going to tie in to a story about mournful sirens, I just feel it--your story, though; not mine!)

[identity profile] moon-custafer.livejournal.com 2014-09-28 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Could you take the three creatures apart and recombine them into a griffin, a mermaid and a centaur?

[identity profile] ethelmay.livejournal.com 2014-09-28 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
My husband and I went to the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle today, and I found out there is such a thing as a Cambodian mermaid, derived from Hindu mythology. You have probably heard of Sovan Macha, but I had not.
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