It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡
Meet Etruscan #Zeus or #Tinia watch his adult son #Hercle being breastfed by his wife #Uni [Hera] as a sign of adoption. #Aplu [#Apollon] and another god and goddess are present to witness the ritual too.
🏛️ #Hera breastfeeding #Herakles, drawing of an #Etruscan mirror case engraving from Volterra, 4th century BCE, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, #Florence
It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡
Bronze mirror case depicting the abduction of #Ganymedes by Zeus. Several people are standing around when #Zeus lifts up the Trojan prince into the air but they can't do anything to stop it.