Sunday 2 May 2021

May and Maia

 MAY and MAIA

I've always thought it strange there are so few depictions of Hermes' mother MAIA


The one below is part of a painting on a vase dated to about 500 BCE 



I love the way the position of her hands suggest she's having a lively discussion and you can just make out in this closeup traces of a hair ribbon binding up her undeniablely thick wavy less than perfectly orderly maybe even frizzly hair also suggesting a busy mum!






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