Bird on Branch Watching Spider, Watanabe Shōtei, ca. 1887
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This is a 20 million year-old spider, caught in Dominican amber while unweaving spider silk. (Source)
The Lion of Chaeronea
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A blog dedicated to classical antiquity, poetry, and the visual arts. All translations of Greek and Latin are my own unless otherwise noted.