The newly identified bronze statue reveals what may be a female gladiator standing in a victory pose, while looking down at what is presumably her fallen opponent.
CREDIT: Photo by Alfonso Manas, University of Granada
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To: DogByte6RER
45 posted on
04/17/2012 8:02:53 PM PDT by
Fledermaus
(Democrats are dangerous and evil. Republicans are just useless.)
To: DogByte6RER
To: windcliff
51 posted on
04/17/2012 8:21:59 PM PDT by
stylecouncilor
(Some minds are like soup in a poor restaurant...better left unstirred.-PG Wodehouse)
To: DogByte6RER
Great, now we can have Gladiator Barbie with her new playmates Headless Drusilla and eviscerated Phyllis. It would also finally explain after all these years the lack of genitalia on Ken.
To: DogByte6RER
Guilty
Oh wait, what’s this thread about again?
60 posted on
04/17/2012 9:20:50 PM PDT by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: DogByte6RER
Gladiatrix would be the correct term, I guess.
63 posted on
04/17/2012 10:20:31 PM PDT by
Argus
To: DogByte6RER
67 posted on
04/18/2012 2:53:08 AM PDT by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: DogByte6RER
Buffius the Carthaginian Slayer.
69 posted on
04/18/2012 8:20:24 AM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(You only have three billion heartbeats in a lifetime.How many does the government claim as its own?)
To: DogByte6RER
My research indicates she is performing the ritual fish-slapping dance.
70 posted on
04/18/2012 8:22:29 AM PDT by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: DogByte6RER
To: DogByte6RER
Hard to tell. If I had to guess I’d say NOT GUILTY.
74 posted on
04/18/2012 8:34:34 PM PDT by
ElkGroveDan
(My tagline is in the shop.)
To: DogByte6RER
Why can’t this simply be ancient porno? If you’ve ever taken an Art History course you know a lot of what passes for art is some creepy rich guy’s porn collection.
75 posted on
04/18/2012 8:39:39 PM PDT by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: DogByte6RER
'Timmy, do you like Gladiator movies?'
"I do now!" (oh ... I'd hit it!)
81 posted on
04/19/2012 11:52:29 AM PDT by
Condor51
(Yo Hoffa, so you want to 'take out conservatives'. Well okay Jr - I'm your Huckleberry)
To: DogByte6RER
a one legged gladiator? really?
i think not
To: DogByte6RER
Looks more like Albertus Goreculus after he invented the clay tablet.
88 posted on
04/19/2012 2:51:18 PM PDT by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys=Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best for you.)
To: DogByte6RER
that’s not a “bandage” on her knee. geez that’s leather strapping that was useful (for tying something) or decorative.
91 posted on
04/21/2012 1:20:26 PM PDT by
visualops
(artlife.us)
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