Oct. 15, 2018
Myth, Mirrors and Monsters
Nickle at Noon talk by James Hume, Department of Classics & Religion
![Bronze mirror box with the image of Pan](/news/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_news_hero_image_desktop/public/2018-10/Bronze_box_mirror_MET_DT5193.jpg?itok=V-CdT_rK)
Bronze mirror box with the image of Pan, 4th century BCE. MET DT5193
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An ancient cosmetics table featured the usual items we would expect today: perfume jars, powder boxes, hand-held mirrors, etc. However, Greeks, Romans and Etruscans decorated these domestic pieces with unexpected scenes from mythology, ranging from scenes of warfare to heroic battles against monsters. What did the violent and the ugly have to do with a personal quest for beauty?
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 12-1pm
GALLERY HALL, TFDL
Nickle at Noon talk by James Hume, Department of Classics & Religion