@sugar @Gargron Fun fact: The item the man is holding...

@sugar @Gargron Fun fact: The item the man is holding is not the Rod of Asclepius, which in myth was wielded by the Greek god of healing and medicine, Asclepius, but is actually a caduceus, which is associated with Mercury and Hermes (and is commonly confused with the Rod of Asclepius).

Like 15 Nov 2023 at 3:33 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mstdn.ca

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Stim

@michaelgemar @sugar
Yes, odd isn’t it. (Thank you US Army Medical Corps 1902. 🙄) So here we have commerce trying to hold back death, I assume unsuccessfully. The sculpture is therefore portraying the end of capitalism maybe?

15 Nov 2023 at 6:13 | Open on kinky.business

Virginicus

@michaelgemar @sugar @Gargron Hermes was the psychopomp, who carried the dead to Hades. So is the skeleton with the scythe. Maybe the muscular guy is taking the caduceus away from him.

15 Nov 2023 at 11:00 | Open on universeodon.com

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