🪷 #CentaurAppreciationDay is 14 May. This Mosaic of a centaur rescuing his mate from a tiger adorned Hadrian's Villa. It's a metaphor for the true-life incident when #Hadrian and #Antinous charged a lion in Egypt and the Emperor saved his life. Report: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/07/cent... 🪷

🪷 14 May is #CentaurAppreciationDay "#Antinous as the #Centaur of Conquest!" is the title of this image by #MirandaBaggins inspired by #Chiron, the "wounded healer" centaur tutor of Classical myth heroes. 🪷