Ancient Greek red-figure lekythos (small oil flask) with a black glaze, decorated with a siren— a mythological creature with a human head and bird's body— depicted in profile in orange-red on the rounded belly of the vessel. The ceramic vessel has a narrow neck and flared mouth. It sits on a white display pedestal against a gray background
As a person on the record (our #podcast) as being afraid of birds (looking at you Sagittarius serpentarius -- for details: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagittarius-the-archer... I'm honestly not sure if I think it makes a bird more or less scary […]
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