Sybil Bruncheon's "Mythology Can Be Modern!": The true story of sporting events and country clubs in the ancient world!

A little known fact about the Romans was that in addition to their public baths and seaside resorts, they also had exclusive country clubs much like ours today! Did you know that when they finally conquered the savages on what became the British isles, they learned the very earliest versions of golf?

Here, in this mosaic, Hercules becomes very irate with his caddy Dunlopicus for wearing a funny mask to distract him during his putt on hole XVI, and then bludgeons him to death with his VII bronze... Interesting to note, golf in those times was also "clothing optional"...

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Sybil Bruncheon’s "Mythology Can Be Modern!": A typical day at the office... on Mt. Olympus!

A typical day at the office on Mt. Olympus... Here in this ancient mosaic, we see a portrayal of Pompos Majoricus, a minor demigod in the pantheon of divine mythology. Although he aspired to be as important as some of the more major figures like Zeus and Athena, he remained merely a third tier immortal among the other 400 or so gods, goddesses, nymphs, driads, naiads, satyrs, centaurs, pixies, and other assorted glommers and hangers-on. He is seen here in his branch office in a suburb of Thebes called V Towns (or as they call it on Long Island, Five Towns). On the left is Spamatina, his personal secretary with a list of local farmers and craftspersons who may have to be relocated or even reconfigured into other creatures depending on their manners and sexual performances with visiting gods from the main office. And on the right, we have Humanus Resoursos, who has brought what is left of a former employee who had lunch with the Furies, the Harpies, and the Gorgons.... and ended up becoming lunch! He was served with a delicious cheese sauce...hence the origin of "Gorgonzola"...

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