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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 651373, member: 5833"]This is well below this seller's usual quality of cameo/intaglio offering. If you look at their other listings you will see several Poniatowski gems among them. Their English translations are a reliable source of mirth. They seem to use a translation program, but not to have anyone there with enough English who takes a look at the results & can tell when the translation doesn't make sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>'A scene of from classical mythology is depicted: we see that youthful lifting in peaceful coexistence with the father of the gods Zeus in the guise of an eagle. Powerful cut the gem cutter has held lifting as a goddess of youth in their main task in God heaven: is Mundschenkin of the Olympian gods and responsible for the preparation of food. Here she served a bowl of Jell-o her father Zeus Ambrosia and keep a carafe with nectar in the arm. Lifting is sitting on a wall, Zeus as a mighty Eagle approaching hurriedly and nourishes the Ambrosia.'</p><p><br /></p><p>For some reason, they consistently get 'lifting' as a translation for Hebe. Daughter of Zeus & Hera, she does represent youthfulness, as in the word 'hebephrenic', and her official role on Olympus is 'Cupbearer to the Gods', until she is supplanted in the role by Ganymede & married off to Heracles. For more:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/hebe-and-eagle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/hebe-and-eagle" rel="nofollow">https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/hebe-and-eagle</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 651373, member: 5833"]This is well below this seller's usual quality of cameo/intaglio offering. If you look at their other listings you will see several Poniatowski gems among them. Their English translations are a reliable source of mirth. They seem to use a translation program, but not to have anyone there with enough English who takes a look at the results & can tell when the translation doesn't make sense. 'A scene of from classical mythology is depicted: we see that youthful lifting in peaceful coexistence with the father of the gods Zeus in the guise of an eagle. Powerful cut the gem cutter has held lifting as a goddess of youth in their main task in God heaven: is Mundschenkin of the Olympian gods and responsible for the preparation of food. Here she served a bowl of Jell-o her father Zeus Ambrosia and keep a carafe with nectar in the arm. Lifting is sitting on a wall, Zeus as a mighty Eagle approaching hurriedly and nourishes the Ambrosia.' For some reason, they consistently get 'lifting' as a translation for Hebe. Daughter of Zeus & Hera, she does represent youthfulness, as in the word 'hebephrenic', and her official role on Olympus is 'Cupbearer to the Gods', until she is supplanted in the role by Ganymede & married off to Heracles. For more: [URL]https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/hebe-and-eagle[/URL][/QUOTE]
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