Of Fibula Pins and Peplos

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So today I went to the Art Institute of Chicago (FINALLY FINALLY unfortunately it is being renovated and so everything is very confusing so I will just have to go back.  Darn) with some friends of mine, one of whom is a Classics (Latin and Greek) major, much like our dear friend philia_fan.  She and I have been to museums together before, and our usual pattern is to find the important stuff (e.g. American Gothic) and then run to the Ancient section and swoon over the mummies and the Greek pottery together (I name off all the Egyptian gods, she explains the difference between Geometric and Oriental Grecian pottery).

So today we were indulging ourselves in the delights of the ancient world, and admiring the Roman glass (of which they had a LOT, which is really cool, because glass tends to, uh, break after 2000 years), when suddenly I saw something that made me stop and squee in the middle of the museum.  (It was a museum-squee, but it was still definitely a squee.)  I then had to explain to Classics major (for I have failed her and not lent her my books yet) that I had just reread The Queen of Attolia and how Eugenides likes to steal earrings but how his grandfather stole...

And so, because I was SO excited, I took a picture of it for y'all to see.

I know we've talked about fibula pins before, and how they are probably shaped like actual fibulas, but hey, these things can evolve over time.

Also, just for kicks, we were looking at a Roman copy of a Greek statue (which I learned had probably been made of metal and then melted down because that was how the Romans rolled, yo), and Classics major commented that the statue was wearing peplos, and so I thought of Moira and took a picture to share of that as well. 

(Obviously, Moira probably has, y'know, a head and stuff.  But I thought I'd convey the general idea.)

Anyway, that was my exciting venture into Thief/real life collisions today.  :-D