"Touching with Art 889" Apollo Aria

Jing Du Jun: Untrimmed youth, always outside of sadness.

Pompeii, italy, was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24, 79 AD, and now only a ruin remains.

▲ Oil painting "Eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24, 79 AD"

(1813) by the French painter Valenciennes

It is now in the collection of the Augustinian Museum in Toulouse, France

The Roman Nero (37-68) visited Pompeii in the summer two years after the great earthquake of 62 AD. He was to announce to all the pompeii people at the Grand Theater of The Reunion in Pompeii that his visit to Pompeii would bring a gift to the Pompeians — to lift Pompeii's ten-year ban due to the 59 AD Horned Disturbances, that is, to lift the ban in advance, and Pompeii could continue to hold gladiatorial tournaments.

▲ Watercolor painting "Nero's Arch of the Great Market of Pompeii Center"

(c. 1927) by Italian painter Luigi Bazzani

Private collections

Before announcing the good news, Nero also had a ticket addiction - he himself had to play Apollo, the sun god who avenged his mother in "Howling Neobi" in the Reunion Theater.

▲ Gouache Painting "Pompeii Reunion Theater" (1793)

By the German classicist painter Jay Fi Hackett

It is now in the collection of the Classical Foundation Weimar

The story goes like this. It is said that after the defeat of the king, Niobe gave birth to seven sons and seven daughters, all of whom were like heavenly immortals, ni oubi's mother thought that she was a heroic mother, and she openly ridiculed the titan goddess Leto, saying that she only gave birth to two babies and was not worthy of people's worship. But as we all know, who are the sons and daughters of Leto - twin brothers and sisters Apollo and Artemie - a god of light and a moon god, playing a child is a yellow mud tiger and a black tiger riding a mud tiger, one foot is confused and one eye is confused, the brothers and sisters are both archers with bows, and they are all gods who want to blossom two flowers with one branch each.

▲ Oil painting "Ni Obi tries to protect her children from the slaughter of Apollo and Artemie's brothers and sisters" (1772)

By the French neoclassical painter Jacques-Louis David

It is now in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art

Ni Oubi dared to insult their mother, isn't that stupid? Sure enough, an enraged Leto told Apollo and Atami about the incident, and the brothers and sisters decided to avenge their mother, and they shot her seven sons and seven daughters to death in front of Ni Obi. Disaster came out of the mouth, it was too late to admit the mistake and intercede, the dead sheep could not make up for the prison, and the only thing queen Ni Obi could do was to cry and cry. The slaughter of Ah Pineapple was even more painful in Ni Obi's cries, and since the audience was sad and happy, crying and laughing, they could only stay as wooden chickens again.

▲ Oil painting "Ni Obi tries to protect her children from the slaughter of Apollo and Atami's brothers and sisters" (1591)

By the Dutch painter Abraham Bremet

It is now in the collection of the National Gallery of Denmark

When Nero sang the famous aria in the play, "Ni Obi Don't Cry", the earth shook the mountain, and suddenly the dove in the sky fell down eight hundred small black dogs, smashing the navel nail roof of the theater, and the purple circle octopus stretched out the brachiopods with suction cups, rolled up the navel nails and rolled them into their mouths, and the wall behind the stage also burst open, and the audience was frightened at first, and once the taste came, they got up and fled. It turned out to be Pompeii earthquake again.

▲ Pompeii mural "Nero cosplay sun god Apollo"

(1st century AD) anon

At this time, the fearless Nero Apollo was still standing in the center of the stage, only to see him wearing a Delphi laurel crown on his head, wearing a purple-rimmed splendid satin robe, and insisting on singing the last sentence to the purple circle of eight-banded fish in the stands: "The big saddle horses are scared away, my life cannot be left, I cover my lips and shout loudly, Ni Obi, don't you howl!" "Without a hint of vibrato. But once the singing was finished, Nero felt discouraged. This curtain call was so wonderful, it was almost like a carnival of the audience and actors, he did not have time to close his eyes satisfactorily, Ren Yingying sweat beads rolled down his cheeks, and listened to the people in the audience cheering: "Glorious Caesar!" Our Apollo! Long live the sun god Nero! ”

▲ Oil painting "After Nero Killed His Mother" (1878)

By the English neoclassical painter Waterhouse

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Unfortunately, none of this happened. Because the audience has already run out. The walls of the Reunion Theater collapsed, the stage and seats were crisp, and the racing circus and sun god sacrifice ceremony scheduled for the afternoon at the Reunion Theater were canceled. Nero was so depressed that he had not yet had time to loudly announce the gift of the trip to the people of Pompeii: the early lifting of pompeii's ten-year ban due to the 59 AD horned riots. Nero knew that it was not appropriate to hold any more national celebrations until it was clear whether the earthquake was a wrath of the gods or a rejoicing of the gods. The morning earthquake passed in a flash, and after noon, the Pompeii people soon returned to a frivolous and happy life as a domestic animal. Later, experts said that this was the aftershock of the 62 AD earthquake.