Joseph Calasanctius - Francisco Jover y Casanova
At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who, thinkest thou, is the greater in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus, calling unto him a little child, set him in the midst of them. And said: amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven. And he that shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me.
—Matthew 18:1-5
At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who, thinkest thou, is the greater in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus, calling unto him a little child, set him in the midst of them. And said: amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven. And he that shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me.
—Matthew 18:1-5
Apoxyomenos
The Scraper
Marble, Roman copy of the 1st century AD after the Greek bronze original by Lysippos (Λύσιππος), ca. 320 BC.
Found in the Roman Trastevere in 1849.
During classical antiquity soap was not commonly used. One method for personal hygiene was to rub oneself with oil and scrape the resulting paste, a mixture of the oil with sweat and dust, off the body. The tool for this was called strigil (strigilis) by the Romans.
ἀποξυόμενοςThe Scraper
Marble, Roman copy of the 1st century AD after the Greek bronze original by Lysippos (Λύσιππος), ca. 320 BC.
Found in the Roman Trastevere in 1849.
During classical antiquity soap was not commonly used. One method for personal hygiene was to rub oneself with oil and scrape the resulting paste, a mixture of the oil with sweat and dust, off the body. The tool for this was called strigil (strigilis) by the Romans.