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Everything that everybody associates with the Mediterranean is encapsulated in this wall painting from Paestum, an ancient Greek city in southern Italy. The anonymous classical artist has sensually portrayed the arc of a diver's body as he glides into the sea. It looks as hedonist as Hockney's A Bigger Splash and as with all ancient Greek art, the homoeroticism is totally intentional. Yet it was painted in a tomb, and the depths towards which the man is diving must be those of death itself.
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