Dear s-Khoan san,
Thanks for the clip; it’s penetrating!
It seems you have a fond of the character of Neptune / Poseidon and fascinate on the power of the trident, and the philosophy behind it. You make me think of “濁水溪畔的高中生” san, a gentleman of wise。
Somewhere in this forum one still finds his words about Neptune:
“Neptune 是羅馬神話中的海神和水神，相對應於希臘神話中的波塞頓（Poseidon），亦被稱為大地的震撼者（地震）、大地的佔有者。他的坐騎是白馬駕駛的黃金戰車，手執三叉戟，這也是海王星的天文學符號。”
“濁水溪畔的高中生” san also introduced the famous paint of Rubens’ ‘The Union of Earth and Water”:
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▲ Peter Paul Rubens（1577–1640）, 《The Union of Earth and Water (Antwerp and the Scheldt)》, 1618, Oil on canvas, 222.5x180.5 cm, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
【轉貼博物館官網說明】：The theme of the elements, traditional to 16th- and 17th-century Flemish painting, gained new meaning in Rubens‘ work: Rubens‘ contemporaries interpreted the alliance of Cybele, Goddess of Earth, and Neptune, as the important alliance of Flanders and the sea, the River Scheldt and the city of Antwerp.
“印象中，記得有位法國的藝術評論家說過：Rubens的作品表面上塗著一層天主教的聖油，然而骨子裏卻是異教徒……”嘻!