A MOODY MAVEN SHORT

Janus: My Friend and Frenemy

If you weren’t so damn two-faced you wouldn’t be nearly as fun

Aurelia Bliss
Ain’t Yo’ Mama’s Tea Party!
2 min readApr 25, 2024

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The 18th century bust of Two-faced Janus (Ianus Bifrons) in silhouette at the Cameron’s Gallery in Tsarskoye Selo.
The bust of Two-faced Janus (Ianus Bifrons) at the Cameron’s Gallery in Tsarskoye Selo 18th century.

Doesn’t she seem so regal sitting there just being both my dear friend and frenemy Janus? Her classical features and implied importance — I mean, no one carved a marble bust of me back in the 1700s so imma go ahead and be impressed. And while she might…

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Aurelia Bliss
Ain’t Yo’ Mama’s Tea Party!

I write nonfiction, fiction, and sort-of-sort-of-not fiction. Whatever I'm writing at the moment is always me giving a peek. Top writer in Humor and History.