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Ancient Irony
Paul F. Lenzi:(My mind seems stuck on a war footing these last few days. Here, I reblog some reflections I originally posted in January.) Originally posted on Poesy plus Polemics: “In peace, sons bury...
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Thermopylae
Paul F. Lenzi:(Originally posted this in February.) Originally posted on Poesy plus Polemics: Herodotus chronicled valor unmatched In one fierce ancient case of heroic last stand We learn from the...
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Linear B
Arthur Evans 1851-1941British Archaeologist Alice Kober 1906-1950American Linguist Michael Ventris 1922-1956British Architect Linear B Tablet from KnossosPhoto from minoer.net eccentric geniuses...
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According to Homer
“Trojan Horse”Painting by Nikhil RastogiFrom nikrusty.com According to epical Homeric ode, A generous enemy act hides a load More danger and malice Toward you and your palace Than drawn-weapon animus...
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Eureka
Photo frommath.nyu.edu Archimedes discovered his seminal principle bathing in ritual waters where a laurel dishonest of gold measured treachery gravid with greed and the king put his smith to the sword...
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Grecian Seasons
“The Return of Persephone”Painting by Frederic LeightonFrom mythindex.com winter carried by Demeter’s grief on a litter of snow till Persephone rises from Hades with fruit in her womb and the flowers...
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Orange
“Orange Tree”Painting by Nancy Paris PrudenFrom fineartamerica.com fragrance dimples a tropical skin cloching pharmacies sailors and snifflers hold dear unaware “golden apples” bear more than the sun...
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Oracle
“Delphic Oracle”Painting by Heinrich LeutemannFrom art-prints-on-demand.com oh Pythia priestess of vaporous wisdom arise for this poor troubled supplicant stand in the shade that Apollo bequeathed you...
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Pinfall
“Greek Wrestlers”Mural painting by Nancy DaughertyFrom artmotif.net grappling within sacred circles Greco-Roman ruins of stones competing centers of gravity heave upon finely combed sands empires hang...
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Mycenae
Map Illustration From people.clarkson.edu civilized vestiges yield to the curious prodding of time fingers sifting hourglass eons anticipate recognized feel of some form hinting provenance ancient of...
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Gibraltar
“Rock of Gibraltar” Painting by Gustavo Bacarisas y Podesta From gibraltar-intro.co.uk limestone sentinel Europe’s own pillar of Hercules guarding the end of the world with its African twin Jebel Musa...
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Trojan Fruit
Battle Scenes Pictures #20 and #21 From the Ambrosian Iliad resist the nostalgia for history nature presented by Homer ferocious red fiction still raw in its roots shooting vines through millennia...
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Trebizond
“St George and the Princess of Trebizond” Painting by Pisanello From wikiart.com wound of geography slashed by the swords of a Black Sea crusade Christian Greeks wrest small thrones from Byzantium...
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Endymion
“Endymion” Scupture by Antonio Corradini From andrewbutterfield.com (With apology to John Keats) love me as I sleep my mortal heart may falter awake to the worldFiled under: Haiku, POETRY
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Knife
Crown Stag Bowie Camp Knife Photo from peasandcorn.com honed and hungry a beautiful weapon remarkable tool courage edged to the curve of the blade forged in fire philosophers use to incubate thought to...
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Sisyphus
“Push Harder Sisyphus” Painting by Quinn Peterson From fineartamerica.com pushing his stone up the incline of his crimes accomplished nothing absurd hero happily tortured by rote banalityFiled under:...
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Oedipus Tyrannus
“Oedipus Rex” Painting by Max Ernst From wikiart.org ancient dysfunctions free will and family accursed by fate kings and killers move blind to the truth their sharp limitations the weakening flaws...
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Ode on a Grecian Earned Plight
Cartoon by Dave Granlund From beforeitsnews.com what to do what to do they can’t pay the piper with valueless drachmas undisciplined spending unprincipled borrowing lazy taxation and fictional budgets...
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Ithaki
Ithaki (Ithaca) Greece Image from agni.gr weaving by day unweaving by night did loyal Penelope stave off her suitors awaiting Odysseus island possessed of deep pride in its beautiful queen pride old as...
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Platonic Musings
Fragment of Plato’s Manuscript for “The Republic” From ancient.eu Plato’s republic mistrusted its people democracy framed as the doorstep to tyranny thus did enlightenment find more effective regime a...
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