These 3 artifacts span several thousand years of Hellenic culture , Byzantine, Classical, and way back to the Neolithic!
Wednesday 27 December 2017
Its Bumping Season! # Hellenic Artifacts !
A medley of some of images I've posted earlier
These 3 artifacts span several thousand years of Hellenic culture , Byzantine, Classical, and way back to the Neolithic!
These 3 artifacts span several thousand years of Hellenic culture , Byzantine, Classical, and way back to the Neolithic!
Sunday 24 December 2017
The Angel's Message
#angel #message #greek #luke #gospel #inkscape #xmas
For those who don't read Greek the translation
I bring good news to you of joy great
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Wednesday 20 December 2017
Sunday 17 December 2017
Xmas Humor 2017
#christmas 3humor #classics #ancienthistory #nativity
Bible Study is on Christmas Break ... instead
A look at how Roman bureaucrats saw certain events
Bible Study is on Christmas Break ... instead
A look at how Roman bureaucrats saw certain events
and the official version was ...
Tuesday 12 December 2017
A Hellenistic Greek depiction of Amazons
#amazons
This fragment of a #hellenistic era (BCE 300) vessel shows Amazons in a mixture of Costumes. The Queen Hippolyte appears to wearing Greek boots and a tunic over an Eastern style shirt. The Male figure is Heracles. Note also the expanded color range with at least three or four slip colors, ochre, white, black and red. Remember the Greeks and Romans used polished clay slips not overglaze.
This fragment of a #hellenistic era (BCE 300) vessel shows Amazons in a mixture of Costumes. The Queen Hippolyte appears to wearing Greek boots and a tunic over an Eastern style shirt. The Male figure is Heracles. Note also the expanded color range with at least three or four slip colors, ochre, white, black and red. Remember the Greeks and Romans used polished clay slips not overglaze.
Saturday 9 December 2017
Having Too Much PLEONEXIA
In #mark 7 Jesus lists #pleonexia as a sin. #biblestudy #greeknewtestament #pleonexia
The Greek New Testament uses this word meaning avarice or greed also translated as covetousness in some older and other versions.
Coveting again is not just desire but misdirected desire.
The word breaks down into two roots pleo(n) probably from pleioon more and exia from ekhein to have.
This is more in the sense of EXCESS TOO MUCH having and wanting so sometimes in Greek it can also mean arrogance or advantage but however here it is clearly greed being referred to so remember
The Greek New Testament uses this word meaning avarice or greed also translated as covetousness in some older and other versions.
Coveting again is not just desire but misdirected desire.
The word breaks down into two roots pleo(n) probably from pleioon more and exia from ekhein to have.
This is more in the sense of EXCESS TOO MUCH having and wanting so sometimes in Greek it can also mean arrogance or advantage but however here it is clearly greed being referred to so remember
GREED IS NOT GOOD
Tuesday 5 December 2017
Amazon Horse Rider
#athenianvase #amazon #horserider #scythian #sarmatian #costume #classicalgreekceramic #equestrian #barebackriding
This is perhaps one of the more realistic depictions of an #Amazon?
Herodotus claimed one group of Amazons married into a Scythian tribe and founded the Sarmatians.
The amount of detail on this work suggests a live model to me?
As I've stated before perhaps some women from Southern Russia or Central Asia living or working in Athens as temple or city guards may have been the model for many depictions of Amazons.
Its also a splendid depiction of horseback riding with no saddle and how much smaller ancient riding horses were and proof its taken centuries to breed up horses to the taller larger amounts we have today.
Saturday 2 December 2017
Moikheia and Adultery Spoiling Relationships
#wordstudy #biblestudy #newtestamentgreek
IN Mark 7 Jesus includes Adultery in a list of sins and our text uses the word MOIKHEIA probably to translate Hebrew /Aramaic * Naaph or some variant thereof.
(Sorry I have limited Hebrew / Aramaic ... if anyone reading knows for sure please share info via comments)
Now Adultery is listed separately from Porneia because its not just sexual immorality but a sin that alters relationships and the Greek and Latin words we translate as adultery also translate as spoil or corrupt or seduce.
Adultery is a wilful disruption of a stable relationship. Perhaps not just marriage? Or even religious marriage but civil or de facto also ?
But affairs are romantic impulse you claim ... well sometimes yes and also there's the issue of people having abusive spouses or being trapped in an arranged marriage.
Just don't cheat on your spouse.
Make as clean as possible a break if your bonds emotional or legal or other are broken beyond repair.
And support people who have to escape abusive relationships or arranged marriages to an incompatible partner! Don't tell them to stay and suffer for the "sake of the children" or family "honor" or because their partner might change?
IN Mark 7 Jesus includes Adultery in a list of sins and our text uses the word MOIKHEIA probably to translate Hebrew /Aramaic * Naaph or some variant thereof.
(Sorry I have limited Hebrew / Aramaic ... if anyone reading knows for sure please share info via comments)
Now Adultery is listed separately from Porneia because its not just sexual immorality but a sin that alters relationships and the Greek and Latin words we translate as adultery also translate as spoil or corrupt or seduce.
Adultery is a wilful disruption of a stable relationship. Perhaps not just marriage? Or even religious marriage but civil or de facto also ?
But affairs are romantic impulse you claim ... well sometimes yes and also there's the issue of people having abusive spouses or being trapped in an arranged marriage.
Just don't cheat on your spouse.
Make as clean as possible a break if your bonds emotional or legal or other are broken beyond repair.
And support people who have to escape abusive relationships or arranged marriages to an incompatible partner! Don't tell them to stay and suffer for the "sake of the children" or family "honor" or because their partner might change?
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