#newtestamentgreek #biblestudy #gospelofluke #metousia
LUKE 12 Verses 16 - 21
So whats interesting and good teaching examples in the Greek text
thats not obvious in the translation?
Verse 16
Note how the adjectives follow AFTER the noun
of/ for genitive a man certain rich bore the land
Harvest is euphoreesen a positive burden - eu + phoros
Verse 17
dialegomai Imperfect and 2 lovely examples of FUTURE poieesoo and sunaksoo
from poieoo and sunagoo
Verse 18
katheloo is FUTURE from kathairew ? Why ?
The stem is haireoo. R changes to L. kata plus "H" to kath
apotheekee a storehouse barn or granary as a place you put things away in apo+theke from titheemi
Verse 19
EROO another Future Note syntax of eis etee polla
anapauou is a Present Imperative but Phage is Aorist then with euphrainoo an Present Imperative
Phage is one of those verbs that use a different Verb for the Present - esthioo
Verse 20
aphroon a foolish person is mindless
apaitousin from apaaiteoo God wants people to be prepared to give back
heetoimasas Aorist of hetoimazoo prepare get ready
he who stores up treasures is 2 words in ho theesaurizoon
Next week back to the Pagans and we look at Poseidon since Haloea was in December
Coming soon A greek Christmas card to share !
Tuesday 26 November 2019
Tuesday 19 November 2019
Poseidon and Bad and Good Art
Classical Greek Art didn't emerge like Athena from the head of a god. It evolved and some of the archaic artists really couldn't draw!
This is a ceramic plaque from a Corinthinian workshop.
Yes it is Poseidon. See the badly rendered trident and then there's the misuse of sgraffito.
This seems to have been a rush job? Especially compared to this!
Most of the finest classical pieces came from Attic workshops.
I'm wondering if the many metics encouraged to migrate to Athens included Ceramic painters ?
I'm wondering how the ceramics painters practised their drawing skills with no supply of cheap paper. Did they practise on broken pots? Did they use wax or clay tablets?
Tuesday 12 November 2019
Judgement of Hermes
JUDGEMENT OF PARIS CERAMIC PAINTING
Some Observations
#Hermes #Paris #Greekceramics
Hermes is a bearded adult not the beardless youth of many Hellenistic and Roman works. The painter has used the white slip to emphasize small details that might not stand out on the traditional older black background and has used some kind of yellow ochre as well as a red ochre and black giving him or her a 4 color 5 if you count white palette?
There's a hint of beads or embroidery on Hera's robes and the yellow ochre is used to outline the wings on Hermes' boots and on Hera's crown. Black seems to have been mixed with red to create a dark brown for the edges of robes unless thats fading?
Some Observations
#Hermes #Paris #Greekceramics
Hermes is a bearded adult not the beardless youth of many Hellenistic and Roman works. The painter has used the white slip to emphasize small details that might not stand out on the traditional older black background and has used some kind of yellow ochre as well as a red ochre and black giving him or her a 4 color 5 if you count white palette?
There's a hint of beads or embroidery on Hera's robes and the yellow ochre is used to outline the wings on Hermes' boots and on Hera's crown. Black seems to have been mixed with red to create a dark brown for the edges of robes unless thats fading?
The overall effect is simple elegance with restraint and balance. Some of the rendering seems almost "sketchy" to a modern eye especially if you expect a wider tonal range so bear in mind these images were painted on small objects not massive urns and the Greek painters and potters did not have modern glazes to use. No ceramics supplies stores or factories !
Tuesday 5 November 2019
Female Harper
#whiteground #greekceramics #harper
Female Harper
There's a lot of fading but fortunately a lot of useful remaining detail.
It's possible the girl or young woman shown may be a hetairia a "Companion" given her transparent dress however she also has her middle covered so maybe its simply a summer dress of extremely translucent linen with a outer robe lowered to cushion her harp.
You can clearly see the girl has reddish brown hair and I say girl because she has her hair down.
Musicians will find the details of the fingering on the strings of interest.
A quietly beautiful and very classical work showing a mastery of line and color.
It is generally presumed painters were male including the painters who worked on ceramics but given the Athenians had small family workshops I wonder if the painter could have been a woman as if this is a portrait a woman painter might have been allowed inside the women's rooms of a house to sketch a beloved daughter or young wife playing her harp?
Female Harper
There's a lot of fading but fortunately a lot of useful remaining detail.
It's possible the girl or young woman shown may be a hetairia a "Companion" given her transparent dress however she also has her middle covered so maybe its simply a summer dress of extremely translucent linen with a outer robe lowered to cushion her harp.
You can clearly see the girl has reddish brown hair and I say girl because she has her hair down.
Musicians will find the details of the fingering on the strings of interest.
A quietly beautiful and very classical work showing a mastery of line and color.
It is generally presumed painters were male including the painters who worked on ceramics but given the Athenians had small family workshops I wonder if the painter could have been a woman as if this is a portrait a woman painter might have been allowed inside the women's rooms of a house to sketch a beloved daughter or young wife playing her harp?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)