Sphinxes Griffins and More

A #Mosaic from a #Hellenistic era Greek house with #sphinxes #griggins #lions a #hippocampus and a glorious meander pattern for your viewing pleasure.

Minotaur Three

# Minotaur #Theseus

I do wonder if the woman on the left is a goddess as she has a white face whereas everyone else is depicted using black slip 

 check out my two prior posts for examples of Theseus and the Minotaur 

Minotaur Archaic Greek Style

 #minotaur #theseus #archaicgreekart 

Again Theseus and the Mintoaur in a slighter older style than that of the prior post 

I like the minor detail of the helmet sitting on the ground and the ?lower ranking? attendants being naked and shoeless whereas Theseus wears a tunic and boots and the two women embroidered robes unless perhaps thats a woven pattern? .

Minotaur by the Edinburgh painter

 #minotaur 

This artist is known as the Edinburgh painter 

The subject is #Theseus slaying the #Minotaur the woman watching is probably #Ariadne ?

PI DAY

 #pi #piday #march14 #greekabc #mathematics #mathssymbol

March 14 is PI day Enuff said !

Diadem Crowns

 #Diadem #crown

Diadems and Crowns

The word diadem is often translated as crown into English from Greek however they were cloth or metal bands often decorated like this one. Notice the two holes for inserting ribbons or perhaps adjustable closures.Being gold the metal could be bent around a head 

This coin depicting Antiochus the 3rd shows a diadem actually being worn.

This last example is Phillip the 3rd wearing a very plain version of a diadem which may be an actual ribbon of cloth.

Simmias and Pattern Poems

 

#Simmais #patternpoem

This is the earliest known example of a pattern poem created using the Greek Alphabet created by Simmias of Rhodes. Well a copy anyway. You can find more of these in the Greek Anthology.

Remember its metrical not rhyming! Let me know if you would like me to transacribe more or redo this poem in a more modern font?