A #Mosaic from a #Hellenistic era Greek house with #sphinxes #griggins #lions a #hippocampus and a glorious meander pattern for your viewing pleasure.
Friday, 26 March 2021
Monday, 22 March 2021
Minotaur Three
check out my two prior posts for examples of Theseus and the Minotaur
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Minotaur Archaic Greek Style
#minotaur #theseus #archaicgreekart
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? .
Saturday, 13 March 2021
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 ?
Tuesday, 9 March 2021
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
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
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?