Olympians
I just received five busts of the Greek gods, shown above. They were made of alabaster, in Crete.
"The poets say that before the rule of Zeus, everything was in faction, uproar and disorder...but when Zeus came to rule, everything was put in order."
--Aristides c 144 CE
Zeus, above, was the king of the Hellenic pantheon.
Apollo (above, left) was the god of the sun, and Hermes, right, the messenger of the gods.
Venus, (above right) was the goddess of beauty and Diana (left) the huntress.
posted by starman at 3:29 PM
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Those are well made busts. The Greeks and Romans excelled at sculpture. As we know, Zeus was called Jupiter by the Romans. Their mythology was quite similar, though not identical to that of the Greeks. The Roman name for Aphrodite was Venus. I did some study of Latin in my childhood. It would be interesting to also study Greek.
Of course Greek is harder than Latin. I heard that in the 18th and 19th centuries, a student had to know both Greek and Latin just to get into college!
The busts look stunning in the light of my table lamp.
May 2, 2018
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BTW what do you think of the recent IAF airstrikes... I had a feeling of a mini '67 airstrikes all over again somehow.
I guess it is about time we talked less about events of half a century ago, more about the present. :)
Concerning recent events in Syria, the attitude of the US government and media is totally biased and unobjective. For years Israel has been launching unprovoked attacks on bases and storage facilities in Syria, causing a lot of death and destruction. On at least two occasions, several Iranian personnel were killed. Until a few days ago, Iran was the epitome of restraint. But it just couldn't sit and do nothing any longer. Although I was one of those (on some forum) urging continued restraint, it was awful easy for me to say....Not so easy for those suffering losses.
It's ridiculous that people here condemn Iran for its missile attack while never criticizing the Israeli raids which led to it.
Unfortunately the missile barrage launched by the Quds force accomplished nothing but to give Israel the pretext it wanted to launch more massive strikes, severely degrading Iran's capabilities.
One guy had some interesting observations. He noted the tendency of IAF jets to stay well away from target areas and rely on stand off munitions--missiles and glide bombs. It appears that SAMs make more conventional, penetrative strikes too risky. This sort of recent experience, he seemed to suggest, heralds the end of the age of jets.
I don't know...I think the Israelis just want to avoid, as far as possible, the political damage which might be done if a jet were downed and its pilot captured.
May 12, 2018
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