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gwydpolls · 3 months

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aboutanancientenquiry · 1 year

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Athena (obv.) and Owl (rev.), Silver tetradrachm of Athens, 450-06 BCE, The British Museum

Source: https://www.thecollector.com/ancient-greek-coins/

#athenian silver tetradrachm #classical athens #athenian democracy #ancient greek coinage

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countriesgame · 2 months

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Please reblog for a bigger sample size!

If you have any fun fact about Classical Athens, please tell us and I'll reblog it!

Be respectful in your comments. You can criticize a government without offending its people.

#athens #classical athens #classical greece #europe #historical polls #polls #look i was gonna check if that all falls under classical athens or not #but i got too lazy #so historians please dont yell at me #just reblog with the correction

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playitagin · 1 year

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"The unexamined life is not worth living"

BC399.Death of Socrates

#- Apr.27.BC399.#Socrates #philosopher #Classical Athens #Ancient Greece #history today

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alatismeni-theitsa · 2 years

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So, I looked into the bride suicide a bit (I'm not the previous anon) and the best I could find was a reddit thread that explains incredibly well how this "phenomenon" was misinterpreted by Carl Jung and had nothing to do with Athens or the Classical era, but Miletus at an unknown date (and doesn't refer to brides but unmarried girls) and isn't really supported by actual historical data.

Here's the reddit thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/l5f3cs/comment/gkvzbjd/

Also, it needs to be said that Jung had an inclination to twist certain myths and their meanings. For example, he used Demeter as the archetype of the oppressive mother that holds her daughter close to her, controls her and lives through her. He shouldn't be taken at face value.

Aaah thanks for clarifying!!

#answered #carl jung #brides #Athens #classical athens

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spocktheestallion · 6 months

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reading “women at the thesmophoria” and all i can say is RIP aristophanes you would’ve loved call of duty lobbies

#classicism #classics #classical literature #classical greece #classical athens #athenian comedy #comedy #classical comedy #aristophanes

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notacluedo · 1 year

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he’s her fun lil social experiment

#Thinking about when my classics teacher said that the relationship between Athene and Odysseus is one of the most tender #Relationships between man and god #Like it’s almost platonic but not really #Like she’s his cool aunt #Who saves his life #But also treats his life like a fun lil game #But she also really likes him and favours him #Like I see Athene as aro ace so like idk but she holds some ‘love’ for him #shes kinda meant to look like a statue #Or whatever #athena #odysseus #the odyssey #mythology art #my art #greek myth #Tap for better quality I think

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mythologyolympics · 5 months

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🐢 aristotlestortoise Follow

I'm so sick of these philosophers waving dead chickens around to prove their point like that's not contributing to unnecessary food waste when children are starving in Gaul

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and who says they didn't eat the chicken afterwards you presumptuous garum sipper

besides how would that benefit a starving child in gaul diogenes did that in athens thats like 6000 stadia away from gaul

🐢 aristotlestortoise Follow

As if donating a day-old chicken that had been used as a prop isn't a hazard for food poisoning or something geez

How about you bring in a live chicken and demonstrate your point with that and then donate it to a godsdamned farmer who can do something with it

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look neither of us understands diogenes whole school of thought as well as he does and if he thinks using poultry for props is the best choice then imma trust he knows what he's talking about

🦣 giantwoolybones

do you guys know that you are arguing about a dead chicken

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👨‍👦 corophilus

not to be an art critic on main or anything but has this sculptor ever heard of a dynamic pose

#a boy this age would be moving!!

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The people just don't seem to care about how Caligula keeps beginning new construction projects with public funds. People are homeless and starving and he puts up a new theater in the middle of the city as if we need that.

Now he's claiming to be a god?? Plus there's rumors he has sex with his horse.

It's very important that you contact the members of the senate to let them know the people are ready to rise up if they don't depose Caligula. We should get organized and flood the streets.

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I see you not reblogging this. Come on, this should have 200k notes

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Dude, this invention of the coin is so iconic. Cyrus is gonna go down in history for this one. I mean that in a good way.

🪙 lydianmetallurgy Follow

Sorry but Cyrus stole the entire concept of the coin from us and I'm sick of people acting like we didn't have contributions to make to advancements in science and culture just because we were conquered by your stupid empire. Cyrus is a tyrant and just wants to gather as much power as he can.

🦁 daniyye

Cyrus let my people go back to our homeland, so he's all right by me

#by the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion #now we don't have to do that anymore!!

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Remember, you're voting for who you think would win the fight, not who you like the best.

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🐺 lyca

just left my den and there's just 2 human babies lying on the ground all alone

wtf do i do

🐺 lyca

so i happen to already be lactating so i guess... i just have 2 more cubs now?

🐺 lyca

guys these babies are so cute. i think they're going to do great things one day

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The best sex toy shop in Miletus. Come see our selection!

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I'm not one to harsh on a small business trying to make it but I've been to this shop and women are an afterthought here. You'd think the only people interested in dildos were men the way they act here.

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Women should be weaving and taking care of their children, not coming into our sex shop.

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#dash simulator #dashboard simulator #ancient rome #classical rome #ancient greece #classical greece #ancient persia #ancient israel #ancient lydia #bonus since i know you want to know gaul was 13000 stadia from athens

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royalpumpkinplanet · 3 months

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#Athens is so pretty #stay hydrated 🫶🏻#stay kind #stay safe #dark acamedia #fantasy aesthetic #classic academia #chaotic academia #dark aesthetic #cottagecore aesthetic #light aesthetic #naturecore #cottage academia #light academia #romantic academia #romanticism #spring core #February

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thearchaicsmile · 7 months

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Reverse side of an Attic silver tetradrachm (τετράδραχμον, 'four drachmas'), depicting the owl of Athena facing forward, with the abbreviation ΑΘΕ (ΑΘΕΝΑΙΩΝ, 'of the Athenians'), indicating the coin's origin. Such coins were often referred to as glaukes (γλαῦκες, 'little owls') and became widespread throughout the Aegean during the 5th century BC as Athenian dominance over the eastern Mediterranean grew.

#classics #classical antiquity #classical greece #ancient greece #ancient greek #greece #greek #ancient history #athens #ancient athens #athena

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ennuyeuxbabe · 3 months

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Some mindless Odyssey sketches because I am normal about Homer

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aboutanancientenquiry · 1 year

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Object Type hydria. Museum number1885,1213.18 Red-figured hydria (water-jar). Woman reading, and three attendants. Culture: Attic. Production date ca 450 BCE. Production place Attica, Greece Height: 33.02 centimetres

Curator's comments

The scene closely resembles one on a hydria at Athens (Inv. no. 1260, Museo Ital, ii pl. 6), where the seated figure is labelled with the name 'Sappho'. This has led to the women depicted in the British Museum vase to be identified as the same person, both presumably the famous poet of Lesbos. Other images of Sappho on Greek vases, starting from the early 5th century BC, are less ambiguous, such as scenes with the poet Alkaios.

Source: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1885-1213-18

#hydria #ancient greek pottery #classical athens #sappho

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illustratus · 1 year

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Column at the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens

Photograph by Walter Hege

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playitagin · 1 year

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Athenian Defeat

Apr.25.BC.404 Peloponnesian War was over

#Apr.25.BC.404 #Peloponnesian War #Classical Athens #Sparta #Spartan hegemony #The Athenian Defeat #history today

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studywurfavwasian · 10 months

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went to a starbies to work on my essay with a. few friends (don’t mind how bad it is — it’s my “shit draft!”), and then did some more work on the go.

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lionofchaeronea · 10 months

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A woman pulls wool from a kalathos (basket). Attic red-figure lekythos by an unknown artist, ca. 480-470 BCE. From Tanagra, Boeotia; now in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Photo credit: Marsyas/Wikimedia Commons.

#classics #tagamemnon #Ancient Greece #Classical Greece #art #art history #ancient art #Greek art #Ancient Greek art #Classical Greek art #vase painting #red-figure #lekythos #NAM Athens

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