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lionofchaeronea · 2 years

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Statuette (white marble) of Hermaphroditus, the mixed-gender child of Hermes and Aphrodite. Artist unknown; 2nd cent. BCE (Hellenistic). Thought to have come from Rhodes; now in the Princeton University Art Museum.

#classics #tagamemnon #Ancient Greece #Hellenistic period #classical mythology #Greek mythology #Hermaphroditus #art #art history #ancient art #Greek art #Ancient Greek art #Hellenistic art #sculpture #statuette #marble #stonework #carving #Princeton University Art Museum

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thefollowersofthedivinesnake · 3 months

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(Full view plz)

Some historical characters that will be making an appearance in the webcomic I'm developing!

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blueiskewl · 8 months

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A 2,300-Year-Old Three-Headed Statue of Goddess Hecate Discovered in Turkey

In the ancient city of Kelenderis in Mersin, located in the south of Turkey, the statue of the 3-headed goddess Hecate, which is evaluated to be 2300 years old, and ceramics belonging to the Hellenistic period were unearthed.

The ancient city of Kelenderis is located at the Mediterranean coast of Turkey in modern town of Aydincik, which is in the province of Mersin.

In the ancient city of Kelenderis, the excavation and restoration/conservation works started in 1987 continue uninterruptedly. There have been exciting developments in the studies carried out this year under the coordination of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Batman University.

Head of the excavation, Associate Professor Mahmut Aydın, stated that the Roman period floors were unearthed in this season’s excavations and that they found a large amount of Hellenistic ceramics in these floor fillings.

Statue depicts three similar figures of Goddess Hecate joined together and facing in different directions. This is because these statues were used at Crossroads. These statues, which are few in number, were placed on pedestals, where the directions were inscribed. Hecate statues also marked boundaries.

Stating that the Hecate figurine was found in the underfloor fillings behind the odeon, Aydın continued as follows: “The 3-headed Hecate figurine was found in the layer where the ceramics were found. The figurine is about 20 centimeters.”

“Looking at the connection between the goddess Hecate and Kelenderis, we know that there is a Hecate temple in the ancient city of Lagina in Muğla, and an inscription found there indicates that Kelenderis is among the cities that participate in competitions held every five years in honor of Hecate. Furthermore, Kelenderis is also among the cities that show respect for the sacred area of Hecate and pledge not to attack it. Therefore, the discovery of the Hecate figurine in this excavation site is meaningful. We evaluate that the work is 2300-2400 years old and belongs to the Hellenistic period.”

In ancient Greece, Hecate was venerated as a goddess of the underworld, capable of both good and evil. She was associated with magic, witchcraft, the moon, and creatures of the night such as ghosts. Her face was also depicted on doorways.

The work will be delivered to the Silifke Museum after its examination.

By Oğuz Büyükyıldırım.

#A 2300-Year-Old Three-Headed Statue of Goddess Hecate Discovered in Turkey #ancient city of Kelenderis #goddess of the underworld #hellenistic period #statue #ancient statue #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #roman history #roman empire #roman art #greek art

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didoofcarthage · 1 year

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Onyx cameo of Ariadne, in a modern gold ring. Greek, Hellenistic Period, 3rd-2nd centuries B.C. In the Royal Collection.

Description from the Royal Collection Trust:

Cameo with a head of Ariadne, consort of Dionysos, facing to the right with her gaze slightly lifted. She wears a wreath of ivy leaves and berries. Her hair is gathered in a roll at the back and ringlets cascade down her neck with a stray lock before the neck. A trace of her dress becomes visible along the neckline. The rather fleshy features and short nose recall portraits of Ptolemaic queens and the resemblance may be deliberate since such assimilation to deities was common practice.

#Ariadne #mythology #ancient art #Ancient Greece #Hellenistic art #Hellenistic Period #Ptolemaic Dynasty #goddess #Hellenistic #Greek #onyx #cameo #sculpture #Royal Collection Trust

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socialjusticeinamerica · 3 months

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#history #science #archeology #Greece #alexander the great #Hellenistic period #travel and tourism

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ancientorigins · 10 months

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Excavations at Kythnos Island, Greece have dug up 2,000 figurine offerings dating back to the 7th century BC. This treasure trove reveals the rich history, cultural practices, and economic interactions of this ancient settlement.

#treasure #figurines #lamps #pottery #coins #vessels #Hellenistic period #Classical period #Archaic period #Roman #ancient #history #ancient origins

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artthatgivesmefeelings · 2 years

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Portrait of Cleopatra, Marble, Hellenistic period Ptolemaic princess attired as Isis.

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hipatias · 3 months

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Favourite ancient Greeks (2/5).

Alexander the Great.

#ancient greece #hellenistic #Hellenistic period #Alexander the great #Alexander the great aesthetic #Ancient Greece aesthetic #moodboard #Brad Pitt #Troy #Achilles

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occvltswim · 11 months

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Funny how they keep saying that Cleopatra wasn’t “black” or swarthy, yet I keep finding depictions of her from the 1300’s in illuminated manuscripts, as well as in 1800’s 🎨 from France and Italy (done by Europeans!) as exactly that.

This stuff only became a debate after the invention of things like Social Darwinism, i.e. Scientific Racism, which perpetuated the pseudo-scientific idea that all darker-skinned people are a lesser species that evolved from the Troglodyte niger (Chimpanzees).

They don't teach us that a majority of European countries underwent "ethnic cleansing" leading up to WWII, hence the reason why these places look the way that they look today. Back then the Mediterranean, while under Islamic rule for roughly 900 years, was known as the Orient or Western Asia. So-called Greeks and Italians weren’t even considered “white” (at least by American standards) until the 1950’s.

Also, some of these so-called “Egyptians” think we’re all just stupid. They think that we’re not aware that the Egyptian Media has been a catalyst for the ongoing racism against the indigenous Nubians who were living in the country before the Arab invasion. They're totally fine when you're being portrayed in any type of slave role, but god forbid you be put in a sovereign position of authority...

We don’t need Hollywood to “represent or include us”, nor tell us our history. Let these delusional, indoctrinated goofballs be mad 🤣🤷🏾‍♂️ Oderint, dum metuant!

#ancient egypt #kemet #ta-meri #nubia #mizraim #hellenistic period #ptolemy #ptolemaic dynasty #ptolemaic egypt #greco egyptian #cleopatra vii #mediterranean #whitewashing #blackwashing #history #swarthy #art #cognitive dissonance #selective outrage

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tetrachromate · 2 years

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cow practice 2

#my art #minotaur #kyivan rus #13th century #16th century #17th century #3rd century bc #bull #hellenistic period #saber #shield #maille #my sketches

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lionofchaeronea · 9 months

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Ancient Greek ring depicting a dancing maenad. Artist unknown; 3rd or 2nd cent. BCE (Hellenistic). Now in the Louvre. Photo credit: © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons.

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40kvirgins · 1 year

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The Barberini Faun, also known as the Sleeping Satyr (2nd century BC Hellenistic or 2nd century AD). Roman copy of an earlier bronze; Glyptothek,

#Barberini Faun #hellenistic period #hellenistic art

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blueiskewl · 7 months

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Rare Bronze Mirror Found in 2,300-Year-Old Grave of Greek Courtesan in Jerusalem

Archaeologists in Israel have discovered what they believe to be the remains of an Ancient Greek courtesan.

The cremated remains of a young woman were found in a burial cave alongside a perfectly preserved bronze box mirror on a rocky slope close to Kibbutz Ramat Rachel, not far from Jerusalem.

The tomb is believed to date back to some time between the late 4th century and early 3rd century BCE, according to a joint study carried out by Tel Aviv University and the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).

Guy Stiebel, from the department of archeology and the Ancient Near East at Tel Aviv University, saiid in a phone interview that the find is “very significant.”

“It’s almost like bringing back to life a woman who passed away 2,300 years ago,” he said of the research, which he compared to a “jigsaw puzzle or riddle.”

He and his team believe this could be the first discovery of the remains of a hetaira, as courtesans were known in Ancient Greece.

“If we are correct with our interpretation, it appears that this burial points to the very unique circumstances of what we call a hetaira, a Greek lady who accompanied one of the Hellenistic government officials, or more likely a high general,” he said.

In the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean, the Hellenistic age refers to the period between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE and the conquest of Egypt by Rome in 30 BCE. Stiebel said that he and his team believe the woman would have been among the first Greeks to arrive in the region.

Liat Oz, the director of the excavation on behalf of the IAA, described the mirror found in the tomb alongside the remains.

“This is only the second mirror of this type that has been discovered to date in Israel, and in total, only 63 mirrors of this type are known around the Hellenistic world,” she said in a news release about the discovery.

“The quality of the production of the mirror is so high that it was preserved in excellent condition, and it looked as if it was made yesterday.”

Folding box mirrors such as this were documented in tombs and temples in the Greco-Hellenistic world, the researchers noted. They were usually decorated with engravings or reliefs of idealized female figures or goddesses.

Stiebel said a woman of high status might have received such a mirror as part of a dowry, but this was unlikely to have been the case in this instance as married women rarely left their homes in Greece.

Alternatively, he said, she might have been a courtesan, as they often received gifts from men. Likening the hetairai to Japanese geishas, Stiebel explained that the women were regarded as “muses.”

He said: “Women in society were breaking glass ceilings in very strict and male-oriented Greek society and we do know that they served not only as sexual escorts, but were similar to geishas and provided an element of culture. For that they were given gifts and part of the economy of gifts in Ancient Greece had to do with mirrors.”

The fact the remains were cremated also hinted at the woman’s origins, Stiebel said.

“Cremation is alien to this country and the religion,” he said, explaining that cremation is not only forbidden in Judaism but would not have been practiced by the Persian empire either, which occupied the region at that time.

“The tomb was found in the middle of nowhere, not near any village or farm or settlement, which suggests that she would have been connected with one of the military campaigns and dated to the time of Alexandra the Great or slightly later.

“We are suggesting that maybe she was with one of the generals.”

Stiebel went on to explain the significance of four iron nails found with the mirror and remains.

“Nails were used to protect the deceased and also to protect the living people from the dead. The bodies were literally nailed down to ensure they will not come back to the world of the living,” he said.

Stiebel said that the team are continuing with further research in order to “zoom in” on the finer details of the mirror.

He said: “We hope to shed more light on the origin of the production of the art and maybe shed more light on the history of the owner of the mirror, the general who bought it or where she came from.”

The research will be presented for the first time at an Israeli archaeology conference next month.

By Lianne Kolirin.

#Rare Bronze Mirror Found in 2300-Year-Old Grave of Greek Courtesan in Jerusalem #Ancient Greek courtesan #Kibbutz Ramat Rachel #ancient tomb #ancient grave #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #hellenistic period #persian empire #greek history

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didoofcarthage · 1 year

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Bas-relief of the head of a bearded man (perhaps Asclepius), likely a fragment from a larger object such as a vase, in a modern mount

Greek, Hellenistic, 1st or 2nd century B.C.

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Royal Collection Trust (acquired by King George III)

#bas-relief #sculpture #Ancient Greece #Hellenistic Period #Hellenistic art #ancient art #Asclepius #Greek #Hellenisticc #art #sardonyx #Royal Collection Trust

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precambria · 11 months

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“In the Meteorologica, Aristotle discusses the colours and the characteristics of the rainbow over several pages. He states that the three rainbow colours are foinikoun, prasinon and halourgon, roughly translated to red, green and bluish violet.“

Photographs from “Chromatic Variation in Late Antique Rainbows” in CLARA - Classical Art and Archaeology, vol. 7, 2021, 1-25

1. San Vitale, Ravenna. Segmented rainbow. Photograph: Bente Kiilerich. 2 & 3. Rotunda, Thessaloniki. Stars, floral wreath and rainbow border. Photograph: Bente Kiilerich. 4. Rainbow over Mykonos, late morning October 2010. Photograph: Bente Kiilerich.

#late antiquity #byzantine art #hellenistic period #my uploads

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asterotica · 1 year

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study of laocoon and his sons i did for some anatomy practice ⭑

pls don’t repost anywhere !!

#hellenistic period #hellenistic #statue study #greek statue #anatomy study #anatomy sketch #sketch #doodle #artists on tumblr #digital art #laocoon and his sons #laocoon #hellenistic statue #greek mythology #trojan war

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