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plangentia · 4 months

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postcards from ancient corinth

#corinth #greece #my photography #temple of apollo #my dissertation!!#ruins 🏛️

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unteriors · 4 months

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Meadow Road, Corinth, Maine.

#Corinth #Maine

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illustratus · 2 months

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Sisyphus by Titian

#sisyphus #titian #art #greek mythology #mythological #mythology #ancient greek #ancient greece #homer #history #classical antiquity #europe #european #mediterranean #gods #ephyra #boulder #sisyphean #corinth

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the-puffinry · 7 months

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Arybalos in shape rooster. Imported Corinthian vessel, ca 600(?) BC. Archaeological museum of Paros.

#LOOK AT HIM i love corinthian plastic ware #corinth #ancient greece #chickens #ceramics

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lovelylittlelosers · 1 year

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🚨 TOP TEN ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN (Hellenic) POTTERY SHAPES (and their best in show) 🚨

A lot of these are going to be from Athens. This isn’t because Athens is the best polis at pottery, but because most of the surviving material culture from Greek antiquity was found in Athens. This is just the facts of classics, deal with it.

10. The Oinochoe ⭐️⭐️

This is just a pitcher. A boring boring pitcher used to pour wine. It could have been so much more. where’s the flare? I have nothing left to say.

Best in show: Wtf is he doin with that hog? Wheelbarrow racing? Just kidding, this is actually Herakles defeating that boar and bringing it to Athena. which is cool but its still just a fucking pitcher. (~510 BCE Athens)

9. The Alabastron ⭐️⭐️⭐️

It’s a little vial/jug that holds oils and perfumes. BORING. Do more, be better. Alabastra are the type of vase that wouldn’t stand a chance in a fist fight. I need a bad bitch piece of pottery and this shit isn't cutting it.

Best in show: This Etruscan alabastron. She’s cute! I too like to paint little cats. (620-590 BCE, Corinth)

8. The Amphora ⭐️⭐️⭐️

She’s tried and true. She’s a classic. She’s basic as hell. Amphorai have many uses but mainly they’re just glorified modern kitchen Pyrex. They just contain shit. Grains? ✔️ Oil? ✔️ Human Ashes? ✔️ Multipurpose icon, but it’s also the only pottery type with its own emoji 🏺 so she’s too mainstream for my taste. All my homies appreciate the amphora, but it’s never gonna be top 5.

Best in show: Exekias’ pot of mythic warriors Achilles and Ajax playing a lil game. How fun! I love a game night. (~540 BCE Athens)

7. The Stamnos ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

The amphora’s cooler cousin. stamnoi are bad bitches all around. They’re stouter and are made to hold liquids like water and wine (and sometimes as diluting vessels.) They have the same powerful vibe as amphorai but they’re more underground, you’ve probably never heard of them before.

Best in show: Listen. Is she a little flawed? Yes. Is she serving cunt? Kinda. This stamnos depicts Dionysus and his maenads and satyrs! Rad as hell. (370–360 BCE Etruscan)

6. The Volute Krater ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Kraters are wine mixing pots where water is added to super concentrated wines to make them actually drinkable. Kraters have many different styles but the best of them is the Volute Krater - just like a normal krater, but with fancier handles. They’ve got a very classic look I think, I’d want to hang out with one they seem like they have really expensive and classy tastes. The sugar mommy of ancient pottery.

Best in show: What a pretty mother fucker. (~320 BCE Etruscan).

5. The Lebes Gamikos ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

So... This one is really weird looking and also really pretty. Has maybe the least practical lid I’ve ever seen but who can even blame it when it looks that pretty? A lebes would have been used as a cooking pot. A COOKING POT. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHIPPING THIS BITCH OUT TO MAKE MAC AND CHEESE????

Best in show: TO COOK WITH??????????? It’s got Eros on it and a smaller decorative lebes as the handle. So extra and for what? (350 - 325 BCE Apulia.)

4. The Loutrophorus ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

These guys are tall and skinny and potters liked to go ham on the handles. They were ceremonial vases that held water. They’re just really impressive. I mean just look at it. Potters and Painters got to go crazy on these things because they were only really used for big and important rituals and events so they could be as fancy and special as they wanted.

Best in show: I mean,,,, come on folks. This piece has the head of a woman on the lid and each side is decorated with tons of gods and goddesses. It is ornate, it was expensive, it is a fucking queen. (330 BCE)

3. The Kylix ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Perhaps a little over rated but definitely not as overhyped as the amphora, the kylix is a wide shallow pot used for sippin’ on drinks in super style. They have painted eyes and when you drink from them the eyes become part of your face and the handles look like ears. This is life changing information. These bitches are big and dramatic, much like me. They were really popular in Mycenean Greece (before the dark ages that birthed the classical Hellenic period we all know and love -- the ancient Greece of ancient Greece) which just screams Scorpio energy; how mysterious and cool of them. These baddies have art not just on the outside, but the inside too!

Best in show: Reminds me of that crazy look anime characters get when they’re about to go off the rails (~510 BCE Athens.) a second less cool kylix is also pictured to show you what they would look like when you drank from them. Hilarious.

2. The Pyxis ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Pyxides are the unsung hero of ancient pottery. Most pottery charts will not feature them. But Pyxides are a girl’s best friend.

The pyxis serves as a little jewelry box, a little box for all your trinkets, a little makeup kit. This is the fun type of versatility (👀🏺 get good amphora) These little guys sit on your ancient vanity and open up from the top with a fun shaped handle. Because they were made for women we get a lot of cool insights on women’s lives (and a lot of wedding stuff) in antiquity from these little guys!

Best in show: THIS pyxis depicting a bride preparing for her wedding. Outside she takes a little bath with Eros (winged god of love who later becomes our modern Cupid) and inside he sits on her lap. Talk about a wing man! (~410 BCE Athens.)

1. The Kantharos ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

If you don’t think a kantharos could steal your girl you’re wrong. These bitches have everything you could ever look for. They’re smaller drinking cups that were most likely used for rituals due to how crazy ornate most of them are. Some of them are even molded to look like heads, that is simultaneously really badass and also very unserious!!

Best(s) in show: A classic ornate kantharos with silver plating depicting the death of Orpheus and the kidnapping of Helen. Look at how fucking GORGEOUS it is (~415 BC.) And a head kantharos (also called a janiform kantharos as they have two faces!) of a satyr and a woman. Imagine drinking from this I would feel so powerful (420 B.C. Athens.)

#guess my special interest #ancient greece #archaeology #classics #etruscan #athens #corinth

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beatricecenci · 7 months

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Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, 1593-1653)

Medea

#Baroque #Artemisia Gentileschi #Italian Art #Art #Female Artists #Corinth #Corinthia #Peloponnese #Greece #Mediterranean

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artthatgivesmefeelings · 7 months

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Tony Robert-Fleury (French, 1837-1912) The Last Day of Corinth, 1870 Musée d'Orsay

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escapism-from-the-real-world · 3 months

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Something I thought about recently about power rangers RPM is that we don’t really know how long Ziggy and Dillon were out in the wastes together.

Could’ve been a day

Could’ve been a week

Probably wasn’t a month, but it could’ve

Because we just don’t know

Furthermore, I think it would be incredibly funny if they did only spend like a day together in the wastes because it means that Dillon looked at the small, scruffy, Adhd gremlin that is Ziggy Grover who almost got his ass beat in prison with terrible jokes and sarcastic quips, with his silly little shadow puppets and went

“That one. I want that one.”

It gets even more funny the shorter the amount of time they spent driving into Corinth together because it just means that Dillon, who canonically gets attached to people pretty quick and really hard (get out of here with that “you guys are the answer. I’m just looking for the question” bullshit, you’re gonna make me cry), found the first scrawny, barely making it human being he maybe has ever remembered meeting and adopted him immediately.

Hilarious. Peak comedy. Love these dorks with all my heart.

#power rangers #power rangers rpm #dillon #ziggy grover #funny #corinth

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ancientorigins · 3 months

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The lost city of Tenea, believed to be built by prisoners of the legendary Trojan War, has been uncovered in Chiliomodi, Corinth, thanks to the meticulous efforts of Dr. Elena Korkas and her team.

Once just a legend, Tenea is now a reality, revealing its secrets from beneath the earth. The city thrived in an ideal location south of the ancient port of Corinth.

Initial discoveries included 3000-year-old houses, distinctive architectural features, and pottery that traces back to the 4th century BC. But the surprises didn't stop there! The team have now unearthed a section of Hadrian's aqueduct, a monumental hydraulic project of the 2nd century AD, marking a significant development in ancient engineering.

Perhaps the most stunning find? A hoard of 29 rare ancient Greek silver coins, along with personal artifacts like a miniature vase and a figurine of a horse with a rider. These treasures paint a picture of a prosperous and culturally rich society.

#Troy #Corinth #lost city #Roman cities #hoard #coins #ancient #history #ancient origins

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wordsmithic · 7 months

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An attempt at conveying a historically accurate rendition of Ancient Greek music based on our knowledge of it. Music by Dimitris Athanasopoulos of the One Man's Noise channel, and arrangement by Farya Faraji.

The music is based on a recording Dimitris made, improvising on reed instruments called aulos in Antiquity. Farya Faraji added the sound of a varvitos lyre, as well as drums and cymbals.

The main melody employs the chromatic genus of Ancient Greek modality. Farya Faraji added to it a drone on the lyre and aulos that repeats the tonic, something very common within horizontal, monophonic/heterophonic traditions like that of Ancient Greece.

#once again fantastic work from perhaps the only xenos who's gotten down so good our folk music so far!#And I am so happy Farya works with Greek musicians for a great result!#hellas #hellenismos #greek music #greek tradition #korinthos #corinth #Youtube

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thebrthofvns · 8 months

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greece, as seen through my digital camera

temple of nemean zeus

ancient korinth

temple of aphaia

parthenon

#greece #ancient greece #classics #nemea #athens #korinth #corinth #aphaia #acropolis #greek mythology #greek temples #greek posts

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romegreeceart · 11 months

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Terracotta horseman

* Made in Corinth, about 550-530 BCE

* Said to be from Athens

* British Museum

London, June 2022

#figurine #Corinth #Athens #6th century BCE #ancient #art #terracotta #animal #horse #British Museum #my photo

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chic-a-gigot · 1 year

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La Mode illustrée, no. 11, 13 mars 1881, Paris. Robe en satin uni et satin broché. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney

La jupe est en satin uni nuance raisin de Çorinthe. Corsage et draperie en satin broché fond raisin de Corinthe avec fleurs de couleurs vives. Le corsage, ouvert en carré, est garni sur l'encolure d'une ruche froncée faite en même étoffe. Le bord inférieur du corsage est découpé selon les indications du dessin, puis liséré de satin uni. Manches demi-longues en gaze brochée, ornée de volants en même étoffe et de rubans en satin nuance raisin de Corinthe, Une draperie en tulle garnit l'intérieur de l'encolure.

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The skirt is in plain Çorinth grape shade satin. Bodice and drapery in brocaded satin currant background with brightly colored flowers. The bodice, open in a square, is trimmed on the neckline with a gathered ruffle made of the same fabric. The lower edge of the bodice is cut according to the indications of the drawing, then bordered with plain satin. Half-long sleeves in brocaded gauze, adorned with flounces in the same fabric and satin ribbons in a currant shade, A tulle drapery adorns the inside of the neckline.

#La Mode illustrée #19th century #1800s #1880s #1881 #periodical #fashion #fashion plate #retouch #description #Forney #dress #satin #drapery #brocade #cuirasses #Corinth #tulle

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the-puffinry · 6 months

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Perfume vase (aryballos) with birds and rosettes Proto-Corinthian Period, 720–700 B.C.

#guess what time it is. time to look at some more ancient birds HELL YEAH #ceramics #ancient greece #corinth

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whencyclopedia · 1 year

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CORINTH was a Greek, Hellenistic and Roman city located on the isthmus which connects mainland Greece with the Peloponnese. Surrounded by fertile plains and blessed with natural springs, ancient Corinth was a centre of trade, had a naval fleet and participated in various Greek wars.

In the Roman period, Corinth was a major colony and for over a millennium, it was rarely out of the limelight. The city was famously visited by the Apostle Paul c. 51 CE. Today, the ancient city lies in ruins but there still stands an impressive temple dedicated to Apollo.