‘Ariadne - true story’
So, these are the consequences of my vacation in Crete 👹
The alternative version of the myth of Ariadne and Theseus…
Cheers!
work process:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/BZwWA
The Greek Illiad: The Greeks go to war with the Trojans over the most beautiful woman on earth
The Irish Illiad: An Irish civil war over a fair sized bull with a good pedigree
Classical Greek Greetings
As most students of Classical Greek know, you can learn the language, read much of the writings available to us, and still have no clue how in the world the ancient Greeks said hello/goodbye.
However, although not often explicitly taught, we do know some common greetings from the Classical world. Here are some in Greek:
Ἀσπάζομαι (Aspazomai) - a verb meaning to greet or welcome kindly, can be simply used to mean “Greetings!” or “Welcome!”
More commonly, however, Kaire (Χαῖρε) is used, Kairete when referring to a group of people. This is generic way of conveying greetings, and can be added to with adjectives of amounts, such as Polla (πολλά) which means much, many.
Other greetings may include sayings such as “hope you are well!” or “how you doin?”
εὔχομαι σε ὑγιαίνειν (eukomai se ugiainein) “I pray you to be well”
Πῶς ἐχεῖς; (Pos Ekeis) “How are you doing?“
Πράσσεις; (Prasseis?) “How are you? [Koine]”
And to say goodbye was also often a wish for the good health of the other party, as in:
ἔρρωσο (Erroso) “Be well/strong!” (pl. ἔρρωσθε)
or
εὐτύχει (Eutukei) “Be prosperous!” (pl. εὐτυχεῖτε)
Most information found at this helpful site (also has Latin)
still worship Zeus - Documentary on Modern Hellenic Polytheism
The stories of Hellenic Pagans in modern Greece, from archaeologists to clergy, families, native Greeks and ex patriots. They describe their their relationships with the Gods, and provide an inside look at modern temples and reconstructed rites. The film also discusses the discrimination and legal challenges they face from the Greek Orthodox Church and Greek government.
I soon made up my mind about the poets. I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled them to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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| — | Socrates |
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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| — | Plato (via lithiumeyes13) |
