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https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Meredith-Lucile/pages/215-wheel-of-ixion/
In Greek mythology, King Ixion was spared punishment by Zeus, but took advantage by trying to seduce his wife Hera, and was punished by being tied to a burning rotating wheel in the underworld for eternity.
The picture here is scanned from the 1882 book Lucile, by Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, in which it’s referenced as a reminder, a caution against illicit love.
#vintageArt #GreekMyth #ancientGreece #nakedMan #torture #wheel #snakes #fobo #GIMP #xsane
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https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Meredith-Lucile/pages/215-wheel-of-ixion/
In Greek mythology, King Ixion was spared punishment by Zeus, but took advantage by trying to seduce his wife Hera, and was punished by being tied to a burning rotating wheel in the underworld for eternity.
The picture here is scanned from the 1882 book Lucile, by Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, in which it’s referenced as a reminder, a caution against illicit love.
#vintageArt #GreekMyth #ancientGreece #nakedMan #torture #wheel #snakes #fobo #GIMP #xsane
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https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Meredith-Lucile/pages/215-wheel-of-ixion/
In Greek mythology, King Ixion was spared punishment by Zeus, but took advantage by trying to seduce his wife Hera, and was punished by being tied to a burning rotating wheel in the underworld for eternity.
The picture here is scanned from the 1882 book Lucile, by Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, in which it’s referenced as a reminder, a caution against illicit love.
#vintageArt #GreekMyth #ancientGreece #nakedMan #torture #wheel #snakes #fobo #GIMP #xsane
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https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Meredith-Lucile/pages/215-wheel-of-ixion/
In Greek mythology, King Ixion was spared punishment by Zeus, but took advantage by trying to seduce his wife Hera, and was punished by being tied to a burning rotating wheel in the underworld for eternity.
The picture here is scanned from the 1882 book Lucile, by Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, in which it’s referenced as a reminder, a caution against illicit love.
#vintageArt #GreekMyth #ancientGreece #nakedMan #torture #wheel #snakes #fobo #GIMP #xsane
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https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Meredith-Lucile/pages/215-wheel-of-ixion/
In Greek mythology, King Ixion was spared punishment by Zeus, but took advantage by trying to seduce his wife Hera, and was punished by being tied to a burning rotating wheel in the underworld for eternity.
The picture here is scanned from the 1882 book Lucile, by Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, in which it’s referenced as a reminder, a caution against illicit love.
#vintageArt #GreekMyth #ancientGreece #nakedMan #torture #wheel #snakes #fobo #GIMP #xsane
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Enduring landscapes of the Mediterranean. 🌊💮🍃🌊
3,500 years ago in the Minoan frescoes of Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Santorini (Thera), flowering plants were painted in vivid detail before being buried by volcanic ash.
Scholars have debated the identity of some of these plants.
#Arte #Art #History #SeaDaffodil #Lily #flora #Akrotiri #PancratiumMaritimum #GreekFlora #Botany #Archaeology #ArtHistory #AncientGreece #NaturePhotography #Mediterranean #papyrus #Aegean #Ionian
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Enduring landscapes of the Mediterranean. 🌊💮🍃🌊
3,500 years ago in the Minoan frescoes of Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Santorini (Thera), flowering plants were painted in vivid detail before being buried by volcanic ash.
Scholars have debated the identity of some of these plants.
#Arte #Art #History #SeaDaffodil #Lily #flora #Akrotiri #PancratiumMaritimum #GreekFlora #Botany #Archaeology #ArtHistory #AncientGreece #NaturePhotography #Mediterranean #papyrus #Aegean #Ionian
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Enduring landscapes of the Mediterranean. 🌊💮🍃🌊
3,500 years ago in the Minoan frescoes of Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Santorini (Thera), flowering plants were painted in vivid detail before being buried by volcanic ash.
Scholars have debated the identity of some of these plants.
#Arte #Art #History #SeaDaffodil #Lily #flora #Akrotiri #PancratiumMaritimum #GreekFlora #Botany #Archaeology #ArtHistory #AncientGreece #NaturePhotography #Mediterranean #papyrus #Aegean #Ionian
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Enduring landscapes of the Mediterranean. 🌊💮🍃🌊
3,500 years ago in the Minoan frescoes of Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Santorini (Thera), flowering plants were painted in vivid detail before being buried by volcanic ash.
Scholars have debated the identity of some of these plants.
#Arte #Art #History #SeaDaffodil #Lily #flora #Akrotiri #PancratiumMaritimum #GreekFlora #Botany #Archaeology #ArtHistory #AncientGreece #NaturePhotography #Mediterranean #papyrus #Aegean #Ionian
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Enduring landscapes of the Mediterranean. 🌊💮🍃🌊
3,500 years ago in the Minoan frescoes of Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Santorini (Thera), flowering plants were painted in vivid detail before being buried by volcanic ash.
Scholars have debated the identity of some of these plants.
#Arte #Art #History #SeaDaffodil #Lily #flora #Akrotiri #PancratiumMaritimum #GreekFlora #Botany #Archaeology #ArtHistory #AncientGreece #NaturePhotography #Mediterranean #papyrus #Aegean #Ionian
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Our interview with GreekMythComix about “You Are Odysseus” is out now wherever you enjoy excellent podcasts.
We get into all the nitty-gritty Homeric topics, including the role of aidos and kudos when thinking about kleos (glory).
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Our interview with GreekMythComix about “You Are Odysseus” is out now wherever you enjoy excellent podcasts.
We get into all the nitty-gritty Homeric topics, including the role of aidos and kudos when thinking about kleos (glory).
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Our interview with GreekMythComix about “You Are Odysseus” is out now wherever you enjoy excellent podcasts.
We get into all the nitty-gritty Homeric topics, including the role of aidos and kudos when thinking about kleos (glory).
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Our interview with GreekMythComix about “You Are Odysseus” is out now wherever you enjoy excellent podcasts.
We get into all the nitty-gritty Homeric topics, including the role of aidos and kudos when thinking about kleos (glory).
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Our interview with GreekMythComix about “You Are Odysseus” is out now wherever you enjoy excellent podcasts.
We get into all the nitty-gritty Homeric topics, including the role of aidos and kudos when thinking about kleos (glory).
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💫 AMAZING REVELATION: The Helmet of Miltiades, Symbol of a Famous Ancient Greek Warrior
📈 Trending with 100K+ readers! You won't believe what they found! 😱
https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/magnificent-helmet-greek-warrior-miltiades-006455
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #AncientGreece #GreekMythology #Artifacts #Archaeological #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Civilization -
⭐ MUST READ: Seductive Sirens of Greek Mythology and How Heroes Resisted Them
📈 Trending with 100K+ readers! Share your thoughts below! 💭
https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/sirens-greek-mythology-008198
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #AncientGreece #GreekMythology #Legends #Mythology #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Incredible -
⏱️ NEW: #Ctesibius, a Greek inventor of the 3rd century BCE, turned the ancient #clepsydra into an automated #water clock.
A feeding reservoir steadied the flow, while a siphon reset the cycle each day and a floating marker tracked daylight hours. It beat every clock on #Earth until 1656, when the pendulum arrived.
#ancientgreece #greece #history #science #invention #engineering #automation #technology #tech
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AO THROWBACK: Aphrodite: The True Origins of the Greek Goddess of Love, Sex, and Beauty
📈 Trending with 100K+ readers! Share your thoughts below! 💭
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news/aphrodite-true-origins-greek-goddess-love-sex-and-beauty-002170
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #AncientGreece #GreekMythology #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Past #HistoryFacts #Heritage -
?? EXPLOSIVE DISCOVERY: Serapis: God of Fertility and the Afterlife that United Greeks and Egyptians
?? Trending with 100K+ readers! The truth is stranger than fiction! ?
https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-africa/serapis-god-fertility-and-afterlife-united-greeks-and-egyptians-004084
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #AncientEgypt #Pharaohs #AncientGreece #GreekMythology #Legends #Mythology #HumanOrigins -
?? EXPLOSIVE DISCOVERY: Brazen Bull: Gruesome Ancient Greek Torture Device Turned Screams into "Music'
?? Trending with 100K+ readers! The past holds incredible secrets! ??
https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-technology/brazen-bull-gruesome-ancient-greek-torture-device-turned-screams-music-021359
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #AncientGreece #GreekMythology #Artifacts #Archaeological #HumanOrigins #Evolution #DidYouKnow -
AO THROWBACK: More than fifty ancient Greek inventions brought to life through incredible reconstructions
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https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-general/more-fifty-ancient-greek-inventions-brought-life-through-incredible-reconstructions
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #AncientGreece #GreekMythology #HumanOrigins #Evolution #MustRead #Culture #Heritage -
?? AMAZING REVELATION: The Legendary Erinyes or Furies of Ancient Greek Mythology
?? Trending with 100K+ readers! History just got more interesting! ??
https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/legendary-erinyes-or-furies-ancient-greek-mythology-002261
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #AncientGreece #GreekMythology #Legends #Mythology #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Past -
Pythagoras: The Man, The Myth, The Mathematician
Pythagoras (c. 570–495 BCE) is one of history's most enigmatic figures. We know him for a² + b² = c², but his legacy is far stranger: a fusion of rigorous mathematics, religious mysticism, and political revolution. He didn't just discover a formula; he proposed that mathematics is the language of reality itself.
The Journey of Wisdom
Born on the island of Samos, Pythagoras didn't stay put. He traveled to Egypt and Babylon, absorbing geometry from priests and astronomy from scholars. He synthesized these traditions into a radical idea: Numbers are universal. They don't change based on culture or gods. This insight birthed the concept of universal truth accessible through reason—the foundation of science.
The Pythagorean School
In Croton (Southern Italy), he founded a community that was part university, part monastery.
Radical Inclusivity: He accepted women as students (like Theano and Damo), believing intellect transcended gender.
Communal Life: Members shared possessions, lived together, and followed strict dietary rules (famously avoiding beans—reasons vary from soul-transmigration to flatulence).
Secret Knowledge: An inner circle (mathematikoi) mastered advanced proofs, while outsiders (akousmatikoi) listened in silence.
The Mathematical Revolution
Proof over Observation: While Babylonians knew the theorem, Pythagoras provided the first logical proof. This shifted math from practical measurement to eternal certainty.
Music & Math: He discovered that musical harmony follows simple ratios (2:1 for octaves, 3:2 for fifths). This proved that beauty has a mathematical structure.
Irrational Numbers: His own followers discovered √2 cannot be expressed as a fraction. Legend says they drowned the discoverer (Hippasus) because it shattered their worldview that "all is number." Yet, the math survived.
Mysticism & The Soul
Pythagoras was also a mystic. He taught metempsychosis (reincarnation), believing souls cycle through animals and humans. This led to vegetarianism and a deep reverence for all life. He saw the Tetractys (a triangle of 10 dots) as a sacred symbol of cosmic order. To him, math wasn't cold calculation—it was theology.
The Fall & The Legacy
His political influence in Croton sparked a violent backlash around 510 BCE. The school was burned, members killed, and Pythagoras fled to Metapontum, dying in exile. But his ideas survived.
Plato absorbed Pythagorean math and mysticism.
Euclid codified the method of proof.
Modern Science rests on the Pythagorean assumption that the universe is rational and mathematical.
Why He Matters Today
Pythagoras reminds us that truth is discoverable. Whether in GPS navigation (using his theorem), cryptography (using number theory), or music production (using harmonic ratios), his vision persists. He showed that the universe isn't chaos—it's a symphony of numbers waiting to be understood.
#Pythagoras #Mathematics #Philosophy #AncientGreece #Tetrapharmakos #MusicTheory #IrrationalNumbers #Reincarnation #ScienceHistory #Pleroma #Fediverse #MathematicalUniverse #LegacyOfReason #TheManTheMyth #Croton -
Things weren't always so bad for women in #AncientGreece. In the #ArchaicAge, they had a little more freedom -- but not as much as women in nearby #Sparta or #Crete...
Women's Occupations in Ancient Greece
In the Archaic Age, young women “were apparently not kept in physical seclusion, and had a reasonable degree of movement” (Blundell, 69) but were still always accompanied by other women, and were #veiled.
As ancient Greece moved into the Athenian age, public institutions (with the exception of some religious ones), “were male-dominated and revolved around characteristically male activities – #politics, #warfare, #athletics and #drinking parties” (Blundell, 76).
The only choices women had were to be #enslaved, #married, become #hetaerae (#prostitutes), or hold “sacred service roles” [#priesthood] (Connelly, 31) – though most religious positions were hereditary or reserved for the wealthy.
But after that, women’s domain was pretty much limited to the household where “they were entirely responsible for the production of textiles” (Blundell, 71) and food preparation. The only time women could leave the home was to perform religious activities.
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Ten years at war away from home,
Plus ten years on the sea, I roam
And wander as a fugitive.
I haven’t lost the will to live,
But I’ve lost count how many times
I paid for my unholy crimes
Or missed the mark (or some say sinned)
…It started with a bag of wind.#riddlepoems #poetry #smallpoems #poetrycommunity #literature #epic #herosjourney #greekmythology #mythology #myth #legend #ancientgreece