Pottery: red-figured calyx-krater (wine-bowl). Designs red on black ground, with white accessories; Etruscan style. Below the designs, palmettos. (a) Suicide of Ajax (Aivas): Ajax, nude and bearded, wearing a wreath, is fallen on his knees to left over his sword, which comes out through his body by his left shoulder; blood is visible round the wound and the handle of the sword. On the left is his shield; above, a garment with border of dots suspended on two pegs. On the right are a large sheath suspended by a white band, a tree-stump, and a garment suspended on two pegs. The scene takes place in Ajax’s tent; the ground is indicated below. Above Ajax is painted a retrograde inscription in white.
This isn’t an especially compelling mural, but Google Translate decided to translate its source, “La tombe de Patron,” as “The Boss’s Tomb” and that’s pretty funny.
[ID: A square piece of masonry on which is painted a mural; the mural features two individuals, one draped in what appears to be a tunica (a long women’s tunic) and the other in a short chiton, of the kind normally worn by young men and women. The chiton-wearing individual has a tool of some kind, what looks like a threshing staff, slung over one shoulder. The Louvre cannot identify either person’s gender, and the mural is heavily damaged.]
The olive tree of Vouves, on Crete. This tree, which has a trunk 15 feet in diameter, is at least 2,000 years old, and likely 2,900 years old, based on the graveyard found nearby. This tree likely lived through the writing of the Iliad, the golden age of Athens, the rise of the Roman Empire, and the birth of Christ – and then lived for 2,000 years after that. It still produces olives, as well!
Imagine that the ancient was thrown into the soup and was thought a failure, but thousands of years later they crawl back out? Plaguebringer is gonna be handing out ‘number one child’ trophies and ribbons to her ancients tomorrow while mirrors cry in the corner.
come and join me on twitch while we dive back into Planet Zoo and work some more on my 4000BC Egyptian inspired zoo called Abayomi Reserve https://www.twitch.tv/dewofthesea/
