#classical greece

bernardcreely:

From The Parthenon c. 447 BC-432 BC British Museum

via-appia:

Greek sculpture from the Classical Period at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

Sing, O muse, of the rage of Anakin Skywalker, that brought countless ills far, far across the wine dark sea.

I love it when Star Wars is Ancient Greece.

Richly crowned Aphrodite, the laughter loving foam-walker and mother of desire. 

Previous Olympians in the series:

Athene

Hades & Persephone

Demeter

A Lapith Fighting a Centaur, Greece (447-432 BCE)

The Spear Carrier, Roman copy of Greek original

Statue of Zeus or Poseidon, Greece (c.460 BCE)

Discobolus (The Discus Thrower), Roman copy of Greek original

Ancient Science

Empedocles (pictured), born in around 494 BCE, spoke of four unchangeable elements—fire, air, water, and earth—which are pulled into war between two divine powers, Love and Strife. The result of this constant war is a unity of opposites. In comparison to our theories now, ideas from the past can sound bizarre—even fantastical. But we’re always in debt to the past.

We reap the benefits of generations of thinkers who philosophised and recorded their findings before us. Fragments of verse and poem were handed between generations. Songs were shared. Sheets were stained with quill, pencil, and pen. Even if only a fraction remains, we deduce and speculate.

Read more here.

Cycladic aesthetics

Naxos island
Church, the holy temple of Goddess Demetra and buildings

lionofchaeronea:

The goddess Thetis, riding a hippocampus (seahorse), delivers newly forged arms to her son Achilles. Mosaic from the main andron of the House of the Mosaics, Eretria, artist unknown; ca. 400-350 BCE.