Tag: ancient Greece
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What is even happening to us? Review: Jeff Sharlet, The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War
What is even happening to us? A review of Jeff Sharlet’s The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War. An important book, well researched, judiciously written: this glimpse of reality is disturbing, but it is necessary.
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Greek Pottery: Soldier-Head Aryballos (E. Greek, 600-575BCE)
A surprisingly adorable hoplite-headed Eastern Greek oil flask, c600-575BCE.
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The Oaks are our mothers (Zonas of Sardis, AP 9.312, 1st CE)
A translation of an unusual epigram attributed to Zonas of Sardis advising against chopping down oaks.
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Greek Pottery: Milesian Heron-Shaped Perfume Bottle
A perfume bottle shaped like a heron from Miletus, c580!
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A Couple Birds from Archaic Cyprus!
Two birds from archaic Cyprus, one possibly a hornbill-like bird(?), on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Reintegrating with Nature: Humans, Nature, and Hermes in Archaic and Classical Greece
If you’ve ever encountered a predatory animal while hiking, you’ve felt the need for Hermes’ powers. Hermes it was who first laid the paths to get around by land and who kept them safe for human-use following Herakles’ heroic efforts against the beasts of the past like the Nemean Lion and the Hydra. If you’ve…
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Special Series: Reintegrating with Nature
An introduction to the series on reintegrating with nature as individuals and as a species, as well as how we got to this point of removal from the natural worlds to which we belong.
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