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ὦ παῖδες Ἑλλήνων ἴτε..
ὦ παῖδες Ἑλλήνων ἴτε
ἐλευθεροῦτε πατρίδ᾽, ἐλευθεροῦτε δὲ
παῖδας, γυναῖκας, θεῶν τέ πατρῴων ἕδη,
θήκας τε προγόνων: νῦν ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀγών.
O children of the Greeks, go,
free your homeland, free also
your children, your wives, the temples of your fathers’ gods,
and the tombs of your ancestors: now the struggle is for all things.
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Reconstruction
The east pediment of the Parthenon celebrates the triumph of man as the measure of all things, and the immortality of Athena who inspired the post-Flood rebellion. She stands next to Zeus as Nike confronts the 3 Fates: Clotho who spins the thread of life, Lachesis who measures it, and Atropos who cuts it.
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LOGOS
«Αρχή σοφίας, η των ονομάτων επίσκεψις»
“The principle of wisdom lies in the study of words.”
- Antisthenes (ca 445-365 BC)
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”Almost every era and cultural stage has at some point sought in an profoundly ill-tempered frame of mind to free itself of the Greeks, because in comparison with the Greeks, all their own achievements, apparently fully ( Read more... ) -
Prayer to the Great Owl-Eyed ♥
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tama ♥ 🍬
My TamagotchixMeets Sweets showed up from Japan; coincidentally, I just found out I’ve finished paying off my student loans. Some good news is always welcome, a little victory gift to myself doesn’t hurt either.
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Summer Solstice !
Nostalgia.
It’s delicate but potent.
In Greek, “nostalgia” literally means “the pain of the return”.
From Ancient Greek νόστος (=επιστροφή) + ἄλγος (=πόνος).
It’s a twinge in your heart, far more powerful than memory alone.
A strong feeling. It takes you to a place where we ache to go again.
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In answer to the man who expressed surprise at the plainness of the clothes and the fare both of himself and of the other Spartans, he said, "From this mode of life, my friend, we reap a harvest of liberty."
--Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans: "Agesilaus," tr. Frank Cole Babbitt
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