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Dec 4

The Upper Peirene ancient cistern of Ancient Corinth.

Acrocorinth (upper Corinth), Greece

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In a local myth (Description of Greece, Pausanias), Briareus, one of the Hecatonchires, was the arbitrator in a dispute between Poseidon and Helios, between sea and sun: he adjudged the Isthmus of Corinth to belong to Poseidon and the acropolis of Corinth to be sacred to Helios.

Acrocorinth (the acropolis of Corinth)- continuously occupied from archaic times to the early 19th century- rises about 1800 feet above the surrounding plain. At the highest summit once was the Temple of Aphrodite ( famous for its alleged temple prostitution).

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Dec 3

Detail from the "Ship procession" fresco of room 5 of the West House in Thera(Santorini).
Created almost 4,000 years ago, a masterpiece of the Aegean #BronzeAge.

National Archaeological Museum, Athens
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Since its discovery in the 1970s these frescoes have been causing discussion between archaeologists about the sort of the depiction.
Covering the 3 sides of a room is approximately 12m long and 43 cm wide.

Here: a town with visible Minoan influence and the characteristic elements of Akrotiri (in the island of Thera) architecture, such as the flat roofs and multiple storeys.
It could be the island of Santorini, Crete or some other place?

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Dec 2

Byzantine #mosaic of Virgin Mary holding baby Christ in her lap. There are "The Mother of God" monograms around them. 10th c. CE

South door in the vestibule of #HagiaSophia, Istanbul

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To our right, Constantine the Great as a saint while crowned with the imperial stemma, carries the City that bares his name and offers it to the Virgin Mary.

The inscription reads - Constantine, the Great Emperor amongst the saints. (ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟC Ο ΕΝ ΑΓΙΟΙC ΜΕΓΑC ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥC ).

To our left, Justinian the First; also with a halo and the imperial stemma (crown). Justinian is holding the church of Hagia Sophia and offers it to the Virgin Mary.
The inscription reads - "Justinian Emperor of illustrious memory" ( ΙΟΥΣΤΙΝΙΑΝΟC Ο ΑΟΙΔΙΜOC ΒΑCIΛΕΥC)

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Dec 1

Detail from the Derveni #Krater (ritual wine-mixing vessel) used as a funeral urn for a Thessalian aristocrat, Astiouneios, son of Anaxagoras from Larissa.

Discovered in 1962 at Derveni/Thessaloniki
©Kevin Norman
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Satyrs and Meneads seated on the shoulder of the vase. Satyrs and Meneads are the traditional company of Dionysus (Bacchic thiasos), the god of wine, rebirth, fertility, ecstatic rituals etc

Derveni Krater is considered a masterpiece of Hellenistic art, 4th c. BCE

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On the belly, the frieze is devoted to Ariadne and Dionysus, surrounded by revelling satyrs and maenads of the ecstatic retinue. The faces of underworld deities decorating the handles while snakes wrapping their bodies around them.

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Nov 26

The Tholos of the sanctuary of Athena Pronaia is perhaps the most characteristic monument at Delphi and the most important building of this small sanctuary. Located between the later temple of Athena and the Treasury of Massalia (Marseille).
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Tholos means simply "vaulted" since the purpose of the building its still unknown. It is thought to have been connected with chthonic cults.
The site of Delphi was sacred to the earth goddess Gaia in the very ancient times. Pausanias (2nd c. CE) does not refer to it as a temple.

This site isn't located within the main site of Delphi but lies just a little further away.
Pronaia means "the one before". The one Goddess before reaching the main Temple and Oracle of Apollo...and it was the first one met by the visitor who came on foot from the eastern road.

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Nov 24

A map of administrative divisions of the Eastern Roman #Empire and number of their cities.

The #Byzantine geographer Hierocles listed 912 cities in the Empire among the 64 Eparchies.

(Zoom in for better reading)
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Synecdemus was written during the reign of Justinian but prior to 535 AD. It is an unparalleled source of information for the geography of the Byzantine world.

The map:awmc.unc.edu/awmc/applicati…

Hierocles separated the administrative divisions "under the Basileus of Romaion ruled from Constantinople" from the "administrative divisions under Rome (city)"
(The list) recogito.pelagios.org/document/9xeul…

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