Tuesday, 3 October 2017

Learning History

Poul Anderson, Genesis (New York, 2001), Part Two, VI.

Athens built the Parthenon "...by misappropriating the treasury of the Delian League..." (p. 171)

"...winged Victories lined the balustrade before the sanctuary of Nike Apteros." (p. 172)

"...the two lingered at the Propylaea, its porticos, Ionics, Dorics, votive tablets in the Pinakotheka." (ibid.)

There is much more but breakfast is over and other tasks await.
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5 comments:

  1. Sean M. Brooks3 October 2017 at 17:36

    Kaor, Paul!

    VOTIVE tablets? I'm reminded of the tablets I've seen in the walls of Catholic and Anglican churches in England. Tablets placed there in memory of men lost in war, most often.

    Sean

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  2. S.M. Stirling4 October 2017 at 01:30

    There's a full-scale replica of the Parthenon in Tennessee. It's extremely impressive.

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    1. Sean M. Brooks4 October 2017 at 07:24

      Dear Mr. Stirling,

      I thought of that, but I wasn't sure where the replica of the Parthenon was located. I'll be looking it up.

      Sean

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  3. S.M. Stirling5 October 2017 at 01:43

    It's in the Centennial Park in Nashville; it was erected in 1897. Someday it will give archaeologists fits... 8-).

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    1. Sean M. Brooks5 October 2017 at 08:20

      Dear Mr. Stirling,

      Ha, ha!!! Maybe! And I did look up the replica of the Parthenon. The original replica was replaced with a concrete version in the 1920's.

      Sean

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