Hellenic Dreams

THE STAFFORDSHIRE HOARD

The publication of this amazing archaeological discovery is now Open Access, check it out here! 

While it isn’t Classical archaeology (my main did), there are some amazing objects here (garnet studded gold? yes please) and there is even a wonderfully abbreviated passage of Latin from the Vulgate bible:

[S]URGE:DNE:DISEPENTURINIMICITUIE/T

[F]UGENT QUIODERUNTTEAFACIETUA

SURGE DNE DISEPINTUR [...MIC]ITUIE/TFUGIU[N/T]QUIO DE

[R]UNTTE AF ACIE TU[..]DIUIE NOS[.R.]

“The inscribed text is a rendering of a well-known Vulgate text, which appears in the following form in Numbers 10, 35: cumque elevaretur arca dicebat Moses surge Domine et dissipentur inimici tui et fugiant qui oderunt te a facie tua, 'When he had lifted up the ark, Moses said "Rise up, Lord, and may your enemies be dispersed and those who hate you flee from your face"'.” Source.

The Mountain Nymph Sweet Liberty 

The Echo 

Minnie Jane Hardman

Minnie Jane Hardman

Studies of the Discophoros (1882-1883)

EDWARD LEAR (2 OF 2)

Greek landscapes

Mostly know for his nonsense poems (The Owl and the Pussycat), Lear was a prolific and talented watercolourist. He visited Greece in 1848-9, and, both during and after his trip, created numerous sketches and watercolours. These show a variety of Greek landscapes, including the pass of Thermopylae.

EDWARD LEAR (1 of 2)

Athens: Three Views of the Acropolis (with Frankish tower still standing), and the Temple of Zeus (with later brickwork still on top).

Mostly know for his nonsense poems (The Owl and the Pussycat), Lear was a prolific and talented watercolourist. He visited Greece in 1848-9, and, both during and after his trip, created numerous sketches and watercolours. These show some views of Athens, around 15yrs after it was instated as the capital of Greece.