Didn't Fly Far

elaborate calligraphy by Edward Cocker 

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Temple of Zeus

Aizanoi, Turkey

2nd century CE

35 m × 53 m

The construction of the temple, which was the main religious sanctuary of the city, started in the last half of the 2nd century AD. The preserved inscriptions indicate that emperor Hadrian was responsible for its commission.

The temple stands on a many-stepped podium and was built of marble. It is surrounded by a peristasis in a pseudodipteral arrangement, originally with 15 Ionic columns on its long side and 8 on the short side. The podiom itself measures 33 X 37 meters. Nowadays, only the columns on the western and northern side are still standing.

The temple was dedicated to two deities. Zeus - the ruler of the Olympians - was worshipped in its aboveground section, and the underground part of the building was the place of Cybele cult. Stylistically, the part dedicated to Zeus was built in accordance with the Greek patterns and the underground section - with the Roman ones as the barrel vaults are clearly visible.

You’ve never met them in person.

You’ve never spoken on the phone.

You’ve never texted.

You’ve never emailed.

You may or may not know their name, but almost certainly not their last name.

However…

You know things about them that people they work with, their family, and close friends may not know.

They know the same about you.

You’re glad for them when things are going well, and worry about them during rough patches.

You share with others their writings, quotes that inspire them, images that move them, and they do the same.

John Green (via quotemadness)

”…a field of wheat turning yellow, surrounded by blackberry bushes and green shrubs. At the end of the field there is a little house with a tall somber cypress which stands out against the far-off hills with their violet-like and bluish tones, and against a sky the colour of forget-me-nots with pink streaks, whose pure hues form a contrast with the scorched ears, which are already heavy, and have the warm tones of a bread crust.“ 

Unknown  (via wnq-writers)

~sd~❥

(via sweetdarlin)

人との別れにおいてそこに何かしらの言葉が添えられることは少なくて、関係が薄れてから気づくことの方がほとんどですね。