Very cool ! ΖΕΥΣ - Zeus - with Dionysus (ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΣ) emerging from the left leg, depicted in the manner of a Byzantine Emperor. You can tell this via not only the obvious (the Throne…), but also the more intricate details - the red footwear (with pearls!) is the 'Tzangia' (τζαγγία) which was very strongly associated … Continue reading A Byzantine Icon Of Zeus ?
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The Indo-European Cosmology – A Brief Guided Tour : Part One – Ritual Space And The Radiating Law
Two areas I have long intended to direct more effort towards extolling - are Indo-European Cosmology and Ritual. Both are fascinating, and as it happens, quite fundamentally coterminous much of the time. However, they're also both huge - and so instead of a series of five-to-fifty-thousand wor(l)d plus megaliths, I thought I'd try something a … Continue reading The Indo-European Cosmology – A Brief Guided Tour : Part One – Ritual Space And The Radiating Law
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