DIonysia's Journals
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MY SUB-TROPICAL GARDEN
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| I wouldn't have written here at all but for Michaele's kind note after reading "My Subtroplical Garden" below. So I thanked her, and wrote back this... |
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Among my Eccentricities...
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| St. Patrick's Day Special: A quiz on St. Patrick?
True of False? Fact or Fiction/Myth/Blarney?
St. Patrick...
- banished the snakes from Irel... |
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My secret life at AW's wild parties
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WOW! This seductive green-colored, absinth-flavored drink seems to be changing me from my sedate, scholarly self into something really WILD! ... |
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Welcome to my Oikos (Home)! Click on my Library, watched over by my pet sphinx, to see my 50+ articles and 300+ illustrated posts. (Clicking on the word "Groups" below them shows recent posts in each.) My Library is also my Studio and Workshop, where you can see some of them still in various stages of construction, destruction, reconstruction, even deconstruction! Whatever. It's all "very instructive." Especially for me!
 Boy from Marathon Bay. Bronze. Height 4 ft, 3 in. Late 4th c BC. Athens, National Museum.
WHO IS HE? AND WHAT IS HE LOOKING AT?
Here, from the sea, from a wreck, comes a bronze boy to show how graceful, clean-cut and free-flowing the unimpeded lines of a Praxitelian nude can be. Here, where the thin and hollow bronze needs neither strut nor counterweight, neither massive draped vase nor tree stump to anchor it, some close follower of Praxiteles has, with exquisite sensitivity, delicacy and charm, captured the grace and supple beauty of an adolescent boy. Portrayed as a young athlete from the gymnasium, he wears nothing but a gold-leafed headband. His limestone eyes are set with pupis of glass; his nipples are of inlaid copper. No one knows exactly who or what he is. But his headband holds a single thorn or claw, a sign worn by those who wrestled and worked out in the palaestra; it was also a sign of - who?
The boy's gaze is fixed on something which is no longer there: In the hollow of his open palm is a pin that once held - what?
WE APOLLONIANS
Quite confidentially,
Those Dionysians
Are, irredeemably,
Naughty and odd.
Incontrovertibly,
We Apollonians are
Morally purer and
Closer to God.
WE DIONYSIANS
Quite hypocritically,
You Apollonians
Haughtily, tediously,
Cause us to nod.
Dipsomaniacally,
We prefer drinking and
Passionate dancing and
Serving the bod.
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All Posts (912) Messages posted by DIonysia
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DIonysia's 12 Groups
Ancient Mysteries
Position: Gumshoe
Level 2
There are many mysteries hidden behind the closed doors of history. In this group, we intend to unlock those doors and search for the truth behind the mystery.
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ETRVRIA
Position: Zilath
Level 6
Information, articles and discussion on the
remarkable Etruscans, the people who influenced Early Italy for
centuries with their culture and defined the organisation of the City of
Rome!
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EUREKA! Ancient Science & Technology
Position: Leader
Level 6
Covers the entire ancient world, up to the rise of modern science in the Renaissance. Topics include mathematics, astronomy & cosmology, architecture & building methods, medicine, shipbuilding, war machines, etc.
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Mt. Olympus
Position: Editor
Level 5
"The basic theme of mythology is that the visible world is supported and sustained by an invisible one." ~Joseph Campbell
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Philos Sophia
Position: Didaskalos
Level 4
For the study of ancient Greek philosophy.
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The Evolution And Legacy Of Classical Greece
Position: Leader
Level 6
Your one-stop place for all aspects of Ancient Greece and its impact on Western civilization. Covers history, politics, culture & the arts, including music, drama & literature; philosophy & science; war, sports & athletics; medicine and religion.
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Per Ankh
Position: Waeb-priest
Level 3
A group for the study and discussion of the history of the
ancient Egyptian Religion in its various aspects: mythology,
deities, temple life, ritual, festivals and daily practice.
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Between the Rivers: Religion in Ancient Mesopotamia
Position: En
Level 5
This group is dedicated to discussing the religious beliefs of the ancient peoples who lived in Mesopotamia and Persia.
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Celestia
Position: Fellow
Level 2
* an exploration of the skies and the Hermetic concept "As Above, So Below" *
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Hidden History
Position: Editor
Level 5
Whether it's hidden traditions or societies, taboo topics, you'll find them here.
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Complete List of DIonysia's 12 Groups
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