#Ancient Greek crafts

[backpackingspace]

Mmmm surely acient Greece also had blacksmiths yes? Blacksmithing is one of the main pillars of society establishing itself. And well polites is actually suppose be pretty strong and tall. So consider blacksmith! polites

[savanir]

DP x DC prompt [15]

Danny accepts that because of his half dead status he won't be able to become an astronaut and he has to find a different way to feed his space obsession.

He decides to get really into astromancy (yes, the magic. He already knows everything about astronomy). He gets himself the more spiritual star charts, old surprisingly authentic tomes about the art and divination cards to go with it all and gets to learning.

Tbh he kind of went into this not expecting much but it turns out he had homo magus heritage from his Nightingale roots and he actually manages to call upon the power of the stars.

He figures he can blame the vaporized wall on ghosts.

Meanwhile, a foreboding feeling like cold shivers run down the spines of several magic users that they can only describe as "a child having figured out they need to switch off the safety on their mini nuke launcher in order to fire it"

The JLD is scrambling to locate the source of the surge in magic power before someone with bad intentions can get there.

[artifacts-and-arthropods]

Ancient Necklace with Mosaic Glass Beads, from the Eastern Mediterranean, c.100 BCE-100 CE: this necklace is composed of 30 glass beads, most of which are decorated with stylized faces

From the John Paul Getty Museum:

The beads are made of multi-colored opaque glass and are decorated with heads and floral designs. The necklace is in good condition; some beads are chipped or cracked.

The exact origin of this piece is unknown, but it can be traced back to the Eastern Mediterranean, where it was likely made by a Greek or Roman artist.

Each bead has a width of about 1.2cm (roughly half an inch); they're decorated with remarkably intricate details, and each face is depicted in its own unique style.

Sources & More Info:

John Paul Getty Museum: Necklace with Mosaic Glass Beads

[noordzee]

I went to a pysanky egg-dyeing class a little while ago, and just got my egg back! As ever when I'm short on ideas and pressed for time, I turned to greek myths. Demeter and Persephone are a good topic for a spring-related craft, right? It was really fun and I'm so pleased with how it turned out!! Propped it up on a mini amphora I own that just happens to have mourning scenes, that's also very thematic!

The branch behind Persephone was a lucky accident, I spilled my kitska's whole reservoir of wax while working on the red layer, and it JUST missed Persephone, whew!!! After my heart rate went back down, I added some more and turned it into a leafy branch. I had less luck writing ZOE MEGRAPHSEN, ("Zoë drew me," a common ancient pottery signature), I wrote an E, epsilon, when I should have written H, eta, and in trying to correct it I wound up with 日, the kanji for sun?? Whoops.

[swordheld]

from the introduction to "the sovereign sun" selected poems by odysseus elytis, trans. and introduction by kimon friar. [id in alt text]

[naturenurtureart]

Persephone’s Pomegranates embroidery, part of an ongoing project to cover Greek mythology

2022 was an inspiring year, one that was full of confusion, idleness and a very long break for my mental health- but some of the art I contributed to the world was something I can sit back and be truly proud of

[useless-catalanfacts]

Pottery recipient in the shape of the river god Achelous. Found in the Ancient Greek colony of Emporion, modern-day Empúries (Comarques Gironines, Catalonia).

Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Girona.

[thesilicontribesman]

Hadrian, son of Trajan

Gilded bronze letters from the gate of the emperor Hadrian at Antalya, south-west Turkey. Roman, 130 CE.

The gate, designed to look like a triumphal arch and still standing in the modern city, was built to mark the visit of the much-travelled emperor Hadrian (ruled 117-138 CE). The letters spell 'Traiano' in Greek, the language of the eastern Roman empire. This was part of Hadrian's name, marking him out as the adopted son and heir of the preceding emperor Trajan.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

[itsnotsafetofallasleep]

My ancient Greek figurines!

Made from clay. Apollo and Athena are my old work so they're not so elegant haha. Narcissus and Hermaphrodite (with vase) are relatively new

I wish I could make realistic faces...

[thegaypriest2]

Apollo + Artemis card craft!!?

ὡς οἱ ποιηταὶ λέγουσιν, (Translates to: As the poets say,)

ὁ τοξότης κακῶς ὁ βάλλων ψεῦδος ἔχει ἔτοιμον. (Translates to: The archer that shoots badly has a lie ready.)

[misspjsuperior]

Hecate is one of the Titans, the old Greek gods, allowed to remain in the world after the Olympians became the proceeding ruling pantheon. She is goddess of sorcery and still called upon and worked witch by modern witches. Associated with crossroads, she has often been depicted with three faces. Her symbols include torches, keys, and snakes.

I made extra versions of this Hecate devotional coloring page for specific witches for 5 pages total:

1. Classic Hecate with traditional symbols

2. Stitch Witch

3. Kitchen Witch

4. Glamor Witch

5. Art Witch

In my exclusive post with downloadable files I also include my adapted Ave for Hecate.

[noordzee]

Ceramic adventures from the past few months! A local potter put on a couple painting workshops where she provided premade cups, bowls, etc and my friend and I were like oh heck yeah

The first time I painted a cup with Dionysus and Hestia chatting. Thanks to the stories where she gave him his throne I like the idea of them as an unlikely favorite auntie and nephew duo. Unfortunately the potter made a mistake when glazing them... you can't see the figures and the underglaze is weirdly pockmarked, making it impossible to even drink from it. Ah well, such is life... someday I'll make the Dionysus+Hestia kylix of my dreams...

The second time around I painted a different opposite duo, Apollo and Artemis. I like to draw Apollo wearing his more feminine accoutrements, it makes the differences between him and his sister Artemis even starker, and that's fun! And this time you can see through the glaze, woo!

Descriptions in the alt text!

[phia-myth]

pov eris watching paris eat the apple

[claudiaciardiautrice]

Marius Ernest Sabino (1878-1961), Glass Figurines.

Between craft and magic.

[notanothermikey]

Feeling like an Ancient Greek! :-)

It's taken me all this time since Christmas, to find the Leaf Crown at the Park! And so it had to be gold! :-)

[bernievm]

Missing Head of Ancient Greek Statue Unearthed After 2,100 Years!

Unveiling the mysteries of the ancient world often yields remarkable discoveries, yet few are as captivating as the recent unearthing of the head of Hygieia, the Greek goddess of health and hygiene, in Laodicea, Turkey. This 2,100-year-old artifact not only exemplifies the sophisticated artistry of ancient Greece but also deepens our understanding of their cultural and religious practices.

Find out more as the archaeologists explore the significance of this extraordinary find and its implications for the study of classical antiquity.

Read more at My Modern Met.

https://mymodernmet.com/hygieia-greek-statue/