#Thrace

[illustratus]

Roman period Head of Apollo

#apollo #ancient rome #art #gods #roman #roman mythology #religion #history #europe #european #thrace #thracian #serdica #serdika #sofia #bulgaria #archaeology #bulgarian #museum #olympian #deity #deities #greek mythology #mythology #olympians

[beatricecenci]

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)

A Veiled Beauty of Constantinople

#Frederick Arthur Bridgman #American Art #Art #Constantinople #Thrace #Marmara #Turkey #Mediterranean

[ancientorigins]

An incredible 2,800-year-old temple at the ancient Thracian city of Heraion Teikhos in Turkey, revealing secrets that rewrite our understanding of early medicine.

Digging through history in Heraion Teikhos, the dedicated investigation team discovered a remarkable "ancient pharmaceutical production area" complete with its own water supply system.

This groundbreaking find not only illuminates the advanced medical practices of the Thracians but also offers a unique glimpse into the sophisticated urban planning of the era.

#Thrace #Thracian #city #Turkey #Anatolia #water system

[artifacts-archive]

Beaker with Birds and Animals

Thrace, ca. 4th century BCE

The ancient land of Thrace encompassed a large area now divided into Bulgaria, southern Romania, eastern Yugoslavia, northeastern Greece, and European Turkey. The first inhabitants of Thrace came from the northern part of Europe and appeared at least as early as the second millennium B.C. Although certain contemporary Scythian and Iranian stylistic influences can be seen, the iconography of these scenes is clearly Thracian and probably refers to a native myth or legend. The monstrous bird of prey with land and water creatures in its grasp appears to symbolize dominance over land and water. Though a precise interpretation of the iconography remains uncertain, scholars have suggested that these animals were symbols associated with a heroic ruler and served as protective spirits, avatars, and tribal totems.

#artifact #Thrace #beaker

[wordsmithic]

Hellenic traditional clothing of Thrace.

As far as I know this "foresia" is not from a specific Thracian village, but rather a generic representation of the motif the various Thracian villages followed.

Note the bead choker that some Thracian villages produced.

#Hellas #Hellenismos #Thrace #Thracian #traditional clothing #historical clothing #historical fashion #history #textiles

[heracliteanfire]

Silver beaker with birds and animals. Thrace, ca. 4th century BCE.

‘It probably was made in the region of present-day Romania or Bulgaria, as similar beakers have been found in a princely tomb at Agighiol, near the delta of the Danube in eastern Romania.’

(via The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

#Thrace #silver #C4thBCE #beaker #Bulgaria #Romania

[mioritic]

Cover illustration from Symposia Thracologica nr., 3 (November 1985)

Published by the Institute of Thracology at the National Museum of History and Archaeology, Constanța, Romania

#thrace #romania #1985

[gemsofgreece]

Random Greek GeoGuessr #3 (I think)

Is this roadsign…. shot? I would say it is a hunting zone but there are houses nearby... 👀

I love this purple - orange sky here.

A great view in Meteora.

Least patriotic Macedonian.

I just loved the light in this place idk. I'd love to be there at that time.

This looks exactly like the corresponding shutterstock photo.

As we have established in Greece fires have become so regular, you stumble on them on GeoGuessr. It's the only country in which I have seen fires twice at this point (or at all).

Really liked that place too.

#greece #geoguessr #landscape #random #mainland #greek islands #meteora #trikala #thessaly #xanthi #thrace #macedonia #koufonisia #cyclades #cycladic islands

[hindsart]

#thrace #persia #celt #scythia

[twofielder]

Coin of the Day #8 (5/12/2024)

It’s rough, but it’s an RPC plate coin… (Also, Happy Mother’s Day to the mother of Commodus!)

Roman Province - Thrace

AE19 - 3.00g

Faustina the Younger 147-175 AD

Philippopolis Mint

Obverse ΦΑVCΤΕΙΝΑ ΝΕΑ CΕΒΑCΤΗ

Bust of Faustina II right, draped

Reverse ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Homonoia standing front, holding patera and cornucopiae

RPC IV 17506 (plate)

#Coin of the Day #Roman Empire #Roman Province #Thrace #Philippopolis #Faustina II #Faustina the Younger #Ancient Rome #Roman coins #coin #coins #numismatics

[illustratus]

View of the Bosphorus in the Moonlight

by Ivan Aivazovsky

#bosphorus #bosporus #art #ivan aivazovsky #moon #moonlight #moonlit #europe #asia #sea #constantinople #istanbul #turkey #thrace #anatolia

[beatricecenci]

Frederic Leighton (English, 1830-1896)

The Last Watch of Hero

#Frederic Leighton #British Art #English Art #Art #Thrace #Mediterranean

[ancientorigins]

The elite bodyguard of Alexander the Great is said to have killed a lion with his bare hands and this is how he gained Alexander’s attention. This man was Lysimachus and he eventually had a small empire of his own.

#Lysimachus #Macedonian #Macedon #Macedonia #Alexander the Great #general #Greek #elite bodyguard #The Battle of Hydaspes #thrace #Wars of the Diadochi #Ptolemy I #Cassander #Seleucus #Antigonus #Diadochi #ancient #history #ancient origins

[estbela]

Thrace: I’m gonna kill you!

Rome: Get in line!

#hetalia #Thrace #Rome #Ancient Rome #Roman empire #Aph #Hws #Incorrect quotes #This may be OOC but idc #Thracia

[alatismeni-theitsa]

This epic song was made by the Iranian composer and musician, Farya Faraji! It captures the medieval Balkan style extremely well, and he sings in Greek and Old Church Slavonic (to represent the Bulgarian side)! Thank you, Farya Faraji, for your great cultural immersion!

This composition is about emperor Basil II Porphyrogennetos, “the Purple-born”, nicknamed the Bulgar Slayer (Boulgaroktónos). This nickname was earned after his conflict and annihilation of the First Bulgarian Empire, the principal European foe of the Eastern Romans during that era. A proficient statesman, the Empire flourished in many aspects during his reign, and his legacy is one of a national hero in Greece, whilst being despised among the Bulgarians.

Farya Faraji explains:

Musically, I wanted this track to reflect both Bulgarian and Greek sensibilities, and the best place for that was Thracian music—a shared cultural style overlapping both Greek and Bulgarian music. This geographical style of music, defined among other things by the usage of the gaida bagpipe to provide dance tunes also fits the geographical area where many of the confrontations between the two empires occurred, and also matches the regional origin of Basil’s dynasty, which originated from Thrace. The gaida bagpipe in this piece fulfills a dual Greek-Bulgarian role as it is used virtually identically on both sides of Thrace.

(see more of his explanations in the piece's description on YouTube)

#vasileios voulgaroktonos #Farya Faraji #iran and greece #greek music #thrace #bulgaria #bulgarian history #greek history #Youtube

[jakemorph-art]

more mawms

#jakedigi #sonic oc #thrace #dione #mars #venus