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saboss · 10 months

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#greece #me #athens #tattoo #cat

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innainnaki · 3 months

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Feeling Good✨

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beautifulheartandspirit · 3 months

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#tattoo regret #life #early twenties #hi #athens #ελληνικο ποστ #lonley #Greece #mental health #me #selfie #pink #February 1st

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the-memphista · 8 months

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Dionysus by Le Le Zhang

#dionysus #art #greek gods #tattoos #sculpture #ancient greece #greek mythology #digital art

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nevriasmenos · 1 year

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1) μπίρες

2) τατ��υ

3) μουσική να παίζει στα ακουστικά

3) μέρη με θέα

4) κουκούλα

5) παιδικά

6) καλό σεξ

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uhhhyaenbyjade · 10 months

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Designed a tattoo type thing for Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey! Not perfect, but what do you guys think??

#ac #assassins creed #spear of Leonidas #kassandra #ac kassandra #ac odyssey #assassins creed odyssey #assassins creed odyssey Kassandra #Ancient Greek #Greece #odyssey #tattoo #tattoo design #ac odyssey tattoo #assassins creed tattoo

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riannosaurus · 10 months

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Ψάπφω-

the way the ancient Greek poet, Sappho of Lesbos, likely would have written her name. I got this new tat last week on a research trip to study her impact on the queer community, now she will be with me always.

#sapphic #sappho #lesbian #poetry #writing #poetsandwriters #poems #wlw love #queer history #aesthetic #tattoos #beautiful #lgbtq #lgbtq community #women’s history #ancient greek language #greece

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where-is-my-mind-2 · 1 year

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Ήρθε επιτέλους η εποχή της αρβύλας με το διχτυωτό καλσόν

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aeidemnemosyne · 1 year

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Thracian Tattoos

"Thracian Woman killing Orpheus" Pistoxenos Painter, circa 470-460 BC. NAMA nr. 15190.

Earlier this year, during an excursion to Greece, I came across this fragmented cup at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. It bears the image of the murder of Orpheus by a Maenad (or at least a Thracian, more on that later). What piqued my interest, however, was what seemed to be a tattoo of a grazing animal on the right arm, as well as geometric designs on the wrists.

At the time I deemed it a solitary case until I came across the image below.

"Death of Orpheus" Black Fury Painter, circa 400-375 BCE. APMA nr. 02581. Print by K. Reichhold.

Here, the murder is depicted with a much larger group of Maenads/Thracians. Orpheus, his person largely missing, can be identified in the middle with his left hand clinging to the lyre. Additionally, he is the only one in this group lacking body art on the exposed limbs.

The assaulting group bears rocks, knives, and other weapons, while their arms and legs are covered with simple line drawings of animals resembling deer, as well as abstract geometric patterns. To draw comparisons with the upper cup drawing would not be out of the question.

I was hesitant to call them tattoos at first, but an article by C.P. Jones more or less confirms that they were, based on various historical sources. Tattoos (Or stigma from στίζω: to mark. Not to be confused with the English use of the term) for decoration were a rare occurrence in antiquity, but there seems to be an exception for Thrace, where tattoos on women were a sign of esteem.

Recommended reading: Jones, C. P. “Stigma: Tattooing and Branding in Graeco-Roman Antiquity.” The Journal of Roman Studies 77 (1987): 139–55. https://www.jstor.org/stable/300578. (See section VI for the specific case of Thrace). Schildkrout, Enid. “Inscribing the Body.” Annual Review of Anthropology 33 (2004): 319–44. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25064856. (A general overview of tattoos and body art throughout history and in cultures across the world).

#ancient greece #orpheus #thrace #tattoos #studyblr

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saboss · 1 year

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