#linear b

[da-pu-ri-to-jo-po-ti-ni-ja]

✨ tag yourself ✨ but with Aegean Scripts! Mainly Bronze Age, with a sprinkle of Iron Age (Cypriot Syllabary).

#tagamemnon #ancient greece #crete #minoan #scripture #history #classics #bronze age #cretan hieroglyphic #linear a #phaistos disc #linear b #cyprominoan #cypriot Syllabary #arkalochori axe #archaeology #tag yourself

[scriptorsapiens]

Classicstober Day 6: Medea (𐀕𐀆𐀂𐀀)

The OG (original girlboss). Her father was Aeëtes, the son of Helios and King of Colchis. Her story is a fascinating tale that evolves from a romance to a tragedy, and it makes her one of the most compelling characters in Greek mythology. She fell in love with Jason, and it was through her that he survived the quest to find the Golden Fleece. After this, they were married and lived together in Thebes until Jason decided to be The Worst and her life became a tragedy. No spoilers, but please look her up if you get the time.

How does one begin to describe Regina George Medea? Firstly, I decided to make Medea blonde. I figured that if Pasiphaë, her aunt, had physically glowing hair then Medea might have inherited some of the lightness from that side of the family, though in her case the color is much more natural. I also think it makes it more easy for her to be villain coded for her later actions. Her paleness also reflects that Colchis was both far from the standard world of the Bronze Age Mediterranean and farther north.

I tend to do LOTS of research for my art, especially when depicting ancient historical cultures, and I was mildly surprised to find that Bronze Age Colchis was a rich and thriving culture (although an illiterate one, so my use of Linear B here is just for funsies). Archaeologists have found TONS material remains from their crafts (their work with metal is particularly well preserved, so Medea gets to wear some very accurate jewelry) it was a NIGHTMARE to find any references for Bronze Age Colchian clothing. When I did find it, a single source, I was amazed by how modern it looked and I decided to use it anyway even though it does look a lot like a modern sun-dress. That's the Tiffany Effect for you.

For the colors I decided to go with red, the ancient color of royalty so of course the proud Aeëtes would dress his daughter in it, and purple. Even more than red, purple was THE color of ancient royalty, but for whatever reason I found that purple was specifically used to describe the clothing of Helios. Considering Helios lets Medea borrow his chariot in her Grand Finale Escape, I assume they were pretty close so she gets to wear his color too.

#classicstober #medea #colchis #bronze age #linear b #greek mythology #ancient greek mythology #tagamemnon

[gwydpolls]

Time Travel Question 11: Ancient History IV and Earlier

These Questions are the result of suggestions from the previous iteration.

This category is for suggestions made too late to fall into the correct grouping.

Please add new suggestions for this category below if you have them for future consideration.

#Time Travel #Bruniquel Cave #Neanderthals #Cueva de las Manos #The Cahokia Mounds Culture #Pre-Black Sea Cultures #Linear B #Indus Script #Nemetona #Sarcosuchus #Zhou Dynasty #Stonehenge

[rabidpelican]

Teiresias, the blind seer, wading into Tilphussa’s waters to their death. The style is a combination of Japanese animation/manga and Byzantine iconography. The Linear B (ancient Greek) at the top reads: qe-ra-si-ja, which may be an early iteration of what would eventually become “Teiresias.”

#digital art #illustration #イラスト #rkgk #anime #greek mythology #greece #Hellenism #Teiresias #lgbtq #lgbtq art #Linear B #ancient greek #seer #Erinys and the Seer #Erinys to Miko #daffodils #narcissus #Mycenaean #エリニスと巫女 #manga #mangaka

[te-pu-si-ti]

#the burnt city #punchdrunk #linear b #Mycenaean greek #catch me in Athens and/or Australia banging down some poor scholar's door BUT WHAT DOES KATORO MEAN #it's everywhere in the graffiti #it has to mean something #but also there's countless bits of graffiti everywhere， far too many to ever record and decipher #one of the great heartbreaking beautiful mysteries

[i-am-literally-deranged]

mm look at all my lovely vases

𐃡 𐃢𐃣 𐃤 𐃥 𐃦 𐃧 𐃨 𐃩𐃪𐃫𐃬𐃭𐃯𐃰

#linear b

[my-burnt-city]

have i got to the stage in my fandom where i obsessively imagine i see linear b everywhere i go

or does this café poster *actually* have the symbol for 're' on it, YOUR CALL

#the burnt city #burnt city #punchdrunk #punchdrunk theatre #immersive theatre #immersive #not actually show related #linear b

[deathlessathanasia]

Linear B Sources, in Anthology of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation

#linear b #linear b tablets #mycenaean greece #mycenaean religion #article

[the-puffinry]

linear b tattoo idea for when you join or found an union

#unions #workers rights #linear b #but lmao why not #m

[linguisticalities]

#writing systems #decipherment #linear B

[constantinethe12th]

just had an argument where i said alexios isn't an appropriate name for an ancient greek bc it only appeared in the later byzantine age

well turns out it was in linear b so i could quite literally have not been more wrong

#history #ancient history #medieval history #byzantine empire #linear b #assassin's creed odyssey

[scriptorsapiens]

Classicstober Day 18: Phaedra (𐀙𐀂𐀉𐀨)

Phaedra was Ariadne's sister and married Theseus to become Queen of Athens (that must have been a WILD Christmas dinner). Things were good until Theseus' son by the Amazon queen dropped by for a visit. His name was Hippolytus (𐀂𐀢𐀬𐀵)…

Phaedra's story isn't quite as well known as many others in greek mythology, outside of a few tragedies and operas. The nature of the beast for most of these stories is that there are a couple of versions and no one can say which one is the 'real' one, but Phaedra's story, depending on the version you go by, can have wildly different vibes.

As I mentioned, she was Ariadne's sister. In some versions, when Ariadne helped Theseus defeat the Minotaur and escape, Phaedra was with her and part of Theseus' crew when he decided to abandon Ariadne on Naxos, eventually becoming his wife in Athens. In others, Phaedra is ignorant of the role Ariadne played in Theseus' victory and is instead sent to Athens to marry him for a political alliance. The implications of both versions are fascinating from a story-telling perspective. If Phaedra left with Theseus, just how complicit was she in leaving Ariadne behind? If their marriage was purely political, what did she think of the man who had just abandoned her sister? In the end, though, the important part (story wise) is that she marries Theseus and becomes Queen of Athens.

I depicted Phaedra here in her full queenly raiment. Yes, Athens was a purely Mycenaean settlement at this time, but the Mycenaean woman's fashion borrowed LOTS from the Minoan and considering where Phaedra was born she deserved a more Minoan look. That's why she has that quilted-looking over-garment on her dress. I made her palette green to represent her role as queen of Athens, and since Athena is the goddess of olive trees it made sense to me to lean into it. She is also blonde and amber-eyed to show her connection to Helios through her mother, Pasiphaë.

The architecture here is based on Minoan buildings. I imagine that inside the Cyclopean walls of Mycenaean Athens they could afford to make things more royal and less military-pragmatism. Athens is known for being a center of intellectualism in the ancient world (an image they painted themselves with), but even though this scene is set many centuries before the height of Classical Athens' power I decided to lean into that here too.

As for Hippolytus… the sources we have for the ancient Amazons are vanishingly rare. Most scholarship has focused on the Phrygians during the Classical Period, and I was able to find precious little reference for the Bronze Age Phrygians that might represent the historical Amazons. I did find one reconstructed garment, and even though it was very plain (and probably mean for a woman) I decided to put Hippolytus in it anyway. The Amazons were practical warriors, so I doubt that, as a child, Hippolytus would have had any other clothes than what his mother had. I also decided that he should be tall, taller than Theseus, as the Amazons were said to stand taller than normal men.

I could go into more details on the very disastrous story between Hippolytus, Phaedra, and Theseus, but I think it falls outside the purview of this piece. It is a fascinating, compelling story, though, so if you have made it this far into my ramble then I recommend checking it out.

#classicstober #classicstober23 #classicstober2023 #phaedra #hippolytus #greek mythology #ancient greek mythology #greek myth art #mycenaean #linear b #tagamemnon #amazons

[thelesbianthespianposts]

RIP Alice Kober

you would’ve loved Google sheets

#Alice kober #Linear b #linguistics

[te-pu-si-ti]

Do you know what 𐀳 𐀢 𐀯 𐀴 (tepusiti) is supposed to translate to?

Hi! Unlike the rest of the Linear B in the show, which is Greek, tepusiti is a rough approximation of the name of the show, phonetically - T(h)e Bu(rnt) Siti.

Linear B doesn't do consonant clusters very well... Kind of like how in Japanese, they call McDonald's Makudonarudo.

LinB has a habit of dropping r's and n's when they're in the middle of a syllable, but dropping all 3 letters at the end is pretty drastic. Maybe it could have been better as "te putu siti". But as it is, PD have these 4 symbols being very mysterious and cool-looking, perfect for arranging artfully on pin badges, tote bags, and tumblr blog names.

#the burnt city #punchdrunk #ask #linear b #such an interesting writing system #it barely works for greek much less english #definitely a case of 'we found this thing the minoans were using and hey might as well try it out for our language'

[tenth-sentence]

For instance, there is no hint that Linear B was used or understood by any Mycenaean Greek beyond small cadres of palace bureaucrats.

"Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years" - Jared Diamond

#book quote #guns germs and steel #jared diamond #nonfiction #linear b #mycenae #greece #cadre #bureaucrat #palace #language #linguistics #writing

[plastikfiguren72]

Linear-B 005 - 1/72 --- Roman Valetudinarium (Hospital)

#antike #linear b