Ctesias was the author of treatises on rivers, and on the Persian revenues, of an account of India entitled Indica (which is of value as recording the beliefs of the Persians about India), and of a history of Assyria and Persia in 23 books, called Persica, written in opposition to Herodotus in the Ionic dialect, and professedly founded on the Persian royal archives.
The first six books treated of the history of Assyria and Babylon to the foundation of the Persian empire; the remaining seventeen went down to the year 398 BC. Of the two histories, we possess abridgments by Photius, and fragments are preserved in Athenaeus, Plutarch and especially Diodorus Siculus, whose second book is mainly from Ctesias. As to the worth of the Persica there has been much controversy, both in ancient and modern times. Although many ancient authorities valued it highly, and used it to discredit Herodotus, a modern author writes that "(Ctesias's) unreliability makes Herodotus seem a model of accuracy." Ctesias's account of the Assyrian kings does not reconcile with the cuneiform evidence. The satirist Lucian thought so little of Ctesias' historical reliability that in his satirical True Story he places Ctesias on the island where the evil were punished. Lucian wrote that "The people who suffered the greatest torment were those who had told lies when they were alive and written mendacious histories; among them were Ctesias of Cnidus, Herodotus, and many others."
Alexander Hislop (born Duns, Berwickshire, 1807; died Arbroath, 13 March 1865) was a Free Church of Scotlandminister known for his outspoken criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the son of Stephen Hislop (died 1837), a mason by occupation and an elder of the Relief Church. Alexander's brother was also named Stephen Hislop (lived 1817–1863) and became well known in his time as a missionary to India and a naturalist.
Alexander was for a time parish schoolmaster of Wick, Caithness. In 1831 he married Jane Pearson. He was for a time editor of the Scottish Guardian newspaper. As a probationer he joined the Free Church of Scotland at the Disruption of 1843. He was ordained in 1844 at the East Free Church, Arbroath, where he became senior minister in 1864. He died of a paralytic stroke the next year after being ill for about two years.
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Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011 - Part 1 - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones- Ctesias
Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011 - Part 1 - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones- Ctesias
Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011 - Part 1 - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones- Ctesias
Ctesias at the Court of the Great King - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones, during the 2011 Edinburgh Iranian Festival - PART 1 http://www.edir...
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Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011 - Part 2 - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones- Ctesias
Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011 - Part 2 - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones- Ctesias
Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011 - Part 2 - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones- Ctesias
Ctesias at the Court of the Great King - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones, during the 2011 Edinburgh Iranian Festival - PART 2
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Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011, a showcase for world-class Iranian culture!
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10 Bizarre Creatures From Greek Mythology
10 Bizarre Creatures From Greek Mythology
10 Bizarre Creatures From Greek Mythology
The Ancient Greeks and Romans had an insane imagination. *Sources and External Links* Number 10: Pliny the Elder, Natural History. 8.73 Number 9: Aelian, On ...
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Sciapodes e Sacis
Sciapodes e Sacis
Sciapodes e Sacis
Sciapodes, seres mitológicos velozes na corrida com uma só perna, são mencionados na literatura desde Ctesias (na Grécia Antiga), Plínio o Velho (no Império Romano) e Isidoro de Sevilha (na Idade Média). Umberto Eco cita os Sciapodes em "O Nome da Rosa" e em "Baudolino" e comenta sobre seres bizarros esculpidos em Igrejas pela Europa. Observando os Sanyasis, hindus que meditam em bipedestação e a catequese dos indígenas brasileiros, fica a pergunta sobre o que isso tudo pode ter a ver com Sacis.
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the unicorn
the unicorn
the unicorn
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The ...
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❦La Licorne Celeste❦
❦La Licorne Celeste❦
❦La Licorne Celeste❦
On en parle pour la première fois en Occident, dans les textes écrits, sous la plume de l'historien grec Ctesias, vers 398 avant J.-C., sur la base de récits...
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Los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo
Los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo
Los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo
Lista de los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo
Los fantasmas y monstruos mas espeluznantes del mundo.
Puedes ver la lista entera de los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo en http://www.mejoreslistasyrankings.com/entretenimiento/lista-ranking-de-los-mejores-fantasmas-y-monstruos-del-mundo-45837
En la lista de los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo tenemos:
1. La llorona
2. El chupacabras
3. El Hombre Lobo
4. Manticore
5. Banshee
6. El Mohan o Muan
7. El cuero
8. El cherufe
9. Black annis
10. Candilleja
La fuente de las imágenes es 20 minutos
1. La llorona
La Llorona es un espectro del folclor hispanoamericano que, según la
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UNICORN family by Wendell CASTLE. Sculpture park, Rochester. Kalle Lundahl, PhD
UNICORN family by Wendell CASTLE. Sculpture park, Rochester. Kalle Lundahl, PhD
UNICORN family by Wendell CASTLE. Sculpture park, Rochester. Kalle Lundahl, PhD
Do you like contemporary sculpture and furniture? If so, I hope you will appreciate this short video about Wendell Castle (born in 1932 in Emporia, Kansas) who is an American furniture artist and a leading figure in American craft. He is often credited with being the father of the art furniture movement.
The Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester commissioned this monumental cast-iron sculpture by Castle as one of the anchor installations of its Centennial Sculpture Park. The piece, Unicorn Family measures 22 feet in diameter and consists of a gathering area with a table and three chairs and a 13-foot LED lamp.
http://mag.rochester.edu/centennia
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Unicorn
Unicorn
Unicorn
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian. The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
In European folklore, the unicorn is often depicted as a white horse-like or goat-like animal with a long horn and cloven hooves (sometimes a goat's bear
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Gaumata
Gaumata
Gaumata
Gaumata or False Smerdis or Sphendadates (and various other names and aliases) appears in epigraphical and historiographical sources of classical antiquity as a late-6th century BCE Mede who usurped the Achaemenid throne by impersonating Bardiya, the son of Cyrus the Great. The figure appears as 'Gaumata' in the Behistun inscription of Darius I, as '(false) Smerdis' in Herodotus' Histories, and as 'Sphendadates' in the surviving fragments of Ctesias. Gaumata/Sphendadates/Pseudo-Smerdis appears to have reigned for about one year (522 to 521 BCE) at the Achaemenid capital at Susa (Ctesias says seven months). While the primary sources do not agr
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Unicorn sighting in England Amazing
Unicorn sighting in England Amazing
Unicorn sighting in England Amazing
Unicorn sighting in England Amazing
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian.[1] The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
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ΜΕΣΟΠΟΤΑΜΙΑ
ΜΕΣΟΠΟΤΑΜΙΑ
ΜΕΣΟΠΟΤΑΜΙΑ
«After this [= the building of the palace] she [= Semiramis] built in the centre of the city (en mesei ti polei) a temple of Zeus (hieron Dios) whom, as we have said, the Babylonians call Bel. Now since with regard to this temple the historians are at variance, and since time (chronos) has caused the structure to fall in ruins, it is impossible to give the facts concerning it. But all agree that it was exceedingly high, and that in it the Chaldaeans made their observations of the stars, whose risings and settings could be accurately observed by reason of the height of the structure. Now the entire building was ingeniously constructed at grea
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Unicorn sighting caught on Tape in England WoW!
Unicorn sighting caught on Tape in England WoW!
Unicorn sighting caught on Tape in England WoW!
Unicorn sighting caught on Tape in England WoW!
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian.[1] The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
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Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011 - Part 1 - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones- Ctesias
Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011 - Part 1 - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones- Ctesias
Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011 - Part 1 - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones- Ctesias
Ctesias at the Court of the Great King - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones, during the 2011 Edinburgh Iranian Festival - PART 1 http://www.edir...
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Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011 - Part 2 - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones- Ctesias
Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011 - Part 2 - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones- Ctesias
Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011 - Part 2 - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones- Ctesias
Ctesias at the Court of the Great King - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones, during the 2011 Edinburgh Iranian Festival - PART 2
http://www.ediranfest.co.uk
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Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011, a showcase for world-class Iranian culture!
The Edinburgh Iranian Festival (EIF) is a non-political showcase for world-class Iranian culture, as well as for bands and artists working both in and outside Iran. For more information visit our website, as noted above, or join us on FaceBook and Twitter.
Thanks to Kahkeshan TV for this Production.
4:23
10 Bizarre Creatures From Greek Mythology
10 Bizarre Creatures From Greek Mythology
10 Bizarre Creatures From Greek Mythology
The Ancient Greeks and Romans had an insane imagination. *Sources and External Links* Number 10: Pliny the Elder, Natural History. 8.73 Number 9: Aelian, On ...
4:02
Sciapodes e Sacis
Sciapodes e Sacis
Sciapodes e Sacis
Sciapodes, seres mitológicos velozes na corrida com uma só perna, são mencionados na literatura desde Ctesias (na Grécia Antiga), Plínio o Velho (no Império Romano) e Isidoro de Sevilha (na Idade Média). Umberto Eco cita os Sciapodes em "O Nome da Rosa" e em "Baudolino" e comenta sobre seres bizarros esculpidos em Igrejas pela Europa. Observando os Sanyasis, hindus que meditam em bipedestação e a catequese dos indígenas brasileiros, fica a pergunta sobre o que isso tudo pode ter a ver com Sacis.
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the unicorn
the unicorn
the unicorn
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The ...
5:23
❦La Licorne Celeste❦
❦La Licorne Celeste❦
❦La Licorne Celeste❦
On en parle pour la première fois en Occident, dans les textes écrits, sous la plume de l'historien grec Ctesias, vers 398 avant J.-C., sur la base de récits...
1:15
Los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo
Los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo
Los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo
Lista de los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo
Los fantasmas y monstruos mas espeluznantes del mundo.
Puedes ver la lista entera de los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo en http://www.mejoreslistasyrankings.com/entretenimiento/lista-ranking-de-los-mejores-fantasmas-y-monstruos-del-mundo-45837
En la lista de los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo tenemos:
1. La llorona
2. El chupacabras
3. El Hombre Lobo
4. Manticore
5. Banshee
6. El Mohan o Muan
7. El cuero
8. El cherufe
9. Black annis
10. Candilleja
La fuente de las imágenes es 20 minutos
1. La llorona
La Llorona es un espectro del folclor hispanoamericano que, según la
2:40
UNICORN family by Wendell CASTLE. Sculpture park, Rochester. Kalle Lundahl, PhD
UNICORN family by Wendell CASTLE. Sculpture park, Rochester. Kalle Lundahl, PhD
UNICORN family by Wendell CASTLE. Sculpture park, Rochester. Kalle Lundahl, PhD
Do you like contemporary sculpture and furniture? If so, I hope you will appreciate this short video about Wendell Castle (born in 1932 in Emporia, Kansas) who is an American furniture artist and a leading figure in American craft. He is often credited with being the father of the art furniture movement.
The Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester commissioned this monumental cast-iron sculpture by Castle as one of the anchor installations of its Centennial Sculpture Park. The piece, Unicorn Family measures 22 feet in diameter and consists of a gathering area with a table and three chairs and a 13-foot LED lamp.
http://mag.rochester.edu/centennia
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Unicorn
Unicorn
Unicorn
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian. The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
In European folklore, the unicorn is often depicted as a white horse-like or goat-like animal with a long horn and cloven hooves (sometimes a goat's bear
13:13
Gaumata
Gaumata
Gaumata
Gaumata or False Smerdis or Sphendadates (and various other names and aliases) appears in epigraphical and historiographical sources of classical antiquity as a late-6th century BCE Mede who usurped the Achaemenid throne by impersonating Bardiya, the son of Cyrus the Great. The figure appears as 'Gaumata' in the Behistun inscription of Darius I, as '(false) Smerdis' in Herodotus' Histories, and as 'Sphendadates' in the surviving fragments of Ctesias. Gaumata/Sphendadates/Pseudo-Smerdis appears to have reigned for about one year (522 to 521 BCE) at the Achaemenid capital at Susa (Ctesias says seven months). While the primary sources do not agr
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Unicorn sighting in England Amazing
Unicorn sighting in England Amazing
Unicorn sighting in England Amazing
Unicorn sighting in England Amazing
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian.[1] The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
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ΜΕΣΟΠΟΤΑΜΙΑ
ΜΕΣΟΠΟΤΑΜΙΑ
ΜΕΣΟΠΟΤΑΜΙΑ
«After this [= the building of the palace] she [= Semiramis] built in the centre of the city (en mesei ti polei) a temple of Zeus (hieron Dios) whom, as we have said, the Babylonians call Bel. Now since with regard to this temple the historians are at variance, and since time (chronos) has caused the structure to fall in ruins, it is impossible to give the facts concerning it. But all agree that it was exceedingly high, and that in it the Chaldaeans made their observations of the stars, whose risings and settings could be accurately observed by reason of the height of the structure. Now the entire building was ingeniously constructed at grea
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Unicorn sighting caught on Tape in England WoW!
Unicorn sighting caught on Tape in England WoW!
Unicorn sighting caught on Tape in England WoW!
Unicorn sighting caught on Tape in England WoW!
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian.[1] The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
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Naghsh-e Rostam 2008 نقش رستم
Naghsh-e Rostam 2008 نقش رستم
Naghsh-e Rostam 2008 نقش رستم
Naghsh-e Rostam is situated some five kilometers north of Persepolis, the capital of the ancient Achaemenid empire. It was already a place of some importance...
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Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop
Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop
Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop
Link about the speaker: http://aramaicherald.blogspot.com/2012/06/stephen-andrew-missick-personality.html Books on the web: Chaldean Account of Genesis By Ge...
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How to Pronounce Unicorn
How to Pronounce Unicorn
How to Pronounce Unicorn
Learn how to say Unicorn with Japanese accent.
Unicorn (yunikohn): In Japanese, it can be written as ユニコーン .
"The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian. The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
In European folklore, the unicorn is
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All About - Unicorn
All About - Unicorn
All About - Unicorn
What is Unicorn?
A report all about Unicorn for homework/assignment
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian. The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
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Real Unicorn Caught on Tape! Must See!
Real Unicorn Caught on Tape! Must See!
Real Unicorn Caught on Tape! Must See!
This video is dedicated to Ellie McDonald, a true fan and supporter, who requested this video, check her videos out, and be nice to: https://www.youtube.com/...
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The Life Of Diodorus Siculus
The Life Of Diodorus Siculus
The Life Of Diodorus Siculus
Diodorus Siculus (/ˌdaɪəˈdɔːrəs ˈsɪkjʊləs/; Greek: Διόδωρος Σικελιώτης Diodoros Sikeliotes) or Diodorus of Sicily was a Greek historian. He is known for writing the monumental universal history Bibliotheca historica, much of which survives, between 60 and 30 BC. It is arranged in three parts. The first covers mythic history up to the destruction of Troy, arranged geographically, describing regions around the world from Egypt, India and Arabia to Greece and Europe. The second covers the Trojan War to the death of Alexander the Great. The third covers the period to about 60BC. The title Bibliotheca, meaning 'library', acknowledges that he was d
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What Was The Bibliotheca historica?
What Was The Bibliotheca historica?
What Was The Bibliotheca historica?
Bibliotheca historica (Βιβλιοθήκη ἱστορική, "Historical Library"), is a work of universal history by Diodorus Siculus. It consisted of forty books, which were divided into three sections. The first six books are geographical in theme, and describe the history and culture of Egypt (book I), of Mesopotamia, India, Scythia, and Arabia (II), of North Africa (III), and of Greece and Europe (IV - VI). In the next section (books VII - XVII), he recounts the history of the World starting with the Trojan War, down to the death of Alexander the Great. The last section (books XVII to the end) concerns the historical events from the successors of Alexand
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Keltische symbolen en tekens, keltisch symbool kracht
Keltische symbolen en tekens, keltisch symbool kracht
Keltische symbolen en tekens, keltisch symbool kracht
http://www.nuala-art.nl/nl/T102-keltische-symbolen.html Keltische symbolen en tekens, keltisch symbool kracht Keltische knopen zijn een variëteit van (meest ...
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Unicorn Sound Effect
Unicorn Sound Effect
Unicorn Sound Effect
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The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in an
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Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011 - Part 1 - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones- Ctesias
Ctesias at the Court of the Great King - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones, during the 2011 Edinburgh Iranian Festival - PART 1 http://www.edir...
Ctesias at the Court of the Great King - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones, during the 2011 Edinburgh Iranian Festival - PART 1 http://www.edir...
Ctesias at the Court of the Great King - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones, during the 2011 Edinburgh Iranian Festival - PART 2
http://www.ediranfest.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/ediranfest
Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011, a showcase for world-class Iranian culture!
The Edinburgh Iranian Festival (EIF) is a non-political showcase for world-class Iranian culture, as well as for bands and artists working both in and outside Iran. For more information visit our website, as noted above, or join us on FaceBook and Twitter.
Thanks to Kahkeshan TV for this Production.
Ctesias at the Court of the Great King - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones, during the 2011 Edinburgh Iranian Festival - PART 2
http://www.ediranfest.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/ediranfest
Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011, a showcase for world-class Iranian culture!
The Edinburgh Iranian Festival (EIF) is a non-political showcase for world-class Iranian culture, as well as for bands and artists working both in and outside Iran. For more information visit our website, as noted above, or join us on FaceBook and Twitter.
Thanks to Kahkeshan TV for this Production.
The Ancient Greeks and Romans had an insane imagination. *Sources and External Links* Number 10: Pliny the Elder, Natural History. 8.73 Number 9: Aelian, On ...
The Ancient Greeks and Romans had an insane imagination. *Sources and External Links* Number 10: Pliny the Elder, Natural History. 8.73 Number 9: Aelian, On ...
Sciapodes, seres mitológicos velozes na corrida com uma só perna, são mencionados na literatura desde Ctesias (na Grécia Antiga), Plínio o Velho (no Império Romano) e Isidoro de Sevilha (na Idade Média). Umberto Eco cita os Sciapodes em "O Nome da Rosa" e em "Baudolino" e comenta sobre seres bizarros esculpidos em Igrejas pela Europa. Observando os Sanyasis, hindus que meditam em bipedestação e a catequese dos indígenas brasileiros, fica a pergunta sobre o que isso tudo pode ter a ver com Sacis.
Sciapodes, seres mitológicos velozes na corrida com uma só perna, são mencionados na literatura desde Ctesias (na Grécia Antiga), Plínio o Velho (no Império Romano) e Isidoro de Sevilha (na Idade Média). Umberto Eco cita os Sciapodes em "O Nome da Rosa" e em "Baudolino" e comenta sobre seres bizarros esculpidos em Igrejas pela Europa. Observando os Sanyasis, hindus que meditam em bipedestação e a catequese dos indígenas brasileiros, fica a pergunta sobre o que isso tudo pode ter a ver com Sacis.
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The ...
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The ...
On en parle pour la première fois en Occident, dans les textes écrits, sous la plume de l'historien grec Ctesias, vers 398 avant J.-C., sur la base de récits...
On en parle pour la première fois en Occident, dans les textes écrits, sous la plume de l'historien grec Ctesias, vers 398 avant J.-C., sur la base de récits...
Lista de los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo
Los fantasmas y monstruos mas espeluznantes del mundo.
Puedes ver la lista entera de los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo en http://www.mejoreslistasyrankings.com/entretenimiento/lista-ranking-de-los-mejores-fantasmas-y-monstruos-del-mundo-45837
En la lista de los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo tenemos:
1. La llorona
2. El chupacabras
3. El Hombre Lobo
4. Manticore
5. Banshee
6. El Mohan o Muan
7. El cuero
8. El cherufe
9. Black annis
10. Candilleja
La fuente de las imágenes es 20 minutos
1. La llorona
La Llorona es un espectro del folclor hispanoamericano que, según la tradición oral, se presenta como el alma en pena de una mujer que asesinó o perdió a sus hijos, busca a estos en vano y asusta con su sobrecogedor llanto a quienes la ven u oyen. Si bien la leyenda cuenta con muchas variantes, los hechos medulares son siempre los mismos.
2. El chupacabras
El término chupacabras es el nombre de un críptido legendario contemporáneo, que se describe como un ser que atacaría a animales de diferentes especies en zonas ganaderas o rurales. El mito tuvo su origen en la isla de Puerto Rico. Se cuenta que existe en México, América Central y América del Sur, en países como Costa Rica, México, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina, Brasil, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panamá, Perú, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, Paraguay y en algunas zonas del sur de Estados Unidos.
3. El Hombre Lobo
El hombre lobo, también conocido como licántropo, es una criatura legendaria presente en muchas culturas independientes a lo largo del mundo. Se ha dicho que este es el más universal de todos los mitos (probablemente junto con el del vampiro), y aún hoy, mucha gente cree en la existencia de los hombres lobo o de otras clases de «hombres bestia». Todas las características típicas de aquel animal - como son la ferocidad, la fuerza, la astucia y la rapidez- son en ellos claramente manifiestas, para desgracia de todos aquellos que se cruzan en su camino. Según las creencias populares, este hombre lobo puede permanecer con su aspecto animal únicamente por espacio de unas cuantas horas, generalmente cuando sale la luna llena.
4. Manticore
El mantícore es una criatura mitológica, un tipo de quimera con cabeza humana (frecuentemente con cuernos), el cuerpo rojo (en ocasiones de un león), y la cola de un dragón o escorpión, capaz de disparar espinas venenosas para incapacitar o matar a sus presas. Dependiendo del relato mitológico, su tamaño varía desde el de un león hasta el de un caballo, y su descripción puede incluir o no la presencia de alas y coraza.
La mantícora tienen su origen en la mitología persa, y su nombre significa 'devoradora de personas'. Aparentemente, la mantícora entró a la mitología griega a través de Ctesias, un médico griego en la corte del rey Artajerjes II en el siglo IV a.e.c., en su obra Indika ('Historia de la India'), desaparecida en la antigüedad. Aunque algunos estudiosos como Pausanias dudaban de la descripción original de Ctesias y atribuían el origen de la mantícora a una descripción exagerada de tigres indios, Plinio el Viejo consideró esta criatura auténtica y la incluyó en su influyente Naturalis Historia (c. 77). Posteriormente, Claudio Eliano también introdujo a la mantícora en su obra De Natura Animalium (IV; 21), obra utilizada como base para la mayoría de bestiarios europeos durante la Edad Media.
5. Banshee
Cada banshee se dedicaba exclusivamente a una de las grandes familias irlandesas cuyos apellidos contenían los prefijos Mac u O ,a las que servían durante siglos y siglos, aunque solo aparecen cuando un miembro de la familia está a punto de morir.
Tradicionalmente, cuando una persona moría una mujer cantaba un lamento en el funeral. Estas mujeres eran conocidas como " keeners ",y las mejores keeners serían las más solicitadas. La leyenda cuenta que en cinco grandes familias gaélicas - los O'Gradys , los O'Neills , los Briains Ó , los Conchobhairs Ó y los Caomhánachs - el lamento era cantado por una mujer hada. Ella cantaría el lamento cuando un miembro de la familia muriese, incluso si la persona había muerto lejos y la noticia de su muerte no había llegado todavía. De manera que el llanto de la banshee sería la primera advertencia que tendría la familia de esa muerte.
Posteriormente se dijo que las banshees mostraban su respeto hacia los difuntos gimiendo o lamentándose debajo de la ventana del moribundo, a veces elevándose por los aires hasta varios pisos de altura para poder hacerlo. Cuando varias bashees aparecen a la vez, sería señal de la muerte de alguien importante o incluso de carácter sagrado.
Lista de los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo
Los fantasmas y monstruos mas espeluznantes del mundo.
Puedes ver la lista entera de los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo en http://www.mejoreslistasyrankings.com/entretenimiento/lista-ranking-de-los-mejores-fantasmas-y-monstruos-del-mundo-45837
En la lista de los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo tenemos:
1. La llorona
2. El chupacabras
3. El Hombre Lobo
4. Manticore
5. Banshee
6. El Mohan o Muan
7. El cuero
8. El cherufe
9. Black annis
10. Candilleja
La fuente de las imágenes es 20 minutos
1. La llorona
La Llorona es un espectro del folclor hispanoamericano que, según la tradición oral, se presenta como el alma en pena de una mujer que asesinó o perdió a sus hijos, busca a estos en vano y asusta con su sobrecogedor llanto a quienes la ven u oyen. Si bien la leyenda cuenta con muchas variantes, los hechos medulares son siempre los mismos.
2. El chupacabras
El término chupacabras es el nombre de un críptido legendario contemporáneo, que se describe como un ser que atacaría a animales de diferentes especies en zonas ganaderas o rurales. El mito tuvo su origen en la isla de Puerto Rico. Se cuenta que existe en México, América Central y América del Sur, en países como Costa Rica, México, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina, Brasil, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panamá, Perú, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, Paraguay y en algunas zonas del sur de Estados Unidos.
3. El Hombre Lobo
El hombre lobo, también conocido como licántropo, es una criatura legendaria presente en muchas culturas independientes a lo largo del mundo. Se ha dicho que este es el más universal de todos los mitos (probablemente junto con el del vampiro), y aún hoy, mucha gente cree en la existencia de los hombres lobo o de otras clases de «hombres bestia». Todas las características típicas de aquel animal - como son la ferocidad, la fuerza, la astucia y la rapidez- son en ellos claramente manifiestas, para desgracia de todos aquellos que se cruzan en su camino. Según las creencias populares, este hombre lobo puede permanecer con su aspecto animal únicamente por espacio de unas cuantas horas, generalmente cuando sale la luna llena.
4. Manticore
El mantícore es una criatura mitológica, un tipo de quimera con cabeza humana (frecuentemente con cuernos), el cuerpo rojo (en ocasiones de un león), y la cola de un dragón o escorpión, capaz de disparar espinas venenosas para incapacitar o matar a sus presas. Dependiendo del relato mitológico, su tamaño varía desde el de un león hasta el de un caballo, y su descripción puede incluir o no la presencia de alas y coraza.
La mantícora tienen su origen en la mitología persa, y su nombre significa 'devoradora de personas'. Aparentemente, la mantícora entró a la mitología griega a través de Ctesias, un médico griego en la corte del rey Artajerjes II en el siglo IV a.e.c., en su obra Indika ('Historia de la India'), desaparecida en la antigüedad. Aunque algunos estudiosos como Pausanias dudaban de la descripción original de Ctesias y atribuían el origen de la mantícora a una descripción exagerada de tigres indios, Plinio el Viejo consideró esta criatura auténtica y la incluyó en su influyente Naturalis Historia (c. 77). Posteriormente, Claudio Eliano también introdujo a la mantícora en su obra De Natura Animalium (IV; 21), obra utilizada como base para la mayoría de bestiarios europeos durante la Edad Media.
5. Banshee
Cada banshee se dedicaba exclusivamente a una de las grandes familias irlandesas cuyos apellidos contenían los prefijos Mac u O ,a las que servían durante siglos y siglos, aunque solo aparecen cuando un miembro de la familia está a punto de morir.
Tradicionalmente, cuando una persona moría una mujer cantaba un lamento en el funeral. Estas mujeres eran conocidas como " keeners ",y las mejores keeners serían las más solicitadas. La leyenda cuenta que en cinco grandes familias gaélicas - los O'Gradys , los O'Neills , los Briains Ó , los Conchobhairs Ó y los Caomhánachs - el lamento era cantado por una mujer hada. Ella cantaría el lamento cuando un miembro de la familia muriese, incluso si la persona había muerto lejos y la noticia de su muerte no había llegado todavía. De manera que el llanto de la banshee sería la primera advertencia que tendría la familia de esa muerte.
Posteriormente se dijo que las banshees mostraban su respeto hacia los difuntos gimiendo o lamentándose debajo de la ventana del moribundo, a veces elevándose por los aires hasta varios pisos de altura para poder hacerlo. Cuando varias bashees aparecen a la vez, sería señal de la muerte de alguien importante o incluso de carácter sagrado.
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UNICORN family by Wendell CASTLE. Sculpture park, Rochester. Kalle Lundahl, PhD
Do you like contemporary sculpture and furniture? If so, I hope you will appreciate this short video about Wendell Castle (born in 1932 in Emporia, Kansas) who is an American furniture artist and a leading figure in American craft. He is often credited with being the father of the art furniture movement.
The Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester commissioned this monumental cast-iron sculpture by Castle as one of the anchor installations of its Centennial Sculpture Park. The piece, Unicorn Family measures 22 feet in diameter and consists of a gathering area with a table and three chairs and a 13-foot LED lamp.
http://mag.rochester.edu/centennial-sculpture-park/about-artists/wendell-castle/
Do you like contemporary sculpture and furniture? If so, I hope you will appreciate this short video about Wendell Castle (born in 1932 in Emporia, Kansas) who is an American furniture artist and a leading figure in American craft. He is often credited with being the father of the art furniture movement.
The Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester commissioned this monumental cast-iron sculpture by Castle as one of the anchor installations of its Centennial Sculpture Park. The piece, Unicorn Family measures 22 feet in diameter and consists of a gathering area with a table and three chairs and a 13-foot LED lamp.
http://mag.rochester.edu/centennial-sculpture-park/about-artists/wendell-castle/
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian. The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
In European folklore, the unicorn is often depicted as a white horse-like or goat-like animal with a long horn and cloven hooves (sometimes a goat's beard). In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, it was commonly described as an extremely wild woodland creature, a symbol of purity and grace, which could only be captured by a virgin. In the encyclopedias its horn was said to have the power to render poisoned water potable and to heal sickness. In medieval and Renaissance times, the horn of the narwhal was sometimes sold as unicorn horn.
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The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian. The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
In European folklore, the unicorn is often depicted as a white horse-like or goat-like animal with a long horn and cloven hooves (sometimes a goat's beard). In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, it was commonly described as an extremely wild woodland creature, a symbol of purity and grace, which could only be captured by a virgin. In the encyclopedias its horn was said to have the power to render poisoned water potable and to heal sickness. In medieval and Renaissance times, the horn of the narwhal was sometimes sold as unicorn horn.
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Gaumata or False Smerdis or Sphendadates (and various other names and aliases) appears in epigraphical and historiographical sources of classical antiquity as a late-6th century BCE Mede who usurped the Achaemenid throne by impersonating Bardiya, the son of Cyrus the Great. The figure appears as 'Gaumata' in the Behistun inscription of Darius I, as '(false) Smerdis' in Herodotus' Histories, and as 'Sphendadates' in the surviving fragments of Ctesias. Gaumata/Sphendadates/Pseudo-Smerdis appears to have reigned for about one year (522 to 521 BCE) at the Achaemenid capital at Susa (Ctesias says seven months). While the primary sources do not agree on the names and many other details, all three portray Gaumata/Pseudo-Smerdis/Sphendadates as an imposter who usurped the throne by posing as one of the sons of Cyrus (II), i.e. as one of the brothers of Cambyses. The sources also agree that Gaumata/Pseudo-Smerdis/Sphendadates is overthrown by Darius and others in a coup d'état, and that Darius then ascends the throne. Most sources (including Darius himself, Herodotus and Ctesias) have Darius as part of a group of seven conspirators. In Greek and Latin sources, Darius subsequently gains kingship by cheating in a contest. In Darius' trilingual Behistun inscription, the prince being impersonated, Bardiya, is named 'Pirtiya' in Elamite, 'Bardiya' in Old Persian, and 'Barziya' in Akkadian. In the Histories, the prince and his imposter have the same name (Smerdis). For Ctesias, Sphendadates poses as 'Tanyoxarces'. Other Greek sources have various other names for the figure being impersonated, including 'Tanoxares', 'Mergis' and 'Mardos'. The evaluation of the primary sources has been cause for much disagreement in modern scholarship. While there is agreement that Darius seized the throne through a coup d'état, there is dissent over whether Gaumata/Pseudo-Smerdis/Sphendadates was in fact an imposter, or whether Darius merely made him out to be one. The key argument against a fabrication is that there is no evidence for it. The key argument for a fabrication is that Darius, who had no particular rights to the throne, needed a moral Other to justify his seizure of the throne, and if one didn't exist, he would have had to invent one. Gaumata is in the Old Persian version of the Behistun inscription. Smerdis is Σμέρδις in the Histories. Sphendadates is Σφευδαδάτηζ in Ctesias.
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Gaumata or False Smerdis or Sphendadates (and various other names and aliases) appears in epigraphical and historiographical sources of classical antiquity as a late-6th century BCE Mede who usurped the Achaemenid throne by impersonating Bardiya, the son of Cyrus the Great. The figure appears as 'Gaumata' in the Behistun inscription of Darius I, as '(false) Smerdis' in Herodotus' Histories, and as 'Sphendadates' in the surviving fragments of Ctesias. Gaumata/Sphendadates/Pseudo-Smerdis appears to have reigned for about one year (522 to 521 BCE) at the Achaemenid capital at Susa (Ctesias says seven months). While the primary sources do not agree on the names and many other details, all three portray Gaumata/Pseudo-Smerdis/Sphendadates as an imposter who usurped the throne by posing as one of the sons of Cyrus (II), i.e. as one of the brothers of Cambyses. The sources also agree that Gaumata/Pseudo-Smerdis/Sphendadates is overthrown by Darius and others in a coup d'état, and that Darius then ascends the throne. Most sources (including Darius himself, Herodotus and Ctesias) have Darius as part of a group of seven conspirators. In Greek and Latin sources, Darius subsequently gains kingship by cheating in a contest. In Darius' trilingual Behistun inscription, the prince being impersonated, Bardiya, is named 'Pirtiya' in Elamite, 'Bardiya' in Old Persian, and 'Barziya' in Akkadian. In the Histories, the prince and his imposter have the same name (Smerdis). For Ctesias, Sphendadates poses as 'Tanyoxarces'. Other Greek sources have various other names for the figure being impersonated, including 'Tanoxares', 'Mergis' and 'Mardos'. The evaluation of the primary sources has been cause for much disagreement in modern scholarship. While there is agreement that Darius seized the throne through a coup d'état, there is dissent over whether Gaumata/Pseudo-Smerdis/Sphendadates was in fact an imposter, or whether Darius merely made him out to be one. The key argument against a fabrication is that there is no evidence for it. The key argument for a fabrication is that Darius, who had no particular rights to the throne, needed a moral Other to justify his seizure of the throne, and if one didn't exist, he would have had to invent one. Gaumata is in the Old Persian version of the Behistun inscription. Smerdis is Σμέρδις in the Histories. Sphendadates is Σφευδαδάτηζ in Ctesias.
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Unicorn sighting in England Amazing
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian.[1] The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
Unicorn sighting in England Amazing
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian.[1] The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
«After this [= the building of the palace] she [= Semiramis] built in the centre of the city (en mesei ti polei) a temple of Zeus (hieron Dios) whom, as we have said, the Babylonians call Bel. Now since with regard to this temple the historians are at variance, and since time (chronos) has caused the structure to fall in ruins, it is impossible to give the facts concerning it. But all agree that it was exceedingly high, and that in it the Chaldaeans made their observations of the stars, whose risings and settings could be accurately observed by reason of the height of the structure. Now the entire building was ingeniously constructed at great expense of bitumen (asphaltes ) and brick (plinthos), and at the top of the ascent Semiramis set up three statues of hammered gold, of Zeus, Hera, and Rhea. (...) But all these were later carried off as spoil by the Persians, while as for the palaces and other buildings, time (chronos)has either entirely effaced them or left them in ruins ; and in fact in Babylon itself but a small part is inhabited at this time, and most of the area within its walls (entos teichous ) is given over to agriculture.»
Diodoros Sikelos, Bibliotheca Historica, II 9.4-5, 9 (C. H. Oldfather, Loeb).
Introduction
When trying to figure out the condition of the city of Babylon in the days of Alexander on the basis of the classical sources, one is confronted with a set of difficulties. In the first place we have the reports of Greek authors before Alexander, like Herodotοs and Ctesias. Since the contemporary authors of Alexander the Great are lost, we have to resort to writers of much later centuries like Diodoros Sikelos (Diodorus Siculus) (ca. 30 B.C.), Strabo (ca.64 B.C. − after A.D. 21), Curtius (first century A.D.), Pliny (A.D. 23/4 -79), Pausanias (fl. c. A.D. 150) and Arrian (c. A.D. 86 -160). These authors in their descriptions of Babylon mix information they gathered from early authorities like Herodotus and Ctesias, authors of the Hellenistic age and reports of their own age. When we look at the descriptions of Babylon referring to the time of the entry of Alexander into Babylon, the impression is given of a huge city. It was «a well fortified» city and «its beauty and antiquity» struck Alexander ; it had a «citadel» and a «palace» in which Alexander could live (Curtius) ; the people came out «in mass» ; about the territory between Gaugamela and Susa it is said that «all of it was inhabited» (Arrian). In comparison with Susa «Alexander preferred Babylon, since he saw that it far surpassed the others, not only in its size, but also in other respects.» (Strabo).The temple of Bel was rich and had a large endowment of land and gold (Arrian) and was still standing in the time of Pliny (Pliny). Alexander sacrificed in the temple according tothe instructions of the Chaldaeans (Arrian). On the other hand, Arrian states that all Temples had been razed to the ground by the Persians (Arrian). As we shall see below, the latter statement contradicts the cuneiform evidence, which shows that at least sixteen temples survived far into the Hellenistic period.
"The Size and Significance of the Babylonian Temples under the Successors", by Robartus Johannes Van Der Speck, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, which appeared in: La transition entre l’empire achéménide et les royaumes hellénistiques (vers 350-300 av. J.-C.) Actes du colloque organisé au Collège de France par la « Chaire d’histoire et civilisation du monde achéménide et de l’empire d’Alexandre» et le «Réseau international d’études et de recherches achéménides» (GDR 2538CNRS), 22-23 novembre 2004, sous la direction de Pierre Briant et Francis Joannès, is available here: http://www.academia.edu/800033/The_Size_and_Significance_of_the_Babylonian_Temples_under_the_Successors
Track: Feel the Sunshine
Artist: Alex Reece - vocals by Deborah Anderson
Album: So Far
Label: 4th & Broadway
Release Date: 1996
Photograph: View of Mesopotamia from the Etemenanki ziggurat in the heart of Babylon.
«After this [= the building of the palace] she [= Semiramis] built in the centre of the city (en mesei ti polei) a temple of Zeus (hieron Dios) whom, as we have said, the Babylonians call Bel. Now since with regard to this temple the historians are at variance, and since time (chronos) has caused the structure to fall in ruins, it is impossible to give the facts concerning it. But all agree that it was exceedingly high, and that in it the Chaldaeans made their observations of the stars, whose risings and settings could be accurately observed by reason of the height of the structure. Now the entire building was ingeniously constructed at great expense of bitumen (asphaltes ) and brick (plinthos), and at the top of the ascent Semiramis set up three statues of hammered gold, of Zeus, Hera, and Rhea. (...) But all these were later carried off as spoil by the Persians, while as for the palaces and other buildings, time (chronos)has either entirely effaced them or left them in ruins ; and in fact in Babylon itself but a small part is inhabited at this time, and most of the area within its walls (entos teichous ) is given over to agriculture.»
Diodoros Sikelos, Bibliotheca Historica, II 9.4-5, 9 (C. H. Oldfather, Loeb).
Introduction
When trying to figure out the condition of the city of Babylon in the days of Alexander on the basis of the classical sources, one is confronted with a set of difficulties. In the first place we have the reports of Greek authors before Alexander, like Herodotοs and Ctesias. Since the contemporary authors of Alexander the Great are lost, we have to resort to writers of much later centuries like Diodoros Sikelos (Diodorus Siculus) (ca. 30 B.C.), Strabo (ca.64 B.C. − after A.D. 21), Curtius (first century A.D.), Pliny (A.D. 23/4 -79), Pausanias (fl. c. A.D. 150) and Arrian (c. A.D. 86 -160). These authors in their descriptions of Babylon mix information they gathered from early authorities like Herodotus and Ctesias, authors of the Hellenistic age and reports of their own age. When we look at the descriptions of Babylon referring to the time of the entry of Alexander into Babylon, the impression is given of a huge city. It was «a well fortified» city and «its beauty and antiquity» struck Alexander ; it had a «citadel» and a «palace» in which Alexander could live (Curtius) ; the people came out «in mass» ; about the territory between Gaugamela and Susa it is said that «all of it was inhabited» (Arrian). In comparison with Susa «Alexander preferred Babylon, since he saw that it far surpassed the others, not only in its size, but also in other respects.» (Strabo).The temple of Bel was rich and had a large endowment of land and gold (Arrian) and was still standing in the time of Pliny (Pliny). Alexander sacrificed in the temple according tothe instructions of the Chaldaeans (Arrian). On the other hand, Arrian states that all Temples had been razed to the ground by the Persians (Arrian). As we shall see below, the latter statement contradicts the cuneiform evidence, which shows that at least sixteen temples survived far into the Hellenistic period.
"The Size and Significance of the Babylonian Temples under the Successors", by Robartus Johannes Van Der Speck, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, which appeared in: La transition entre l’empire achéménide et les royaumes hellénistiques (vers 350-300 av. J.-C.) Actes du colloque organisé au Collège de France par la « Chaire d’histoire et civilisation du monde achéménide et de l’empire d’Alexandre» et le «Réseau international d’études et de recherches achéménides» (GDR 2538CNRS), 22-23 novembre 2004, sous la direction de Pierre Briant et Francis Joannès, is available here: http://www.academia.edu/800033/The_Size_and_Significance_of_the_Babylonian_Temples_under_the_Successors
Track: Feel the Sunshine
Artist: Alex Reece - vocals by Deborah Anderson
Album: So Far
Label: 4th & Broadway
Release Date: 1996
Photograph: View of Mesopotamia from the Etemenanki ziggurat in the heart of Babylon.
Unicorn sighting caught on Tape in England WoW!
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian.[1] The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
Unicorn sighting caught on Tape in England WoW!
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian.[1] The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
Naghsh-e Rostam is situated some five kilometers north of Persepolis, the capital of the ancient Achaemenid empire. It was already a place of some importance...
Naghsh-e Rostam is situated some five kilometers north of Persepolis, the capital of the ancient Achaemenid empire. It was already a place of some importance...
Link about the speaker: http://aramaicherald.blogspot.com/2012/06/stephen-andrew-missick-personality.html Books on the web: Chaldean Account of Genesis By Ge...
Link about the speaker: http://aramaicherald.blogspot.com/2012/06/stephen-andrew-missick-personality.html Books on the web: Chaldean Account of Genesis By Ge...
Learn how to say Unicorn with Japanese accent.
Unicorn (yunikohn): In Japanese, it can be written as ユニコーン .
"The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian. The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
In European folklore, the unicorn is often depicted as a white horse-like or goat-like animal with a long horn and cloven hooves (sometimes a goat's beard). In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, it was commonly described as an extremely wild woodland creature, a symbol of purity and grace, which could only be captured by a virgin. In the encyclopedias its horn was said to have the power to render poisoned water potable and to heal sickness. In medieval and Renaissance times, the horn of the narwhal was sometimes sold as unicorn horn." - from Wikipedia
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Learn how to say Unicorn with Japanese accent.
Unicorn (yunikohn): In Japanese, it can be written as ユニコーン .
"The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian. The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
In European folklore, the unicorn is often depicted as a white horse-like or goat-like animal with a long horn and cloven hooves (sometimes a goat's beard). In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, it was commonly described as an extremely wild woodland creature, a symbol of purity and grace, which could only be captured by a virgin. In the encyclopedias its horn was said to have the power to render poisoned water potable and to heal sickness. In medieval and Renaissance times, the horn of the narwhal was sometimes sold as unicorn horn." - from Wikipedia
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What is Unicorn?
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The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian. The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
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What is Unicorn?
A report all about Unicorn for homework/assignment
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian. The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
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Diodorus Siculus (/ˌdaɪəˈdɔːrəs ˈsɪkjʊləs/; Greek: Διόδωρος Σικελιώτης Diodoros Sikeliotes) or Diodorus of Sicily was a Greek historian. He is known for writing the monumental universal history Bibliotheca historica, much of which survives, between 60 and 30 BC. It is arranged in three parts. The first covers mythic history up to the destruction of Troy, arranged geographically, describing regions around the world from Egypt, India and Arabia to Greece and Europe. The second covers the Trojan War to the death of Alexander the Great. The third covers the period to about 60BC. The title Bibliotheca, meaning 'library', acknowledges that he was drawing on the work of many other authors.
According to Diodorus' own work, he was born at Agyrium in Sicily (now called Agira).[1] With one exception, antiquity affords no further information about Diodorus' life and doings beyond what is to be found in his own work. Only Jerome, in his Chronicon under the "year of Abraham 1968" (i.e., 49 BC), writes, "Diodorus of Sicily, a writer of Greek history, became illustrious". However, his English translator, Charles Henry Oldfather, remarks on the "striking coincidence" that one of only two known Greek inscriptions from Agyrium (I.G. XIV, 588) is the tombstone of one "Diodorus, the son of Apollonius".
Work
Diodorus' universal history, which he named Bibliotheca historica (Greek: Ἱστορικὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, "Historical Library"), was immense and consisted of 40 books, of which 1–5 and 11–20 survive: fragments of the lost books are preserved in Photius and the excerpts of Constantine Porphyrogenitus.
It was divided into three sections. The first six books treated the mythic history of the non-Hellenic and Hellenic tribes to the destruction of Troy and are geographical in theme, and describe the history and culture of Ancient Egypt (book I), of Mesopotamia, India, Scythia, and Arabia (II), of North Africa (III), and of Greece and Europe (IV–VI).
In the next section (books VII–XVII), he recounts the history of the world from the Trojan War down to the death of Alexander the Great. The last section (books XVII to the end) concerns the historical events from the successors of Alexander down to either 60 BC or the beginning of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars. (The end has been lost, so it is unclear whether Diodorus reached the beginning of the Gallic War as he promised at the beginning of his work or, as evidence suggests, old and tired from his labours he stopped short at 60 BC.) He selected the name "Bibliotheca" in acknowledgment that he was assembling a composite work from many sources. Identified authors on whose works he drew include Hecataeus of Abdera, Ctesias of Cnidus, Ephorus, Theopompus, Hieronymus of Cardia, Duris of Samos, Diyllus, Philistus, Timaeus, Polybius, and Posidonius.
His account of gold mining in Nubia in eastern Egypt is one of the earliest extant texts on the topic, and describes in vivid detail the use of slave labour in terrible working conditions.
He also gave an account of the Celts: "Physically the Celts are terrifying in appearance with deep-sounding and very harsh voices. In conversation they use few words and speak in riddles, for the most part hinting at things and leaving a great deal to be understood. They frequently exaggerate with the aim of extolling themselves and diminishing the status of others. They are boasters and threateners, and given to bombastic self-dramatization, and yet they are quick of mind and with good natural ability for learning.
Diodorus Siculus (/ˌdaɪəˈdɔːrəs ˈsɪkjʊləs/; Greek: Διόδωρος Σικελιώτης Diodoros Sikeliotes) or Diodorus of Sicily was a Greek historian. He is known for writing the monumental universal history Bibliotheca historica, much of which survives, between 60 and 30 BC. It is arranged in three parts. The first covers mythic history up to the destruction of Troy, arranged geographically, describing regions around the world from Egypt, India and Arabia to Greece and Europe. The second covers the Trojan War to the death of Alexander the Great. The third covers the period to about 60BC. The title Bibliotheca, meaning 'library', acknowledges that he was drawing on the work of many other authors.
According to Diodorus' own work, he was born at Agyrium in Sicily (now called Agira).[1] With one exception, antiquity affords no further information about Diodorus' life and doings beyond what is to be found in his own work. Only Jerome, in his Chronicon under the "year of Abraham 1968" (i.e., 49 BC), writes, "Diodorus of Sicily, a writer of Greek history, became illustrious". However, his English translator, Charles Henry Oldfather, remarks on the "striking coincidence" that one of only two known Greek inscriptions from Agyrium (I.G. XIV, 588) is the tombstone of one "Diodorus, the son of Apollonius".
Work
Diodorus' universal history, which he named Bibliotheca historica (Greek: Ἱστορικὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, "Historical Library"), was immense and consisted of 40 books, of which 1–5 and 11–20 survive: fragments of the lost books are preserved in Photius and the excerpts of Constantine Porphyrogenitus.
It was divided into three sections. The first six books treated the mythic history of the non-Hellenic and Hellenic tribes to the destruction of Troy and are geographical in theme, and describe the history and culture of Ancient Egypt (book I), of Mesopotamia, India, Scythia, and Arabia (II), of North Africa (III), and of Greece and Europe (IV–VI).
In the next section (books VII–XVII), he recounts the history of the world from the Trojan War down to the death of Alexander the Great. The last section (books XVII to the end) concerns the historical events from the successors of Alexander down to either 60 BC or the beginning of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars. (The end has been lost, so it is unclear whether Diodorus reached the beginning of the Gallic War as he promised at the beginning of his work or, as evidence suggests, old and tired from his labours he stopped short at 60 BC.) He selected the name "Bibliotheca" in acknowledgment that he was assembling a composite work from many sources. Identified authors on whose works he drew include Hecataeus of Abdera, Ctesias of Cnidus, Ephorus, Theopompus, Hieronymus of Cardia, Duris of Samos, Diyllus, Philistus, Timaeus, Polybius, and Posidonius.
His account of gold mining in Nubia in eastern Egypt is one of the earliest extant texts on the topic, and describes in vivid detail the use of slave labour in terrible working conditions.
He also gave an account of the Celts: "Physically the Celts are terrifying in appearance with deep-sounding and very harsh voices. In conversation they use few words and speak in riddles, for the most part hinting at things and leaving a great deal to be understood. They frequently exaggerate with the aim of extolling themselves and diminishing the status of others. They are boasters and threateners, and given to bombastic self-dramatization, and yet they are quick of mind and with good natural ability for learning.
Bibliotheca historica (Βιβλιοθήκη ἱστορική, "Historical Library"), is a work of universal history by Diodorus Siculus. It consisted of forty books, which were divided into three sections. The first six books are geographical in theme, and describe the history and culture of Egypt (book I), of Mesopotamia, India, Scythia, and Arabia (II), of North Africa (III), and of Greece and Europe (IV - VI). In the next section (books VII - XVII), he recounts the history of the World starting with the Trojan War, down to the death of Alexander the Great. The last section (books XVII to the end) concerns the historical events from the successors of Alexander down to either 60 BC or the beginning of Caesar's Gallic War in 59 BC. (The end has been lost, so it is unclear whether Diodorus reached the beginning of the Gallic War, as he promised at the beginning of his work, or, as evidence suggests, old and tired from his labors he stopped short at 60 BC.) He selected the name "Bibliotheca" in acknowledgement that he was assembling a composite work from many sources. The authors he drew from, who have been identified, include: Hecataeus of Abdera, Ctesias of Cnidus, Ephorus, Theopompus, Hieronymus of Cardia, Duris of Samos, Diyllus, Philistus, Timaeus, Polybius and Posidonius.
Diodorus' immense work has not survived intact: we have the first five books and books 11 through 20. The rest exists only in fragments preserved in Photius and the excerpts of Constantine Porphyrogenitus.
The earliest date Diodorus mentions is his visit to Egypt in the 180th Olympiad (between 60 and 56 BC). This visit was marked by his witnessing an angry mob demand the death of a Roman citizen who had accidentally killed a cat, an animal sacred to the ancient Egyptians (Bibliotheca historica 1.41, 1.83). The latest event Diodorus mentions is Octavian's vengeance on the city of Tauromenium, whose refusal to help him led to Octavian's naval defeat nearby in 36 BC (16.7). Diodorus shows no knowledge that Egypt became a Roman province—which transpired in 30 BC—so presumably he published his completed work before that event. Diodorus asserts that he devoted thirty years to the composition of his history, and that he undertook a number of dangerous journeys through Europe and Asia in prosecution of his historical researches. Modern critics have called this claim into question, noting several surprising mistakes that an eye-witness would not be expected to have made.
The faults of Diodorus arise partly from the nature of the undertaking, and the awkward form of annals into which he has thrown the historical portion of his narrative. He shows none of the critical faculties of the historian, merely setting down a number of unconnected details. His narrative contains frequent repetitions and contradictions, is without colouring, and monotonous; and his simple diction, which stands intermediate between pure Attic and the colloquial Greek of his time, enables us to detect in the narrative the undigested fragments of the materials which he employed.
As damaging as this sounds, other more contemporary classical scholars are likely to go even further. Diodorus has become infamous particularly for adapting his tales ad maiorem Graecorum gloriam ("to the greater glory of the Greeks"), leading one prominent author to refer to him as one of the "two most accomplished liars of antiquity"[4][5] (the other being Ctesias).
Far more sympathetic is the estimate of C.H. Oldfather, who wrote in the introduction to his translation of Diodorus:
While characteristics such as these exclude Diodorus from a place among the abler historians of the ancient world, there is every reason to believe that he used the best sources and that he reproduced them faithfully. His First Book, which deals almost exclusively with Egypt, is the fullest literary account of the history and customs of that country after Herodotus. Books II-V cover a wide range, and because of their inclusion of much mythological material are of much less value. In the period from 480 to 301 BC, which he treats in annalistic fashion and in which his main source was the Universal History of Ephorus, his importance varies according as he is the sole continuous source, or again as he is paralleled by superior writers.
Bibliotheca historica (Βιβλιοθήκη ἱστορική, "Historical Library"), is a work of universal history by Diodorus Siculus. It consisted of forty books, which were divided into three sections. The first six books are geographical in theme, and describe the history and culture of Egypt (book I), of Mesopotamia, India, Scythia, and Arabia (II), of North Africa (III), and of Greece and Europe (IV - VI). In the next section (books VII - XVII), he recounts the history of the World starting with the Trojan War, down to the death of Alexander the Great. The last section (books XVII to the end) concerns the historical events from the successors of Alexander down to either 60 BC or the beginning of Caesar's Gallic War in 59 BC. (The end has been lost, so it is unclear whether Diodorus reached the beginning of the Gallic War, as he promised at the beginning of his work, or, as evidence suggests, old and tired from his labors he stopped short at 60 BC.) He selected the name "Bibliotheca" in acknowledgement that he was assembling a composite work from many sources. The authors he drew from, who have been identified, include: Hecataeus of Abdera, Ctesias of Cnidus, Ephorus, Theopompus, Hieronymus of Cardia, Duris of Samos, Diyllus, Philistus, Timaeus, Polybius and Posidonius.
Diodorus' immense work has not survived intact: we have the first five books and books 11 through 20. The rest exists only in fragments preserved in Photius and the excerpts of Constantine Porphyrogenitus.
The earliest date Diodorus mentions is his visit to Egypt in the 180th Olympiad (between 60 and 56 BC). This visit was marked by his witnessing an angry mob demand the death of a Roman citizen who had accidentally killed a cat, an animal sacred to the ancient Egyptians (Bibliotheca historica 1.41, 1.83). The latest event Diodorus mentions is Octavian's vengeance on the city of Tauromenium, whose refusal to help him led to Octavian's naval defeat nearby in 36 BC (16.7). Diodorus shows no knowledge that Egypt became a Roman province—which transpired in 30 BC—so presumably he published his completed work before that event. Diodorus asserts that he devoted thirty years to the composition of his history, and that he undertook a number of dangerous journeys through Europe and Asia in prosecution of his historical researches. Modern critics have called this claim into question, noting several surprising mistakes that an eye-witness would not be expected to have made.
The faults of Diodorus arise partly from the nature of the undertaking, and the awkward form of annals into which he has thrown the historical portion of his narrative. He shows none of the critical faculties of the historian, merely setting down a number of unconnected details. His narrative contains frequent repetitions and contradictions, is without colouring, and monotonous; and his simple diction, which stands intermediate between pure Attic and the colloquial Greek of his time, enables us to detect in the narrative the undigested fragments of the materials which he employed.
As damaging as this sounds, other more contemporary classical scholars are likely to go even further. Diodorus has become infamous particularly for adapting his tales ad maiorem Graecorum gloriam ("to the greater glory of the Greeks"), leading one prominent author to refer to him as one of the "two most accomplished liars of antiquity"[4][5] (the other being Ctesias).
Far more sympathetic is the estimate of C.H. Oldfather, who wrote in the introduction to his translation of Diodorus:
While characteristics such as these exclude Diodorus from a place among the abler historians of the ancient world, there is every reason to believe that he used the best sources and that he reproduced them faithfully. His First Book, which deals almost exclusively with Egypt, is the fullest literary account of the history and customs of that country after Herodotus. Books II-V cover a wide range, and because of their inclusion of much mythological material are of much less value. In the period from 480 to 301 BC, which he treats in annalistic fashion and in which his main source was the Universal History of Ephorus, his importance varies according as he is the sole continuous source, or again as he is paralleled by superior writers.
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Keltische symbolen en tekens, keltisch symbool kracht
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The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian.[1] The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have rendered with the word unicorn.[1]
In European folklore, the unicorn is often depicted as a white horselike or goatlike animal with a long horn and cloven hooves (sometimes a goat's beard). In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, it was commonly described as an extremely wild woodland creature, a symbol of purity and grace, which could only be captured by a virgin. In the encyclopedias its horn was said to have the power to render poisoned water potable and to heal sickness. In medieval and Renaissance times, the horn of the narwhal was sometimes sold as unicorn horn.
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The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian.[1] The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have rendered with the word unicorn.[1]
In European folklore, the unicorn is often depicted as a white horselike or goatlike animal with a long horn and cloven hooves (sometimes a goat's beard). In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, it was commonly described as an extremely wild woodland creature, a symbol of purity and grace, which could only be captured by a virgin. In the encyclopedias its horn was said to have the power to render poisoned water potable and to heal sickness. In medieval and Renaissance times, the horn of the narwhal was sometimes sold as unicorn horn.
Learn how to say Ctesias correctly with EmmaSaying's "how do you pronounce" free tutorials...
published:26 Feb 2014
How to Pronounce Ctesias
How to Pronounce Ctesias
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Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011 - Part 1 - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones- Ctesias
Ctesias at the Court of the Great King - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones, ...
Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011 - Part 1 - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones- Ctesias
Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011 - Part 1 - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones- Ctesias
Ctesias at the Court of the Great King - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones, during the 2011 Edinburgh Iranian Festival - PART 1 http://www.edir...
Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011 - Part 2 - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones- Ctesias
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published:28 Feb 2014
Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011 - Part 2 - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones- Ctesias
Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2011 - Part 2 - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones- Ctesias
Ctesias at the Court of the Great King - Book Launch & Q&A; with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn Jones, during the 2011 Edinburgh Iranian Festival - PART 2
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10 Bizarre Creatures From Greek Mythology
The Ancient Greeks and Romans had an insane imagination. *Sources and External Links* Numb...
The Ancient Greeks and Romans had an insane imagination. *Sources and External Links* Number 10: Pliny the Elder, Natural History. 8.73 Number 9: Aelian, On ...
Sciapodes, seres mitológicos velozes na corrida com uma só perna, são mencionados na liter...
published:21 Dec 2013
Sciapodes e Sacis
Sciapodes e Sacis
Sciapodes, seres mitológicos velozes na corrida com uma só perna, são mencionados na literatura desde Ctesias (na Grécia Antiga), Plínio o Velho (no Império Romano) e Isidoro de Sevilha (na Idade Média). Umberto Eco cita os Sciapodes em "O Nome da Rosa" e em "Baudolino" e comenta sobre seres bizarros esculpidos em Igrejas pela Europa. Observando os Sanyasis, hindus que meditam em bipedestação e a catequese dos indígenas brasileiros, fica a pergunta sobre o que isso tudo pode ter a ver com Sacis.
published:21 Dec 2013
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the unicorn
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with ...
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The ...
On en parle pour la première fois en Occident, dans les textes écrits, sous la plume de l'historien grec Ctesias, vers 398 avant J.-C., sur la base de récits...
Lista de los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo
Los fantasmas y monstruos mas espelu...
published:04 Dec 2014
Los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo
Los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo
Lista de los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo
Los fantasmas y monstruos mas espeluznantes del mundo.
Puedes ver la lista entera de los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo en http://www.mejoreslistasyrankings.com/entretenimiento/lista-ranking-de-los-mejores-fantasmas-y-monstruos-del-mundo-45837
En la lista de los mejores fantasmas y monstruos del mundo tenemos:
1. La llorona
2. El chupacabras
3. El Hombre Lobo
4. Manticore
5. Banshee
6. El Mohan o Muan
7. El cuero
8. El cherufe
9. Black annis
10. Candilleja
La fuente de las imágenes es 20 minutos
1. La llorona
La Llorona es un espectro del folclor hispanoamericano que, según la tradición oral, se presenta como el alma en pena de una mujer que asesinó o perdió a sus hijos, busca a estos en vano y asusta con su sobrecogedor llanto a quienes la ven u oyen. Si bien la leyenda cuenta con muchas variantes, los hechos medulares son siempre los mismos.
2. El chupacabras
El término chupacabras es el nombre de un críptido legendario contemporáneo, que se describe como un ser que atacaría a animales de diferentes especies en zonas ganaderas o rurales. El mito tuvo su origen en la isla de Puerto Rico. Se cuenta que existe en México, América Central y América del Sur, en países como Costa Rica, México, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina, Brasil, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panamá, Perú, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, Paraguay y en algunas zonas del sur de Estados Unidos.
3. El Hombre Lobo
El hombre lobo, también conocido como licántropo, es una criatura legendaria presente en muchas culturas independientes a lo largo del mundo. Se ha dicho que este es el más universal de todos los mitos (probablemente junto con el del vampiro), y aún hoy, mucha gente cree en la existencia de los hombres lobo o de otras clases de «hombres bestia». Todas las características típicas de aquel animal - como son la ferocidad, la fuerza, la astucia y la rapidez- son en ellos claramente manifiestas, para desgracia de todos aquellos que se cruzan en su camino. Según las creencias populares, este hombre lobo puede permanecer con su aspecto animal únicamente por espacio de unas cuantas horas, generalmente cuando sale la luna llena.
4. Manticore
El mantícore es una criatura mitológica, un tipo de quimera con cabeza humana (frecuentemente con cuernos), el cuerpo rojo (en ocasiones de un león), y la cola de un dragón o escorpión, capaz de disparar espinas venenosas para incapacitar o matar a sus presas. Dependiendo del relato mitológico, su tamaño varía desde el de un león hasta el de un caballo, y su descripción puede incluir o no la presencia de alas y coraza.
La mantícora tienen su origen en la mitología persa, y su nombre significa 'devoradora de personas'. Aparentemente, la mantícora entró a la mitología griega a través de Ctesias, un médico griego en la corte del rey Artajerjes II en el siglo IV a.e.c., en su obra Indika ('Historia de la India'), desaparecida en la antigüedad. Aunque algunos estudiosos como Pausanias dudaban de la descripción original de Ctesias y atribuían el origen de la mantícora a una descripción exagerada de tigres indios, Plinio el Viejo consideró esta criatura auténtica y la incluyó en su influyente Naturalis Historia (c. 77). Posteriormente, Claudio Eliano también introdujo a la mantícora en su obra De Natura Animalium (IV; 21), obra utilizada como base para la mayoría de bestiarios europeos durante la Edad Media.
5. Banshee
Cada banshee se dedicaba exclusivamente a una de las grandes familias irlandesas cuyos apellidos contenían los prefijos Mac u O ,a las que servían durante siglos y siglos, aunque solo aparecen cuando un miembro de la familia está a punto de morir.
Tradicionalmente, cuando una persona moría una mujer cantaba un lamento en el funeral. Estas mujeres eran conocidas como " keeners ",y las mejores keeners serían las más solicitadas. La leyenda cuenta que en cinco grandes familias gaélicas - los O'Gradys , los O'Neills , los Briains Ó , los Conchobhairs Ó y los Caomhánachs - el lamento era cantado por una mujer hada. Ella cantaría el lamento cuando un miembro de la familia muriese, incluso si la persona había muerto lejos y la noticia de su muerte no había llegado todavía. De manera que el llanto de la banshee sería la primera advertencia que tendría la familia de esa muerte.
Posteriormente se dijo que las banshees mostraban su respeto hacia los difuntos gimiendo o lamentándose debajo de la ventana del moribundo, a veces elevándose por los aires hasta varios pisos de altura para poder hacerlo. Cuando varias bashees aparecen a la vez, sería señal de la muerte de alguien importante o incluso de carácter sagrado.
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UNICORN family by Wendell CASTLE. Sculpture park, Rochester. Kalle Lundahl, PhD
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UNICORN family by Wendell CASTLE. Sculpture park, Rochester. Kalle Lundahl, PhD
UNICORN family by Wendell CASTLE. Sculpture park, Rochester. Kalle Lundahl, PhD
Do you like contemporary sculpture and furniture? If so, I hope you will appreciate this short video about Wendell Castle (born in 1932 in Emporia, Kansas) who is an American furniture artist and a leading figure in American craft. He is often credited with being the father of the art furniture movement.
The Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester commissioned this monumental cast-iron sculpture by Castle as one of the anchor installations of its Centennial Sculpture Park. The piece, Unicorn Family measures 22 feet in diameter and consists of a gathering area with a table and three chairs and a 13-foot LED lamp.
http://mag.rochester.edu/centennial-sculpture-park/about-artists/wendell-castle/
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Unicorn
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with ...
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Unicorn
Unicorn
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian. The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
In European folklore, the unicorn is often depicted as a white horse-like or goat-like animal with a long horn and cloven hooves (sometimes a goat's beard). In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, it was commonly described as an extremely wild woodland creature, a symbol of purity and grace, which could only be captured by a virgin. In the encyclopedias its horn was said to have the power to render poisoned water potable and to heal sickness. In medieval and Renaissance times, the horn of the narwhal was sometimes sold as unicorn horn.
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Gaumata
Gaumata or False Smerdis or Sphendadates (and various other names and aliases) appears in ...
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Gaumata
Gaumata
Gaumata or False Smerdis or Sphendadates (and various other names and aliases) appears in epigraphical and historiographical sources of classical antiquity as a late-6th century BCE Mede who usurped the Achaemenid throne by impersonating Bardiya, the son of Cyrus the Great. The figure appears as 'Gaumata' in the Behistun inscription of Darius I, as '(false) Smerdis' in Herodotus' Histories, and as 'Sphendadates' in the surviving fragments of Ctesias. Gaumata/Sphendadates/Pseudo-Smerdis appears to have reigned for about one year (522 to 521 BCE) at the Achaemenid capital at Susa (Ctesias says seven months). While the primary sources do not agree on the names and many other details, all three portray Gaumata/Pseudo-Smerdis/Sphendadates as an imposter who usurped the throne by posing as one of the sons of Cyrus (II), i.e. as one of the brothers of Cambyses. The sources also agree that Gaumata/Pseudo-Smerdis/Sphendadates is overthrown by Darius and others in a coup d'état, and that Darius then ascends the throne. Most sources (including Darius himself, Herodotus and Ctesias) have Darius as part of a group of seven conspirators. In Greek and Latin sources, Darius subsequently gains kingship by cheating in a contest. In Darius' trilingual Behistun inscription, the prince being impersonated, Bardiya, is named 'Pirtiya' in Elamite, 'Bardiya' in Old Persian, and 'Barziya' in Akkadian. In the Histories, the prince and his imposter have the same name (Smerdis). For Ctesias, Sphendadates poses as 'Tanyoxarces'. Other Greek sources have various other names for the figure being impersonated, including 'Tanoxares', 'Mergis' and 'Mardos'. The evaluation of the primary sources has been cause for much disagreement in modern scholarship. While there is agreement that Darius seized the throne through a coup d'état, there is dissent over whether Gaumata/Pseudo-Smerdis/Sphendadates was in fact an imposter, or whether Darius merely made him out to be one. The key argument against a fabrication is that there is no evidence for it. The key argument for a fabrication is that Darius, who had no particular rights to the throne, needed a moral Other to justify his seizure of the throne, and if one didn't exist, he would have had to invent one. Gaumata is in the Old Persian version of the Behistun inscription. Smerdis is Σμέρδις in the Histories. Sphendadates is Σφευδαδάτηζ in Ctesias.
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Unicorn sighting in England Amazing
Unicorn sighting in England Amazing
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been descr...
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Unicorn sighting in England Amazing
Unicorn sighting in England Amazing
Unicorn sighting in England Amazing
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian.[1] The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
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«After this [= the building of the palace] she [= Semiramis] built in the centre of the ci...
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«After this [= the building of the palace] she [= Semiramis] built in the centre of the city (en mesei ti polei) a temple of Zeus (hieron Dios) whom, as we have said, the Babylonians call Bel. Now since with regard to this temple the historians are at variance, and since time (chronos) has caused the structure to fall in ruins, it is impossible to give the facts concerning it. But all agree that it was exceedingly high, and that in it the Chaldaeans made their observations of the stars, whose risings and settings could be accurately observed by reason of the height of the structure. Now the entire building was ingeniously constructed at great expense of bitumen (asphaltes ) and brick (plinthos), and at the top of the ascent Semiramis set up three statues of hammered gold, of Zeus, Hera, and Rhea. (...) But all these were later carried off as spoil by the Persians, while as for the palaces and other buildings, time (chronos)has either entirely effaced them or left them in ruins ; and in fact in Babylon itself but a small part is inhabited at this time, and most of the area within its walls (entos teichous ) is given over to agriculture.»
Diodoros Sikelos, Bibliotheca Historica, II 9.4-5, 9 (C. H. Oldfather, Loeb).
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When trying to figure out the condition of the city of Babylon in the days of Alexander on the basis of the classical sources, one is confronted with a set of difficulties. In the first place we have the reports of Greek authors before Alexander, like Herodotοs and Ctesias. Since the contemporary authors of Alexander the Great are lost, we have to resort to writers of much later centuries like Diodoros Sikelos (Diodorus Siculus) (ca. 30 B.C.), Strabo (ca.64 B.C. − after A.D. 21), Curtius (first century A.D.), Pliny (A.D. 23/4 -79), Pausanias (fl. c. A.D. 150) and Arrian (c. A.D. 86 -160). These authors in their descriptions of Babylon mix information they gathered from early authorities like Herodotus and Ctesias, authors of the Hellenistic age and reports of their own age. When we look at the descriptions of Babylon referring to the time of the entry of Alexander into Babylon, the impression is given of a huge city. It was «a well fortified» city and «its beauty and antiquity» struck Alexander ; it had a «citadel» and a «palace» in which Alexander could live (Curtius) ; the people came out «in mass» ; about the territory between Gaugamela and Susa it is said that «all of it was inhabited» (Arrian). In comparison with Susa «Alexander preferred Babylon, since he saw that it far surpassed the others, not only in its size, but also in other respects.» (Strabo).The temple of Bel was rich and had a large endowment of land and gold (Arrian) and was still standing in the time of Pliny (Pliny). Alexander sacrificed in the temple according tothe instructions of the Chaldaeans (Arrian). On the other hand, Arrian states that all Temples had been razed to the ground by the Persians (Arrian). As we shall see below, the latter statement contradicts the cuneiform evidence, which shows that at least sixteen temples survived far into the Hellenistic period.
"The Size and Significance of the Babylonian Temples under the Successors", by Robartus Johannes Van Der Speck, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, which appeared in: La transition entre l’empire achéménide et les royaumes hellénistiques (vers 350-300 av. J.-C.) Actes du colloque organisé au Collège de France par la « Chaire d’histoire et civilisation du monde achéménide et de l’empire d’Alexandre» et le «Réseau international d’études et de recherches achéménides» (GDR 2538CNRS), 22-23 novembre 2004, sous la direction de Pierre Briant et Francis Joannès, is available here: http://www.academia.edu/800033/The_Size_and_Significance_of_the_Babylonian_Temples_under_the_Successors
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Photograph: View of Mesopotamia from the Etemenanki ziggurat in the heart of Babylon.
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Unicorn sighting caught on Tape in England WoW!
Unicorn sighting caught on Tape in England WoW!
The unicorn is a legendary animal that ha...
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Unicorn sighting caught on Tape in England WoW!
Unicorn sighting caught on Tape in England WoW!
Unicorn sighting caught on Tape in England WoW!
The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian.[1] The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word unicorn.
Janet Jackson exposed a breast on national television a decade ago and it sparked national outrage. Miley Cyrus' flash barely caused a shrug. Cyrus' exposure — you can't call it a wardrobe malfunction because no wardrobe was involved — came near the end of Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards. She peeked her head out from behind a black curtain that covered up all but her head, then it slipped to briefly reveal a bare breast ... "Oh, sorry ... ___....
The mystery of a Nazi gold train said to be buried in Poland has taken another strange turn, after the location where the armoured train is believed to be hidden was engulfed in flames - after the Polish government cast doubt over its existence. The train has caught the imagination of locals in the town of Walbrzych and the international media alike, after two men told the authorities they had pinpointed the location of the train ... AP)....
Article by WN.com Correspondent DallasDarling. A video showing a Palestinian boy with a broken arm being held in a chokehold and at gunpoint by an Israeli soldier is a teachable moment for the world ... Meanwhile, several women and a young girl, the boy’s mother, aunt and sister, desperately attempt to pry the soldier from the boy with the girl biting the soldier’s hand ... In fact, Israel eventually occupied the West Bank and Gaza ... *(Note....
Image caption Some people managed to cross into Hungary on Monday from Serbia - despite recently increased Hungarian border controls. German ChancellorAngela Merkel says "Europe as a whole needs to move" on how to deal with refugees and migrants arriving in the EU. "If Europe fails on the question of refugees, then it won't be the Europe we wished for," she said ...Austrian police say more than 200 migrants were recovered overnight ... ....
In prison interview, Baghdad commander is defiant as he details his deadly campaign that left more than 100 people dead, including children. For almost a year Abu Abdullah was the most wanted man in Baghdad. He was known among his bosses inside Islamic State as “the planner” – the man responsible for dispatching suicide bombers to attack mosques, universities, checkpoints and market places across the Iraqi capital ... His eyes flashed ... ....
“Medieval people believed that monstrous races lived on the edges of the world, in the recesses of the furthest mountains in the remotest islands ... “In his fifth century BC treatise On India, the Greek writer Ctesias described the Cynocephali as creatures living in the mountains of India dressed in animal skins and communicating only by barking.” ... Like the unicorn, Christ is irresistible and unsubjected to man.”....
One of the perils of being an Indian writer is that your fundamental role in the world outside, even in the 21st century, always has at least an element of "explain your culture." ... Which always makes me wonder what they thought we were like. India is a strange land, and everyone's idea of India is stranger still ... 1 ... The first Indian-origin creature to really go global, thanks to the Persian court's Greek historian Ctesias's book Indica ... 2....
The unicorn is a legendary beast — associated with all things magical, beautiful and happy ... See also ... 1. 400 BC. Ctesias and other historical writers. One of the earliest mentions of a unicorn was in the 5th century by Greek physician and historian Ctesias ... Unicorn experts (Double-thinking your "cool job" yet?) like Odell Shepard believe that Ctesias heard secondhand from Indian travelers, perhaps unwittingly describing rhinoceroses ... 2 ... 3 ... 4....
No it won't be too long now, No it won't be too long, All of the sufferings, And wrong soon will be right, Oh Yesssss! Yeeeaaah! Yeeeaaah! Keep the faith my brothers and sisters, It's the cross that you bear, And fear not saying Jah Law, Whatsoever ever man saw it, They're going to reap the fruits, Of their labours, yes they will, in the end. Oh Yesssss! Yeeeaaah! Oh Yeeeaaah! So, seek ye Good and not Evil Ooohh I beg you my bredrin And cheer up, cheer up, cheer up, Cheer up, cheer up, Yeeeaaah! Now all folly workers now beware Ease my cry let the wrath U call down on yourselves Be to dread for even you, to the end. Oh Yesssss! Yeeeaaah! Oh Oh! Yeeeaaah! Yeeeaah! As the way is of the Lion, is death with Babylon, And the gift of Jah eternal life in Zion.
There will be no salvation here on earth Until the poor, their cries are heard For the rich man cries are heard Mighty men cries are heard Then why can't the poor The poor they've been crying out For these many thousand years Their vibrations are travelling throughout this world So come now my brothers all, rally to the call For one, one united world For the U.N.I.A., crying out for unity That's what garvey said, that's what marcus said So now a few who read, books of prophecy That's what the prophet said, that's what they all said