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Adequate summary for mainstream audience:
https://www.thecollector.com/athena-parthenos-statue/

Furthermore -- given what he has said above, connecting the "old Jewish Magicians of the Papyri" -- isn't Scholem suggesting an older Judeo-Hellenistic tradition, of 'Jewish circles having extremely close contact with' Hermeticism? (In another post , I have already addressed the fact that ...

I've eaten gator tail in a fancy resto. It's... chewy. ( This looks tasty!) Only Revelations mention δράκων μέγας πυρρός (big red dragon) having seven heads (κεφαλὰς ἑπτὰ) ... I'm not confined by either Biblical references or Xian interpretations. Certainly, the Seven-Headed Dragon does not originat...

I'm not satisfied w/ this, but I like the concept and hope the digital rendering improves artistically. Whatever happened to the 'vision' thing? Aesthetics!


of course, I grew up w/ this:

Καὶ βέλτιόν γε ἦν ὑπεκστῆναι τὸ παιδίον Ἰησοῦν τὴν Ἡρώδου ἐπιβουλὴν καὶ ἀποδημῆσαι μετὰ τῶν τρεφόντων αὐτὸ "εἰς Αἴγυπτον" "ἕως τῆς τελευτῆς" τοῦ ἐπιβουλεύοντος... And it was certainly better that the Child Jesus should escape the snare of Herod, and should reside with His parent...

... τίνα τρόπον ἔσθ' ὅτε καὶ ἐπὶ χρηστοῖς ἐσομένοις κομῆται ἀνέτειλαν ... "how and under what circumstances comets have appeared even during the right [original translation: favorable] times " Clearly Chrestos can mean "the right one" i.e. one who appears at the right time viz. ...

It seems the Leviathan is either a fish or a snake? Yes and No. The Problem. The Seven-headed Dragon IS an expression of/for the Sea-God Yammu, but the symbol itself needs not be 'aquatic'. A mythological creature and code-phrase for a bestialized enemy eventually passed into folklore (aka bullshit...

https://nosweatshakespeare.com/blog/what-is-the-primrose-path/ Yebbut, Philo was writing 1,575 years earlier. Precedence . De Posteritate Caini 31: καὶ τοῦτο μέντοι ποιῶ διὰ φύσεως οἶκτον λογικῆς, ἵνα ἐκ τοῦ τῶν παθῶν ᾅδου πρὸς τὸν ὀλύμπιον χῶρον ἀρετῆς ἀναβιβασθῇ ποδηγετοῦντος ἐμοῦ, ὃς τὴν εἰς οὐρ...

What's wrong w/ the Primrose Path? This place is all about the Primrose Path.

The Griffin's antennae are an intrinsic featur of this typee, even if poorly rendered on this Seal. Scroll halfway down this webpage to see other examples of Griffin antennae: http://www.daimonas.com/pages/griffin.html Here is the drawing version of what I would call the Tel Hazor 'Tunnanu Dragon' S...