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by billd89
Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:38 am
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Pillars of Hercules
Replies: 20
Views: 1402

Re: Seven-Headed Dragon

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...
by billd89
Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:10 am
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: CGI Greek stuff, 2024
Replies: 0
Views: 101

CGI Greek stuff, 2024

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:
by billd89
Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:05 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Origen Identifies Jesus as One of the Men at Sodom?
Replies: 3
Views: 112

Jesus in Egypt

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...
by billd89
Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:12 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: A "Messianic" Use of Chrestos in Against Celsus
Replies: 30
Views: 593

Chrestos has Multiple Meanings

... 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. ...
by billd89
Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:34 pm
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Pillars of Hercules
Replies: 20
Views: 1402

Re: TNN (Tunnanu Dragon)

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...
by billd89
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:26 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Mark's use of Philo
Replies: 43
Views: 1332

Re: that Primrose Path

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...
by billd89
Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:52 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Mark's use of Philo
Replies: 43
Views: 1332

Re: that Primrose Path

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

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by billd89
Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:11 pm
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Pillars of Hercules
Replies: 20
Views: 1402

Re: The Griffin; More Interpretation

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...
by billd89
Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:22 pm
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Pillars of Hercules
Replies: 20
Views: 1402

Re: Interpreting this "Herakles Seal"

https://news.artnet.com/app/news-upload/2024/02/UehlingerB_fig.2a-1024x754.png I want to read this Seal. Does a narrative start at the left, read to the right? The centrality of the Great Warrior's combat w/ the Hydra (half the seal) is the main event, but the ideographic story is complex. What doe...
by billd89
Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:13 pm
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Pillars of Hercules
Replies: 20
Views: 1402

Re: Yahweh as Tyrian Herakles?

Is this an Egyptianized Philistine(?) version of the Herakles myth -- w/ a Very Israelitish Herakles battling a Typhonesque Hydra? Or should I see Leviathan slayed by the (Yahweh-)Warrior-Priest, between three supporting Seraphim: a Scarab, a Griffin and a Basilisk? Of course, I've been very curious...