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'Head from the Statue of the Young Bacchus' (1st century A.D.) by an unknown maker.

Bronze with silver. Hellenistic Greek.

The ivy wreath identifies the god as Dionysos.

The J. Paul Getty Museum. Open Content Program.

#ancient art #Hellenistic Greek #Dionysos #Bacchus

The term Judaism derives from Iudaismus, a Latinized form of the Ancient Greek Ioudaismos (Ἰουδαϊσμός) (from the verb ἰουδαΐζειν, "to side with or imitate the [Judeans]"). Its ultimate source was the Hebrew יהודה, Yehudah, "Judah", which is also the source of the Hebrew term for Judaism: יַהֲדוּת, Yahadut.

The term Ἰουδαϊσμός first appears in the Hellenistic Greek book of 2 Maccabees in the 2nd century BCE (i.e. 2 Maccabees 2:21, 8:1 and 14:38) .

In the context of the age and period it meant "seeking or forming part of a cultural entity" and it resembled its antonym hellenismos, a word that signified a people's submission to Hellenic (Greek) cultural norms. The conflict between iudaismos and hellenismos lay behind the Maccabean revolt and hence the invention of the term iudaismos.

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Box mirror with the head of Pan, late 4th century b.c.; Hellenistic Greek, Bronze. Box mirrors, like this one, came into use toward the end of the fifth century B.C. It consists of a protective cover bearing a relief that was hammered separately and applied. On this box mirror, the edges around the head of Pan bear evidence of the procedure. By lifting the ring below the relief, one could reveal the mirror, a bronze disk with a highly polished surface. Being a woodland creature like the satyr, Pan is always portrayed with the horns, ears, and shaggy legs of a goat. Here he wears a fawn’s skin with two small hooves tied in a knot around his neck. His long curls are in disarray, his forehead is slightly furrowed, and his eyebrows are raised in an expression that verges on pathos. This rendering of Pan recalls portraits of Alexander the Great. Following his death in 323 B.C., Greek artists adapted the Macedonian ruler’s features for their likenesses of gods.

Source: The Metropolitan Museum Of Art

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Marble portrait of Alexander The Great

Youthful image of the conqueror king

Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC, Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt

Literary sources tell us, though perhaps not reliably, that Alexander (reigned 336-323 BC) chose only a few artists to produce his image, and famous names such as the sculptor Lysippos and the painter Apelles were associated with his portraiture. Though none of the famous images have been recovered, many sculptures in different materials, as well as portraits on gemstones and coins, survive. These were mostly produced long after Alexander’s death and while the portraits follow similar general characteristics, they also vary in style.

Alexander was always shown clean-shaven, which was an innovation: all previous portraits of Greek statesmen or rulers had beards. This royal fashion lasted for almost five hundred years and almost all of the Hellenistic kings and Roman emperors until Hadrian were portrayed beardless. Alexander was the first king to wear the all-important royal diadem, a band of cloth tied around the hair that was to become the symbol of Hellenistic kingship.

Earlier portraits of Alexander, in heroic style, look more mature than the portraits made after his death, such as this example. These show a more youthful, though perhaps more god-like character. He has longer hair, a more dynamic tilt of the head and an upward gaze, resembling his description in literary sources.

This head was acquired in Alexandria, the city founded by Alexander in 331 BC, and the location of his tomb. Alexandria was also the capital of the longest surviving Hellenistic dynasty, the Ptolemies. From the time of the reign of Ptolemy I Soter (‘Saviour’) (305-282 BC), Alexander was worshipped as a god and the forefather of the dynasty.

Source: British Museum

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What, you don't cosplay statues?

I don't know why but I went down a Wikipedia hole and ended up staring at the Giustiniani Hestia until I realized, well, I might as well spend the night figuring out how this is folded.

And then I found another angle and realized I was wrong lol. Oops. Here's how I tied the undercarriage though, and it's so secure! Look ma, no bra!

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When you show up to work and see your replacement Argyraspides (Silver Shield) and Epigonoi (Successor unit) in Alexander's Army. The Silver Shields was the name of the unit that fought for Alexander’s father and was eventually part of his army and fought all the way to India. After Alexander’s death they fought for Eumenes the Greek, before betraying him to side with Antigonus I after A1 captured their families/luggage during a decisive battle. However Antigonus didn’t trust them after that and basically gave the unit to one of his commanders to be slowly wiped out (also then he wouldn’t have to pay their pensions).

The Epigonoi were the unit that was raised from Persian levies that were trained to fight “Macedonian style” (aka Phalanx). There is some confusion on this subject since some people believe these were children born from Alexander’s army, but that wouldn’t make sense because by the time the unit was put on parade in Susa in 324 those children would have been like 10-12 y/o max. More likely this army doubled as hostages for good behavior by taking the adolescent sons of nobility back around 330. They also fought with Eumenes, and one of the descriptions of the battle even implies that they were stationed next to the Silver Shields. Afterwards they disappear from the pages of history, unfortunately due to the reaction of the Macedonian forces to their parade back in 324 (hint: they were real mad) I can only assume they shared a similar fate of being cannon fodder like the Silver Shields.

My ancient comic idea #45235 is having these guys basically fight and try to save themselves and their units and retire somewhere in Bactria or something.

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