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animal figurine, perhaps a child's toy | c. 1350-1250 BCE | mycenaean

in the acropolis museum collection

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Mycenae, Greece 1890s

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Shepherd of men! 👑

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The Lion Gate at Mycenae (Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece)

The main entrance to Mycenaean Civilization

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Encounter (Self-Portrait at the Acropolis of Mycenae), 2023. silkscreen & risograph versions.

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Stand down, lads. We’re getting BLAH.

I, as an avowed nerd of Mycenaean Greece, am disappointed: while the filming locations are local and the monsters might be animatronics and the budget is ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVER, the cast is still very HOLLYWOOD and not a very representative, so I had *really* high hopes for the costuming. There could have been so much more going on that was period, or at least took inspiration from the period - like the sets clearly are in the background of this first-look image.

Dun dun duuuuuun? More like Done Done Done.

Ok, it’s mostly taken from later Greek pottery - which anachronistically depicts the Trojan War in contemporary armour - so it’s not entirely Hollywood-invention (except for the sodding bracers?!) But it’s hardly inspiring. And why is it so damn GREY? Ugh. I guess it will look like what a non-specialist audience will consider ‘Ancient Greek’.

Also, where *is* he in this scene?! Troy, at the end of the battle? There’s nowhere else in the story where he’d be in a (palatial, judging by the frescos) room in full armour with a cloak.

You could argue that myths are timeless, unreal, but this one is directly tied in with an event - the Trojan War - which occurred (in some form) c. C12-11th BCE. It would have been really nice to see the costumes reference that.

I am really hoping this look and colour scheme aims to make the character look battle-hardened and will contrast with literally every other costume. Maybe all the mortals will be drab and the gods and monsters technicolour. PLEASE let it become more interesting!

Right. Excitement over. Back to editing YOU ARE ODYSSEUS which *does* feature period-specific descriptions and Homeric references… 😋

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Perseus after naming his eldest son and daughter after himself and then naming his city after a mushroom

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Mycenae as told by Heinrich Schliemann

Bound in a blue cloth with black and gold stamped designs of squids and geometric designs, Mycenæ; A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns by influential German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1899), published in New York by Scribner, Armstrong, & Co. in 1878, is a personal account of the excavation of the Bronze-Age Greek settlements of Mycenae and Tiryns by the businessman-turned-archaeologist.

The book contains dozens of detailed wood-engraved and lithographic depictions of artifacts discovered, as well as details of the sites and ground plans themselves. There are a handful of color images, produced by the Major and Knapp Lithograph Company, of hand-painted artifacts. Schliemann explains in the text accompanying these lithographs what inspired him to undertake this dig, his methods, as well as relevant excerpts from the Iliad and the Odyssey relevant to his discussion.

Fascinated in his youth by the legendary tales of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Schliemann set out in 1870 from Germany to Greece and, later, Asia Minor, to begin his quest for the Trojan world that would continue for just over twenty years to prove the historicity of the ancient epics. While Heinrich Schliemann remains one of the most influential figures in modern archaeology, he did much damage to the sites and artifacts he encountered. Ancient burials and cities were desecrated and ransacked, artifacts were plundered and distributed to many different individuals and groups in Schliemann’s life, and some of the most important pieces of history that remain from the pre-Classical era were lost to rudimentary and barbaric excavation and preservation methods. He even smuggled priceless artifacts out of the then-Ottoman Empire, the most famous being what he dubbed “Priam’s Treasure”, which have been in Russia since the Soviet invasion of Germany in 1945.