Ancient coffin with scenes from Homer's poems unearthed in Cyprus

Associated Press via Canoe ^ | March 20, 2006

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[Dustbunny]

Can't see the painted scenes, but the skulls are a nice touch!

My thought also.

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#12 - no doubt about it!

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A very rare 2,500-year-old stone coffin with well-preserved color illustrations from Homer's epics, that show two warriors on a chariot, has been discovered in ancient tomb in Kouklia village near the coastal town of Paphos, Cyprus, southwest of capital Nicosia about 130 kilometers (80 miles) on Friday, March 17, 2006. The white-stone sarcophagus was accidentally discovered by construction workers last week in a tomb near the village of Kouklia. The artifact dated to 500 B.C., when Greek cultural influence was gaining a firm hold on the eastern Mediterranean island. (AP Photo/Akis Ethelondis)

A very rare 2,500-year-old stone coffin with well-preserved color illustrations from Homer's epics, that show a drawings depict a figure carrying a seriously injured or dead man and a lion fighting a wild boar under a tree, has been discovered in ancient tomb in Kouklia village near the coastal town of Paphos, Cyprus, southwest of capital Nicosia about 130 kilometers (80 miles) on Friday, March 17, 2006. ... (AP Photo/Akis Ethelondis)

[bannie]

Perfect timing for 9th grade English students!

WOW!!!

[SunkenCiv]

I found an online article about this on, hmm, Saturday night? but didn't use it because the ESL was so poor. :')

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Attacking Cyclop?

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[stm]

Mmmmmmmmmm........doooooonuts!!!!

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additional photo:

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Workers of Antiquities Department work in the ancient tomb in Kouklia village near the coastal town of Paphos, Cyprus, southwest of capital Nicosia about 130 kilometers (80 miles) on Thursday, March 16, 2006. A very rare, 2,500-year-old stone coffin with well-preserved color illustrations from Homer's epics has been discovered in western Cyprus. The white-stone sarcophagus was accidentally discovered by construction workers last week in a tomb near the village of Kouklia. The artifact dated to 500 B.C., when Greek cultural influence was gaining a firm hold on the eastern Mediterranean island. (AP Photo/Andreas Lazarou)

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How The Homeric Epics Were Saved

The Homeric tests as were brought in Athens by Ipparchos at the 6th cent. b.C (Plato Ipparchos 228B) and classified by Pesistratos (Cicero de Oratore III, 13t) and classified by the philologists of Alexandria Museum, were saved on many codices from parchment (scrolls) or paper of 10th or 11th century. Some texts were in fragments from Rhapsodies and saved in papyri, scrolls and many other materials during the Greek - Roman period. Many codices contain some comments something which referred to the great philologists of Alexandria Museum like Zenodotos from Ephesus (4th-3rd cent. B.C), Aristophanes from Byzantium (3rd -2nd cent. B.C) and Aristarchos from Samothraka {3rd-2nd cent. B.C). Apart from comments also memorandums were saved written by philologists of Ptolemian and Roman period. The Byzantine Lexicon of Archbishop of Salonica Eustace (12th cent. A.C) consists useful sources of comments in many ancient writers from Archilochos to Pindar and in many Latin writers too. Thomas W. Alien...

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