Perhaps you are right and it is not so easy. I expected that once Hypnos was identified, a quick Google search would provide plenty of results. I was wrong. You'd need some Spanish to reach the site. So, it is the Roman villa of El Ruedo (Almedinilla, Córdoba).
Your turn, Jona
OK, an excavation from the Near East. The most important part is covered, but the surrounding area is also interesting. Bonus question: the site is connected to a famous Greek tragedy. Which one?
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(And since you will read this, dear Duncan: I loved your review of the OCD4.)
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Quote:OK, an excavation from the Near East. The most important part is covered, but the surrounding area is also interesting. Bonus question: the site is connected to a famous Greek tragedy. Which one?
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(And since you will read this, dear Duncan: I loved your review of the OCD4.)
OK, I will give you a clue: the site is now on te list of places that have been shelled during the Syrian Civil War.
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Quote:the site is now on the list of places that have been shelled during the Syrian Civil War.
Sadly, the list is a long one. The two-storey wall in the background of your photo looks like the back wall of a Roman theatre (I think it is called the scaena), so I am tempted to say Bostra ... but I know of no Greek tragic connection there. :?
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!
The fragment above was partly shot in Pisa, but after 1'19, you see people running on the ramparts of the Aleppo citadel. Some Muslims believe that "the Green Man" lies buried on the citadel of Aleppo. In any case, there's a beautiful Ottoman palace.
Over to you, Ildar.
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Yes, the bull's head behind the saddle is the hint for the Alexander's horse name Bucephalus. Images from illuminated russian manuscripts (17th - 18th centuries) of Alexandria (Romance of Alexander).