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Khairete,
I don't know if you have already come across this site...well worth a look if you haven't..... 
http://www.philipresheph.com/demodokos/index.htm
I am rather interested in the bow and gorytos Philoctetes has here......[url:27xmkwpw]http://www.philipresheph.com/demodokos/troy/pic2.htm[/url]
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Arthes
Cristina
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The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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Evelyn de Morgan captured the full essence of Helen os Sparta (NOT Troy
:evil: )
SELLENI = The dark power of the Μoon that drives men mad!
or ELLENI = the one that for her sake armies are gathered.
from ELLEO-ELLO= marshall the troops for war
EALLO H POLIS = the city is sacked
ELENA = the shockof impact as the phalax crashes upon the enemy!
(Watch out for your girlfriend Hellen prefered nickname)
:twisted:
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I shall sing the wrath of Achilles, that brought strife upon the achaian host...
[url:2xuamc14]http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/troia/vr/index_en.html[/url]
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Greetings,
I remember watching the Michael Wood...In Search of Troy....absolutely fascinated...and get rather annoyed with those who claim the Trojan War did not happen.....in a friendly manner of course!!!
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Arthes
Cristina
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Well bronze age history is a big subject.
May I sugest :
http://s8.invisionfree.com/Bronze_Age_C ... Reenacting
Lots of Trojan war stuff too!
My rants appear also there
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Stefanos
At least I havent heard that "Troy" is an accurate depection on film of the epic poem of Homer, "The Illiad".
Me and that fella would have some fighten words. :lol:
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Quote:Comerus Gallus Romus:26ll0s0c Wrote:You got to watch this movie from 2003, I didn't know that Achiles was bold! :lol:
Nothing wrong with that, but I didn't expect that in this movie...
Oh it is good apart from the inaccurate costumes, Helen is gorgeous shown naked amusing all husband guest, the war at troy is good, but many changes as usual... But good!...
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Arthes I'm getting close to look like Philip & that picture, I shave to be ok with my wife, but close to the event that would grow & my hair is getting longer! :lol:
http://www.philipresheph.com/demodokos/index.htm
Me 8) :
I don't understand why women dislike bearded men... :? I like bearded men......depending on the beards, not ZZ Top types....lol :wink:
Talking about Helen of Troy/Sparta I looked through the book by Bettany Hughes in Waterstones today, definitely on my shopping list.....!
Comerus, will you be shaving your legs for the Hoplite Gathering....hehe :lol:
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Arthes
Cristina
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That was the most decent film about Odyssy that I have seen.
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I will have to look around for that then...... :wink:
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Arthes
Cristina
The Hoplite Association
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The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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Yeah, they did a rather good job.
Even my mythology professor who is as old school as can be and a definite hater of modern cinema felt that that rendition of the Odyssey was extremely good.
I thought it was clever how they rendered Skylla and Kharybdis. Skylla being a monster with 6 heads and 12 feet and being doglikeish was portrayed in the film like the aliens from the movie "alien" which I thought was kinda neat. And Kharybdis was well done too, shown as a gapping whirlpool meshed with the Sarlacc from "Return of the Jedi" was interesting. They did a good job. Also the scene where Odysseus's mother, Antiklea, commits suicide due to the grief of the loss of her son is never really explained in the Odyssey, excpet that she tells him in his visit to the underworld that she died because of her grief. In this movie though they show her weeping and slowly walking into the sea and submerging beneath the waves never reapearing... I thought that was a very good touch. Their rendition of Hermes though was hillariously entertaining was almost exactly how i pictured him
This was movie good mostly because they didnt attempt to cram the entire story into a single 2h 30m film like they did for "Troy" (Those silly sallys). It was a 2 part mini series which while cutting the budget gave them time for story telling which is more important.
I wasnt a huge fan of Armand Assante as Odysseus, but he is a decent enough actor to pull it off. Despite how much I HATED "Troy", Sean Bean, the actor who played Odysseus in that, did an extremely good job, and I would love to see him do another film version of the Odyssey.
I'd give this movie a 4/5. Decent acting, decent effects, decent story/accuracy = More than decent movie. 8)
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Folks, nothing against movies but if you are continuing that way i'm sure all agree that we best move this thread to the references & reviews section...
Quote:Khairete,
I don't know if you have already come across this site...well worth a look if you haven't.....
http://www.philipresheph.com/demodokos/index.htm
I am rather interested in the bow and gorytos Philoctetes has here......[url:2ka9l58j]http://www.philipresheph.com/demodokos/troy/pic2.htm[/url]
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Arthes
Yes, that's a novel and effective method of securing the trailing end of the himation...
Quote:You got to watch this movie from 2003, I did't know that Achiles was bold! :lol:
Me 8) :
It's generally accepted that he was bold, as well as brave and courageous. :lol: I've got a suspicion you mean "bald"... :? twisted:
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Khairete,
Some of them probably were bald on top, or at least thinning....hence always being portrayed with helms or hats. I wonder if those fillets sometimes held on toupees - hence the 'layered look' .......:twisted: :lol: :lol:
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Arthes
Cristina
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