Thank you, Professor. The name is why I clicked. I had painted a picture based on the story of Selene and Endymion. According to my research in one story, Selene implores Zeus to help awaken her immortal lover. He does, but he turns the poor man into a cicada.
that 3 minutes seemed like 30 minutes! how beautiful. that's so hard to choose, do we die & go on to a heavenly life, or get to live an eternity of GREAT lives in dreams! how crazy. i wouldn't want to make that choice . . .
Interesting choice of location for recording this: The door behind you, the rooms to the left and right of the camera, the bookshelf and how you had to crouch and crunch to remain in the frame.
Above ground. Western-style ones like this, probably produced in Rome, were pushed up against the center of the rear wall of an above ground or partially subterranean family tomb like the ones which still line the streets outside Rome/pompeii, etc
Very interesting. I wonder if, after Christianity became the state religion, some sarcophagi might have featured the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, as emblematic of the resurrection to come.
Seven sleepers of Ephasus is one legend that passed me by in my many years. I had to look it up. Find that it first appeared in 5th century and is also an Islamic story. Bit like Rip Van Winkel.
@@helenamcginty4920 Apparently Washington Irving was inspired to write Rip Van Winkle after reading about the Seven Sleepers in a book called The Golden Legend.
The use of symbolism is rampant in art over the centuries. Look at any icon or medieval or renaiscance painting and they are crammed with flowers, birds, animals not for the pretty picture but the iconography. I recall lectures on this from an expert when at art school many many years ago.
Not really. The symbolism speaks about the sentimentality of envisioning a deceased loved one as a dreaming god in an eternal sleep. The Cherub merely completes the idea. Seems more appropriate than redundant. If anything, it's ironic you'd use an emoji in a comment stating that using symbols is overkill.
I hate to do this, but this is pretty clearly a misindentification. Thats St Trina (aka, Miquella) and Malenia (blade of Miquella, never defeated in battle) standing besides him with katana and her wings of scarlet bloom.
St who? One of the 20th century popes had a huge pruning of saints. Hundreds turned out never to have existed, personally I never found any of them believable. As a little Roman Catholic in the 1950s I was taught that they were not important. Like relics. It was up to.the individual whether or not we believed in them. The way the nun, a lovely warm human being, spoke it struck me that she didnt. There were 6 things we had to believe. I know the transubstantiation of the communion bread was one. Ps Ive been a happy and contented atheist for over 50 yrs now but recall the days of belief with fondness. But like fairies and Father Christmas they are just memories of childhood.
@@helenamcginty4920woosh. Looks like was someone was so keen to go on a rant about the good-old-days that they not only completely missed the reference, but didn't even consider that it could have been a reference to something. Probably didn't even read the whole message, because I don't think any pope has talked about katanas very much. Lol.
so he had kids, but in his dream life? was he single? i hope he wasn't dream cheating on his wife? who probably looked all over for him... haha i thought you were going to say you were on the maintain and it was covered in...poppies....poppies...poppies...and you fell asleep 🙂
Beautiful carving and lovely expressive dreaming face. This makes me wonder if the owner was not an average individual. Thank you for this video.
Thank you, Professor. The name is why I clicked.
I had painted a picture based on the story of Selene and Endymion.
According to my research in one story, Selene implores Zeus to help awaken her immortal lover. He does, but he turns the poor man into a cicada.
Your videos always rock!
Nice story, Enjoyable video 🙂
that 3 minutes seemed like 30 minutes! how beautiful. that's so hard to choose, do we die & go on to a heavenly life, or get to live an eternity of GREAT lives in dreams! how crazy. i wouldn't want to make that choice . . .
not to worry sir... when you die you want even know that you did.
An antiquities version of Forgotten Weapons? I love it!!
You have a great voice for narration
Thanks, Dr. Ryan! Maybe one day we’ll put some more pieces together regarding the shift from cremation to caskets.
My pleasure! It's a fascinating question.
I prefer to think that Cupid is holding a joint, signifying being chill about Death.
(looks at notes)
Checks out.
Dagoth, also referred to as the Dreaming God.
also makes pretty decent tunes.
Interesting choice of location for recording this: The door behind you, the rooms to the left and right of the camera, the bookshelf and how you had to crouch and crunch to remain in the frame.
I had to work around the immovable chunk, which is situated right at the HJB office entrance.
That makes me want to take a nap.
Maybe we all are endymion dreaming our current lives.
Were sarcophagi buried like coffins are buried now or were they left above ground, in a tomb?
Above ground. Western-style ones like this, probably produced in Rome, were pushed up against the center of the rear wall of an above ground or partially subterranean family tomb like the ones which still line the streets outside Rome/pompeii, etc
Collab with Aaron Berk upcoming?
He always lets me know when cool artifacts show up at the HJB office; I should arrange a more formal collaboration...
That bookshelf needs some serious cleaning.
Very interesting. I wonder if, after Christianity became the state religion, some sarcophagi might have featured the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, as emblematic of the resurrection to come.
Seven sleepers of Ephasus is one legend that passed me by in my many years. I had to look it up. Find that it first appeared in 5th century and is also an Islamic story.
Bit like Rip Van Winkel.
@@helenamcginty4920 Apparently Washington Irving was inspired to write Rip Van Winkle after reading about the Seven Sleepers in a book called The Golden Legend.
Any new news on the herculean scrolls?😊
Slow but steady progress, last I checked!
@toldinstonefootnotes is there away for ordinary people to read them? Have any pages been published anywhere? Even without any translations.
Seems like the downturned torch was overkill because sarcophagi are typically associated with death as well 💀
The use of symbolism is rampant in art over the centuries. Look at any icon or medieval or renaiscance painting and they are crammed with flowers, birds, animals not for the pretty picture but the iconography. I recall lectures on this from an expert when at art school many many years ago.
Not really. The symbolism speaks about the sentimentality of envisioning a deceased loved one as a dreaming god in an eternal sleep. The Cherub merely completes the idea. Seems more appropriate than redundant.
If anything, it's ironic you'd use an emoji in a comment stating that using symbols is overkill.
I've heard of grave robbing but this is ridiculous.
I hate to do this, but this is pretty clearly a misindentification. Thats St Trina (aka, Miquella) and Malenia (blade of Miquella, never defeated in battle) standing besides him with katana and her wings of scarlet bloom.
And she has never known defeat...
Indeed, one can clearly see that what looks like damage is actually a depiction of her scarlet rot infliction.
St who? One of the 20th century popes had a huge pruning of saints. Hundreds turned out never to have existed, personally I never found any of them believable. As a little Roman Catholic in the 1950s I was taught that they were not important. Like relics. It was up to.the individual whether or not we believed in them. The way the nun, a lovely warm human being, spoke it struck me that she didnt.
There were 6 things we had to believe. I know the transubstantiation of the communion bread was one.
Ps Ive been a happy and contented atheist for over 50 yrs now but recall the days of belief with fondness. But like fairies and Father Christmas they are just memories of childhood.
@@helenamcginty4920woosh. Looks like was someone was so keen to go on a rant about the good-old-days that they not only completely missed the reference, but didn't even consider that it could have been a reference to something. Probably didn't even read the whole message, because I don't think any pope has talked about katanas very much. Lol.
Greeks didn't have katanas
so he had kids, but in his dream life? was he single? i hope he wasn't dream cheating on his wife? who probably looked all over for him...
haha i thought you were going to say you were on the maintain and it was covered in...poppies....poppies...poppies...and you fell asleep 🙂
He never was god.