Help support TMP


"Greek museum hosts replica of Argo ship" Topic


6 Posts

All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.

Please do not post offers to buy and sell on the main forum.

For more information, see the TMP FAQ.


Back to the Ancients Media Message Board


Areas of Interest

Ancients

Featured Hobby News Article


Featured Link


Featured Ruleset


Featured Showcase Article

Eureka Amazon Project: Nude Hoplites

Another week, another unit for the Amazon army!


Featured Workbench Article

Painting the Castle Kits Egyptian Temple Entrance

Minidragon Fezian finishes his Temple project by painting the kit he previously assembled.


Featured Profile Article

June Contest Winner: Hoplite Baggage Vignette

Yesthatphil is the winner of the June 2015 contest with this wonderful entry.


Featured Book Review


1,583 hits since 7 Mar 2014
©1994-2024 Bill Armintrout
Comments or corrections?

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP07 Mar 2014 3:58 p.m. PST

"A museum in the port city of Volos in eastern Greece will host the replica of Argo, the legendary ship propelled by 50 oars-men and sail on which according to Greek mythology, Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcos to the Black Sea to retrieve the Golden Fleece.

The city of Volos is hosting a competition for projects on the "Creation of a museum to value the ship of Argo." The application deadline for those wishing to take part in the competition expired at the beginning of the month. The 68 projects sent from architects in Greece and Italy as well as other countries, will be evaluated next spring and then construction work will begin.

Currently, the replica of the ship – inaugurated in 2007 and entirely built with traditional methods and materials used at the time like oak, beech, pine, ash and fir wood (for the mast and oars) – is still at the port of Volos, in the gulf of Pagassitikos, for students and tourists who want to go on board and discover the story of its mythical trips…"

picture

Full article here.
link

Hope you enjoy!.

Amicalement
Armand

elsyrsyn07 Mar 2014 4:13 p.m. PST

Cool!

Doug

charared07 Mar 2014 4:50 p.m. PST

TANGO!

Personal logo Parzival Supporting Member of TMP07 Mar 2014 7:00 p.m. PST

But where's Hera's head?

picture

grin

zippyfusenet07 Mar 2014 7:14 p.m. PST

There's a radio announcer in a major market in the American mid-west, a real professional. Some nights on his show he does a shtick where he takes knock-knock jokes from the audience.

One particular night he has a drunk on the line, the guy is obviously half in the bag. "Knock knock," the drunk begins. "Who's there?" the announcer asks. "Argo!" says the drunk. "Argo who?" offers the announcer.

The drunk completes the joke: "Argo Bleeped text yerself!!! Hawhawhawhaw-urop"

Well, the engineer fouls up the four-second delay, and the whole exchange goes out live on the air. There's a huge scandal, a lynch mob forms to string the announcer up, he has to flee, can never work in that market again. We take broadcast language seriously, out here in the fly-over.

The announcer is ruined, he winds up working on extremely rural stations, announcing cattle feed prices to all-night truckers. But he's a dedicated, committed professional. Patiently he rebuilds his career, works his way back up. After ten years, he's offered a day job on a real station in a major urban market. Heeee's baaaack!

And he's still doing the knock-knock joke shtick with his audience. They love it, he's known for this shtick. One night he's taking knock-knock jokes, and suddenly he realizes: he's got the same drunk on the line! The guy who ruined him ten years ago. He knows the voice immediately.

"Knock, knock," the drunk begins. "Who's there?" the announcer replies, while he waves frantically at the engineer. ("Technical trouble! I need to lose this guy right away, Harry!" But the engineer isn't watching.) "Petunias!" the drunk continues. "How bad can this be?" the announcer thinks, "at least he didn't say 'Argo'. Well, what the heck."

"Petunias who?

"Argo Bleeped text yerself!!!! Hawhawhawhaw-urop"

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP08 Mar 2014 11:38 a.m. PST

Glad you enjoyed it boys.

Amicalement
Armand

Sorry - only verified members can post on the forums.