"Ancient Dorians" Topic
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Tango01 | 03 Aug 2022 8:41 p.m. PST |
"Very little is known of the Dorians, but they originally inhabited what is today northern and central Greece, and after the fall of the Mycenaean states around the mid 11th century BCE they gradually became more widespread generally in Greece, forming one of the four major ethnic groups of Classical Greece when that emerged from the Greek Dark Ages in the sixth century BCE. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, historians attributed this spread to a ‘Dorian Invasion' of the Peloponnese, as did some Classical Greek historians, though there is absolutely no evidence for this, and while there are many theories as to how this change came about, it is no longer thought that an invasion is a likely candidate. The influence of the Dorians is most readily seen in the changes in dialects spoken in Greece, but the basic problem is that during this period writing ceased and there are therefore no written records and very little iconography to illuminate these centuries for us. As a result there is little firm history of the time, hence the very apt name ‘Dark Ages'…"
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Damion | 03 Aug 2022 10:07 p.m. PST |
What did the figures look like before someone hit them with a hammer then set them on fire? |
20thmaine | 04 Aug 2022 2:48 a.m. PST |
Ouch! But fair |
Perris0707 | 04 Aug 2022 7:34 a.m. PST |
Look like they were sculpted by an Ancient Dorian. |
GildasFacit | 04 Aug 2022 8:41 a.m. PST |
More like my auntie Doreen !!! |
SBminisguy | 04 Aug 2022 2:24 p.m. PST |
I appreciate the Picture of Dorians Gray… |
Tango01 | 04 Aug 2022 3:25 p.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 06 Aug 2022 9:28 p.m. PST |
Seems the Arameans follow the same path…
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Armand
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Robert le Diable | 09 Aug 2022 11:22 a.m. PST |
I found the restraint of the first review quite funny, though in both cases there's no doubt that the figures are right up there with Tony Hancock's "Aphrodite at the Water-Hole". Nevertheless, a couple of those in the second set would serve well for a distressed Antique statue (marble, naturally) to tower over 15mm figures in some Italian, or some Middle Eastern, scenario. |
Tango01 | 09 Aug 2022 3:38 p.m. PST |
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