Comments for Gwen Minor http://gwenminor.com Stories From the Ancient World Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:44:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Ancient World Now:Mycenaean World by Knights of the Word » » The Grail QuestThe Grail Quest http://gwenminor.com/?p=707#comment-3513 Knights of the Word » » The Grail QuestThe Grail Quest Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:44:27 +0000 http://gwenminor.com/?p=707#comment-3513 [...] to my sister in spirit, Gwen Minor, for this cool photo. Sing, Goddess! (She looks young, but she’s ancient, see?) For the record, I first read of Heinrich [...] [...] to my sister in spirit, Gwen Minor, for this cool photo. Sing, Goddess! (She looks young, but she’s ancient, see?) For the record, I first read of Heinrich [...]

]]> Comment on Ancient World Now….one day…hey, wait—i counted wrong! Inaugural Podcast by jlw http://gwenminor.com/?p=509#comment-3091 jlw Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:34:36 +0000 http://gwenminor.com/?p=509#comment-3091 Sophie Schliemann is wearing the Trojan treasures- the 'Treasures of Priam,' now kept in the Pushkin Museum. They were found at Troy (Hissarlik) in Asia Minor, not Mycenae on the Greek mainland. Sophie Schliemann is wearing the Trojan treasures- the ‘Treasures of Priam,’ now kept in the Pushkin Museum. They were found at Troy (Hissarlik) in Asia Minor, not Mycenae on the Greek mainland.

]]> Comment on Ancient World Now: Timoleon, Part I by Euro 2012 Tournament http://gwenminor.com/?p=765#comment-3028 Euro 2012 Tournament Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:40:55 +0000 http://gwenminor.com/?p=765#comment-3028 Leonidas of Tarentum: "An exile's life is no life." Leonidas of Tarentum: “An exile’s life is no life.”

]]> Comment on Ancient World Now:Medea the Warrior by Will Marcum http://gwenminor.com/?p=631#comment-2947 Will Marcum Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:01:19 +0000 http://gwenminor.com/?p=631#comment-2947 Very neat article post.Much thanks again. Very neat article post.Much thanks again.

]]> Comment on Ancient World Now:Medea the Warrior by Cailyn Harrigan http://gwenminor.com/?p=631#comment-2684 Cailyn Harrigan Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:23:48 +0000 http://gwenminor.com/?p=631#comment-2684 <strong>Cailyn Harrigan...</strong> Major thankies for the article post. Want more.... Cailyn Harrigan…

Major thankies for the article post. Want more….

]]> Comment on Ancient World Now:Odysseus in the Underworld by Gwen Minor http://gwenminor.com/?p=637#comment-1286 Gwen Minor Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:10:30 +0000 http://gwenminor.com/?p=637#comment-1286 Hi Sam, Thank you for writing. Very grateful to you for your learned correction! I try to avoid making those absolute statements unless I have a source to back it up. I did read in my browsings that there were those three completed underworld visitors. But I've looked through all my main sources & have not located it. But I am glad, because you gave me a new lesson: katabasis. So grateful to you. If there is one thing I am sure of, it's that I know nothing! I updated the post to include a change in wording that allows for your correction, and further, you have spurred me on to keep notes on my sources for each blog I do. Keep in touch! Hi Sam, Thank you for writing. Very grateful to you for your learned correction! I try to avoid making those absolute statements unless I have a source to back it up. I did read in my browsings that there were those three completed underworld visitors. But I’ve looked through all my main sources & have not located it. But I am glad, because you gave me a new lesson: katabasis. So grateful to you. If there is one thing I am sure of, it’s that I know nothing! I updated the post to include a change in wording that allows for your correction, and further, you have spurred me on to keep notes on my sources for each blog I do. Keep in touch!

]]> Comment on Ancient World Now:Odysseus in the Underworld by Gwen Minor http://gwenminor.com/?p=637#comment-1285 Gwen Minor Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:49:53 +0000 http://gwenminor.com/?p=637#comment-1285 Hi Lauren, Thank you for writing! It's always good to hear from a fellow teacher. I copied the image from another website (sawiggins.wordpress.com), but there was no information on that site for the image. I looked for an hour or so to see if I could find out, but no luck. However, the image resembles those done by Gustave Dore, a 19th century illustrator & engraver. His vision is macabre & gets raves from the teen set. He did a particularly fine illustration of Charon crossing the Styx. You need only Google his name, hit Images in your left-hand panel, and you will see loads of cool images to use in the classroom. Another, though older illustrator, is Albrecht Durer, German, 15th century. I found another great Charon image from the 19th century, this one by a Russian artist, Alexander Litovchenko. I hesitate to include links for my images because some of them can lead my younger readers astray. Also, the issue of Creative Commons and attribution is an evolving one. Very controversial. I always tell my students to cite the source where they found the information. So, if you want to use the image, I suppose you could just have them cite my website. That said, you've given me great cause for keeping better records! Thanks again, say hello to your kids, and may the cyclops be with you! Hi Lauren, Thank you for writing! It’s always good to hear from a fellow teacher. I copied the image from another website (sawiggins.wordpress.com), but there was no information on that site for the image. I looked for an hour or so to see if I could find out, but no luck. However, the image resembles those done by Gustave Dore, a 19th century illustrator & engraver. His vision is macabre & gets raves from the teen set. He did a particularly fine illustration of Charon crossing the Styx. You need only Google his name, hit Images in your left-hand panel, and you will see loads of cool images to use in the classroom. Another, though older illustrator, is Albrecht Durer, German, 15th century. I found another great Charon image from the 19th century, this one by a Russian artist, Alexander Litovchenko. I hesitate to include links for my images because some of them can lead my younger readers astray. Also, the issue of Creative Commons and attribution is an evolving one. Very controversial. I always tell my students to cite the source where they found the information. So, if you want to use the image, I suppose you could just have them cite my website. That said, you’ve given me great cause for keeping better records! Thanks again, say hello to your kids, and may the cyclops be with you!

]]> Comment on Ancient World Now:Odysseus in the Underworld by question about pictures http://gwenminor.com/?p=637#comment-1114 question about pictures Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:16:31 +0000 http://gwenminor.com/?p=637#comment-1114 I was just wondering if you could give me any information about the picture you put on your site about Odysseus visiting the underworld: http://gwenminor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/hades.jpg I'd like to cite it for my students. Thanks! Lauren Downey I was just wondering if you could give me any information about the picture you put on your site about Odysseus visiting the underworld: http://gwenminor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/hades.jpg
I’d like to cite it for my students.
Thanks!
Lauren Downey

]]> Comment on Ancient World Now:Odysseus in the Underworld by Sam D http://gwenminor.com/?p=637#comment-1040 Sam D Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:00:33 +0000 http://gwenminor.com/?p=637#comment-1040 Certainly more than three mortals completed such a journey, a few that come to mind immediately are Herakles (in pursuit of Cerberus as one of his labours), Theseus (in an attempt to kidnap Persephone), and even the heroine Psyche (to obtain "beauty" for Aphrodite from Persephone). In order to be a real hero in Greek or Roman mythology, it was pretty much required that you undertake a katabasis, or journey to the underworld. It was so common they even have a word for it! Certainly more than three mortals completed such a journey, a few that come to mind immediately are Herakles (in pursuit of Cerberus as one of his labours), Theseus (in an attempt to kidnap Persephone), and even the heroine Psyche (to obtain “beauty” for Aphrodite from Persephone). In order to be a real hero in Greek or Roman mythology, it was pretty much required that you undertake a katabasis, or journey to the underworld. It was so common they even have a word for it!

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