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Marble Bust of Sauromates II, King of the Cimmerian Bosporus, Late 2nd-Early 3rd Century AD
Sauromates II (r. 174- 210/211 AD) was a prince and Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom. He was the son and heir of the Bosporan King Eupator by an unnamed woman and was of Greek, Iranian and Roman ancestry.
When Eupator died in 174, Sauromates II succeeded his father. Sauromates II reigned as Bosporan King from 174 until his death in 210/211. He expressed his royal noscript in Greek on his coinage: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ or of King Sauromates. In 193, Sauromates II engaged in military campaigns against the Scythians and Sirachi tribes, and successfully defeated them. These victories are known from an innoscription found in Tanais, dedicating and celebrating the King’s military victories. Little is known of the life and reign of Sauromates II. According to surviving coinage, he appeared to be a religious person who was involved in the worship of Aphrodite and her cult.
Sauromates II (r. 174- 210/211 AD) was a prince and Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom. He was the son and heir of the Bosporan King Eupator by an unnamed woman and was of Greek, Iranian and Roman ancestry.
When Eupator died in 174, Sauromates II succeeded his father. Sauromates II reigned as Bosporan King from 174 until his death in 210/211. He expressed his royal noscript in Greek on his coinage: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ or of King Sauromates. In 193, Sauromates II engaged in military campaigns against the Scythians and Sirachi tribes, and successfully defeated them. These victories are known from an innoscription found in Tanais, dedicating and celebrating the King’s military victories. Little is known of the life and reign of Sauromates II. According to surviving coinage, he appeared to be a religious person who was involved in the worship of Aphrodite and her cult.
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🔴 Africans recorded invading an office in Cyprus, something that according to the source is a daily occurrence but nobody gets arrested or kicked out
>https://archive.is/P9s9u
>https://archive.is/Fp7Yc
🔸 Given how eager the Africans are to enter the building, it is safe to assume that this is the immigration office where they can apply for Asylum and appeal the decision in case their application has been denied as well as apply for welfare and other benefits
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>https://archive.is/P9s9u
>https://archive.is/Fp7Yc
🔸 Given how eager the Africans are to enter the building, it is safe to assume that this is the immigration office where they can apply for Asylum and appeal the decision in case their application has been denied as well as apply for welfare and other benefits
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Forwarded from • Hellas • Ελλάδα • Greece
Marble Head of Ares, Roman copy of the Greek original of the 420’s BC, AD 2nd century
🔴 During the anniversary of the Great Fire of Smyrna, Erdogan celebrated it saying that "100 years ago we threw the enemy into the sea" referring to the Greeks who were massacred for several days by Turkish forces in Smyrna
>https://archive.is/Ch8V7
🔸 "The battle of Sangarios ended with the victory of August 30, while on September 9 it reached its final goal by throwing the enemy into the sea of Smyrna. The enemy, as he was retreating from Sangarios, destroyed and burned every place and everything, making countless shameful massacres and thus showing his true face"
🔸 "The victory of Sangarios as well as Manzikert, as well as those of Proussa/Prusa, Adrianople, as well as the fall of Constantinople are leaves of our glorious history, which embraces on one side the gates of Vienna and to the Red Sea"
/GBG/ 🗂
>https://archive.is/Ch8V7
🔸 "The battle of Sangarios ended with the victory of August 30, while on September 9 it reached its final goal by throwing the enemy into the sea of Smyrna. The enemy, as he was retreating from Sangarios, destroyed and burned every place and everything, making countless shameful massacres and thus showing his true face"
🔸 "The victory of Sangarios as well as Manzikert, as well as those of Proussa/Prusa, Adrianople, as well as the fall of Constantinople are leaves of our glorious history, which embraces on one side the gates of Vienna and to the Red Sea"
/GBG/🟢 Turks always fail to mention that the Greeks were already suffering a genocide in the hands of the Ottomans all over Turkey at the time of the battle in question
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🔴 Turkish historian talks about the Greeks "thrown" into the sea as Turks celebrate the great fire of Smyrna: "They were Smyrna itself, people of this land"
>https://archive.is/zT5Qn
🔸 The Turkish historian Axel Corlu talks about the Greeks who were "thrown" into the sea of Smyrna in 1922 - "It was Smyrna itself"
🔸 The Turks celebrated the 99th anniversary of the destruction of Smyrna and the "throwing" of the Greeks into the sea, but a compatriot historian, who lives and works permanently abroad, reminds them of the historical reality that can not be questioned despite the cries and the festivities
🔸 "They were the people of this land, it was Smyrna itself," he says of the city's Greeks, Armenians and Levantines who perished in the flames and blood. At the same time, he points out that not acknowledging what happened 99 years ago, will lead to "more perpetrators and more victims"
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>https://archive.is/zT5Qn
🔸 The Turkish historian Axel Corlu talks about the Greeks who were "thrown" into the sea of Smyrna in 1922 - "It was Smyrna itself"
🔸 The Turks celebrated the 99th anniversary of the destruction of Smyrna and the "throwing" of the Greeks into the sea, but a compatriot historian, who lives and works permanently abroad, reminds them of the historical reality that can not be questioned despite the cries and the festivities
🔸 "They were the people of this land, it was Smyrna itself," he says of the city's Greeks, Armenians and Levantines who perished in the flames and blood. At the same time, he points out that not acknowledging what happened 99 years ago, will lead to "more perpetrators and more victims"
/GBG/ 🗂
🔴 Turkish Government Agency "Anadolu" claims Greece pushed back 6000 illegals back into Turkey and stole their money, food and jewelry
>https://archive.is/9uRaQ
🔸 "Illegal migrants face the harsh sea and weather conditions in the Aegean Sea, where they board improvised boats, lifeboats and boats that exceed their capacity, as well as the mistreatment of the Greek authorities (…) The illegal immigrants are pushed back into Turkish territorial waters by the Greek coast guards with boats with disassembled engines, and with their valuables taken, such as money and jewelry, as well as food. Turkey extends a hand of life to migrants who have almost been left to die" - Anadolu provocatively mentions, distorting reality once again
‼️ According to the data presented, but which are disputed by the Greek authorities in the last eight months (Jan - Aug) of 2021, 5,934 illegal immigrants were "repelled" , who tried to cross into Greek territorial waters, mainly from Smyrna
/GBG/ 🗂
>https://archive.is/9uRaQ
🔸 "Illegal migrants face the harsh sea and weather conditions in the Aegean Sea, where they board improvised boats, lifeboats and boats that exceed their capacity, as well as the mistreatment of the Greek authorities (…) The illegal immigrants are pushed back into Turkish territorial waters by the Greek coast guards with boats with disassembled engines, and with their valuables taken, such as money and jewelry, as well as food. Turkey extends a hand of life to migrants who have almost been left to die" - Anadolu provocatively mentions, distorting reality once again
‼️ According to the data presented, but which are disputed by the Greek authorities in the last eight months (Jan - Aug) of 2021, 5,934 illegal immigrants were "repelled" , who tried to cross into Greek territorial waters, mainly from Smyrna
/GBG/🟢 If only...
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Leto and Her Children, Apollo and Artemis 1870; carved 1874
Leto, in classical mythology, a Titan, the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe, and mother of the god Apollo and the goddess Artemis. The chief places of her legend were Delos and Delphi. Leto, pregnant by Zeus, sought a place of refuge to be delivered. She finally reached the barren isle of Delos, which, according to some, was a wandering rock borne about by the waves until it was fixed to the bottom of the sea for the birth of Apollo and Artemis. The wanderings of Leto were ascribed to the jealousy of Zeus’s wife, Hera, who was enraged at Leto’s bearing Zeus’s children. The foundation of Delphi followed immediately upon the birth of Apollo. Leto has been plausibly identified with the Lycian goddess Lada; she was also known as a goddess of fertility and as Kourotrophos (Rearer of Youths).
Leto, in classical mythology, a Titan, the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe, and mother of the god Apollo and the goddess Artemis. The chief places of her legend were Delos and Delphi. Leto, pregnant by Zeus, sought a place of refuge to be delivered. She finally reached the barren isle of Delos, which, according to some, was a wandering rock borne about by the waves until it was fixed to the bottom of the sea for the birth of Apollo and Artemis. The wanderings of Leto were ascribed to the jealousy of Zeus’s wife, Hera, who was enraged at Leto’s bearing Zeus’s children. The foundation of Delphi followed immediately upon the birth of Apollo. Leto has been plausibly identified with the Lycian goddess Lada; she was also known as a goddess of fertility and as Kourotrophos (Rearer of Youths).
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Apple blocked Greek Developers FlickType Watch keyboard… then releases a copy of it
The developer behind FlickType, an Apple Watch keyboard, alleges the company used its power over the App Store to block its progress Kosta Eleftheriou had the understanding to believe Apple was about to make a deal, his lawsuit alleges. Apple’s head of keyboards loved his FlickType keyboard app for the Apple Watch, gushing over how…
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/09/17/greek-man-gets/
The developer behind FlickType, an Apple Watch keyboard, alleges the company used its power over the App Store to block its progress Kosta Eleftheriou had the understanding to believe Apple was about to make a deal, his lawsuit alleges. Apple’s head of keyboards loved his FlickType keyboard app for the Apple Watch, gushing over how…
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/09/17/greek-man-gets/
Greek City Times
Apple blocked Greek Developers FlickType Watch keyboard… then releases a copy of it
Kosta Eleftheriou had the understanding to believe Apple was about to make a deal, his lawsuit alleges. Apple’s head of keyboards loved his FlickType keyboard
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🔴 Council of Europe adopted an interim resolution, which strongly urges Turkey to pay the damages awarded in the context of the 4th Transnational Action valued at 90 Million Euros
>https://archive.is/LWQMS
🔸 According to diplomatic sources cited by the Cyprus News Agency, the 47 member states of the CoE were not convinced at the meeting that Turkey had done what it had to do to implement the 1998 ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) , taking steps to remedy of the applicant's property rights
‼️ According to converging information from the Cyprus News Agency, the Committee of Ministers adopted an interim resolution, which strongly urges Turkey to pay the damages awarded in the context of the 4th Transnational Action. This is the compensation decided in May 2014 by the ECtHR, amounting to 90 million euros, with 30 million relating to the moral damage suffered by the relatives of the missing and 60 million to be intended for the Greek Cypriots trapped in Karpasia
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🔴 Council of Europe adopted an interim resolution, which strongly urges Turkey to pay the damages awarded in the context of the 4th Transnational Action valued at 90 Million Euros
>https://archive.is/LWQMS
🔸 According to diplomatic sources cited by the Cyprus News Agency, the 47 member states of the CoE were not convinced at the meeting that Turkey had done what it had to do to implement the 1998 ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) , taking steps to remedy of the applicant's property rights
‼️ According to converging information from the Cyprus News Agency, the Committee of Ministers adopted an interim resolution, which strongly urges Turkey to pay the damages awarded in the context of the 4th Transnational Action. This is the compensation decided in May 2014 by the ECtHR, amounting to 90 million euros, with 30 million relating to the moral damage suffered by the relatives of the missing and 60 million to be intended for the Greek Cypriots trapped in Karpasia
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🔴 The target of Turkey’s ground forces is Thessaloniki: CNN TURK
>https://archive.is/zWIP7
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>https://archive.is/zWIP7
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🔴 A drunk gypsy in Thessaloniki injured four people after going to his balcony and firing shots with a shotgun
>https://archive.is/I01bJ
🔸 The incident took place at a Gypsy camp in the area of Kordelio
🔸 According to reports, the Gypsy man was drunk and went to his balcony with a shotgun. He fired several shots and four people were injured by shrapnel. The man was then attacked and beaten
🔸 The police was notified and arrested the man
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>https://archive.is/I01bJ
🔸 The incident took place at a Gypsy camp in the area of Kordelio
🔸 According to reports, the Gypsy man was drunk and went to his balcony with a shotgun. He fired several shots and four people were injured by shrapnel. The man was then attacked and beaten
🔸 The police was notified and arrested the man
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Apollo Belvedere, restored Roman copy of the Greek original attributed to Leochares, 4th century bc; in the Vatican Museum, Rome
🔴 A Turkish Warship hailed the "Nautical Geo" research ship operating near Crete, saying it was operating in the Turkish Continental shelf and asked it to leave the area
>https://archive.is/lZkX7
🔸 The incident happened on Friday (17/09). According to the information, a Turkish warship that was sailing in international waters, very close to Crete, called the crew of "Nautical Geo" to the radio, claiming that the ship is moving in an area of Turkish continental shelf and asked to be removed from the area. This process is known as consensus hailing and provoked the diplomatic reaction of the Greek government
🔸 With the hailing made by the Turkish warship on a research ship that was licensed by the Greek government just a few miles east of Crete, Turkey is trying to give substance to the illegal Turkish-Libyan EEZ deal
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>https://archive.is/lZkX7
🔸 The incident happened on Friday (17/09). According to the information, a Turkish warship that was sailing in international waters, very close to Crete, called the crew of "Nautical Geo" to the radio, claiming that the ship is moving in an area of Turkish continental shelf and asked to be removed from the area. This process is known as consensus hailing and provoked the diplomatic reaction of the Greek government
🔸 With the hailing made by the Turkish warship on a research ship that was licensed by the Greek government just a few miles east of Crete, Turkey is trying to give substance to the illegal Turkish-Libyan EEZ deal
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Marble sarcophagus with the myth of Selene and Endymion, 3rd century AD.
The moon goddess, Selene, falls in love with Endymion. He is said to be a shepherd, a hunter, or a king. Selene visited her sleeping love in the night as she rode her moon chariot across the night sky. She would come down to earth just to be with the beautiful Endymion.
Or else, looking down on thee from the starry heavens, the orb Selene the moon that was born after the old Arcadians will lose control of her white-shining car [for love of a rustic, like Endymion]. And lately she blushed fiery red, though no staining cloud obscured her bright face
– Seneca, Phaedra 786
Selene wished to be with Endymion forever so she asked Zeus to grant her lover eternal sleep so that she may visit him every night.
Endymion a man of unrivalled beauty, he was loved by Selene. When he was given a wish of his choice by Zeus, he chose to remain immortal and unaging in eternal sleep.
– Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 56
The moon goddess, Selene, falls in love with Endymion. He is said to be a shepherd, a hunter, or a king. Selene visited her sleeping love in the night as she rode her moon chariot across the night sky. She would come down to earth just to be with the beautiful Endymion.
Or else, looking down on thee from the starry heavens, the orb Selene the moon that was born after the old Arcadians will lose control of her white-shining car [for love of a rustic, like Endymion]. And lately she blushed fiery red, though no staining cloud obscured her bright face
– Seneca, Phaedra 786
Selene wished to be with Endymion forever so she asked Zeus to grant her lover eternal sleep so that she may visit him every night.
Endymion a man of unrivalled beauty, he was loved by Selene. When he was given a wish of his choice by Zeus, he chose to remain immortal and unaging in eternal sleep.
– Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 56
🔴 A 33 year-old Orthodox priest was blackmailed in Thessaloniki, 3 people were arrested
>https://archive.is/Jxll5
🔸 According to the report, the priest borrowed money from a 32 year old man. The man started threatening to post defamatory texts against the priest on social media if he did not pay him more money and did not pay back the amount he borrowed
👮🏼♂️ The police organized an operation which ended with the arrest of two people at first, a 31 year-old woman and a 26 year-old man who went to collect the extortion money from the priest under the instructions of the man who also showed up to the location shortly after the other two
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>https://archive.is/Jxll5
🔸 According to the report, the priest borrowed money from a 32 year old man. The man started threatening to post defamatory texts against the priest on social media if he did not pay him more money and did not pay back the amount he borrowed
👮🏼♂️ The police organized an operation which ended with the arrest of two people at first, a 31 year-old woman and a 26 year-old man who went to collect the extortion money from the priest under the instructions of the man who also showed up to the location shortly after the other two
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🔴 Turkey issued a strong statement opposing the declaration signed by the EUMED9 countries, which called for Turkey to abandon its aggressive stance and provocations against Greece, Cyprus and the region as a whole
>https://archive.is/KdKme
>https://archive.is/ATkcb
🔸 The Turkish statement is that this declaration is biased without vision and disconnected from reality. "We call on the EU signatory countries to abandon their unilateral stance. They are following Greece and Cyprus blindly under the pretext of solidarity" the announcement notes, among other things
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>https://archive.is/KdKme
>https://archive.is/ATkcb
🔸 The Turkish statement is that this declaration is biased without vision and disconnected from reality. "We call on the EU signatory countries to abandon their unilateral stance. They are following Greece and Cyprus blindly under the pretext of solidarity" the announcement notes, among other things
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Responding to @brussinf's post about an anti-NATO protest held in Athens, the majority of the protestors belong to leftist organizations, being them KKE (Greek Communist Party), EEDYE (Greek Committee for International Détente and Peace), OGE (Federation of Greek Women) and students' unions.
Their slogan was "Neither soil nor water to the murderers of the people". These groups are usually a minority in Greece, in general anything that is strongly Anti-American can be associated with the KKE or their offshoot organizations.
Most Greeks are indeed against NATO, but mostly because of NATO's positioning regarding Turkey. Good examples of that were of 2020's Evros crisis in March and the growing Turkish provocations with NAVTEX exercises and open war threats against Greece, which prompted NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to propose a "military de-confliction mechanism" of which he was very proud to propose and even said both countries had agreed to it before anything had been officially discussed
Obviously the bureaucratic move of having a de-confliction mechanism had no effect, with the only consequence of it being that Turkey was not even criticized by Mr. Jens who always talks about negotiations and diplomacy instead. Given that Turkey does not follow international law regarding maritime zones (UNCLOS), Greece so far is the only country with something to lose even if such negotiations never reach a conclusion since Turkey never stops its provocations such as Hailing a research ship (Nautical Geo) near Crete last week claiming it was within the Turkish Continental Shelf and asking the ship to leave
Greeks have indeed been growing more skeptic of certain things, the anti-EU and anti-immigration sentiments have been growing in recent years due to the problems caused by both, be that of EU ineptitude regarding immigration or of their blatant protection of Turkey, avoiding to sanction them or even proposing more economic deals despite Turkey's aggressive behavior towards Greece and other European countries such as France, Cyprus and Austria
NATO so far is not seen negatively by most Greeks since there are benefits to it such as military deals and also because immigration has become a much bigger problem in the eyes of most people, with the Government Spending a lot more money to maintain illegal immigrants than it does with military not to mention the wave of crimes and other social problems caused by it
Their slogan was "Neither soil nor water to the murderers of the people". These groups are usually a minority in Greece, in general anything that is strongly Anti-American can be associated with the KKE or their offshoot organizations.
Most Greeks are indeed against NATO, but mostly because of NATO's positioning regarding Turkey. Good examples of that were of 2020's Evros crisis in March and the growing Turkish provocations with NAVTEX exercises and open war threats against Greece, which prompted NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to propose a "military de-confliction mechanism" of which he was very proud to propose and even said both countries had agreed to it before anything had been officially discussed
Obviously the bureaucratic move of having a de-confliction mechanism had no effect, with the only consequence of it being that Turkey was not even criticized by Mr. Jens who always talks about negotiations and diplomacy instead. Given that Turkey does not follow international law regarding maritime zones (UNCLOS), Greece so far is the only country with something to lose even if such negotiations never reach a conclusion since Turkey never stops its provocations such as Hailing a research ship (Nautical Geo) near Crete last week claiming it was within the Turkish Continental Shelf and asking the ship to leave
Greeks have indeed been growing more skeptic of certain things, the anti-EU and anti-immigration sentiments have been growing in recent years due to the problems caused by both, be that of EU ineptitude regarding immigration or of their blatant protection of Turkey, avoiding to sanction them or even proposing more economic deals despite Turkey's aggressive behavior towards Greece and other European countries such as France, Cyprus and Austria
NATO so far is not seen negatively by most Greeks since there are benefits to it such as military deals and also because immigration has become a much bigger problem in the eyes of most people, with the Government Spending a lot more money to maintain illegal immigrants than it does with military not to mention the wave of crimes and other social problems caused by it
🔴 A fire broke out at the Vathi immigrant camp in the island of Samos, the camp was immediately evacuated and the illegal immigrants will be transferred to the new camp of Zervou
>https://archive.is/ui0hG
🔸 Thevery coincidental fire broke out last night (19/09), one day before the transfer of the illegal immigrants living in the camp to the new camp of Zervou
👨🏾🦱 The Vathi camp officially housed over 4.5k illegal immigrants
🟢 What most likely happened is that the transfer process was gradual and would take several weeks to transfer all illegal immigrants to Zervou, so the illegals burned the camp to make sure the transfer would be faster and to remind the government that if they dont get what they want, the new camp will also burn just as what happened to Moria and now Vathi
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>https://archive.is/ui0hG
🔸 The
👨🏾🦱 The Vathi camp officially housed over 4.5k illegal immigrants
/GBG/🟢 This has become common practice, illegal immigrants, burn their own camps when they dont like their benefits in order to force the authorities to transfer them to another location such as hotels or other camps
🟢 What most likely happened is that the transfer process was gradual and would take several weeks to transfer all illegal immigrants to Zervou, so the illegals burned the camp to make sure the transfer would be faster and to remind the government that if they dont get what they want, the new camp will also burn just as what happened to Moria and now Vathi
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