“Strepsiades and Pheidippides are discussing, Socrates is hanging in the air in a basket. Scene from Aristophanes’s comedy Clouds.”   Here, for reference, is Aritophanes’ play THE CLOUDS This may shock you (!) but… …all is not what it seems. And I have an opinion or several about that :o) There is a possibility that the original of […]

If y’all are still with me (!) here’s the pay-off. The last few posts have all been about reflections/Paper Twins. All the people cited are full or partial reflections of one man. Who – btw – is himself a cover for a real life, flesh and blood human being.   From NC: “Most likely, the […]

 REMUS SERVIUS TULLIUS   CYRUS  CLEON  APOLLONIUS OF TYANNA  ABARIS, The Hyperborean    SABINUS   ANTINOUS – the most faithful companion of the ‘ancient’ Emperor Hadrian  and ANTONINUS, twin-brother of the ‘ancient’ Roman Emperor Commodus – I’ve already covered here. AGAMEMNON   PYLADES Sir KAY   LADY OF THE LAKE  Sir BALIN  ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY  SAINT GERMANUS  HERCULES    […]

For anyone who has read my previous Macbeth posts, this one is a Big Clue to where in the blue blazes I’m going with all this :o)   From constellationguide.com   Aquarius Constellation Aquarius constellation is located in the southern hemisphere. It is one of the 12 zodiac constellations. The constellation’s name means “the water-bearer” (or […]

Wiki : Jason   Wiki : Aeneas     Aeneas tells Dido about the fall of Troy

“Publius Clodius, out from his saffron dress, from his headdress, from his Cinderella slippers and his purple ribbons, from his breast band, from his dereliction, from his lust, is suddenly rendered a democrat.”   Wiki : Publius Clodius Pulcher  

Wiki : Marcus Tullius Cicero    

The Murder of Yaropolk – Yaropolk trusted Blud and his brother’s promises of peace and left for Vladimir’s headquarters, where he would be killed in an ambush by two Varangians.   Wiki : Yaropolk I of Kiev  

Vladimir’s effigy on one of his coins. He is crowned in the Byzantine style, holding a cross-mounted staff in one hand and holding a Khazar-inspired trident in the other.   Wiki : Vladimir the Great    

The image is a Fresco in the François Tomb: Liberation of Caelius Vibenna, from left to right: Caile Vibenna, Mastarna, Larth Ultes, Laris Papathnas Velznach, Pesna Aremsnas Sveamach, Rasce, Venthikau and Aule Vibenna, right: Marce Camitlnas and Cnaeve Tarchunies Rumach.   From Wiki : Caelius Vibenna Caelius Vibenna, (Etruscan Caile Vipina, was a noble Etruscan who lived c.750  BCE (but […]

“In Christian iconography the Erythraean Sibyl is credited with prophesying the coming of the Redeemer, which prophesy was in the form of an acrostic whose initial letters spelled out “ΙΗΣΌΎΣ ΧΡΕΙΣΤΟΣ ΘΕΟΥ ΎΊΟΣ ΣΩΤΗΡ ΣΤΑΎΡΟΣ” (“Jesus Christ, God’s Son, Savior, Cross). Examples were in medieval paintings in Salisbury cathedral, and others are shown in the illustrations on […]