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To The Dead of November 9th

You dead heroes

Never were you nearer to us —,

Reminder, call, prayer —

As now when the Grim Reaper

Stands before us.

Never were you so necessary to us.

Towers in the storm of care.

Never were you as alive to us.

We are as acquainted with you as we are with death.

We listen for the call. And we hear

In the night, when all is silent

Your voices. They warn, they swear:

Not only victories! The victory!

As our flags sink

God goes as the wind through the field.

All our thanks and thoughts

Become deed.

Gerhard Schumann

To Ride The Solar Storms

 

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The Dying Warrrior and The Fallen Comrades

 - IN MEMORIAM - 

1/11/2013

Georgios Fountoulis - Manolis Kapelonis

THE DYING WARRIOR

"The dying warrior on the east pediment (c. 480 BCE) marks a transition to the new Classical style. Although he bears a slight Archaic smile, this warrior actually reacts to his circumstances. Nearly every part of him appears to be dying. Instead of propping himself up on an arm, his body responds to the gravity pulling on his dying body, hanging from his shield and attempting to support himself with his other arm. He also attempts to hold himself up with his legs, but one leg has fallen over the pediment's edge and protrudes into the viewer's space. His muscles are contracted and limp, depending on which ones they are, and they seem to strain under the weight of the man as he dies."

Source : Sculpture in The Greek Archaic Period Blog

Frazetta's Headless Horseman

 

The Headless Horseman

Few people know the reason as to why Frank Frazetta painted two versions of the Headless Horseman. In 1995, Frank was commissioned to do his rendition of the famed beheaded night rider during his period of semi-retirement. He was very selective with his choice of work at that point because, to be honest, he preferred enjoying life with his family on his beautiful 67 acre estate in the Pocono Mountains; but this character interested him, so he accepted the job.

As with all of Frazetta commissioned pieces after 1970, he was granted full liberty to create whatever he felt worked best with the subject matter. As with most cases, his masterful imagination took it one step beyond anyone's expectations, which is why he has such a world-wide following to date.

Frank's first rendition of the Headless Horseman was very dark and powerful, showing the more sinister side of the famed character. But unexpectedly, just a few days after submitting the original artwork, he received a phone call from the publisher who expressed his appreciation for Frank’s time and effort, but declined the work. He stated it was too dark for its use in publishing for the targeted audience of younger children. Frank didn’t take it to heart and understood where his client was coming from-- this was not an uncommon thing during his long career. Instead of getting upset about it, he immediately created a new version to appeal to the younger audience upon the publishers request.

Even with numerous stick-ball games between the finalization of the second version of the Headless Horseman, it was completed in just three days and was an entirely new take on the commissioned art. 

The second version was more colorful with a wide variety of delightful tones, most obvious was the change from blue to orange which expressed a more festive side to the seasonal theme. Though many fans bought prints of both versions of the painting, Frank personally stuck to his guns stating the first version was the better of the two.

Source: The Frazetta Art Museum

The Howling of Wolves

 

4th of April, 1945

This is Radio Werwolf calling, radio of the German liberation movement in the areas occupied by the enemy. 

The high command of our enemies has imposed a curfew over the occupied areas. This curfew is not for us Werewolves. On familiar roads we come together, even in the dark.

For four years, our enemies came in the night to sow death from their murder machines over our homes, now their soldiers came to reap their sowings. Bt now we are going out in the night and sow the seeds of freedom, the sowing will sprout. We will harvest the crops in the dawn of the new days. A peaceful revolution brought us National Socialism, now a bloody war is about to take it from us. Now we Werewolves call upon all revolutionary hearts to take back the peace that the war took from us. We break the chains that bind us. Our thoughts are only about one thing, to destroy the enemy, beat him again and again, untill the invaders are driven out and the slaveholders are swept away. Our duty is to the Reich, our lives belong to our people. Where one freedom fighter dies, new ones arise. Traitors, cowards and people with no ethos will fall under our strokes. He who harms the German freedom is our enemy, he who benefits it, is our friend. For five and a half years, we fought for the Reich and our people, with the weapon in hand or at the factories. The enemy has knocked weapon and tools out of our hands in the occupied areas. But we wont stop fighting. All that we onwed, home and house, the terror bombers destroyed and set ablaze. The air murderers destroyed all we love, grandparents and parents, women and children, siblings and friends. But our heart didn't become weaker. Its love for its country has only became bigger and its hatred became stronger. Behind us are rubble and trenches. Before us lies the future, from which our enemies want to exclude us. But we are here. We fight, live and die for the German future.

Death to our enemies, victory to our freedom.

This is Radio Werwolf calling, radio of the German liberation movement in the areas occupied by the enemy. We brought you fight reports of our Werewolves, new and reports in our broadcast.

MYCENAE 2022 - The Birthplace of Hellas

Ζεῦ πάτερ ἢ Αἴαντα λαχεῖν, ἢ Τυδέος υἱόν,ἢ αὐτὸν βασιλῆα πολυχρύσοιο Μυκήνης.

ΙΛΙΑΣ  -  Η , 180

"In the ruins of Mycenae is a fountain called Persea; there are also underground chambers of Atreus and his children, in which were stored their treasures. There is the grave of Atreus, along with the graves of such as returned with Agamemnon from Troy, and were murdered by Aegisthus after he had given them a banquet." 

PAUSANIAS - Mycenae 

Another pilgrimage to the city-center of authentic Hellas. The archaic kingdom of Mycenae.