Wayne Snowdon
@casperoo.bsky.social
Various interests - modern and ancient art, Hellenic studies, creative technologies, redundant image making.
Tah mate..my Fb page has a few more variations.
June 26, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Tah mate..my Fb page has a few more variations.
If you are set financially in Au, you can live like a king in Athens..we'll be there hell or high water..Ive got A LOT of ideas I want realised in an urban space...
May 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you are set financially in Au, you can live like a king in Athens..we'll be there hell or high water..Ive got A LOT of ideas I want realised in an urban space...
No probs Bill, i promised a lengthy email that never got written too.. We are angling to move to athens at the end of this year and rent a space as a gallery residency thingy, got any thoughts on that? You two are always welcome..
May 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
No probs Bill, i promised a lengthy email that never got written too.. We are angling to move to athens at the end of this year and rent a space as a gallery residency thingy, got any thoughts on that? You two are always welcome..
What’s important to know is that many Homeric words from ancient Greek still exist in our modern vocabulary, though they have been altered by phonological phenomenon."
Via @HomerPavlos on Twitter.
(I don't like to advertise the other site here, but he isn't on bsky atm)
Via @HomerPavlos on Twitter.
(I don't like to advertise the other site here, but he isn't on bsky atm)
February 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
What’s important to know is that many Homeric words from ancient Greek still exist in our modern vocabulary, though they have been altered by phonological phenomenon."
Via @HomerPavlos on Twitter.
(I don't like to advertise the other site here, but he isn't on bsky atm)
Via @HomerPavlos on Twitter.
(I don't like to advertise the other site here, but he isn't on bsky atm)
where the consonants [k] or [s] are pronounced as [ts].
Islanders are particularly familiar with this phenomenon, as it is a common feature of the Aegean island greek dialect.
-(5)
Islanders are particularly familiar with this phenomenon, as it is a common feature of the Aegean island greek dialect.
-(5)
February 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
where the consonants [k] or [s] are pronounced as [ts].
Islanders are particularly familiar with this phenomenon, as it is a common feature of the Aegean island greek dialect.
-(5)
Islanders are particularly familiar with this phenomenon, as it is a common feature of the Aegean island greek dialect.
-(5)
οὐδὲ κνῖσα μηρίων ἄπο | ἀνῆλθεν ὡς ἡμᾶς ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνου τοῦ χρόνου
"No smell of roasted meat | has reached us since that time."
The word "knisa" transformed into "tsikna" over the centuries through the linguistic/phonological phenomenon known as "tsitakismos", -
(4)..
"No smell of roasted meat | has reached us since that time."
The word "knisa" transformed into "tsikna" over the centuries through the linguistic/phonological phenomenon known as "tsitakismos", -
(4)..
February 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
οὐδὲ κνῖσα μηρίων ἄπο | ἀνῆλθεν ὡς ἡμᾶς ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνου τοῦ χρόνου
"No smell of roasted meat | has reached us since that time."
The word "knisa" transformed into "tsikna" over the centuries through the linguistic/phonological phenomenon known as "tsitakismos", -
(4)..
"No smell of roasted meat | has reached us since that time."
The word "knisa" transformed into "tsikna" over the centuries through the linguistic/phonological phenomenon known as "tsitakismos", -
(4)..
"κνισῆεν δέ τε δῶμα περιστεναχίζεται αὐλῇ ἤματα·"
"The mansion smells of knisa (tsikna), and the music of the flute echoes all day long."
~ Homer’s Odyssey, Rhapsody K (line 10)
It also appears in Aristophanes' play "The Birds" (Ornithes), lines 1517-1518:
(3)
"The mansion smells of knisa (tsikna), and the music of the flute echoes all day long."
~ Homer’s Odyssey, Rhapsody K (line 10)
It also appears in Aristophanes' play "The Birds" (Ornithes), lines 1517-1518:
(3)
February 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"κνισῆεν δέ τε δῶμα περιστεναχίζεται αὐλῇ ἤματα·"
"The mansion smells of knisa (tsikna), and the music of the flute echoes all day long."
~ Homer’s Odyssey, Rhapsody K (line 10)
It also appears in Aristophanes' play "The Birds" (Ornithes), lines 1517-1518:
(3)
"The mansion smells of knisa (tsikna), and the music of the flute echoes all day long."
~ Homer’s Odyssey, Rhapsody K (line 10)
It also appears in Aristophanes' play "The Birds" (Ornithes), lines 1517-1518:
(3)