Quiz

[Thersites]

Perhaps you are right and it is not so easy. I expected that once Hypnos was identified, a quick Google search would provide plenty of results. I was wrong. You'd need some Spanish to reach the site. So, it is the Roman villa of El Ruedo (Almedinilla, Córdoba).
Your turn, Jona

[Jona Lendering]

OK, an excavation from the Near East. The most important part is covered, but the surrounding area is also interesting. Bonus question: the site is connected to a famous Greek tragedy. Which one?

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(And since you will read this, dear Duncan: I loved your review of the OCD4.)

[Jona Lendering]

OK, an excavation from the Near East. The most important part is covered, but the surrounding area is also interesting. Bonus question: the site is connected to a famous Greek tragedy. Which one?

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(And since you will read this, dear Duncan: I loved your review of the OCD4.)

OK, I will give you a clue: the site is now on te list of places that have been shelled during the Syrian Civil War.

[D B Campbell]

the site is now on the list of places that have been shelled during the Syrian Civil War.

Sadly, the list is a long one. The two-storey wall in the background of your photo looks like the back wall of a Roman theatre (I think it is called the scaena), so I am tempted to say Bostra ... but I know of no Greek tragic connection there. :?

[Jona Lendering]

Nope, it's not Bostra.

[Vindex]

No idea, but still learning!

[Ildar]

OK, I will give you a clue: the site is now on te list of places that have been shelled during the Syrian Civil War.

Temple of the storm god in the citadel of Aleppo. :wink:

[Jona Lendering]

And that is correct. It is indeed the temple of the storm god on the citadel of Aleppo, which has been shelled recently. Here is another photo:

The Greek tragedy I was referring to, is the "Medea". Pasolini made a bizarre movie of it, which was shot in Aleppo.

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The fragment above was partly shot in Pisa, but after 1'19, you see people running on the ramparts of the Aleppo citadel. Some Muslims believe that "the Green Man" lies buried on the citadel of Aleppo. In any case, there's a beautiful Ottoman palace.

Over to you, Ildar.

[Nathan Ross]

Pasolini made a bizarre movie of it, which was shot in Aleppo.

That's a great film! Bizarre, but a real sense of antiquity about it. I had no idea it was shot there! mile:

[Jona Lendering]

Pasolini made a bizarre movie of it, which was shot in Aleppo.

That's a great film! Bizarre, but a real sense of antiquity about it. I had no idea it was shot there! mile:

It was partly shot in Aleppo, partly in Cappadocia, partly in Pisa, and partly in the marshes along the river Po.

[Flavivs Aetivs]

EDIT: NVMND, I was on the wrong page lol.

[Ildar]

Over to you, Ildar.

Οκ. Here is another Russian puzzle. What is the meaning of these illustrations? (they come from different manuscripts)

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[caiusbeerquitius]

Alexander the Great / bucephalos?

[Ildar]

Alexander the Great / bucephalos?

Yes, the bull's head behind the saddle is the hint for the Alexander's horse name Bucephalus. Images from illuminated russian manuscripts (17th - 18th centuries) of Alexandria (Romance of Alexander).

Over to you, Christian.

[D B Campbell]

Alexander the Great / bucephalos?

Well done! (I was thinking there might be some sort of biblical theme, but Alexander makes perfect sense.)