Ancient Greek Festival: Re-creating scenes in pottery!

[Susanne]

As I mentioned in an earlier thread, I am in the process of making a paper on Warrior Departure scenes in red-figure Attic pottery. It turned out that I will be able to attend the Festival, after all, and this would also enable me to present it in front of you - the Participants - and the Public.

In a mail, Paul Allen (aka our Host and Thespian Hoplite) came up with the idea (an idea that I'm fond of), that we could re-create the scenes and film / photograph them, and thus bring back an important domestic occurence of ancient Greece to life! The shots and / or movies would then be used in conjunction with the 'boring' overhead / PowerPoint means in my presentation, and whatnot...

I have created a gallery - which at this point is incomplete but to be updated as I get around to doing it - featuring over twenty of the vases I have been looking at.
It is available here.

If you would like to be part of the project, there are two options:

If you want to contribute to the project indirectly, you may want to lend equipment for the duration of the project (approx. half a day). The Thracian helmet is manifest in a number of the scenes, and if any of you happen to have one we would love to hear from you, as this is a rare item in re-enactment circles, as far as I know.

If you want to assume a role (the Hoplite, wife, mother, father / old man, the Hoplite's comrade-in-arms) in the scenes, simply pick a pot to pose for, and make sure you have the right equipment - if you lack a few items someone may be able to lend you some stuff.

Actually, your dogs can be stars for a day, too.

Paul will hopefully drop by the thread and give further instructions and details later today.

Edit: For those of you who are unaware of the Festival, you may want to check out the official festival site here: http://www.webspawner.com/users/ancientgreekfestiva/index.html.

[Anonymous]

Hi, all,

I don't think I need to add anything to what Susanne has said. I think it will be a worthwhile project. Oh, if you participate, I can probably get someone to paint the picture from the photograph, so you can have a painting of yourself in period kit.

I'm not sure we'll be able to get all the shield blazons right. I seem to remember that you can get transparent sheet plastic which will adhere temporarily to things like leather. If I could get hold of some of that, and paint blazons on it, we could use one blank shield with interchangeable blazons. Does anybody know where I might get such plastic sheet?

[Arthes]

Greetings,
well, I am a mature woman with long brown hair .....although I assume the mother is usually the one with the hair covered.....as in J382,
I rather like 46942, any excuse to hold a shield :roll: " although the dress style is not entirely clear...Chiton? I don't have Hoplite equipment though....or a fringe, just hair about the right length...the women looks rather younger though.
G538 looks a little more like me....
regards
Arthes

[Susanne]

If you know Italian you may want to look it up in Beazley Archive and read the scholar's interpretation of the vase.

Paul, according to your poll there are 5 people who are interested in doing this. You should try to get them to post here, in this very thread.

[Anonymous]

You're right, the polls are very clumsy instruments!

[Anonymous]

I'm still working out the programme - the one on the site is a provisional outline, just designed to give a general idea. We will have some things happening simultaneously - like the Olympic Events going on alongside some of the others.

[Susanne]

May I have a go at the javelin hurling?

[Anonymous]

Susanne! hock: You're a GIRL!! :evil:


Of course you can.


In my Saxon group we have two mottoes:

"Why watch the Soaps, when you can live the sagas?"

and

"If the girls wanna fight, you better let 'em."

[Susanne]

Susanne! hock: You're a GIRL!! :evil:

I saw that one coming... *giggles* :twisted:

Of course you can.


In my Saxon group we have two mottoes:

"Why watch the Soaps, when you can live the sagas?"

and

"If the girls wanna fight, you better let 'em."

[Susanne]

I will also bring my digital camera and my laptop, and record the whole Festival;



(Note: the man working on it in the image is my slave.)

[Anonymous]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/Co...throwa.gif[/img] Dexa!...and Dexa! :twisted:

Oh, I didn't realise you two were previously acquainted...

That peltast animation is ACE, Gioi! Would-be peltastoi (and carnaffordabe Hoplites ) take note!

[Susanne]

Who is 'Sussane'?

[Anonymous]

Whta's a liltte dylsexia bewteen freinds? :lol:

[Arthes]

I will also bring my digital camera and my laptop, and record the whole Festival;



(Note: the man working on it in the image is my slave.)

it does look like a laptop to me, the thing of the sitting man has! :lol:

The things that archaeologists are digging up lately, I would not be at all surprised to find it is a laptop......run on batteries and he is using a graphics pen...! :lol:

[Susanne]

And here comes the inevitable response to Paul's post:

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

No, me and Gioi don't know each other in person... yet.

The things that archaeologists are digging up lately, I would not be at all surprised to find it is a laptop......run on batteries and he is using a graphics pen...!

There's also this relief, one element in which bears a close resemblance to a photocopier! I'm trying to find an image off it, in vain.