Consuming Greek Antiquity: A Japanese Smoking Pegasus?

Τρίτη 3 Μαΐου 2011

A Japanese Smoking Pegasus?

Poster for the Japanese "Peacock" cigarettes (1902)

(But why didn't they choose a peacock? Or: why did they choose a Pegasus?)

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Ανώνυμος είπε...: hello..
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thanks,,; 5 Μαΐου 2011 στις 1:12 μ.μ.
Elysse είπε...: There is actually an Pegasus-like creature (a horse-dragon) creature in Asian mythology, but I can't quite recall the name right now. There is also a mythical creature that is very similar to the unicorn, the Kirin.; 12 Μαρτίου 2012 στις 7:33 μ.μ.
Vassiliki Pliatsika είπε...: @Odyssey

Thank you for commenting. Indeed there is the Chinese Longma and the Japanese Kirin, but in this case I think we are safe to indentify a Greek Pegasus.; 13 Μαρτίου 2012 στις 2:12 π.μ.

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What's this?

Consuming Greek Antiquity is an on-going project of mine aiming to explore the various ways through which Greek antiquity has been consumed by the 20th c. popular media, especially photography and graphic illustration.

I'm mainly interested in the most original and ingenious examples of incorporating and often interpreting elements of the ancient greek culture. Whole sites, monuments, artefacts, historical and mythological figures appear in the least expected places and these unexpected occurences and strange encounters are the main focus of this blog.

Having just written this, I need to stress that this is a more-fun-than-work project, rather than the other way round, so no strict criteria are applied, i.e. not only 20th c. and not only popular media, but I'll try to stick to only Greek antiquity.

Effort has been made to include attribution to the original sources of the works presented here, but apologies are offered in advance where I have failed.