Greek key for H&M

The Greek key (the 'meander', μαίανδρος) features prominently in the new Versace line designed to be sold through the H&M network of shops throughout the world.




Special thanks are due to Sara Alexandra Berg for pointing out this new example of consuming Greek antiquity.

Looking for the Greek God of Finance

A plausible scenario enacted on Saturday Night Live:

a meeting of the Greek Gods presided by Zeus on looking for the responsible God of Finance who well, basically, must have got something wrong.

It's been a while since I updated this blog, but it's time I added some new material in here.
Thanks to everyone of my readers who keep coming back to check and send positive feedback.

The Miracle of Greece

Life magazine cover on January 4, 1963

Those were more optimistic times...

black-on-white and white-on-black

Literally black-figure and white-figure vases in the window of a large department store in Athens as it appeared last month.

Ancient Greece in the East

Dimitris, a Grrek currently staying and working in China, is taking amazing photographs from his life in this foreign country. You may follow his photography HERE and HERE.

Dimitris was very generous to send me two of his photographs which serve as eloquent examples of consuming Greek antiquity in China.

A photo from Dimitris' gym - with Pegasus as its emblem.

This is from a cafe, and Dimitris suspects its portaying the well-known Archimedes in the bathroom incident.

Indeed one sees a nude guy wearing a Greek or Roman looking helmet enjoying his coffee. The moustache should tips the scales towards Greek!

Dimitris, thanks again very much for all this!

An appropriate Eurovision setting (or not)

Strange Ionian-looking Greek columns in the background for the Greek song in the Eurovision 2011 song contest in Germany.
There seems to be an emblem on the column capital but can't really make it out; something between an anthemium and two antithetic swans?

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?)