Hey dear Hive community, I hope you are all well and your weekend is full of positive experiences! Today I would like to talk a little about ancient Greece and hope you can expand your knowledge a little.
You can see here pictures of solid copper as well as the mineral Cassiterite which is also one of the most popular ores for the extraction of pewter and if you combine these two metals together, bronze is created and in addition I have taken pictures of sculptures of the gods which have an important priority in this context. In ancient Greece, especially the island of Cyprus is known due to the high occurrence of copper and Cyprus was also called copper island and the name is derived from the Greek word cuprum for copper and probably Cyprus had the largest stocks of copper at that time. As a master of metal processing, the God of fire and blacksmithing Hephaestus is known and he has contributed a part to the formation of Cyprus and according to some legend he once let magma escape from the crusts of the earth and from these rocks that resulted from it, the island of Cyprus was once created. In ancient Greece there was also a separate festival which was organized in honor of all those who work with bronze and the focus at that time was on the goddesses Athena as well as Hephaestus. Other crafts also were hornored on this day and a special focus was on Chalkeia the goddesses of wisdom Athena, who was also considered the protective goddess of craftsmanship and in honor of the two gods, the participants decided to bring sacrifices or gifts to the gods. The most important place of Chalceia was the Greek city of Athens and the preparations were made early and the time of this festival was the last day of the Pyanopsia, which according to the Attic calendar is in October or November. During the holidays there were numerous performances that should better show off the crafts and the women decorated themselves in special clothes and it also came to the fact that there were numerous attractions and of course the festival was also celebrated with other arts such as music.
Thank you for stopping by and I hope you could learn something new about this topic! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens!
