Bronze plate depicting Hercules defeating the giant Antaeus, Kapitan Petko Voivoda, BulgariaMunicipality of Topolovgrad
Posted on 08/20/2025 10:16:06 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A richly adorned grave of a Thracian warrior and his horse was unearthed in a village near Topolovgrad, according to the Greek Reporter. Previous excavations in the area had already uncovered evidence of the existence of a high-status ancient necropolis dating to the second century b.c. The tomb recently discovered by a team from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is particularly noteworthy for its rich assemblage of grave goods. The Thracian man, who was estimated to be between 30 and 45 years of age at the time of death, was buried with a gilded silver wreath around his head, a symbol of nobility and military leadership. A variety of objects were found alongside his remains, including glass and ceramic vases, jewelry, and an array of weapons. Perhaps the most exceptional items were a number of ornate gilded bronze fittings that once adorned the warhorse's harness. These depict mythological scenes from the life and exploits of Hercules, including the demigod's battle with the giant Antaeus, son of Poseidon and Gaia. To read about a find recovered from a third-century a.d. man's grave in southeastern Bulgaria, go to "Bath Buddy."
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Bronze plate depicting Hercules defeating the giant Antaeus, Kapitan Petko Voivoda, BulgariaMunicipality of Topolovgrad
The rest of the Thrace keyword, sorted:
A corpse is a corpse,
Of horse, of horse.
So, yeah, steal it from his grave.
Bump to the top!
Of course that was true of most Indo-European-speaking peoples.
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“Bronze plate depicting Hercules defeating the giant Antaeus....”
If you say so...................🙄
Oh, and I suppose if it came from IFLScience...
Alexander the Great’s mother Olympias was a Thracian princess, and she was a wild one. Philip of Macedonia couldn’t handle her.
😆 that’s not exactly what I would call fighting.
The myth:
Antaeus was a demigod king of what is now Libya. He was also a ‘giant’.
His ‘mother’ was Gaia, Earth.
He would challenge travelers through his land and waters to a wrestling match or pay a huge toll.
As long as he was in contact with his mother, the Earth, he could not be defeated.
Then one day Hercules/Heracles came through on his way to one of his assigned labors and so had to wrestle with him.
Hercules soon discovered that when he held Antaeus off the ground he became weak, so he held him completely off the ground and killed him with a bear hug...................
There’s wrestling and then there’s wrestling. 😉
The Greeks loved their wrestling!.....................
Sounds like another "educator's" tactic to trick youth into looking at their perverted agenda. Or a deleted chapter from one of Obama's biographies.
Well, Phil got married a lot. Had a lotta wives. At the same time. So, y’know, he didn’t do so badly. 😊
[snip] Among the objects buried with him were a tool used to scrape oil from the skin known as a strigil and a finely crafted copper alloy vessel called a balsamarium. This container is thought to have held skin-cleansing oils or balms used after exercise and during bathing... [/snip]
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