fyromian aggressors discover a Dedalus statue and come to the conclusion that....

[MarkG]

Dedalus landed there!

Dedalus landed on Plaosnik 24 centuries ago - A bronze figure of Dedalus, father of Icarus, 20 cm tall, dating from the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C. was revealed by archaeologists at site Plaosnik over Ohrid. This is the only such artifact in the country and probably in the world, says archaeologist Pasko Kuzman.

meanwhile this only proves that the area was populated by, well, people for whome the Dedalus story was part of their mythology (you know, like Greeks or something ))

[DinoDoc]

You meant to say Macedonian, right?

[MarkG]

nope

[DinoDoc]

But they are Macedonian.

[Varwnos]

'fyromians'

Btw wasnt Daedalus supposed to have been an athenian?

athenians

[MarkG]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
But they are Macedonian.

not really

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Varwnos
Btw wasnt Daedalus supposed to have been an athenian?

Cretan

[Varwnos]

Iirc he was living in Italy, but was from Athens. He was sent for by Minos so as to construct the labyrinth probably..

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by MarkG
Cretan

No personal attacks.

[Varwnos]

And i do not get the '24 centuries ago' ..
Do they claim that Dedalus lived in the fourth century BC?!
Iirc he should be part of the same mythos as Theseus, the Minotaur, the labyrinth and the supposed era of supremacy of Crete over Athens and other city states which were paying tribute to it.

I really hope that no archaeologist is claming something so obviously false such as that the existence of a statue of a well-known mythological figure is evidence that that figure ever was in the place the statue was found.
Obviously it was an artifact built by greek sculptors, or even roman ones, and found its way to a region which was part of the roman empire (and possibly also the hellenistic kingdom of Macedonia).

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Varwnos
Iirc he was living in Italy, but was from Athens. He was sent for by Minos so as to construct the labyrinth probably..

He flew between the various locations - Athens, Italy, Crete, Fyromia - no problem.

[MarkG]

as i read it again, i think this is an attempt at a "witty" title, written by someone with no great understanding of the english language.

still, the claim that this is a "unique in the world" statue....

[lord of the mark]

Re: fyromian aggressors discover a Dedalus statue and come to the conclusion that....

Originally posted by MarkG
Dedalus landed there!

Dedalus landed on Plaosnik 24 centuries ago - A bronze figure of Dedalus, father of Icarus, 20 cm tall, dating from the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C. was revealed by archaeologists at site Plaosnik over Ohrid. This is the only such artifact in the country and probably in the world, says archaeologist Pasko Kuzman.

meanwhile this only proves that the area was populated by, well, people for whome the Dedalus story was part of their mythology (you know, like Greeks or something ))

between the third and second centuries, BCE, huh.

Which proves Macedonia was Greek, right?

By the same logic, you could prove that Egypt and Syria were Greek as well.

[VetLegion]

Or that Greece was Egyptian, or Chinese...

[DinoDoc]

Re: Re: fyromian aggressors discover a Dedalus statue and come to the conclusion that....

Originally posted by lord of the mark
between the third and second centuries, BCE, huh.

Which proves Macedonia was Greek, right?

The Greeks certainly didn't consider Macedonians to be Greek at the time.