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 Post subject: Parthenon was used as a Mosque plus much more
PostPosted: 29 Jan 2009 03:57 
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 Post subject: Re: Parthenon was used as a Mosque plus much more
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The very symbol that is supposed to represent the "hellenism" of ancient Hellas to modern "greece" and it became a Muslims place for prayer.

I also enjoyed reading how the Germans instigated the Classical world to modern "greeks" which was crucial to their nouveau culture. A culture created by the west. Not continued by the 'hellenes' as we are always told.

And you just can't get enough of church destruction in Athens.

:oo Soooooo you are related to the ancients how?


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 Post subject: Re: Parthenon was used as a Mosque plus much more
PostPosted: 29 Jan 2009 15:42 
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Like many churches and temples in the Ottoman Empire, the Parthenon was used as a mosque. What's so strange?

The obsession with the antiquity the Greeks have is something the West is rensonsible for, undoubtedly. This obsession resulted in the neglection of the Greko-roman and christian tradition, which is the real tradition of the Greek people. This tradition has some ancient Greek elements (some people believe these elements are numerous and significant, some others believe they are not many) but on general it's something different. Ancient Greece lies too far in time to be seen as the unique or the basic "source" of the contemporary Greek tradition. Common sense.


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 Post subject: Re: Parthenon was used as a Mosque plus much more
PostPosted: 29 Jan 2009 18:09 
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And you just can't get enough of church destruction in Athens.


240+ churches destroyed, how very Orthodox Christian of them :roll:


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 Post subject: Re: Parthenon was used as a Mosque plus much more
PostPosted: 30 Jan 2009 02:36 
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lol.. i wonder who stopped them from destroying that mosque when the Turks left.

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 Post subject: Re: Parthenon was used as a Mosque plus much more
PostPosted: 02 Feb 2009 21:44 
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Pegasus wrote:
Like many churches and temples in the Ottoman Empire, the Parthenon was used as a mosque. What's so strange?

The obsession with the antiquity the Greeks have is something the West is rensonsible for, undoubtedly. This obsession resulted in the neglection of the Greko-roman and christian tradition, which is the real tradition of the Greek people. This tradition has some ancient Greek elements (some people believe these elements are numerous and significant, some others believe they are not many) but on general it's something different. Ancient Greece lies too far in time to be seen as the unique or the basic "source" of the contemporary Greek tradition. Common sense.




I agree with most of your post. Too bad your politicians needed to politicize ancient history. If they didn't we wouldn't be on Maknews talking about Mosques in the Parthenon or Albanian culture in modern "greece" or the occupation of Macedonia.


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