Mastic is a resin obtained from the mastic tree, and is traditionally produced on the island Chios, and, like other natural resins, is produced in "tears".
Mastic has been harvested for at least 2,500 years since Greek antiquity. The word mastic is derived from Greek: μαστιχεīν, "to gnash the teeth". The first mention of actual mastic 'tears' was by Hippocrates. Hippocrates used mastic for the prevention of digestive problems, colds and as a breath freshener. Romans used mastic along with honey, pepper, and egg in the spiced wine conditum paradoxum. Under the Byzantine Empire, the trade of mastic was made Emperor's monopoly. In the Ottoman Empire, the Sultan gathered the finest mastic crop to send it to his harem.
During the Ottoman rule of Chios, mastic was worth its weight in gold. The penalty for stealing mastic was execution by order of the sultan. In the Chios Massacre of 1822, the people of the Mastichochoria region were spared by the sultan to provide mastic to him and his harem.
Mastic has been harvested for at least 2,500 years since Greek antiquity. The word mastic is derived from Greek: μαστιχεīν, "to gnash the teeth". The first mention of actual mastic 'tears' was by Hippocrates. Hippocrates used mastic for the prevention of digestive problems, colds and as a breath freshener. Romans used mastic along with honey, pepper, and egg in the spiced wine conditum paradoxum. Under the Byzantine Empire, the trade of mastic was made Emperor's monopoly. In the Ottoman Empire, the Sultan gathered the finest mastic crop to send it to his harem.
During the Ottoman rule of Chios, mastic was worth its weight in gold. The penalty for stealing mastic was execution by order of the sultan. In the Chios Massacre of 1822, the people of the Mastichochoria region were spared by the sultan to provide mastic to him and his harem.
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The Derveni Krater from the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Date: 4th century BC.
Provenance: Discovered in 1962 Derveni's tomb 2, Macedonia, Greece.
The decoration is extremely rich and the main theme portrays Dionysus with Ariadne, where the god was depicted as a young and beardless beside Ariadne. Four statuettes were applied next to the handles depicting: young Dionysus, a sleeping drunken satyr, a sleeping maenad and finally, a maenad in ecstasy. Initially the decoration with the scene of Dionysus and Ariadne was not intended as a funerary scene but later on the urn was used for a funerary purpose.
Date: 4th century BC.
Provenance: Discovered in 1962 Derveni's tomb 2, Macedonia, Greece.
The decoration is extremely rich and the main theme portrays Dionysus with Ariadne, where the god was depicted as a young and beardless beside Ariadne. Four statuettes were applied next to the handles depicting: young Dionysus, a sleeping drunken satyr, a sleeping maenad and finally, a maenad in ecstasy. Initially the decoration with the scene of Dionysus and Ariadne was not intended as a funerary scene but later on the urn was used for a funerary purpose.
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Γύθειο, Πελοπόννησος, Ελλάδα.
Gytheio, Peloponnese, Greece.
Gytheio, Peloponnese, Greece.
Laocoon and His Sons is a marble sculpture from the Hellenistic Period (323 BC – 31 CE), made by Agesander, Polydorus, and Athenodorus, natives of Rhodes, displayed in the Museo Pio Clementino of the Vatican Museums.
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The Nike of Samothrace or “The Winged Victory”, (c. 190 BC), displayed at the Louvre Museum.
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Greek women as ancient priestesses during the annual Olympic lighting ceremony in Ancient Olympia, Corinth, letting the pigeons fly as a peace symbolism.
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