Big Bad Voodoo Posted January 1, 2013 #1 Share Posted January 1, 2013 This marvelous bust is one of the very few documents of an actual black person from Greek and Roman antiquity. Memnon was a pupil and protégé of the well-known Athenian entrepreneur and philosopher Herodes Atticus. It was found more than a century ago in one of several villas owned by Herodes, and it adds a face to the name of the person recorded by Philostratus in his Lives of the Sophists, an account of the famous philosophers of the second century. http://www.theroot.com/views/adding-ancient-face-famous-name "Memnon" in reference to the Ethiopian ally of the Trojans in Homer's Iliad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Voodoo Posted January 1, 2013 Author #2 Share Posted January 1, 2013 (edited) Here is more "Greeks" And "white" Minoans. Edited January 1, 2013 by the L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasina Posted January 1, 2013 #3 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I understand bringing to light the actual race of a historical person, I want the true facts baby, but what I'll never understand are the people who freak out when a historical figure could be another race. Like Jesus... or Santa. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strong Flower Posted January 3, 2013 #4 Share Posted January 3, 2013 More art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Voodoo Posted January 3, 2013 Author #5 Share Posted January 3, 2013 (edited) I always said that in movie 300, Leonidas should be "Spartans tonight we eat dinner in hell." Edited January 3, 2013 by the L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daughter of the Nine Moons Posted January 4, 2013 #6 Share Posted January 4, 2013 (edited) Memnon was Black -No great revelation since Memnon was an Ethiopian king, it's kind of obvious isn't it? *shrugs* "Spartans tonight we eat dinner dine in hell." Fixed quote Edited January 4, 2013 by Daughter of the Nine Moons 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbarosso Posted January 4, 2013 #7 Share Posted January 4, 2013 its the "afro-centrists" and the "our history was stolen or erased" bunch of crap again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Voodoo Posted January 4, 2013 Author #8 Share Posted January 4, 2013 (edited) its the "afro-centrists" and the "our history was stolen or erased" bunch of crap again. Edited January 5, 2013 by the L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutankhaten-pasheri Posted January 5, 2013 #9 Share Posted January 5, 2013 It is impossible to visit the English side of Youtube and look at any videos about AE without being confronted by a wall of obscurantism, outright lies and foul obscenities. This subject is so divisive that it is impossible for it to be debated in any polite way. A pity this subject comes here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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