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An exert from a documentary film "The Last Anchorite" 2010.
The outer walls and the dome fresco of Hosios Loukas monastery, built in the mid-10th century next to the town of Distomo, Beotia.
The outer walls of this building showcase an interesting instance of pseudo-Kufic appearing in the middle Byzantine architecture.
Inspired by the decorative — Kufic — calligraphy style of Arabs, the Byzantine as well as other European architects have rethought this style of ornamentation stripping it of any actual textual content, only leaving the outer resemblance to the original adornment.
Inspired by the decorative — Kufic — calligraphy style of Arabs, the Byzantine as well as other European architects have rethought this style of ornamentation stripping it of any actual textual content, only leaving the outer resemblance to the original adornment.
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Μὴ ὡς μύρια μέλλων ἔτη ζῆν · τὸ χρεὼν ἐπήρτηται · ἕως ζῇς, ἕως ἔξεστιν, ἀγαθὸς γενοῦ (~170 AD)
Behave not as though thou hadſt ten thouſand years to live. Thy doom hangs over thee. While thou liveſt, while thou mayeſt, become good (1916)
Не думай и не дѣлай такъ; будто бы тебѣ на свѣтѣ ещё нѣсколько тысяць лѣтъ жить Дума твоя за горами: оглянись! Видишь ли что смерть у тебя всякой часъ за плечами? Будь же кротокъ и добродѣтеленъ, пока ещё ты живъ (1740)
- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book IV, line 17
Behave not as though thou hadſt ten thouſand years to live. Thy doom hangs over thee. While thou liveſt, while thou mayeſt, become good (1916)
Не думай и не дѣлай такъ; будто бы тебѣ на свѣтѣ ещё нѣсколько тысяць лѣтъ жить Дума твоя за горами: оглянись! Видишь ли что смерть у тебя всякой часъ за плечами? Будь же кротокъ и добродѣтеленъ, пока ещё ты живъ (1740)
- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book IV, line 17
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Ἀνακρέοντος συμποσιακά ΚΘ.
χαλεπὸν τὸ μὴ φιλῆσαι,
χαλεπὸν δὲ καὶ φιλῆσαι·
χαλεπώτερον δὲ πάντων
ἀποτυγχάνειν φιλοῦντα.
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it is hard not to fall in love,
it is hard to fall in love;
but hardest of all
is to fail in love.
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