2,400-Year-Old Mask Of God Dionysus Unearthed In Ancient City Of Daskyleion

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Όπως τα αποδημητικά πτηνά διανύουν τεράστιες αποστάσεις για την εκτέλεση της "αποστολής" τους στο αέναο γίγνεσθαι του πλανήτη, κοπάδια ιχθύων και ζώων παρομοίως, σμάρια εντόμων κ.ο.κ. έτσι και η αρχαία σοφία μέσω των πεφωτισμένων, των ταξιδιωτών και των ευήκοων ώτων, άπλωνε σαν σύννεφα και μετακινείτο σε αποστάσεις που δεν μπορεί να εξηγήσει η περιφραγμένη γνώση των ειδικών...

Πως δηλαδή σε κάποιο μοναστήρι της Άπω Ανατολής πριν 2.500 χρόνια κάποιος φωτισμένος έλεγε το ίδιο πράγμα με τον Πυθαγόρα στον Κρότωνα ? 

Δεν αντιλέγω πως οι αρχαίοι Έλληνες σοφοί προσέφεραν πάρα πολλά υλικά για τη θεμελίωση του πολιτισμού στον πλανήτη, αλλά το να λέμε πως μόνον εμείς είμαστε οι "γονείς" του, μου φέρνει το χαμόγελο στα χείλη και 3 φίλους ψυχοθεραπευτές στην μνήμη..

Stunning 2,400-Year-Old Mask Of God Dionysus Unearthed In Ancient City Of Daskyleion

      Jan Bartek

            A stunning 2,400-year-old terracotta mask of God Dionysus has been discovered in an old city today known as Daskyleion.

            Daskyleion, also known as Dascylus, was a town in Anatolia some 30 kilometers inland from the coast of the Propontis, at modern Ergili, Turkey. Its site was rediscovered in 1952 and has since been excavated.

            Archaeologists are slowly finding precious artifacts and ruins that shed light on the town’s ancient history.

The recent find reported by archaeologist Kaan Iren, who heads the excavation is a precious, terracotta mask dating back nearly 2,400 years. Made in the image of Greek God Dionysus, it is most likely a votive mask.

           Associated with wine, music, ritual madness, ecstasy, and theater, the Greek party god Dionysus was very popular in ancient Greece.

           As previously discussed on Ancient Pages, the history of the Greek theatre started in Athens with festivals held in honor of their gods honoring their gods. God Dionysus, was honored with a festival called by "City Dionysia".  

           Popular legend suggests that donning a Dionysus mask freed worshippers from their hidden desires and regrets. This sense of liberation—and the lavish ceremonies thrown by the god’s followers—contributed to the development of Dionysian theater, encouraging actors to “fully embody their roles [and transform] into the characters on stage,” according to Anna Wichmann of the Greek Reporter.

 A 2,400-year-old terracotta mask of God Dionysus has been discovered in an old city today known as Daskyleion.  

             Legend has it that wearing a mask pays homage to Dionysus, the Greek god of carnivals and masquerades, by allowing you to free yourself from secret desires and buried regrets.

           The terracotta mask is not the only discovery made in the region lately.

Daskyleion.  

           Earlier this year (2020) “a cellar was unearthed in the Lydian kitchen in the city's acropolis.”

“Work continues to obtain seeds and other organic parts from the excavated soil in the Lydian kitchen and its surroundings through a flotation process,” Iren explained.

            Through more research, the cuisine and eating habits of the region from 2,700 years ago will be better understood, the archeologist said.

Ancient ruins of Daskyleion.   

    In the seventh century BC, the city was named Daskyleion when the famous Lydian King, Daskylos, came to the city from Sardis. His son Gyges was born in Daskyleion.

Excavation site

           After Gyges became the king of Lydia, the city was renamed Daskyleion – the place of Daskylos – around 650 BC.

                Daskyleion was a member of the Delian League.

               When Alexander the Great invaded Asia in 334 BC, the first of the major battles by which he overthrew the Achaemenid Empire was fought at the Granicus (Γρανικός) river on his way to Dascylium from Abydos on the coast.