Outside a small Macedonian village, close to the border between Greece and strife-torn Yugoslavia, a lone Catholic nun keeps a quiet watch over a silent convent. She is the last caretaker of a site of significant historic developments. The convent once served as a base for the army of Attila the Hun. In more ancient times, a Greek temple to Eros, the god of love, occupied the hilltop site.
The Huns are believed to have first collected and then destroyed a large gathering of Greek legal writs at the site. It is believed that Attila wanted to study the Greek legal system and had the writs and other documents brought to the temple.
When the Greek church took over the site in the 15th Century and the convent was built, church leaders ordered the pagan statue of Eros destroyed, so another ancient Greek treasure was lost. Today, there is only the lone sister, watching over the old Hun base.
And that's how it ends:
No Huns, no writs, no Eros, and nun left on base.
It's been a while since I've posted anything to my blog. My life is in flux; as things become more clear I will need to write about it.
The gift we shared, Dear, that love still lives.
The Huns are believed to have first collected and then destroyed a large gathering of Greek legal writs at the site. It is believed that Attila wanted to study the Greek legal system and had the writs and other documents brought to the temple.
When the Greek church took over the site in the 15th Century and the convent was built, church leaders ordered the pagan statue of Eros destroyed, so another ancient Greek treasure was lost. Today, there is only the lone sister, watching over the old Hun base.
And that's how it ends:
No Huns, no writs, no Eros, and nun left on base.
It's been a while since I've posted anything to my blog. My life is in flux; as things become more clear I will need to write about it.
The gift we shared, Dear, that love still lives.
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"' When the Greek church took over the site in the 15th Century and the convent was built, church leaders ordered the pagan statue of Eros destroyed, so another ancient Greek treasure was lost.''.
To me this is sadness of course and here in Greece we have another word for humour. The word "anecdote' which is a small, very small story, intended to make one laugh. In the same time, though, the word ''anecdote'' has also the meaning of something secret, a true story, that has not been published, cause , sometimes, truth hurts, as they say.
Thank you for sharing, didn't know this story.
Canadians call You:
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HUN, Honey, babe,
and O Darling Lover.
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Merton, Thomas?
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- THE NEW MAN
by Thomas Merton?
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Promethean Theology
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Ay, and more to read.
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No finger paint a`Tattoo.
If You want to go`Tattoo.
Pain Monarch Butterfly
@ L. in Southwest USA.
It's the last Tattoo photo.
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A little humour, eh? Always good to look for the bright side, John. Right?
Things will become clear. Hang in there!