by León » Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:45 am
Two crescents, two images, two worlds, beyond Persia, no clouds, closer to Artemis, the moon, here Italy, clouds, closer to Venus, common in Eastern Alborz Mountains, the Alps in the west, the sky itself.
Cielo desde Alborz arriba desde los Alpes abajo
The Ottoman Turks had adopted the symbol of the crescent (which then has become an emblem Muslims) to conquer Constantinople in 1453. Indeed, the city of Constantinople had as one of its emblems a crescent, the emblem of Constantinople originated in pre-Christian antiquity when Constantinople was a Greek colony named Byzantium. In that remote time the city of Byzantium was saved from being assaulted and taken during a night attack, thanks to which, by the moonlight, its advocates saw a gap in the ramparts, the Byzantine-pagans then decided to pay homage to the goddess Artemis Moon using its symbol (the crescent) as an emblem.
Two crescents, two images, two worlds, beyond Persia, no clouds, closer to Artemis, the moon, here Italy, clouds, closer to Venus, common in Eastern Alborz Mountains, the Alps in the west, the sky itself.[img2]http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0805/DamavandMilkyWayPanS_tafreshi.jpg[/img2] Cielo desde Alborz arriba desde los Alpes abajo[img2]http://www.potenciatueconomia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/perseidas_meteoritos_time_lapse_video_estrellas_fugaces.jpg[/img2]
The Ottoman Turks had adopted the symbol of the crescent (which then has become an emblem Muslims) to conquer Constantinople in 1453. Indeed, the city of Constantinople had as one of its emblems a crescent, the emblem of Constantinople originated in pre-Christian antiquity when Constantinople was a Greek colony named Byzantium. In that remote time the city of Byzantium was saved from being assaulted and taken during a night attack, thanks to which, by the moonlight, its advocates saw a gap in the ramparts, the Byzantine-pagans then decided to pay homage to the goddess Artemis Moon using its symbol (the crescent) as an emblem.