Michael Burns
@mytilenemichael.bsky.social
Family man, historian, Classical world, theorised masculine power imbalance after Minoan Crete's Mycenaean invasion, love Mythinma, Mytilene, Zakynthos, UK Brockenhurst, write short stories, low level literary pretensions, good food, wine, coffee.
Not sure if the war isn’t already actual, but it seems these types of measures are to placate more parochial as well as rightwing voices which in turn support nationalistic policies…and war. I think we’re also back where some fools think war is glorious.
July 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Not sure if the war isn’t already actual, but it seems these types of measures are to placate more parochial as well as rightwing voices which in turn support nationalistic policies…and war. I think we’re also back where some fools think war is glorious.
Sorry about the aweful spelling: they’re should be their, of course. Too early in the morning!
April 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Sorry about the aweful spelling: they’re should be their, of course. Too early in the morning!
It was they’re black sailed boats which called in for apprentice bull dancers at Athens in the Theseus legend. And they did this across the Minoan Cretan thalassocracy, which extended, at least in influence and trade if not in actual territory. The suggestion is that they practised trade not war.
April 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It was they’re black sailed boats which called in for apprentice bull dancers at Athens in the Theseus legend. And they did this across the Minoan Cretan thalassocracy, which extended, at least in influence and trade if not in actual territory. The suggestion is that they practised trade not war.
Hi Ben, Any chance of a connection to the Snake Goddess of Minoan Crete, the near Middle East and Mycenean fame?
April 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Hi Ben, Any chance of a connection to the Snake Goddess of Minoan Crete, the near Middle East and Mycenean fame?