tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337461294365425949.post7992028386818322797..comments2023-10-15T14:20:14.087+02:00Comments on Molfetta Daily Photo: Heracles, the Colossus of BarlettaSarettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467303139294282551noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337461294365425949.post-51636700378040812522010-05-18T00:47:21.878+02:002010-05-18T00:47:21.878+02:00Hello cousins,
You confuse `Heracles` with `Herac...Hello cousins,<br /><br />You confuse `Heracles` with `Heraclius`, aka Flavius Heraclius Augustus (reigned AD 610-641)<br /><br />`Heracles` is the Greek rendering of the classic hero Hercules.<br /><br />Heraclius is famous for defeating the Persians after the former had conqured Jerusalem and stolen the True Cross. His war against Persia lasted for 20 years and ended with the Battle of Nineveh.<br /><br />He is also noted for making Greek the official language in both the Army and State, allegedly because `the soldiers can no longer understand the language of the Caesars`.<br /><br />Flavius Heraclius Augustus was born in Cappadocia, a province in Asia Minor, now Turkey, ca AD 574.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclius<br /><br />Archaeologists believe that the statue represents Emperor Theodosius II, but I like to believe that, in accordance with the Italian legend, it represents Heraclius.<br /><br />Best regardsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337461294365425949.post-57340113255402561562008-08-17T11:00:00.000+02:002008-08-17T11:00:00.000+02:00Artic Dreamer & Uselaine - I agree with you wh...Artic Dreamer & Uselaine - I agree with you wholeheartedly. History is fascinating when there are stories that bring it to life!<BR/><BR/>Fern - According to Wikipedia...A legend says the statue washed up on a shore after a Venetian ship sank returning from the sack of Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade (1240 AD), but it is known that a colossal statue was discovered in 1231-1232 during excavations commissioned by emperor Frederick II in Ravenna, and is probable that he had it transported to his southern Italian lands. The first certain news about the statue date however from 1309, when its legs and arms were used by local Dominicans to cast bells. The missing parts were remade in the 15th century.Sarettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15467303139294282551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337461294365425949.post-79313020490590904532008-08-16T23:28:00.000+02:002008-08-16T23:28:00.000+02:00Is this the statue that was pulled out of the wate...Is this the statue that was pulled out of the water not so long ago?Fern Driscollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417002529475962869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337461294365425949.post-84189256886572531532008-08-16T22:57:00.000+02:002008-08-16T22:57:00.000+02:00Nicely told! And good to hear that these little le...Nicely told! And good to hear that these little legends get passed along even today.USelainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551995221350532168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337461294365425949.post-14219538882719043962008-08-16T20:05:00.000+02:002008-08-16T20:05:00.000+02:00I love that story! Nothing like a "tale" to keep h...I love that story! Nothing like a "tale" to keep history interesting.Arctic Dakinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163343624447893883noreply@blogger.com