The statue is in a Vienna park. It is an 18th century copy of a Roman statue of Mars.
Ares (or Mars) was the son of Zeus and Hera. The statue in Rome is also a copy. The original Greek statue dates from 320 BC.
There are other copies in Europe. One may be found in the Spandau Borough of Berlin.
My own theory is that the rocks in the asteroid belt and the two captured moons of Mars (which resemble asteroids and not moons) originally comprised a planetoid or large comet that was involved in a collision or near-miss with Mars and that the stresses and electrical discharges of the impact or close encounter broke up the unknown heavenly body.
The event, similar and maybe around the same time as the one here on Earth that destroyed the dinosaurs, would have wiped out most Martian lifeforms.
The face of the God of War was left deeply and forever scarred.
Debris from the event was flung far and wide, and even today Martian asteroids are found here on Earth.
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Next week the goddess of peace?
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Delete...and often that's a good thing
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DeleteI like Tom's idea Gwil.
ReplyDeleteIf we have peaceful week . . . who knows?
DeleteHope the farmer is now back to his robust old self.
I'm very seldom in Spandau - but when I go next I'll try to find the statue.
ReplyDeleteIn Berlin today it is not easy to go anywhere: marathon. (I tell that because I see the photo "Bard on the run".)
A friend is competing in the Hamburg Marathon in 2 weeks time. I hope it's on TV. Here we receive many German TV channels. So maybe I'll get to watch it.
DeleteThe Bard on the Run had 3 colds (2 severe) over last winter so is a bit behind schedule with the training. That's my excuse anyway :')
i wonder about the dimensions, it looks huge in the 1st shot. like taller than me ... i am 5'8. wow wee, what history. ( :
ReplyDeleteHe is slightly, perhaps 50%, larger than life, but I didn't measure him. I think the shield makes him look larger. A graven image for these strange times. Today the first boats from Europe begin returning refugees to Turkey where they face an uncertain future. Turkey is a country that has not fully ratified the Geneva Convention. Obviously this cattle dealing in humanity is a shame on our so-called civilized community - the EU. Somebody will be making a lot of money out of it you can bet.
ReplyDeleteHello! Thanks for your visit and funny comment on the Yememite place. I see here that you write a lot of interesting and unexpected things. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks and also for your comment on Votivkirche. They are always filming in Vienna these days. Sometimes I think I'm living in Hollywood.
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