tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-339341627655003640.post1927774017615550799..comments2024-02-28T12:16:32.546+01:00Comments on Helena Schrader's Historical Fiction: Mantiklos, Meander and MaronHelena P. Schraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-339341627655003640.post-47118733175232632882010-12-17T16:20:13.220+01:002010-12-17T16:20:13.220+01:00Both are good in their own way Helena,so basically...Both are good in their own way Helena,so basically you won't be wrong choosing either.But..in my opinion:<br /><br />Woman and man symbolize Leonidas and his wife,or in the context of the period it covers - the foundations of their relationship that would become crucial in future turbulent times of 490-480 or even before when they dealt with Cleomenes ..And second one,family, represents the foundation of their society,of every healthy society for that matter,the thing all they fought and died for eventually,including the wife. But family came surely later than Leonidas's late 20, or at least the fully developed one did.The idyll that picture represents, if ever, came to Leonidas after or at the very end of the period this book covers.And if you are thinking about Leonida's early family being depicted in the second cover,well as you know that is very shaky and hardly idyllic ground. <br />That is why I would go with the first one for the context of this part.<br /><br />However, what really bothers me here is choosing Attic,red figure style painting for a Laconian Spartan king...I would rather use black figure style paintings,as it looks a lot more authoritative and suited for such hero as Spartan King Leonidas..And black figure was more importantly the only Laconian style,and at the time only style in Greece as well.So it gives a lot more authenticity. <br /><br />Red figure style Attic pottery is significantly less heroic,softer, and usually connected with late 5th c BC and classical times when it blossomed, which I know you agree is very degenerate era,at least for Spartans.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16087158906072344636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-339341627655003640.post-12659112251176563342010-12-14T15:58:55.916+01:002010-12-14T15:58:55.916+01:00Love the concept of cover 2 for your 2nd Leonidas ...Love the concept of cover 2 for your 2nd Leonidas novel. Only comment to make is you should include the dog!Lisanoreply@blogger.com