the story so far:

[thanate]

went to event, fought lots, got lots of points. yay! (48 of them, when I think my previous record was about 19... I was pretty definitely in the top third of the 20-some fighters there.) have aquired the dubious honor of being barionial rapier champion for the next year, along with a buckler that broke, and a belt favor that's currently MIA. Hm... Oh well, it will be Good For Me. (and I handed the shield to my father, who put cross-beams on the back of the glued-together buckler, so that it should be safe to carry it around with me until the new one gets made)

tomorrow, I head in the southness, go see things, get to see boy (yay!) and fight more people. and all that good stuff. tentative itinerary includes a little blue ridge parkway, Great Smoky Mountains Nat'l Park, a cool archaeology museum in Knoxville, Tennessee Aquarium, Rock City, and the Parthenon (full scale replica in Nashville)

It turns out that this is a good week to be travelling, as garden_goth tells me that all the projects at work are still pending, and so I would be at loose ends this week anyway. I might do some more of the blue ridge parkway on the way back, depending on what Carey says when I call in on Friday.

So-- I may or may not be reachable for the next week; I won't be bringing my computer (traumatic separation!!) but I should be checking my voicemail at least once a day. Otherwise, I'll be back by the evening of Tuesday the 20th at the latest.

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[heuchera.livejournal.com]

do you know *why* there is a full scale replica of the parthenon in nashville?

[grauwulf.livejournal.com]

The Parthenon stands proudly as the centerpiece of Centennial Park, Nashville's premier urban park. The re-creation of the 42-foot statue Athena is the focus of the Parthenon just as it was in ancient Greece. The building and the Athena statue are both full-scale replicas of the Athenian originals.

Originally built for Tennessee's 1897 Centennial Exposition, this replica of the original Parthenon in Athens serves as a monument to what is considered the pinnacle of classical architecture. The plaster replicas of the Parthenon Marbles found in the Naos are direct casts of the original sculptures which adorned the pediments of the Athenian Parthenon, dating back to 438 B.C. The originals of these powerful fragments are housed in the British Museum in London.

The Parthenon also serves as the city of Nashville's art museum. The focus of the Parthenon's permanent collection is a group of 63 paintings by 19th and 20th century American artists donated by James M. Cowan. Additional gallery spaces provide a venue for a variety of temporary shows and exhibits.

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[thanate.livejournal.com]

according to the signs (and I quote): "Educator Philip Lindsley first called Nashville the "Athens of the West" in the 1840s, fifty years before the Parthenon was built. Lindsley and other Nashville educators believed in a classical education, including Latin instruction."

Um... Latin --> Greek --> Athens --> Parthenon. I'm not sure I quite grasp the logical leaps here either. But hey, they have a 41+ foot tall statue of Athena in faux chriselephantine, with two Medusa heads. What's not to love?