Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

HermanCainsGhost t1_ir2hkac wrote

Reply to comment by TwoPercentTokes in Hercules statue, approximately 2,000 years old, discovered in Greece - The Jerusalem Post by DRKILLM0NGER

It'd have to be super early Byzantine era, as Christianity was pretty solidly established after not too long - I can't imagine much support after 450, or maybe 550 at the absolute latest for a Hercules/Heracles statue.

7

John_Hunyadi t1_ir34vg1 wrote

It estimates around 200AD. Ya coulda just read the article…

8

HermanCainsGhost t1_ir3djtx wrote

Then that's not Byzantine era at all.

11

snkn179 t1_ir48818 wrote

Bunch of people misreading the article. It says the statue dates back to the 2nd century CE (100-200 CE), the peak of the Roman Empire. It is not stated where in the Empire the statue was originally built, as this is not known. However it was later used to adorn a Greek building during the Byzantine period around the 8th or 9th century. During this time, the locals would have referred to it as Heracles.

9