Yu Trains His Soldiers With Shamanistic Dances After His Defeats By Miao, ca. 1960 B.C.
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yudet.jpg :Goddess Athena

A close-up view of Goddess Athena's upper body. My persistent obsession with Goddess Athena was initially and has always been inspired by Gustav Klimt's Allegorie der Skulptur, my faovrite painting of all time.

yuscript.jpg :inscription in ancient Greek

The inscription in ancient Greek: words of minor wisdom from Heraclitus and Empedocles. It reads:

Athena:
Wisdom is one: to understand the way in which everything is driven by everything else.
Heraclitus.
Will ye not cease from ill-sounding bloodshed? See ye not that in careless folly ye are consuming one another?
Empedocles.

yuscript2.jpg :inscription in ancient Chinese

The inscription in three different ancient Chinese characters. They were taken from classical Chinese texts. The passages were written from early Zhou, Warring Kingdom period, and early Han. (1000 - 200 B.C.)

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