Maraveyas - Amoronia: Coincidence? I think not!

I had made this wonderful summer necklace in late summer 2009, so I'm now having it on sale in my Etsy shop.




The necklace belongs to a series of necklaces in that style, made with hand painted papier mache and ceramic beads, using my own tested and tried papier mache recipe (!) and a combination of those with satin cord and vintage button closures. They truly are very fun necklaces, and a customer who recently bought one was really happy with it.

What I recently found out, when I happened to watch the video of a Greek song I quite like, was an interesting detail... Maybe you want to see for yourselves? After all, it is a nice, happy summer song... Enjoy!!!




Τυχαίο; Δε νομίζω! Coincidence? I think not!

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Sophocles, Antigone Greek Quote Necklace

I made this necklace with line 781 from Sophocles, Antigone, in ancient Greek, and a jade bead, and I'm loving it! I hope you'll love it too. You can find it in my Etsy shop.





Χορός

Ἔρως ἀνίκατε μάχαν, Ἔρως, ὃς ἐν κτήνεσι πίπτεις,
ὃς ἐν μαλακαῖς παρειαῖς νεάνιδος ἐννυχεύεις,
φοιτᾷς δ᾽ ὑπερπόντιος ἔν τ᾽ ἀγρονόμοις αὐλαῖς·
καί σ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἀθανάτων φύξιμος οὐδεῖς
οὔθ᾽ ἁμερίων σέ γι᾽ ἀνθρώπων. ὁ δ᾽ ἔχων μέμηνεν.

(Σοφοκλής, Αντιγόνη, 442 π.Χ., στ. 781-790)





I am lucky to own an antique book with E. H. Plumptre's translation of Sophocles' Antigone. Here are lines 781-790:

Chor.

O Love, in every battle victor owned;
Love, now assailing wealth and lordly state,
Now on a girl's soft cheek,
Slumbering the livelong night;
Now wandering o'er the sea,
And now in shepherd's folds;
The Undying Ones have no escape from thee,
Nor men whose lives are measured as a day;
And who has thee is mad.

Amor Vincit Omnia - the Necklace

Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) lived and flourished in Rome (70-19 BC) and was a classical Roman poet, one of Rome's greatest. He is most famous for his Aeneid, a twelve book epic describing the founding of Latium by the Trojan hero Aeneas, and two pastoral poems - the Eclogues and Georgics.

'Amor vincit omnia' comes from Eclogue X, line 69. It is one of the most beautiful verses in Latin and in English it translates as 'Love Conquers All'. I made this necklace as an entry for the weekly EST challenge, hosted by ingermaaike, who picked the theme 'Roman Empire'. I wanted to celebrate the beauty of the phrase, and also to present the origin of Amoronia, the name of my jewelry line. So here is Amor Vincit Omnia, the Necklace, by Amoronia on Etsy:




I made the necklace using an antique brass oval setting and faceted Czech glass beads in jet black graduating sizes. I also used brass wire to connect everything. I finished the necklace with a beautiful antique brass chain. Wouldn't you just love wearing this phrase?

Recycling Nautical

Fashion recycles. Everyone knows that. And so did I, to make this nautical necklace.






The thing is though, I didn't make it because it would be fashionable. I made it because I was inspired by the vintage anchor buttons I found at a closing store sale. Only two in the entire store! I kept thinking about what I could make with them for several months, before the idea about the design just occurred to me the other day.






This is the result, one of the must-have pieces in your wardrobe that will see you through all this nautical trend -but above all, a piece that incorporates original vintage nautical elements that were made before you were even born...






And if you love nautical anyway, like I do, you are going to absolutely not want to take this necklace off! So, visit my shop now! Remember this piece is one of a kind -once it's gone, it's gone forever!