Quitītēs - a name for us (Patreon)

Quirites - Latin & Ancient Greek Speakers

A great deal of symbolism was incorporated into this video. 1) Thumbnail - The Greek version Κυρῖτες is blue, a color of peace, to give homage to the flag of Greece. « Κυρῖτες » is placed above the Latin version in deference to the Ancient Greeks who were annexed to the Roman Republic. - Green also suggests peace. The dove carries an olive branch (two symbols of peace), and the fronds astride the words may be an olive or laurel wreath, both of which symbolize peace, & letters. - « quirItés » has taller letter « I » and « é » with apex, in the ancient Roman style of indicating long vowels (see: https://youtu.be/D3bmLi1bKI0 ). - The dove is flying in the position of the circumflex accent in Κυρῖτες. 2) Music - "Venus, Bringer of Peace" by Gustav Holst. The normal ending theme of ScorpiōMārtiānus is "Mars, Bringer of War" by Holst. - Since my channel's name invokes the God of War, and because I am a soldier in real-life, I find a fitting irony that ScorpiōMārtiānus is the purveyor of this message of harmony. 3) The Power of the Peace-bearing Feminine - The fundamental theme of the entire video is the transformation of war into peace, bad into good, symbolized by the feminine. (This is meant to contrast with some ancient negative depictions, such as Helen of Troy or of the Biblical Eve.) Naturally men and women are equally capable of good and evil; the message is that a better future is created with both female and male together. - The power of the Sabine women to stop a war, not with arms, but with the relative fragility of their bodies and the very flesh of their children, is a testament to the bravery and wisdom of women to bring these particular men to their senses. Animals in conflict would not have been moved. But those human men, with hearts and minds, *were* moved. The pursuit of wisdom is therefore a journey that men and women take together, hand in hand. A great historical example of this is John Adams' reliance of his wife Abigail, who was his greatest friend and advisor his whole life. 4) The Admission of Past Evil, and its Basis for Present Good - We freely admit, and must acknowledge, the wickedness of the past of nearly all societies, not least of which the Ancient Romans and Greeks, who partook in slavery, kidnapping, looting, even genocide. - It is tempting to discard the greatness of these cultures, their languages and art and philosophy, based on these facts alone. The message of this video is not to do so; peace and goodness can rise from horrible deeds. The plant will grow from the dirt, if we cultivate it. 5) The Importance of Women to Modern Humanism - Even in recent memory, women were found less frequently in circles of Latin and Ancient Greek scholars, and girls were more seldom taught these languages than boys. While there are plenty of historical examples of great women who were exceedingly well educated in the classics, such as Abigail Adams and Heloïse d'Argenteuil, the vast majority of post Roman scholars and ancient authors has been male. While this has been a wrong of the past versions of our societies, it in no way precludes our rectifying the situation now, and growing from this past while appreciating it at the same time. - This video in no way seeks to elevate women at the expense of men, historical or present, but rather seeks to invite their participation in modern Classics and humanism, for I believe a freely achieved balance will improve our studies and mutual goals. 6) Faces - Faces of great authors and figures in the early part of the video are of men. But after the Sabine women stop the war, female images are the focus in the same way as the prior male figures: the goddess Εἰρήνη or Pāx, the caryatids on the Acropolis, which is also a temple to a goddess, women and men and their children on the Āra Pācis, followed by a relief of a mother, and finally the so-called "Sappho" painting from Pompeii, whom I emphasize as the face of the future of half of all Latinists and Hellenists. - Petrach, the "first humanist," is pictured early in the video. Near the end of the video appears the image of Laura de Noves ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_de_Noves ), who was the inspiration for Petrach's courtly love and perhaps greatest work, the Canzoniere. This reiterates the importance of the balance of the masculine and feminine. _____ Support at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LukeRanieri ScorpioMartianus apud Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scorpiomartianus/ Scorpiomartianus apud Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScorpioMartian ScorpioMartianus apud Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukeranieri/ Legio XIII Podcast: https://legioxiii.podomatic.com/ Find ScorpioMartianus and Legio XIII merchandise here: Hīc mercēs "ScorpioMartianus" et "LEG·XIII" īnscrīpta vēneunt: https://teespring.com/stores/scorpiomartianus Please subscribe, like, and share! Huic canālī subscrībite, favēte, eumque cum aliīs partiminī, obsecrō! http://www.ScorpioMartianus.com