An important topic that has started getting wide attention in the last
few years is the discovery made by Classics Professor and Historian Antonios
A. Antonakos, which concerns the facial form of the Statue of Liberty,
located in the USA.
Professor Antonakos highlighted the issue for the first time after he announced it at an international conference, as well as in an article, published in the historic magazine ELLINORAMA in September 2006. In said article, indisputable evidence on the typical depiction of that form being that of Apollo Helios was presented. And because a picture is worth a thousand words, he also presented a depiction of this specific form, existing on a slab in triptych form, which can be found in the Archaeological Museum of Corinth.
Back then, this discovery travelled around
the world through hundreds of thousands of e-mails. The news was also republished in many newspapers in Greece and abroad, as well as online
in many web pages. A few years ago, it was broadcast on Greek television, plus
it was published on New York newspaper “The National Herald”, and in many Greek magazines. Recently, this piece of information has
also been included in the textbook by Irini Vallera-Rickerson, professor of Art
History and Architecture in Orange Coast College UCLA, entitled “A Concise Architectural Journey from the
18th century to the present”.
However, such an important issue could not
leave a Greek man with an immense cultural contribution history, like Mr. Markos Arvanitis,
indifferent. Thus he reached out to professor Antonios A. Antonakos for finding
out ways to highlight such an important piece of information. He also decided
to include this information of great value in his street nameplate project,
both in their street and collectible versions. So he published a sign for
Apollo Street, where on the front side, the form of Apollo Helios the Light
bearer and the Statue of Liberty are presented next to each other, while on the
back side of the collectible sign is the article of Mr. Antonakos, which
reveals the issue.
How is it proved though that this form belongs to the Greek god Apollo?
We already know the history of the Statue of Liberty, as well as its formal
name, “Liberty enlightening the World”
(“La Liberté éclairant le Monde” in
French).
Therefore, Liberty enlightens the world. However, global and cultural enlightenment cannot happen with just a
torch, held by Liberty, no matter what symbolic meaning we give to it. Global
enlightenment can happen only with the rays of the Sun (Helios), which as a
symbol enlightens both the world and Apollo (who represents the Sun) as well as
the Statue of Liberty.
Besides, the sun has seven rays
and, in any case, the seven ray sun is always a symbol of Apollo, both as
“Sun/Helios - Light” (because Apollo, as it is known, is the god of the light)
and thanks to its trait of having seven rays (because the Greek number for
seven, «επτά» (eptá), comes from the word «σεπτά» (septá), which means “sacred”, and is
thus the “sacred number” of Apollo).
The most important point though, which
proves the truth of Professor Antonios A. Antonakos’ claim, aside from
Liberty’s global enlightenment (something that
seems to be ignored by not only the USA, but also the rest of the world), which is the sacred number seven on Helios’
rays etc., is his facial form itself, which is an obvious copy, as it is proved
by the photo!
This discovery is very important and the world must know about it, so that everyone knows that Liberty, for which the Greeks and the other people of Earth fought, has one more Greek symbolism, through the depiction of the Greek god Apollo Helios, which everyone can see and admire when they visit the Archaeological Museum of Corinth.
SOURCE: ARCHIVES of CULTURE, translation by Adrianos A. Antonakos, 8.1.2021.
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