Martyrdom of Saint Demetrios is a Cretan icon of the Byzantine period (figure 1). It is dated to the late fifteenth century CE. The icon consists of a tempera painting adorned with gold foil on a wooden board measuring seventeen inches tall by fourteen and one quarter inches wide by five eighths of an inch thick. Though Martyrdom of Saint Demetrios originally hung on the wall of a church or cathedral, it now resides in the Menil Collection. As the title suggests, the scene is that of Saint Demetrios’
The City of Thessaloniki (Salonika): Cultural, Political, and Religious History (315 BC- 1912) There was once a great city, a cosmopolitan center of commerce and culture. Its' port welcomed immigrants fleeing terror and want; its dense, bustling streets presented a kaleidoscopic variety of native dress and hummed with the sound of the world's languages.? Built on the twin pillars of tolerance and trade, the city was a beacon of pluralism and ethnic hatred. This great city is not New York