tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post902455862717646456..comments2024-03-26T22:17:42.458-04:00Comments on Semper Initiativus Unum: Appendix N Madness Day 17: Lovecraft vs WellmanWayne Rossihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11347401495298367324noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-34918329785234592262017-03-17T20:27:20.485-04:002017-03-17T20:27:20.485-04:00The Wikipedia article, Cyclopean masonry, gives a ...The Wikipedia article, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclopean_masonry" rel="nofollow">Cyclopean masonry</a>, gives a pretty good description of the details, and includes a photo that contrasts Cyclopean with Ashlar masonry in a Mycenaean wall.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-32134090682913391382017-03-17T19:27:02.225-04:002017-03-17T19:27:02.225-04:00Cyclopean is a type of architecture using blocks t...Cyclopean is a type of architecture using blocks that fit together without mortar. The blocks are very large but the way Lovecraft uses it is just strange, and his imitators don't seem to make much sense of it.Wayne R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04118962136054206381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-19332407415085183762017-03-17T18:42:37.584-04:002017-03-17T18:42:37.584-04:00Actually, I think cyclopean architecture does mea...Actually, I think cyclopean architecture does mean 'huge'. Meaning that it must have taken a giant like a cyclops to move it. I remember a lintel in Greece being described that way in high school.Darnizhaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15005189125696185700noreply@blogger.com