Pentapolis of Cyrenaica
INSPIRED BY THE PENTAPOLI OF CYRENAICA
Born in the cosmopolitan postwar Benghazi, Athas is fascinated by the legends of the country and follows the trails of Hellenism to the Pentapolis (5 cities), creating 6 unique pieces of jewelry, for the country, Lybia, and the five ancient Greek colonies in North Africa, Cyrene, Hesperides, Barce, Taucheira or Arsinoe and Apollonia. Every piece, just like the country and each one of the cities, has a story to tell…
ARSINOE
Arsinoe, a Greek colony since the 6th b.C. century, was named Arsinoe after the queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty, today’s Tokra.
ARSINOE
“I am handmade, made with care and love by combining a glass bead, imitation of the rare and unique African Chevron beads, with glass beads and Murano beads in special shapes in pink and turquoise, two beads with relief dragonflies, Indian recycled glass beads, metal beads from the Tuareg tribe and decorative elements of bronze and horn. My clasp is made of bronze and it is antiallergic.”
COLLECTION
