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you ever experience the intellectual equivalent of wanting to kiss an academic square on the mouth?

#thesis #tagamemnon #classics #christa steinby is my whole world

Love that the first chapter of my thesis so far is just me bullying twentieth century historians

#tagamemnon #johannes hendrik thiel im dragging u right out of ur grave

I’ve been reading a lot of Polybius lately

#tagamemnon #rome #tiberius gracchus #polybius #it's always sunny in philadelphia #hey ive been away so long i forgot how tags work #anyway im up to book 34 so soon ill have consumed all of polybius #i like. logically knew i was far beyond the second punic war #but reading the name tiberius graccus was like a slap to the face #how long have i been in here??

aswiftfooted

Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979).

#monty python #life of brian #movies #latin #mmmmmm

falsedetective

the uncanny valley between “this academic article doesn’t make sense because i’m an idiot” and “this academic article doesn’t make sense because the author is an idiot”

#academia #don't forget option number 3:#this academic article doesn't make sense because the translator is an idiot

so i got no idea how this "ask" stuff works but its 6am and i havent slept in two days so i dont care but your posts about hannibal and the punic wars give me life,, the punic wars have become my horrible, wonderful obsession to the point im now going into university for a history degree,,,, i am a dead mans whore what can i say. ANyway enjoy your day i'll probably regret sending this message in a few minutes but i dont have the energy to care rn lmao

I have no idea how long ago you sent this, because Tumblr :) doesn’t :) give me :) message notifications :)))) but I’m very glad my Hannibal content has provided amusement for someone other than myself! Good luck in your degree - history is a fascinating, worthwhile, and often batshit pursuit. Would recommend.

#asks #hannibal #hannibal barca #the boy the boy the boy

podencos

Hi, not sure if you remember me but we used to illustrate sacred cuneiform next to each other on clay tablets 6,000 years ago?

#yes i enjoy these vibes #cuneiform #mesopotamia

Out of Context Ancient Greek

Introducing some bits of my favourite ancient Greek fragments I’ve translated this last semester:

- I haven’t come to argue, I’ve come to kill you.

- For a father, a child is either a fear or a pain for all time.

- We are all owed to death.

- If he was of a god, he wouldn’t be shamefully desiring profit.

- All men say that wealth is a most cowardly thing.

- It is clear to everyone that you are unable to speak about Homer with skill and knowledge.

#tagamemnon #ancient greek #langblr #studyblr #classics #obviously i have taken idiomatic liberties #but only minor ones actually #will happily provide sources/more literal translations upon request!#though be aware that i might not get to such asks immediately as im not on this account much lol #BUT always happy to ramble about greek

Brain: Hey

Me: ?

Brain: Sallust...

Brain: Crispy

Me:

Me: Yeah

Brain: Yeah

#sallust #tagamemnon #my brain and I are my last two brain cells yknow #anyway crispus is Good these are tonight's facts

When I find myself in times of trouble, Theognis comes to me - speaking words of wisdom:

I am a beautiful and prize-winning horse

#ancient greek #classics #tagamemnon #theognis #langblr #hey what's up here's another niche shitpost #i genuinely. Genuinely repeat this to myself when things get too overwhelmig #i!!! beautiful!! prize-winning!!!! a Horse!#anyway the full quote (what i know if it) is fun #it's just about a horse who's sick of their rider's shit #that's it #that's all

valtsv

let’s go girls! *is snatched and carried off by harpies*

#this is BIG Jason Energy #the argonautica

Me: Of course I can read Ancient Greek.

Me: *is given a quote in all uppercase*

Me:

#ancient greek #langblr #studyblr #tagamemnon #classics #honestly #me on a date: oh yes and this is some russian cyrillic is it not #my date: that's.. no that's greek #me: yes. yes.... yes i. see

greek gods as cher tweets

zeus: Ppl also say ive fkd every man on the planet!God i must b Exhausted

hera: SIT ON YOU OWN DAMN FACE !! IM BUSY !!

aphrodite: ipad freezing up! Maybe it’s overwhelmed,because it Just realized A Fabulous DIVA Was touching it ! Can’t really Blame it, “SNAP OUT OF IT”

athena: OK,FOUND MY ARMOR PLATED BIG GIRL G-STRING⚔ IM READY💥LET THE💩COME DOWN‼️IVE BEEN THROUGH WORSE THAN THIS💪🏻BATTLED LIES &ENQUIRER ALL MY LIFE

artemis: I Just Shot Sunset. I WONDER IF IT COULD B DONE..BIG GAME HUNTERS WOULD SHOOT,KILL & STUFF THE SUNSET,4 THEIR WALLS ?

apollo: GAY UNIVERSE WILL HAVE "Exquisite"lighting

ares: Been working hard !! I NOW KNOW EVERY BUTT LIFT KNOWN TO MAN, & A FEW ALIENS !

hermes: If ANYONE NEEDS 280 Characters & New Emoji …ITS

MOI 💃🏻

hephaestus: Can anyone c me

hades: GOD DO I LOVE WOMEN WITH ATTITUDE! FUCK YES!

dionysus: BREAKING NEWS💥 IM BEING BURIED IN MY FISHNETS‼️ 😂

#twitter #greek mythology #cher #yeah

catilinas

going absolutely hog wild over this twitter thread

astraque

WAS SOMEONE GOING TO TELL ME THE AENEID IS ACROSTIC OR WAS I SUPPOSED TO FIND THAT ON A TUMBLR POST Oh MY GOD I AM FREAKING OH MY GOD

catilinas

the thread was mostly about this article which discusses some of the other acrostics in the aeneid too :)

#The Aeneid #latin #virgil #oh man! i totally forgot about this #very cool stuff

You, looking at a sentence where the subject expresses ἔρως for Zeus: the subject loves Zeus platonically, and desires his favour.

Me, an intellectual: the subject wants to FUCK.

#tagamemnon #ancient greek #classics #zeus #studyblr #look #look and listen #im not sorry

catilinas

‪if carthage means new city…… new carthage is…… new new city‬? new² city? new city 2: spanish boogaloo?

catilinas

#also he didn’t even name it new carthage he just straight up called it qart hadasht #YOU KNOW. THE SAME THING THE FIRST ONE WAS CALLED #hasdrubal the fair was just Like That (via @tieflng)

carthaginians really only have three whole names huh

#carthage #the barcids #drag em

an-amateur-roman

AU where the odyssey takes place entirely in ikea

#the odyssey #homer #hhhhh #don't tempt me

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