The Extant Dramas of Sophocles and Euripides

Show summaries and responses from the perspective of a young, female grad student with a growing love and appreciation for the classics.

[katttastasis]

by some staggeringly unusual twist of fate [the fact that i come from a country that is not located in Europe or North America] i have managed to make it to adulthood without knowing anything about homer’s odyssey. this is awesome, because it is apparently a monumental feat of storytelling, and i get to read it totally spoiler free. i’m going to document my odyssey journey here. ok wish me luck love u all hehe.

[katttastasis]

after hours of intense research (i watched one single youtube video) i have decided to go with robert fagles' translation! charging up my kindle and then it's time to go woohoo

[katttastasis]

the algorithm's evil eye has cottoned on to my daring adventure and is now supplying me with spoilers across social media platforms. unacceptable. however, the algorithm is no match for my ability to delete apps. tiktok: 0 me: 1

[katttastasis]

officially started reading! immediately obsessed with Penelope staving off her suitors like uhhh,, sorry i can’t marry atm i’m busy with this really important task of *frantically darts eyes across the room and spots the loom* WEAVING A SHROUD *sweats nervously*

[katttastasis]

super into this ancient Greek tradition of serving food to your stranger-guests first and asking questions later. rip Telemachus you would’ve loved Indian weddings

[katttastasis]

me [reading about Nestor and Menelaus recounting random Tales of Yore with characters i have never heard of]: what the HELL happened in Troy

[finelythreadedsky]

i just think it's neat that odysseus gets put in a position where he has to kill his child to avoid going to war and he can't do it and then agamemnon gets put in a position where he has to kill his child to go to war and he does it

[maldefleur]

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[needlesandnilbogs]

@specialagentartemis

[veil-of-exordia]

confusing Odysseus and Orpheus is like confusing a liar and a lyre. send post

[abalidoth]

Looking back, Nobody found this funny.

[recuperationdisliker]

eagle: so what do you think about stigmata

prometheus: you know we're in a pre-christian myth, right? like that word doesn't exist yet. your dumb joke is anachronistic.

eagle: stigma talons in your flesh

[lifethe-universe-andeverything]

Since I’m a giant Classics nerd I made some Greek pottery inspired Easter eggs

[quousque]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[modwyr]

odyssey au where everything is the same but odysseus is replaced by jean ralphio

[modwyr]

PENNY P! You just missed the CRAZIEST of crazies. War. Gods. Monsters. Naked - MOM?!?! Betrayal. Fleeing the scene. Trapped on an island. Coming here. Disguising myself as a beggar for a week ‘cause technically I’m homeless

[newfavething]

fun Classics fact of the day

the average height of an ancient Attic woman (i.e., a woman from Athens and the surrounding countryside) was probably about 5 ft. the average height of an ancient Atttic man was probably about 5′3.

source: Angel, ‘Skeletal Material from Attica’, Hesperia 14 (1945), pp. 284-5

caveats:

v old study (1945)

v small sample size (61 male skeletons, 43 female skeletons)

poss. biased in favour of higher socio-economic groups, since the graves of the comparatively wealthy are more likely to receive archaeological attention

[shredsandpatches]

#you know what this means:#your fantasies of beating up any ancient greek could probably come true

[whitesunlars]

Every time Trump says that “nobody” has more respect for women than he does I can’t help but agree with him. He is right. The Greek hero, Odysseus, also known as Nobody to the cyclopes Polyphemus, who traveled through dangerous waters and struggled for ten years to return to his wife does indeed have more respect for woman than Trump does.

[straightcharacteroftheday]

todays straight character of the day is: nobody

[makerturnhisgaysuponyou-deactiv]

I’m calling bullshit Odysseus is clearly bisexual

[putridcowboy]

If a Greek play gets really intense is it… AESCHYLATING?

[whatshouldwecallhomer]

YES

[whatshouldwecallhomer]

Achilles to Agamemnon during meetings

[whatshouldwecallhomer]

the story of Hector as told by Beyonce:

[whatshouldwecallhomer]

how I imagine Alexander the Great

[classical-beauty-of-the-past]

Temple of Castor and Pollux, Sicily by  seier+seier

[artgiants]

Alice and Martin Provensen

[earlhamclassics]

You: *yawn* Pompeii. Again. Me: Wrong. You: … not Pompeii? Me: Indeed. Not Pompeii. Jerash. You: Jera-what-now? Me: Jerash. A remarkably preserved Roman settlement in Jordan. You: Why have I never heard of this place? Me: I have no idea.

[whatshouldwecallhomer]

Earlham Classics, keeping it real. Remember, kids, there are plenty of great classical archaeological sites outside of the Eurozone. Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise.