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when ozymandias king of kings tells u to look upon his works and despair but, boundless and bare, the lone and level sands stretch far away
Shut Up, I Don’t Care
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Bronze age ship discovered
look inside
made of wood
it's made of wood because all the bronze was used to make the age, not the ships. obviously
Dancing skies
odysseus absolutely does present a threat to penelope if he perceives her as at all unfaithful, and i feel the unfairness of this, and i think people tend to undersell how much tension at least potentially exists between odysseus and penelope. but i'm also like. his reaction, all speculation aside, his actual reaction in the odyssey to her flirting with the suitors is delight, because he immediately ascertains that she is running a con. sorry that they're so in-sync in spite of the forces that try to drive a wedge between them, including their own misgiving hearts. sorry that they invented homophrosyne ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
oh, you meant they literally did, ok
hey boss i can't come in today it's a sunny day and there's a lovely breeze coming in through my window, yeah it's rustling the branches of the tree outside that's finally bloomed so it's pretty serious
Babylonian out of office message: my sincerest apologies my wife is giving birth. I will process your clay tablet after lunch
Egyptian out of office message: unfortunately I am out of the temple on pilgrimage to Thebes. Your email will not be forwarded. I will respond to your query after the Nile floods have concluded
you can have a ton of fun for free by pretending that "bacteria" is the singular and the plural is "bacteriae"... or that "antenna" is the plural and the singular is "antennum"... the possibiliti (plural of "possibilitus") are endless
I know how people's interpretation of Odysseus and Athena's relationship is somewhat toxic but parental, but I like to think of him as her weird pet
how will i be able to go about my day normally after reading this
the name "theresa" is so funny like. theres a what
i highly recommend for women and girls to be intellectually curious and difficult to shame
compiling a list that no one asked for but i think the best bookshops have at least one or all of the following:
teetering piles of books fighting a tenacious war against gravity u need to shimmy past w ur breath held
bookshelves buckling precariously in the middle
books on said bookshelves crammed in at every conceivable angle
tables whose surface hasn't seen the light of day since 1996
threadbare carpets that haven't been changed since 1983
stack of national geographics going back to before you were born
old person at the cash register
wall hangings that are either pics of dead authors, an esoteric movie poster, or a random map dating from god knows when
dog-eared james patterson novel next to a theological treatise written by some priest in 1908
12837874681 disintegrating orange penguins
Possibly unpopular opinion? There’s a thin line between anti-elitism-in-academia and anti-intellectualism, and tumblr really walks it sometimes.
Anti-elitism:
Criticizing class barriers to getting into academia
Criticizing lack of resources to help students with physical or mental health issues
Calling out racism and sexism in academia
Calling out people who treat others badly for being less educated
Calling out people who believe academia is the only way to gain knowledge
Anti-intellectualism:
Being opposed to academia as an institution
Acting like everyone in academia is a rich and privileged white man
Acting like their opinions shouldn’t matter because of this
Assuming that any specialised language exists only to make things difficult for a layperson to understand and couldn’t possibly be necessary in order to explain a complicated topic
Assuming that if a specialist can’t explain what they’re doing to a non-specialist in five minutes then what they do is nonsense
Shaming people for taking pride in their academic and intellectual achievements
Am I crazy for thinking that tumblr sometimes veers towards the second?
Nope, you’re observant.
There’s a post about the specialised language thing that kills me everytime I see it. Every field has jargon, even non-academic ones. But for some reason people act like they’re somehow incapable of learning a few new words.
Besides published academic papers are written with the expectation that the reader has at least some prior knowledge on the subject. They go through peer review and editing before they get published and most journals request clear wording in their submissions. Their language choice is an attempt to explain their point in the most clear and concise way possible to people already working and researching that field, because those are the people that are going to be able to use it. It might be a pain in the ass to read as a beginner, but you either work your way up to it or consult with someone more knowledge on the topic.
Yes some people can be overzealous with their word choice, but you’re not always going to be the target audience for someone’s work and that’s not the authors fault.
honestly a lil emotional about the met description of their famous faience hippopotamus like. people loved a little ancient ceramic hippo enough to give it a name and they named it william
there are very few ancient artifacts that make me more emotional than roman tombstones that thank the reader for stopping by and wish them well. there's simply something so sweet and gentle to me about imagining a traveler stopping along the road to read someone's final dedication and being sent away with the blessings of a thankful ghost
marcus caecilius: good luck and good health to you. sleep without a care.
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