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Who should get Achilles' armour?
Odysseus (son of Laertes)
Ajax (son of Telamon)
Hi guys, my commander died and we're trying to sort out his legacy, what should we do??
Hi, you know I’m kind of shocked to see that even scholars seem to have bias against Agamemnon. I was trying to research some things and ran into a lot of scholar papers that kinda classified Agamemnon as the worst myth character ever and it really shocked me to see that in a scholar level… Are there any good authors or sources you would recommend for studying him? Thanks!
I really wish I could recommend very much but this is sadly incredibly true lol :/ I was initially excited when this book on him came out just because it was the first I'd seen that was exclusively about him, but it ended up being...very opinionated and not at all good (guess the title should have tipped me off, lol). The best papers I can recall offhand with the most fair interpretations of his character were:
Homer's Agamemnon The Attitude of Agamemnon Agamemnon in Euripides' 'Iphigenia at Aulis'
I'd still like to write a book of my own one day on the subject but tbh I was somewhat put off the topic as well as the fandom at large because of the extreme negative bias/straight up misinformation about his character being circulated and accepted as 'canon', lol, especially when, as you mentioned, it commonly goes on at all levels, not just that of fandom.
I have the real actual death mask of Agamemnon (long story) but basically I’m looking for some easy 5-minute-craft style things to do with it because I’m tired of only ever wearing it for sex
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Roman Altars Reveal Their True Colors
Seven Roman altars at the Great North Museum: Hancock now feature animations projected directly onto the stone surface
Historians often tell us to try and visualize the past as a colorful place – whether it be the bright colors of medieval clothing and statuary or the vibrant blues and golds found in the tombs of Antiquity.
Accordingly Roman Britain was also a place of vibrant hues – even at its most northern reaches. Apart from the deep red robes of the Roman legions, Pliny the Elder cited the orange, red and purple worn by priests and priestesses, while common dyes used in the Roman world included madder, kermes, weld, woad, saffron and lichen purple.
But these colors weren’t just confined to robes and other clothing, the statues and buildings also offered a surprising palette – as can be glimpsed in a new project at the Hancock in Newcastle, which is revealing the colors encountered along Rome’s Northern frontier at Hadrian’s Wall.
The Museum has a vast collection of altars recovered from Hadrian’s Wall – many of them with dedications to the deceased and inscriptions to the Roman Gods – and seven of the latter now feature animations projected directly onto the stone surface to offer a sense of how brightly colored the altars appeared 1900 years ago.
The project, called Roman Britain in Color, is a collaboration between the Museum and Hadrian’s Wall Community Archaeology Project (WallCAP), working alongside creative studio NOVAK.
“We’re used to the look of sandstone altars and reliefs in museums but we forget that they were originally painted in bright colors,” says Andrew Parkin, the Museum’s Keeper of Archaeology. “The paint has been lost over the centuries but researchers have found trace amounts of pigment using ultraviolet light and x-rays.
“These new projected animations really make the altars stand out and add greatly to the Hadrian’s Wall gallery in the museum. The team at NOVAK have done a fantastic job in creating the artwork and mapping the projections precisely onto the stones.”
The animations also offer some artistic interpretations of the altars and the gods associated with them. For instance, the altar to Neptune, Roman god of freshwaters and rivers, was found in the River Tyne. It depicts a blue underwater scene filled with fish.
The altar to Oceanus, god of the sea, is animated with seaweed, starfish and a crab, whereas the altar to Fortuna drips with bright crimson, perhaps suggesting a ritual using wine or the blood of a sacrificed animal.
Other altars with new animations are dedicated to Jupiter, supreme deity of the Roman pantheon, Minerva, goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare, and Antenociticus, a native British god only found at Condercum Roman Fort – present-day Benwell in the west end of Newcastle.
“Roman altars are a great source for understanding the culture of the Roman Empire, but they can seem boring and uninteresting for people that do not know how to ‘read’ them,” adds Dr Rob Collins, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and WallCAP Project Manager at Newcastle University.
“Working with NOVAK and the Great North Museum: Hancock, the altars come alive and invite you to look more closely at the artistry and information that they hold.”
Anyone interested in volunteering for the WallCAP project can register at wallcap.ncl.ac.uk. Volunteers receive regular updates to alert them of forthcoming opportunities and events to investigate and protect the Wall.
By Richard Moss.
Your personal least favorite mispronunciation of aeneas?
thinking "anus" for this one
you know what? fuck you, you’re lame, and i hope madeline miller does a retelling of your favorite greek myth 🙄
tfw you join the army and someone else has the same name as you, then the next day everyone starts calling you "Lesser Ajax"
Classics-tober Day 8: Caesar
it’s the late roman republic and life’s a fucking NIGHTMAAAARRREEE
Reconstruction of the clothes of women from the Minoan era in Crete (reconstructions made by Dr. Bernice Jones).
The clothes of Minoan women were surprising with their style and variety of patterns. Greek women of later times wore clothes with completely different stylistic solutions. The exposed breasts were a characteristic feature of the dress of Minoan and Mycenaean women. They attached great importance to their attire, wear and used jewelry. They wore a wide and long skirt with a decorative belt tightening the waist and a tight-fitting bra with a metal frame revealing the breasts. They put on coats or capes on cooler days. Hair, intricately combed, was decorated with brown or gold ribbons, beads or headbands. Others wore appropriate headgear. They wore unusual hats. Some were wide, while others were tall, almost completely covering their hair, decorated with feathers or ribbons.
It can be seen at the Hellenistic Museum in Melbourne, Australia. The reconstructions are based on frescoes.
Photos: Tahney Fosdike.
my phone thinks I’m dating emperor augustus
pliny the elder sailing towards pompeii: oobh i got pliny of time