"Malo mori quam foedari"

[Jackie; she/they] ~ What would a world be without literature? | Dark Academia & Ancient History lover | obsession with languages - latin, italian and greek

[roman-ticist]

Why to study?

English: reading classic literature; analysing poetry;training your writing and interpretive skills; becoming familiar with new authors you might fall in love with

Biology: ability to determinate herbs; knowledge about anatomy and functioning of human & animal body; distincting poisonous and non-poisonous plants (it's really helpful)

Chemistry: being able to recognize minerals; knowing chemical substances and their usage - for example that some acids make bones elastic or that strong alkalis can burn even flesh; being the crazy scientists of "Frankenstein" kind

Physics: discovering the mysteries of universe while studying astronomy; feeling like Da Vinci when solving exercises; doing experiments and becoming a madman once again

Geography: recognizing places you travel to and being able to talk about them all day long; knowing where to find minerals and plants; old maps and atlases; discovering the secrets of world just like your ancestors from XV/XVI century did

History: drowning into the past; recognizing yourself in figures dead long ago; devouring long lost ideas of ancient civilisations and falling in love with them; realisation that people haven't really changed; learning about wars and events you see repeating before your own eyes; gods no one remembers

Foreign languages: communication with others all over the world; finding familiar roots in words from different languages; reading books and not needing translation; making lists of words late at night in your journal; learning a new word in language you don't know and understanding it

Math: precise drawings of geometric figures and having graphite all over your hands; solving difficult equations and feeling like a renaissance scholar; hearing names like Pythagoras or Thales and wondering how such ordinary people from old times changed the world

Philosophy: discovering contradictory concepts and choosing your own; imagining what it took to formulate such complicated ideas; thinking about the great minds of the past and trying to become equal to them; aiming to find the meaning of life when really not knowing anything

Music: soft sound of the piano and loud noise of the trumpet; devoting yourself to the sound and getting lost in the music; finding your soul in the works of particular composers; admiring the chills on your body when you hear a piece you know is going to be your obsession; reading notes and understanding them; melody playing in your head

Art: long gallery & museum visits; staring at the paintings trying to learn each spot of paint, each smear of the brush; imagining who were the ones depicted in the works; frozen life from earlier ages being resurrected once again

[roman-ticist]

Part 2

Law: heavy volumes of principles that you cram in the middle of the night; wearing a toga and going back in time to the Roman Senate; feeling the power in your hands; a mysterious charm of studying one of the most historically important subjects

Medicine: messy sketches of muscles and bones; learning Latin names of body parts and plants what makes them seem distant and archaic; gathering knowledge about the illnesses of historical figures - finally understanding their actions and motives; continuing the magnificent deed of Asclepius

Bussines & Economy: wondering about the massive stock market crashes and how you could prevent them; discussing if the capitalist system is really the best for people; learning about marketing and researching a history of trade through ages; management over a company feeling almost like ruling an empire

[roman-ticist]

Did I just wear a chiton and marched through Athens? Yeah, I did. Did I do it merely for the aesthetic? Absolutely.

[rainbooksandpoems]

i hate history teachers who insult historical figures like thats my emotional support roman emperor 

[roman-ticist]

"Angel of Small Death [...]" by Hozier is written about Camilla Macaulay and her only

[roman-ticist]

"What of Art?

– It is a malady."

Oscar Wilde, "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

[roman-ticist]

Reading *Homer* on a Greek beach, on which the Persian fleet probably landed during The Persian Wars is the best way of reading Homer. I said what I said

[macaulaytwins]

How to flirt with your crush by Henry Winter:

- Abrasively interrogate them on their enjoyment of Homer

- Exclude them from your bacchanal

- Save them from dying of hypothermia

- Take them to a lame estate sale

- Ask them how to kill someone with mushrooms

- On the night before the funeral of the mutual friend you both killed berate the dead friend’s family’s garden together

[roman-ticist]

Does anyone of you see a certain landscape and has a sudden urge to paint it? Because I do.

[roman-ticist]

Why to study?

English: reading classic literature; analysing poetry;training your writing and interpretive skills; becoming familiar with new authors you might fall in love with

Biology: ability to determine herbs; knowledge about anatomy and functioning of human & animal body; distincting poisonous and non-poisonous plants (it's really helpful)

Chemistry: being able to recognize minerals; knowing chemical substances and their usage - for example that some acids make bones elastic or that strong alkalis can burn even flesh; being the crazy scientists of "Frankenstein" kind

Physics: discovering the mysteries of universe while studying astronomy; feeling like Da Vinci when solving exercises; doing experiments and becoming a madman once again

Geography: recognizing places you travel to and being able to talk about them all day long; knowing where to find minerals and plants; old maps and atlases; discovering the secrets of world just like your ancestors from XV/XVI century did

History: drowning into the past; recognizing yourself in figures dead long ago; devouring long lost ideas of ancient civilisations and falling in love with them; realisation that people haven't really changed; learning about wars and events you see repeating before your own eyes; gods no one remembers

Foreign languages: communication with others all over the world; finding familiar roots in words from different languages; reading books and not needing translation; making lists of words late at night in your journal; learning a new word in language you don't know and understanding it

Math: precise drawings of geometric figures and having graphite all over your hands; solving difficult equations and feeling like a renaissance scholar; hearing names like Pythagoras or Thales and wondering how such ordinary people from old times changed the world

Philosophy: discovering contradictory concepts and choosing your own; imagining what it took to formulate such complicated ideas; thinking about the great minds of the past and trying to become equal to them; aiming to find the meaning of life when really not knowing anything

Music: soft sound of the piano and loud noise of the trumpet; devoting yourself to the sound and getting lost in the music; finding your soul in the works of particular composers; admiring the chills on your body when you hear a piece you know is going to be your obsession; reading notes and understanding them; melody playing in your head

Art: long gallery & museum visits; staring at the paintings trying to learn each spot of paint, each smear of the brush; imagining who were the ones depicted in the works; frozen life from earlier ages being resurrected once again

[shapesofantiquity]

Today is the 2th August...On the 2th August 47 BC Julius Caesar defeated Pharnaces II, son of Mithradates of Pontus, one of the most important enemies of Rome, at Zela (now Zile, Turkey). Let's read what the Greek writer and philosopher Plutarch of Chaironeia wrote about the battle:

"εὐθὺς οὖν ἐπὶ τὸν ἄνδρα τρισὶν ἤλαυνε τάγμασι, καὶ περὶ πόλιν Ζῆλαν μάχην μεγάλην συνάψας αὐτὸν μὲν ἐξέβαλε τοῦ Πόντου φεύγοντα, τὴν δὲ στρατιὰν ἄρδην ἀνεῖλε. καὶ τῆς μάχης ταύτης τὴν ὀξύτητα καὶ τὸ τάχος ἀναγγέλλων εἰς Ῥώμην πρός τινα τῶν φίλων Ἀμάντιον ἔγραψε τρεῖς λέξεις ‘ἦλθον, εἶδον, ἐνίκησα.’

He immediately marched against him with three legions and after a great battle near Zela, he drove him out of Pontus and totally destroyed his army. Announcing to Rome the extraordinary rapidity of this expedition, he wrote to his friend Martius only three words: "I came, I saw, I won".

Plut. Rom. Caes. 50, 6

[roman-ticist]

Head sculptures at The Acropolis Museum

Aka. my current obsession

[dead-p0ets]

i think the dps fandom tends to forget that todd and knox (hopkins too but he’s not technically a dead poet like them) weren’t the only ones that had to write a poem and share it to the class

like what was charlie’s poem?? meeks?? pitt’s?? neil??!??? like i wanna know what their poems were lol

(if someone is a good writer/poet please please please write what you think their poem would be i’m so curious)

[roman-ticist]

I don't know how late I am but I wrote a poem I think Meeks will present (yes, it's about stars)

A thousand flames above my head

But the cold's constantly there

On my skin crawls the light

Of what I dream to touch

What's being hundreds miles away

And although I savvy my flesh

And bones will simply burn

The dream, I know, I have to chase

To finally free my heart

[homosandhomies]

sometimes a family is a gay theater kid with daddy issues, a gay poet with anxiety, an impulsive bisexual with adhd, a simp, a tall nerd, a small nerd, a little shit, and the english teacher who adopted them all.

[starweaverblog]

Underrated Ancient Greek women

•Hydna of Scione

Hydna of Scione was trained to swim by her father, Scyllis of Scione, a diving instructor and expert swimmer. He instructed his daughter from a young age, and she became well known for her ability to dive deeply and swim long distances. When the Persians invaded Greece in 480 BCE, they sacked Athens and marched across the mainland after defeating the Greeks at Thermopylae. Hydna and her father dove beneath the Persian ships and cut their moorings, causing these ships to drift and run aground or damage other vessels

•Phryne of Thespiae

Phryne of Thespiae was a famous courtesan of Athens, best known for the court case she won by baring her breasts. She was praised for her beauty often being compared to the godess Aphrodite. The court case surrounded the charge of impiety, and it has been suggested that, whatever Phryne did, it had something to do with the Eleusinian Mysteries. Her lover Hypereides, defended her in court. At this point Hypereides disrobed Phryne, and the judges were so struck by her beauty that she was acquitted. Some claim that it was Phryne herself, not Hypereides, who removed her clothes and that she also undid her hair to show herself in the likeness of Aphrodite.

• Cynisca

Cynisca was born around 440 BC in the Greek city of Sparta, daughter of King Archidamus II, and sister of the future king Agesilaus II.Sparta’s treatment of women differed from the rest of Greece; rather than excluding them from society entirely, women went through rigorous training since the age of six.Cynisca thrived in this competitive environment. However, the ancient Olympic games fobidden women to even view the running amd combat events of the stadium. Her brother later prompted her to join personally the races and she emerged a popular victor, paving the way for many female athletes.

• Aspasia

Aspasia ,born in 470B.C. in Miletus, was known for her beauty and because of the fact that Pericles, the great politician of Athens fell in love with her. But she was one of the most well-educated women at the time and due to her intelligence, notable philosophers like Socrates wanted to be in her company and converse with her. Her house was always open to artists, philosophers and politicians. Despite her free style of life, Athenians often brought their wives along so they could listen to Aspasia’s speeches and advice.  When she was 25 years old she met the 50-years old Pericles. He was dazzled by the extremely charming and intelligent young lady and soon after they moved in together. She played an important role beside Pericles and influenced his decisions dramatically. Her fame survived through the centuries as one of the most influential personalities of Ancient history.

[roman-ticist]

Me carrying an umbrella all the time since when I only can remember is an undeniable evidence that I am, in fact, Henry Winter 😌

[roman-ticist]

Me writing additional scenes I think would make my book more interesting: 🥰😍💕🤩💜☺️

Me writing scenes that I planned and that develop the plot: 😭😡😤🤢🤮🤧

[roman-ticist]

Another poem :))

"Solitude?"

I will never be really alone

Even if others go

I'll always be with myself

And that's enough to pass on