Quid agis?

Kels ~ 26 ~ classics and stuff

[beggars-opera]

I do appreciate the culture of Tumblr as a historian because on Twitter I would be expected to talk straight academia, on Instagram I would be expected to post perfectly staged photos of my reenactment costumes, on TikTok I would be expected to make videos propagating badly revised history, but here I can just whip open my laptop and tell the world that I think Thomas Jefferson was a little bitch with no context whatsoever

[asteroidaceae]

Homer: I chose to focus on Achilles dragging Hector behind his chariot in my composition of the Siege of Troy as a meditation on the horrors men commit when consumed by grief and rage.

Alexander: At long last I have re-enacted the war crime of my hero Achilles from the poem That Time Achilles Did Some Really Fucked Up Things and Learned Better.

[euridicae-deactivated20210823]

it’s a very greek idea, and a very profound one.

[slavicafire]

trains are superior because they go through beautiful places and sometimes you get to see the mysteries

[bjekkergauken]

Learned that the Malagasy word for whale shark, marokintana, means “many stars” and I was inspired

[en-theos]

happy thursday everyone

[shitpostinguniverse]

[salvadorbonaparte]

* blows a kiss to my computer * for JSTOR

[jstor]

* blows a kiss back *

[thoodleoo]

between odysseus carving his marital bed from a tree trunk and penelope weaving and un-weaving a funeral shroud to stave off her suitors, i think what homer is telling us is that the foundation of a good relationship is arts and crafts

[sherlockholes]

merry public domain to those who celebrate

[filmnoirsbian]

My spine is sooo flimsy when it comes to the oresteia btw I'll read agamemnon's pov and be like so sad he had to kill iphigenia it was her or 100s of others and he hated every second of it and then I'll read clytemnestra's pov and be like soo true girl he killed your kid and brought home a sex slave he deserves to die and then I'll read electra's pov and be like SO real bestie kill your abusive mom with your brother yall earned that and then I'll read orestes' pov and he's just like ahhhh the terrors.....‼️

[recycledstars]

You’re my present this year.

[rainglazed]

Y'all need to STOP

[folgersincest]

Merry Christmas y’all

[thebelchers]

[roycohns]

emotional support academic text.

[catilinas]

this speech goes on for another 53 pages.

[nathanielthecurious]

me frantically googling, reading webMD, and determining that ive come down with a bad case of dactylic hexameter

[rotzaprachim]

“hallelujah” by leonard cohen being played as an easter and christmas song, “zombie” by the cranberries” being played as a halloween song, and “born in the U.S.A.” by bruce springsteen being played as a Fourth of July/generic us patriotism song have got to be a special trifecta of the most no-listening-comprehension musical moments that happen on seasonal playlists every single year