Swagamemnon, Son of Atreus

Classics/ancient history humour blog, run by an 19 years old girl from the UK. Please feel free to ask/ submit / start a conversation!

[murhuedur]

[thebreadthatcausedlesmis]

This is wrong, the correct answer is the Caryatid

[eltrolodecadadia]

finally a post that makes sense in here

[stunningpicture]

This stunning ancient Greek floor mosaic was just excavated in southern Turkey, near the Syrian border.

[masha4ever]

girls literally only want one thing and it's fucking disgusting

[browndresswithwhitedots]

sea shell with carved head at the apex (probably phoenician, 600 bc

[thoodleoo]

i know i talk a lot about the relationship between humans and animals in ancient rome and i’m constantly very emotional about it but i NEED you all to look at this part of a mosaic of a race horse named polidoxus that says “whether you win or not, we love you, polidoxus”

[jethroq]

[mapsontheweb]

Ancient Greek geographer Strabo’s map of the known world.

[sealedbeastnue]

bad work strabo

[thememethemyththelegend]

now i know its no sure thing yet but how bout some research breakthroughs

[chemicallywrit]

[hoeratius]

[funnytwittertweets]

[howelljenkins]

medusa was NOT a girlboss

why do you hate women ..

[lesbianshepard]

[babyfoxcollectionthings]

[pandariousgooch]

i never realized cuneiform was made with the corner of a cuboid tool, i thought the wedge shapes were carved such that you would press straight down with the tool at a 90° angle to the clay

[kitchenwitchupinthisbitch]

Wow! My mind is super into this new information

[ferret-on-pancakes]

[moehistory]

The elder of Gracchi sisters. Not only is she gorgeous-looking, she also has an ability to communicate articulately. Together with her sister, she has established and led reforms against the wealthy.

Tiberius Gracchus

[thecryptkeeper]

[howelljenkins]