#herotodus

[top-lesbian]

𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄

When Kassandra arrived in Elysium the first person to greet her, was 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐈𝐁𝐄, with a huge smile as she hugged Kassandra and told her about how much she had missed her

Next Kassandra meets Deimos 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐎𝐒 who, for a moment, simply stares at her as if he cant believe shes finally there, before he engulfs her in a bone crushing hug which Kassandra reciprocates wholeheartedly

Kassandra then meets her brother 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐑, neither of them truly know what to say to the other, but he clasps her shoulder and tells her that its good to see her again

Next Kassandra reunites with 𝐍𝐈𝐊𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐎𝐒, her pater, Kassandra hugs him and, for the first time in a long time, she cries for her father

Finally Kassandra finds her mother, 𝐌𝐘𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐄, in a sea of flowers, standing next to Leonidas. Kassandra and her mother hug, and Kassandra cant help but feel some sense of pride, she had found her mater once again

When Kassandra finds 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐁𝐀𝐒 and 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐒 she can't help but embrace them and tell them her storys of the modernized world

After finding her family Kassandra finds her love, 𝐊𝐘𝐑𝐀, who embraces her and proclaims her love

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[dantes-divine]

when you’re the greatest historian of all time but your husband and daughter are chaotic dumbasses

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[sanguineswanqueen]

This book is so wacky. this is a guy. a real guy who is very convinced that the ocean isn’t even real. 

probably the original consipracy theorist

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hiSTORY time

{These are all from Herodotus’ Histories translated by George Rawlinson.}

"This, it is said, was the first outrage which Cambyses committed. The second was the slaying of his sister, who had accompanied him into Egypt, and lived with him as his wife, though she was his full sister, the daughter both of his father and his mother. The way wherein he had made her his wife was the following: - It was not the custom of the Persians, before this time, to marry their sisters - but Cambyses, happening to fall in love with one of his, and wishing to take her to wife, as he knew that it was an uncommon thing, called together the royal judges, and put it to them, 'whether there was any law which allowed a brother, if he wished, to marry his sister?' Now the royal judges are certain picked men among the Persians, who hold their office for life, or until they are found guilty of some misconduct. By them justice is administered in Persia, and they are the interpreters of the old laws, all disputes being referring to their decision. When Cambyses, therefore, put his question to these judges, the gave him an answer which was at once true and safe - 'they did not find any law,' the said, 'allowing a brother to take his sister to wife, but they found a law, that the king of the Persians might do whatever he pleased.' And so they neither warped the law through fear of Cambyses, nor ruined themselves by over stiffly maintaining the law; but they brought another quite distinct law to the king's help, which allowed him to have his wish."

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hiSTORY time

{These are all from Herodotus’ Histories translated by George Rawlinson.}

"The following is the way in which the loss of Smyrna happened. Certain men of Colophon had been engaged in a sedition there, and being the weaker party, were driven by the others into banishment. The Smyrnaens received the fugitives, who, after a time, watching their opportunity, while the inhabitants were celebrating a feast to Bacchus outside the walls, shut to the gates, and so got possession of the town."

[newfavething]

"Since [my view] involves rejecting Herodotus, it will be derided by some, the fate of believers." (Cawkwell, The Greek Wars, 2005, p76)

f*ck off with your martyr complex Cawkwell

[kidkillingdays]

so im translating the herotodus passage in athenaze II chapter 28 alpha and i totally thought it was some edited version for like beginners or something but i looked it up and dude! it’s the actual text! i’m translating actual herotodus!

friends are telling me that he’s among the easiest but whatever. im translating Actual Herotodus you can’t shit on my mood

[newfavething]

entrancedintime replied to your post:Summoning up all imaginable reserves of willpower...

i need to finish the exact same thing for tomorrow

ὦ κοινὸν αὐτάδελφον κάρα. I'm starting to wonder whether we are conjoined but for the fabric of some strange dimension.

Here's cheering you on! Personally I'm looking forward to the bit about Masistius' corpse. See you on the other side. xxx