#menander

[bulljumpingfresco]

Roman Empire Bust of Menander 25 BC-AD 50 bronze Getty Museum, Los Angeles

[palamedestragedy]

PALAMEDES LIBRARY OF MYTHOLOGY

HEYYYY PARTY PEOPLE after a few months of building file-by-file and sharing it around personally, i'm happy to finally show you guys my google drive of greco-roman / filipino mythological and related texts!

before anyone asks, yes! it even includes obscure sources – from psuedo-apollodorus' library and philostratus' heroica, to hyginus' fabulae and psuedo-ovid's decastich arguments of the aeneid (virgil's aeneid itself too, or course). the entirety of greek drama? i've got you covered (with some latin theatre as well)! we all know homer's iliad and odyssey, they have their own folders with plenty of translations to choose from. dante's divine comedy is also there, because it is.

feedback is welcome and encouraged; can't find a text, or a translation of it? feel free to hit me up so i can look for it! have a text or translation you wanna share? hit me up so i can throw it into a library as well! libraries are a collaborative effort, please enjoy it to your heart's content. ❣️

[romegreeceart]

Roman floor mosaic

* late 2nd century CE

* Ulpia Oescus, Bulgaria

* In the centre is a scene of Menander's The Achaeans. The comedy was unknown prior to the mosaic's discovery in 1948.

* Pleven Regional Historical Museum

Attribution:

Carole Raddato from Frankfurt, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

More info on Ulpia Oescus:

https://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/03/30/fine-marbles-14-different-colors-from-constantine-the-greats-danube-bridge-opening-in-328-ad-found-in-roman-city-ulpia-oescus-in-north-bulgaria/

[dionysusmybeloved]

Which Ancient Greek playwright do you prefer? The winner will be announced after the end of this poll.

Aeschylus (I like grand, formal, traditional, but intimidating tragedies)

Sophocles (I like polished, balanced, but tightening and focused tragedies)

Euripides (I like gritty, realistic, and dark psychological tragedies)

Aristophanes (I prefer comedy or political satires)

Menander (I prefer NEW comedy or everyday life comedy)

Voting ended onApr 5

[dionysiaproductions]

Specifying in my will that I neither want coffin nor cremation, but a secret 3rd option (mummified and wrapped in the pages of my favorite stories)

[gennsoup]

"You certainly don't sound as if you've been in love. You tell me to give up. But that's no longer in my power."

Menander, The Dyskolos

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Αιδώς του κάλλους ακρόπολις.

- Menander

Shyness is the citadel of beauty.

[lillyli-74]

Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is Woman.

~Menander