Salvete 🩵 This is a casual blog dedicated mainly to content surrounding classical antiquity and Greco-Roman literature, reblogging and sharing writing advice, and on occasion, my own rambling thoughts about certain topics that I'm maybe a little too passionate about…
You can call me Pastel or Stell (She/Her), I speak both English and Spanish (as well as a tad of Latin that I really need to pick back up), I'm a historian, and I've dedicated a good part of my life to the study of ancient history, mythology, and the classics. Here's links to some of the aforementioned ramblings and some other potentially fun things:
— ON THE CLASSICS Excerpt: Euripides' The Trojan Woman (On A Funeral Song for Troy) Excerpt: Virgil's Aeneid (On Camilla of the Volsci) Silly Thoughts While Reading Cicero's De Amicitia Silly Thoughts While Reading Euripides' Electra Silly and Cute Thoughts on Alcibiades and Socrates (from Carson's Eros the Bittersweet) — ON TRANSLATION Classics: What is Lost in Translation My Suggestions on English Translations of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid My Suggestions on English Translations of Virgil's Aeneid (previous ask with some explanations) Mis Sugerencias Sobre Las Traducciones De Los Clásicos Al Español
— ON CONTEMPORARY LIT. Lavinia: Following Virgil's Path
— ON ANCIENT ART Octopus Art in Minoan Pottery (Updated with Mycenaean example and a talk about it from ROM's curators) Athena's Little Owl in various examples of Greek Pottery – Updated with explanations on Athena's Aegis depictions and the Gorgoneion – Updated with explanations on why olives trees are one of the symbols of Athena and often seen in pottery alongside little owls
— ON THE SUBJECT OF ✨ME✨ Little Thoughts On Media Criticism
Some info about Stells
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