it has been 0 days since our last ancient poetry incident
reading about racehorse names and im completely obsessed with the fact that we know of racehorses named things like "marcus." imagine going to the kentucky derby and one of the horses was just named dave
sorry im still not over the fact that you could have joe racehorse running along side pyrobolus, which means flamethrower
Aaand coming up on the fiftieth lap is
THUNDERHOOF,
followed by
CHRYSIPPUS, PYROBOLUS, MARZIPAN, KING ARTHUR,
and
STEVE!
🏇🏼🏇🏼🏇🏼🏇🏼🏇🏼🏇🏼 🏇🏼
reading about racehorse names and im completely obsessed with the fact that we know of racehorses named things like "marcus." imagine going to the kentucky derby and one of the horses was just named dave
sorry im still not over the fact that you could have joe racehorse running along side pyrobolus, which means flamethrower
reading about racehorse names and im completely obsessed with the fact that we know of racehorses named things like "marcus." imagine going to the kentucky derby and one of the horses was just named dave
laravel
laravel
Ancient Greek gold coinage.
Hellenistic Kings and Queens ruled an area from Greece in the west till India in the east.
From left to right:
1) King Asandros, Kingdom of Bosporos/Pontos (Black Sea region), 36 BC
2) King Demetrius I Poliorketes, Kingdom of Macedonia, 3rd BC
3) Seleukos II, Seleucid Empire, 3rd BC
4) Antiochos III o Megas (the Great), Seleucid Empire, 3rd-2nd BC
5) King Ptolemaios II, Kingdom of Egypt, 3rd BC
6) King Alexandros IV (the young Prince/Son of Alexander the Great), Kingdom of Macedonia, 323-315 BC
7) King Achaios (usurpator), Seleucid Empire, 220-213 BC
8) King Menander I Soter, Kingdom of Indo-Greeks (appr. modern Afghanistan -parts of India), 165-130 BC
9) Queen Arsinoe II, Kingdom of Egypt, 283-246 BC.
blondebrainpower
blondebrainpower
Bronze mouse on a pedestal 2nd century AD from Augusta Raurica (Augst, Switzerland).
the school system where i did my teaching internship a mere 5 years ago is now no longer offering latin
the high school where i first fell in love with latin also no longer offers latin
it's very weird to be one of a dwindling number of schools here that still offers latin to its students
the etruscans really put their whole pussy into those engraved bronze mirrors
bro you're seizing the day too much you're gonna give yourself carpal diem
Have you listened to the concept album/musical telling of The Odyssey yet? It’s not completed, it’s up to the encounter with Polyphemus so far and it slaps so fucking hard I often listen to it on loop
It’s called EPIC: the musical
ive listened to a few of the songs and theyre alright. just begging this to not be the next hamilton
winedarkarchive-deactivated2023
Sphinx Earring, crafted from gold and garnet. The large, central stone of her headdress is missing, but above she is wearing the crown of the Egyptian goddess Hathor. 1st century BCE (Hellenistic) from Greece.
The Walters Art Museum, ascension no. 57.1490
don't care + didn't ask + do not argue me into agreement + there are no trustworthy pacts between lions and men + wolves and lambs do not have a kindred heart + there will be no love between me and you nor will there be any oaths until one or the other of us falls to feed shield-bearing ares on his blood
Etruscan antefix
Caere
5th century BCE
British Museum
London, July 2022
banned from the study of late republican roman history for referring to mark antony exclusively as cleopatra's trophy husband