#Iliad

Gabriel Syme🇻🇦✝️

gabrielsyme08

EMJ on The Iliad vs The Epic of Gilgamesh: "Because of its psychological realism and because of its attempt to explain, however incompletely, 'the aetiology of evil,' The Iliad marks

sententiae antiquae

sentantiq

Thanks to .@garethhinds, this morning conversation wentDaughter: why did the Achaeans attack Troy?Me: To get Helen backSon: That's a silly reason for a war They followed with:Son: I wish the

Katie De Boer

antianeirantics

I have been thinking a lot about #motherhood in epic and have some thoughts! (A thread!)This semester, I’ve been teaching a Greek course “Homer’s Iliad and the Trauma of War.”

Meg

agameganon

Insisting Achilles and Patroclus had no intimate relationship because you can’t accept a hero being attracted to his own gender: Not GoodInsisting Achilles and Patroclus MUST have been intimate because

sententiae antiquae

sentantiq

Every so often we do a poll like thishttps://twitter.com/sentantiq/status/1385915983492272131?s=20 A few times I have asked who is likelier to "shoot a man in Reno just to watch him die"https://sententiaeantiquae.com/2019/06/28/a-

Hunebed Cairn

HunebedC

This comment by Yekaterina Jung, a Russian Jew, nicely illustrates the difference between Abrahamic and Gentilic moral worldviews. A thread:https://twitter.com/CathyYoung63/status/1264742474825826306 The classical view of life is that both

Dan

AlienWithABox

Alright, it's time to do a thread on Achilles, Patroclus, and pederasty.I'm a trans mlm who studied ancient Greece in my final years of high school. This largely included areas

J. M. Gurgeh

MoratLP

watching @QuincyBeoulve play #TotalWarTroy has me thinkin bout how the Iliad does a phenomenal job detailing the personalities of alllll the heroes fighting on the Greek side, despite the size

Colin McLaughlin

taken4movie

TROY is one of those movies that I try out every few years hoping that I’ll like it more. I never do. But over never seen the Director’s cut so...

Harriet King

harrietnking

just realised I accidentally matched my outfit and makeup today to my copy of the Iliad... the next level of academia as requested by @agqwestern and inspired by yesterday’s

Dr Emily Wilson

EmilyRCWilson

One of my constant dilemmas in translating the Iliad is that the most vivid language in modern English for intimate male friendship in a violent world sounds too slangy, or

emilija

moulinsphantom

Achilles and Patroclus were lovers : a thread !!! this thread is made for fun. i am not a historian just a soul who loves history. achilles and patroclus are

Rory Shiner

Roryshiner

Why doesn’t modern education encourage children to memorise poems anymore?(I have a theory, but you go first...) 1. Children are built for memorisation. Seems odd not to exploit that.2. Learning

𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐮

unalivexme

in terms of heroism and morality, who was better : achilles or hector ? #askstudytwt #greekmyths convo w/ my friend & theories!my friend was the first to say that achilles

Classical Studies Screams for Halloweenistic Teens

CSMFHT

It's time for the Iliad in Memes: Book 5! @threadreaderapp unroll

Classical Studies Screams for Halloweenistic Teens

CSMFHT

It's time for the Iliad in Memes: Book 17! Now that we've had some time to get over the death of Patroclus, let's watch the action centre entirely on people