#Iliad

//tw sexual assault and violence and also iliadposting on main// i've been thinking a lot about the change in my feelings towards achilles from reading the iliad in high school
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It's time for the Iliad in Memes: Book 18! It's time for Achilles to find out that Patroclus has died....
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It's time for the Iliad in Memes: Book 16! I'm gonna be real with you chief, this one's a sad one. Fortunately, Homer has been preparing us for this for
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As promised, we are retelling the great works of Homer in meme form. Today we shall start with Iliad Book 1...
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Briones is so old, she was friends with Tapa King when he was still Tapa Prince. Briones is so old, she updates her Facebook using an abacus. Briones is so
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Greeks called them - PhoeniciansRomans called them - PunicsWhat did they call themselves?They most likely would've identified first with their city state but acknowledged they were all part of common
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1. Demystifying #EidUlFitr and Ramazan/Ramadan for the non-believers.Do you know why Christians (40 days, Lent) & Muslims (30 days, Ramazan) fast?Both these fastings are related to Theophany and have
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Long Thread:So this post needs a little context, but it ends in something I hope will make you smile.I have been very slow to the podcast game. I know it
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my chemical romance as greek goddesses โ™ก Selene, goddess of the moon, truly represented the moon itself to the Greeks. Selene shone brightly through the lands of ancient Greece. She
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Thread of books mentioned or recommended by Bert/featured in The Usedโ€™s lyrics: โ€˜The People and the Treesโ€™ by Hanya Yanagihara โ€˜S.โ€™ by Doug Dorst and J. J. Abrams โ€˜Gravityโ€™s Rainbowโ€™
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https://twitter.com/AndhraPortal/status/1163246923836350464 Thanks to ICP for publishing this study of Swadeshi scholarship comparing Western epic poetry and Mahakavya. - In remembrance of Ravi Joshi ji who was so supportive. https://twitte
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They're having this conversation over in SciFi land, but I think it translates well to horror, too.Don't be embarrassed if you, reader or author, haven't read the entire horror "canon."Inevitable
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It's time for another #LessonsFromHistory twitter thread!1/5 Could #Covid19 change the ancient way we greet one another? Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases,
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As per my Ancient World Through Film Class I am going to make a thread here about an opinion I have about a movie related to myth. So here it
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Ancient Artefact of the Day: A Bronze Mouse - with snack for nibbling; Roman, ca. 1st Century AD.Traditionally, such statuettes have been associated with the cult of the god Apollo
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Today's Gospel is John 20:11-18. Mary Magdalene is 'weeping' when the risen Christ meets her at the tomb; he asks 'why are you weeping?'. It all sounds very placid and
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