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i think about this roman statue of odysseus escaping polyphemus' cave beneath a ram often

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academic who writes a paper and just puts "credit to original author :)" for all their citations

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Anaïs Nin, Henry and June [originally published 1986]

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Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

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Margaretha Roosenboom (Dutch, 1843-1896)

Stilleven met bloesem

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Sir Edward Poynter (1836-1919), The Ides of March, 1883, Oil on canvas

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why is it that every time the subject of ptsd in ancient greece or rome comes up someone ALWAYS starts talking about how much they love achilles in vietnam. like i know why but also why is the default paradigm for trauma the invading soldier in a field where we are constantly talking about invasion and rape. why do we talk about achilles in vietnam but not briseis in vietnam. or hecuba and polyxena in vietnam. or aeneas in vietnam. why do we talk about how hard it was for achilles to kill all those people but not about how hard it was for the trojans to lose their entire city and countless people they love. can anyone hear me it's so dark in here.

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I was not expecting the head of department to show up for post-lecture drinks

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Source: Lower part of a marble relief with two goddesses; Roman, first or second century.

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someone start up the cult of Dionysus again then give me a call

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i’m going down to the woods to scream about all the books I won't have time to read

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Un café au lait

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Ink stone in the form of a turtle, China, 6th-7th century

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Signed up to the classics soc because I was promised fun lectures and it's been nothing but drinking :(

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The head of the department is giving an Ars Amatoria lecture this evening! And cheap drinks after!

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Top ten questions to ask women: "if you lived in ancient times would you be more likely to start a religion around a perfect cube rock or a perfect sphere rock"