#acient greece

[simoondraws]

...Then Diomed prayed, saying, "Hear me, daughter of aegis-bearing Jove, unweariable, if ever you loved my father well and stood by him in the thick of a fight, do the like now by me; grant me to come within a spear's throw of that man and kill him. He has been too quick for me and has wounded me; and now he is boasting that I shall not see the light of the sun much longer."

[visit-ba-sing-se]

Guess who has a deadline coming up? Surely not me! Not at all! Why would you even think that?

[balena82]

Minoan civilization

[chic-beyond-the-wall-oc-acct]

My Epic the Musical oc, Atomos 🩷🩷

Technically she was originally an oc for The Odyssey but... Yk... I just realized how Tumblr quality makes her freckles look different--

Anyway. Yk that meme where a minotaur and a mermaid have a kid and it's just a normal looking human? She's kinda like that but her dad was a cyclops and her mom was a nymph. I think when I originally made her she was the sister of one of the suitors and I do still like that so maybe she'll be someone's stepsister 🤷‍♀️

AnYwAy-- she's a lil cutie and I love her so so much she's just a little poet and she deserves the world imo 🩷

[jazzy125]

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Set during the Peloponnesian War, Athens and Sparta are battling their differences. While the leader of Sparta argues uncompromisingly with the leader of Athens, the Spartan leader's son Andreas is sent on a quest to steal supplies from Athens, unarmed. While running through the capital of Greece, he meets Athens' finest archer, Alexi. Believing that an unarmed man should not be killed, Alexi decides to not shoot the arrow he had aimed at the Spartan. But when troubles of trusting a Spartan arise, Alexi finds himself in a predicament that would change the course of his life forever, especially when the two start to develop a unique connection the more time they spend together. But with Andreas being Spartan and Alexi being Athenian, how will the two come to love while their cities are at war? Their predicament only grows more complicated when the elderly Athenian leader offers the lead position to one of his most trusted soldiers, Alexi, to lead Athens into victory and stop this war once and for all. Will Alexi accept this fortunate opportunity? Or will conflict of interest be the start of Athens' downfall?

[huntseric]

Boyfriend's ready!

Different (not so much) outfits for Sevratha, an original character created by my dear friend @spoonful-of-chili

We've been working on an AU for him and Odysseus and it's really fun, I can't wait to draw more of them together! Also he is really tall.

[choucon]

Wait, so...is Hades evil or...?

[ineffableclassics]

Crowley has never fallen into anything with anyone, let alone a human, but when she is assigned to the Poetess Sappho, she herself is tempted by her quick-wit and beautiful mind. It’s all going rather well in fact, until Aziraphale appears unexpectedly.

Alternatively:

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Crowley’s shaggin’ Sappho

So Aziraphale thought she would to

Words: 13,486

Status: Complete

Rating: Explicit

By @gorillazgal86

[random-krab]

I would l like to say as a man.

I am constantly thinking about the Roman empire but also ancient Greece, and Alexander's empire all at once.

It is very tiring someone help me

[orpheusismefr]

Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss is a sculpture made by the famous Italian artist Antonio Canova. It was commissioned in 1787 by Colonel John Campbell and tells the story of Eros and Psyche, one of the most touching love stories in classical mythology. Eros, the son of Aphrodite, represents deep love and is often shown with his bow and arrows, which he uses to make people fall in love. Psyche symbolizes the human soul and the path of growth through love and challenges. Her journey is about change, which ultimately leads her to find true happiness.

[simoondraws]

Someone here is obsessed with an owl 🦉👁️👁️

......Who?

[bernaticneon]

Roman archaeology in smaller rural areas deserves so much more love. Everyone’s obsessed with the Egyptian pyramids, Pompeii, and the Colosseum (don’t get me wrong, those are iconic), but the smaller sites? They’re the unsung heroes of ancient history. These little rural spots are often where you find the real stories—the stuff that rewrites everything we thought we knew.

Like, I was reading about Huerta Varona the other day (in Palencia), and it’s wild to think about how Spanish Romanisation played out in ways historians didn’t even imagine. These sites might not have massive amphitheaters or shiny marble statues, but they hold the evidence of how people actually lived. Small settlements, local adaptations of Roman culture, the blending of traditions—it’s honestly fascinating.

But the problem? They barely get any recognition. There’s little funding, no big marketing campaigns, and sometimes even the local governments overlook them. Meanwhile, they’re out here telling us how empires spread and how everyday people interacted with history’s big movers and shakers. They’re just as amazing as the famous spots, but because they’re “rural” or less flashy, they don’t get the spotlight they deserve.

So yeah, let’s hype up the small sites. They may not have the drama of Pompeii, but they’re rewriting history piece by piece, and that’s just as incredible.

[thisismyrandombloooog]

People who fancast Timothée Chalamet over Omar Rudberg as Patroclus in The Song of Achilles really confuse me ! ! !

[writingmonster05]

The Death of Sappho

Their words cut through a flowing fabric like winds to bind,

The sunset sky lost its colours and light

The white edge of the cliff, ready to bid goodbye

Ready for the young, tender feet to dive into surrender

Surrender, to society, to what's expected; its waves leap up

The sea has arrived to a ravenous sate to consume

A beating heart, already encaged with fear,

That left my sweet rhymed songs of hope on the ground

The golden shine of the lyre fades away

Till it is the reflection of the grey evening, of mock

My mother told me to keep weaving in her expected pattern

But I was crushed by a desire for a tender youth

To be free yet not forbidden,

But, in this life, surrender is all I am given

[alinakuznetsov]

Thinking about how Hera having an unsuccessful and awful marriage as the the queen of the gods might have been perceived as comforting for all the women in ancient times who most likely were married to awful, misogynistic, cheating and cruel men. They were not alone because the goddess of marriage was in the same position as them

[stregalin]