#classics stuff

[local-queer-classicist]

WAKE UP BITCHES THEY FOUND NEW EURIPIDES FRAGMENTS

98 LINES, 80% COMPLETELY NEW MATERIAL

[ihavedonenothingright]

So I think I either unintentionally made someone delete a post, or they chose to block me, which is fair either way, but if it's the former: sorry unknown Tumblr user! I didn't mean to scare or irritate you, I just thought I had some info you might find interesting.

The post in question was an AU idea in the Captive Prince tag based on the 19th century theory that Ancient Greek peoples lacked the genes to perceive the color blue (due to extant Homeric vocabulary lacking a specific term for it). Modern scholars do not believe this is the case, since nearby peoples had specific words for blue (and in fact, Ancient Greek does have some of its own, they simply don't appear in Homeric texts) and the theory seems to have fed into a wider narrative about Eastern Europeans evolving 'slower' than Western ones that was used to validate the exploitation of Greece. What likely is the case is that perception-wise, blue and violet were not perceived as separate colors, but shades of one another. Ancient Greek color descriptions tend to fall on a spectrum of light to dark rather than hue to hue, so that's why you get the classic description of the 'wine dark' sea; the depth and darkness of the color are prioritized.

Anyway, sorry about that. I do think your AU idea is cool and I hope you go on to write it! I just try to keep an eye out for classical misinformation since it's still pretty prevalent (see: a bunch of online articles swearing Romans cleaned their teeth with urine based entirely on a satirical poem written by Catullus.)

[jedinerd27]

drinking wine in a baseball bat while I'm slowly moving out of my college apartment is something I think the ancient Romans would appreciate... I get way more in it than my Pythagorean cup

[local-queer-classicist]

Once in Latin the professor was talking about the word persōna (“mask”, such as a theater mask), and it’s use in modern English to refer to a metaphorical “mask” that one might dawn, and one of the other students was like, “yeah, like a carsona”, and then we as a class spent like 10 minutes trying to explain to this poor gen x man what a carsona is, which of course necessitated explaining what a fursona is because we tried to use it as an example initially since we thought he’d at least know what that is, and then we had to explain furries, and also why he should probably use caution later if he tries to google any of the words we’re saying, and in the end we gave up because he didn’t understand and also the class period was over.

I live in fear that the next time he teaches this class he’ll try to bring up furries because we’ve given him the impression that this is a good way to explain this to our generation.

It’s very possible we created a monster

i love when professors try to use modern slang to relate to students. my professor referred to the theater of pompey as “the place where caesar got vibe checked by a bunch of senators” and i lost it. 

[mushyooms]

Poseidon: after everything you've done, how will you sleep at night?

Odysseus:

based on this incredible tweet below i only drew over it HAHA

[susartwork]

He's joking, guys-

Idk what this is. I've had this comic idea in my notes for literally a year, so I used it for color practice XD

[local-queer-classicist]

I have acquired several dusty tomes (books) from the ancient archives (college library) with which to perform evils (research paper writing).

[darkeyedghost]

The Roman femboys got Emperor Hadrian acting unwise

[local-queer-classicist]

I present a new translation of the Iliad for the mutuals et. al.

Do u think it has potential. I think the nougoddess would be pleased about the murdernuts.

i literally cannot believe that the Snickers snacklish translator is apparently lost media what the fuck

[vivitalks]

freshman/sophomore year riz gukgak on three hours of sleep & five cups of coffee: vibrating out of his skin, one hand on his gun, talking at 100 words per minute, the poster child of paranoia

junior year riz gukgak on zero hours of sleep, nine cups of coffee, perfect grades, & twelve half-assed extracurriculars: literally whining his way through sentences just trying to piece enough words together to allow one coherent transfer of information while his brain melts out of his ears from stress

[antleredheretic]

I am devastated by myself and I am devastated by the world and I want to sink back into my comfortable depression. I’m going to stop taking my mood stabilizers and my antipsychotics to numb myself to the pain of experiencing life

[krumpkin]

Ford Shelby AC - Cobra ( 1965 ) custom 😊😎

[tampire]

#My Two Moods

[0vergrowngraveyard]

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