#featuring my annotated copy of the Iliad

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WIP of another Iliad piece, Hector’s love for his son and wife killed me ✨

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i am doing an artefact analysis on the aphrodite statue featured and so far it’s going well! before even reading the information i recognized the statue as being roman based on the name :) “venus genetrix” - venus being the roman version of aphrodite and genetrix being a third declension feminine noun in Latin (genetrix, genetricis - mother, ancestress). how fun is it that we can already think of so much significance just based on the name!! also i got plants!! the spider plant is named rory about rory gilmore and my friend has one named lorelei:)

also, i’ve included a photo of my VERY annotated copy of the song of achilles. the red was the pen colour i used to specifically rant about how much i hate pyrrhus </3 (count how many times i tell him to go die lol - in my defence he is an asshole in the aeneid so i think my hatred is valid). tsoa is one of my favourite books of all time (i like the iliad a little bit, and patroclus has always been my fav) and madeline miller is my favourite author so it only makes sense that i’ve lovingly destroyed my book :)