#smerdis

[tenth-sentence]

To Cambyses' horror, though, a priest – who happened to be named Smerdis too, and happened to look exactly like the dead Smerdis – now seized the throne, pretending to be the real Smerdis.

"Why the West Rules – For Now: The patterns of history and what they reveal about the future" - Ian Morris

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Remarkably, this turned out to be as good a way to choose a king as any,* and Darius proved himself to be a new Tiglath-Pileser.

*If it's true, that is. Most historians suspect that Darius actually murdered the genuine Smerdis and overthrew a priestly clique around him.

"Why the West Rules – For Now: The patterns of history and what they reveal about the future" - Ian Morris

[deimosatellite]

dostoevsky trying so hard to convince the reader that pavel is Horrid when he describes him as playing guitar and having curly blonde hair w a ribbon in it and gayboy clothes and bashing his abusive father's head in with a blunt object like GIRL YOU HAVE NOT CONVINCED ME IN THE SLIGHTEST

[karaviav]

stinky paul from the siblings karamanzo or smth (click for better quality)

[ladyofmelk]

id really like to know what the fuck was going on between ivan and smerdyakov in 1969

like really

[possessedbydevils]

Ivan didn't compliment his opinions ☹️

[lesbianraskolnikov]

heres all that i can imagine so far i do not know how severely they will change by the time im done

[pavelkaramazov]

every time I see an adaptation where Smerdyakov is some ugly man with facial hair I mail a pipe bomb to an undisclosed location. just to encourage these people to stop and think about what they’re doing

[angelusmonts]

the karamabros are trans how do I explain it

[milfbro]

if you were writing about a trial where one character felt cheated out of his inheritance by his father and was competing with him for the affection of the same woman, and this guy was telling everyone that he was gonna kill his father (including in writing to his fiancee 3 days before the murder describing the exact way the murder happened)- and this guy was seen on the day his father was murdered asking everyone he knew for 3 thousand rubles, then he was seen by the servant (who was a little drunk) alone at the crime scene with the murder weapon at the time of the murder, then bashed the servant's head in so hard he almost died -and this suspect freely admits all of this- and then later he was seen erratic in town spending 3 thousand rubles by like 20+ people while at the crime scene an envolope containing 3 thousand rubles was found empty. Would you then spend 2 chapters arguing about whether that time he gave money to his fiancee without sexually assaulting her was a noble deed or not. No you wouldn't because it's NOT RELEVANT

[meanferalbutch]

Oh I'm sorry, I wasn't clear! The Mage lines (Mage the Ascension and Mage the Awakening) are not DnD! They're from the RPGs of the World of Darkness and Storyteller/Storytelling system (you might have heard of the most famous line, Vampire the Masquerade).

What are TTRPGs if not fun and silly voices though x)

- dyke union anon

Ohhhhh gotcha!! That makes sense why I don’t recognize them though I have heard of VTM! I know this blog is mostly for horny purposes but dm if you ever want to gush over dnd characters I love to talk about my silly little guys

[whencyclopedia]

Cambyses II

Cambyses II (r. 530-522 BCE) was the second king of the Achaemenid Empire. The Greek historian Herodotus portrays Cambyses as a mad king who committed many acts of sacrilege during his stay in Egypt, including the slaying of the sacred Apis calf. This account, however, appears to have been derived mostly from Egyptian oral tradition and may therefore be biased. Most of the sacrileges attributed to Cambyses are not supported by contemporary sources. At the end of his reign, Cambyses faced a revolt by a man who claimed to be his brother Smerdis, and he died on his way to suppress this revolt.

King of Babylon

Cambyses was born to Cyrus the Great and his wife Cassandane, a sister of the Persian nobleman Otanes. Cambyses had a younger brother named Smerdis, from the same mother and the same father. As early as 539 BCE, when Cyrus conquered Babylon, Cambyses held the position of crown prince. He is mentioned on the Cyrus Cylinder, along with his father Cyrus, as receiving blessings from the Babylonian supreme god Marduk. In Babylonian documents dating between April and December 538 BCE, Cambyses is described as 'king of Babylon', while Cyrus was given the title 'king of the lands'. Cambyses may have been appointed king of Babylon in preparation for his succession to the Persian throne.

Cambyses' reign as king of Babylon was inaugurated by his participation in the Babylonian New Year ceremony on 27 March 538 BCE. The most important function of the Babylonian New Year ceremony was to convey divine legitimization to the ruling monarch. The purpose of this ceremony was to convey divine legitimization to the ruling monarch. The event is described in the Nabonidus Chronicle, but due to the fragmentary nature of the text, it is hard to ascertain what happened. Cambyses is described as wearing Elamite clothing during the occasion and refusing to lay down his arms. This incident may have offended the Babylonian priesthood. It may also have been the reason why his reign as king of Babylon was cut short. After stepping down as king of Babylon, Cambyses remained active in the region, as his name appears in several legal documents from Babylon and Sippar.

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[autumngravity]

During my most recent Puppet History drought rewatching of Ruining History, I got to thinking and couldn't turn it off, so I present to you:

In the alternate universe where Ruining History was actually Puppet History - Who Would Be the Puppet Musical Guest?

Was Ben Franklin in a Smooching Cult?: Either Medmenham Abbey Castle or the Baboon that was dressed as a demon.

The Bizzare Life of Johnny Appleseed: It would either be the stack of multiple hats Johnny would wear or a barrel of Applejack made from one of the apple trees he planted.

The Most Insane Battle History: Pretty obviously Alesia with the double circumvallation around it but if I had to choose something else it would be the gladius sword or the turtle shield tank.

The True Story of the Pirate Queen: Either the pieces of a broken egg shell or the mannequin Anne painted red and dismantled.

That Time Britain Burned Down the White House: It would either be the on fire/burned up White House, the frame that the portrait of Washington was in, the stollen print press Cs, a spared piece of patent paper, or one of the tornados that spawned from the assumed hurricane.

The Deceitful Imposter King of Persia: The bow and arrow that Cambyses used to kill Prexasbis' kid and threaten Croesus or the fake Smerdis' severed ears.

Three Hilariously Terrible Popes: I think it would be a trio. For Benedict: The rope that was going to be used to assassinate him. For Alexander: One of the church offices he sold or the chestnuts that were used at the banquet. And for Stephen: Formosus' severed fingers.

The Adorable Bear that Served in WWII: It would be either be Corporal Wojtek himself, one of Wojteks cigarettes, the sack Wojtek was first brought to the soilders in, Michael, or a ammo shell that Wojtek helped load.

The Horrifying Shipwreck that Inspired Moby Dick: Either be the whale themself, the essex, one/multiple of the tortoises they took from the Galapagos, or the straws they drew to determine who would be eaten.

[deimosatellite]

obsessed seeing smerdy love on my dash this fine morning. we all agree he has the most fashion sense of his brothers right

[vitalphenomena]

when i changed dmitri smerdy's fc to nathan it was disturbing to the public how correct i was

[ladyofmelk]

old video for the smerdy lovers