#xenophones

[novelties-and-notions]

Ladies and gentlemen, I want you to give a big welcome to the star of the evening, the main attraction, the one and only stand-up philosopher, the inimitable Monsieur… le Docteur… le Professeur… Émil Flostre! Give him a big hand!

[Flostre enters to enthusiastic applause. He is a tall rangy man, dressed all in black, sporting a beatnik-style beard around the edge of his jaw. He speaks with a barely perceptible French accent.]

FLOSTRE: Merci. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your welcome. It's great to be here in the universe tonight. I hope you all think so too. [He perches on the edge of the stool in the centre of the stage.] As it's a new year, we have a special show for you tonight. Later on, there will be dancing girls. Before that, I've brought some very special guests with me, to help the show along.

A MUFFLED VOICE OFF-STAGE: Now?

FLOSTRE: [To side] No, not yet. I'll tell you when.

I'm here to talk about la philosophie – philosophy. Qu'est-ce que vous dîtes? You don't think that will be very entertaining? Well, I'll tell you, actually, philosophy has always been très amusante, even from the start in ancient Greece, about 2500 years ago, when a man called Thales had the first philosophical insight. Thales determined that everything is made out of water. It wasn't a great start, but it got him a few laughs.

Only fifty years later Pythagoras proclaimed that everything is made out of numbers. So you see, there was progress, even if nobody knows what he meant. Physics is a lot like that nowadays. Plus ça change, hein?.

But these ancient Greeks, they weren't satisfied for long. Another thirty years and Xenophones decided that everything was made of earth and water. And at more or less the same time, Heraclitus declared that the entire world was an everlasting fire.

THE MUFFLED VOICE OFF-STAGE: Get on with it. I'm waiting. Those guys weren't even philosophers. They just made stuff up. If you'd cut them out we could bring on the dancing girls.

FLOSTRE: Pay no attention to him. C'est un idiot.. After another sixty years of thinking, Empedocles thought about what Thales, Pythagoras, Xenophones and Heraclitus had said, and stated that there was much to be said in favour of each of their theories. So Empedocles proposed a new synthesis: everything was made out of [drum roll] earth, fire, air and water [cymbal crash]. And so that made everybody happy… except Pythagoras.

[h0n3ym00n333]

our first project of the new term is to translate xenophon's anabasis - this is our first time translating and analyzing a much longer text in ancient greek, but i'm really excited!! <3

[againaweasel]

Something something Tonks inability to do “household spells” has nothing to do with ability and everything to do with a mental block regarding the preconceived role of women in the house something something and how Tonks, through dialogue, skills, and turning up at that last battle, is written purposefully to be diametrically opposed to it all that never goes away something something inability as a self defence mechanism something something the wand knows

[sforzesco]

xenophon and socrates, sometime early on

there’s some back and forth about the identification on whether or not that one guy in raphael’s school of athens is aeschines or xenophon (there’s a lot of back and forth on a lot of things wrt to that painting), but I’ve decided to read it as xenophon because garrigues’ notes on identifying everyone in that painting annoys me 💕

⭐ places I’m at! bsky / pixiv / pillowfort /cohost / cara.app / tip jar!

[beautyarchive]

Deborah Van Valkenburgh in The Warriors (1979).

[jeannereames]

Ancient Horsemanship, Cavalry, and Alexander's Bucephalas with Dr. Carolyn Willekes.

So this interview was a ton of fun, and is perhaps the longest yet, as we roamed all over various topics. Carolyn called Alexander the OG Horsegirl for the win! She also shows a picture from a medieval manuscript of Boukephalas with a unicorn horn and a peacock tail.

[galusandmalus]

reading breakdowns of spartan customs with slaves, its enough to make a grown man forget the fact that xenophon wrote post-Epaminondas and that Messenia and the helots there were actually liberated cry

[spacebeans-art]

autism hit me so hard im considering using my precious assignment time to make fucking SCP wiki fanart

[philomaela]

Xenophon: Don't you know how to steal, Cheirisophos? You're a Spartan, don't they fucking train you to do that? Cheirisophos: Should I ask you how to embezzle public funds, since you're an Athenian?

[kanonbreakerz]

The sinner and his sin

Thanks to all creators ❤

Credits: @natalia-auditore, @lady-moriel, @saruin, @raccoonium, @kijiko-sims, @obscurus-sims, @pralinesims, @solistair, @iowa-cc, @simandy, @nitropanic, @lin-dian, @helgatisha, @northernsiberiawinds, ksksims, simomo

[octomae]

a relationship chart <3

[Newbeak Splatoon]

[Trip, Captain 3 (24 y.o)]

[Tetra, Agent 4 (23 y.o)]

[Theta, Agent 8 (27 y.o)]

[Novah, Neo 3 (21 y.o)]

[Xenophon, Commander Tartar]

Transcribed below:

3's thoughts

To 4: "She's a good friend."

To 8: "What would I do without you?"

To N3: "Proud to have you aboard. (I admire him.)"

To X: "Stinky ass bastard. <3"

To ORCA: "👍"

4's thoughts

To 3: "They're so easy to rile up lol."

To 8: "She's the coolest fucking roomie ever???"

To N3: "My partner in crime >:]"

To ORDER: "Maybe if you go outside and experience the wonders of nature you'll calm down, damn."

8's thoughts

To 3: "You're the funniest squid I've ever met <3"

To 4: "They're so chill and super talented!"

To N3: "He has so much potential!"

To X: "I knew you could do it. <3"

To ORDER: "You can be good too."

N3's thoughts

To 3: "You're different than I remember! (I admire you.)"

To 4: "He's fun to hang with!"

To 8: "She saved me from Kamabo!!!"

To ORCA: "Ow... You couldn't have helped me a little more...?"

X's thoughts

To 3: "Thank you for trusting me."

To 8: "Thank you for the 2nd chance."

To ORDER: "Was the parasitism really necessary?"

To ORCA: "A smug, holier-than-thou, know-it-all."

ORDER's thoughts

To X: "Didn't you want this too? Why did you resist me too?"

To 4: "A formidable soldier. With you, a world of ORDER is still within reach..."

To 8: "You ruined everything."

ORCA's thoughts.

To 3: "👍"

To N3: "You have earned your keep."

To X: "Do not be upset that I was right in the end."

[raihanijulie]

[ LEMNISCUS GUIDE BLOG!!! ]

☆Reading until end of blog will be much appreciated!!! (Psst, theres a discord server link i slipped in btw....)

Picture below isnt accurate with tumblr bc this was made for instagram post.

You may be wondering... "What is Lemniscus? Why do you keep mentioning it in your posts?"

TO BEGIN WITH, Lemniscus is one of the planets in this universe with Ribbaniuns the living beings in it! The population of Lemniscus consist the various anthropomorphic animals.

And thats where we begin sharing the story and contents of these characters by the name LEMNISCUS! You could say Lemniscus is a series/project my friends and i worked on together!!! (We took Lemniscus bc we literally only focus on this planet... No else.)

#Lemniscus -> tag used for Lemniscus related posts :3

SEE ALSO: Lemniscus Timeline

Lemniscus doesnt have a main plot honestly. We are just putting in characters in Lemniscus and let them live their life💥

Ah... So then, "Who are the characters? Why do they look like the characters from Sonic series?"

THIS. is a good one to explain and i reallly want you guys to keep in mind with this!!!!

Yes! The Lemniscus cast does look like the characters from Sonic the hedgehog because they do take the design and traits inspiration from them! BUT! The personality, backstories, interractions, lores, all of those... We worked and develop on it ourselves!!! (Theres similiarities still, but its only SLIGHT!!! Theres some differences when compared)

Thats why this is NOT counted as Sonic au, instead, its their own universe and story! The Lemniscus cast are original characters/ocs based on existing character that later we develop so they wont look EXACTLY like the existing char they took inspiration of!

I could say that this universe's origins of making is basically 'based on Sonic'. Throughout time, there are improvisasion little by little as we worked on building chars and stories, making it their own thing :D!! So, again, Lemniscus and Sonic are two different thing... I appreciate yall's understanding. I dont want any miscommunication between Lemniscus and Sonic franchise! <"3

The original characters belong to their respective owners <3 (Keep in mind we are 4 person putting our characters in ONE and worked together in this)

Alright!!! Now INTRODUCE THE CAST/CHARACTERS!

As in the main characters! Here ill list out the characters name with their profile links AND respective owners too! Get to know each of them by clicking their names:

Hz Railstar, Alora Quinn, Victoria Opal, Ezra (JULIE/HANA!!! ME!!! :D HOIHOI!!! I link you guys to my chars' masterpost in tumblr hehe,,, its more detailed!!!)

Gausberto, Nova, Puffin, Xenophone (Hani! NOTE: She doesnt put much infos of her characters, i'll most likely be the one to share the infos through source from her she is my own sister after all Infos about Hani's chars are most likely in the discord server!)

Aero and Noire ( @m3tr0n0m333 )

Rambutan Stoneheart ( @cherriosblog )

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OH!!! But thats not it!! Theres more infos i'd like to share....

Slowly but surely, we noticed our Lemniscus contents dragged people to start being curious about it, even interested with the series/project we worked! Of course, with a warm welcome, we opened a discord server, ☆LEMNISCUS (Hz Universe), for the little community we have :D!!!

The server is a great place for you to learn more about the characters (bc again, SOME of the Lemniscus cast here are explained alot more in the discord server instead!) and LORESSS obviously! Its even easier and you can keep on track whenever new things are shared by us :)

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Hop in and join to get more familliar of Lemniscus!! ☆

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This must conclude the blog. Thank you everyone for the consideration and supports of this little project we worked on! <3 I, the one to start all this fun chaotic universe is very grateful that i'd make it this far by sharing contents of these silli cast, not only me, but by you dedicated supporters and friends that worked alongside me ☆

Live, laugh, burn Hertz!🔥🔥🔥🔥

[fewbiuebg]

To mathate prwtoi, stis panellhnies 2025 DEN tha pesei apospasma apo ton oikonomiko toy Ksenofwnta.

Na exete ena yperoxo vrady.

[mithriel-of-mithlond]

Ephraim ti Horn, you're speaking from my heart.

[sexytummyache]

For my master's degree, I've been learning Ancient Greek and during this quarter we're reading Xenophon's Anabasis. It's a lesser known piece of ancient literature. Basically its about this guy Cyrus gathering up an army to challenge his brother Artaxerxes for the throne but losing. Its got gossip and fighting and lots of petty stuff. Super fun and I have been joking it could be a musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

So I start to wonder if there ever have been any cool adaptations of Xenophon's Anabasis and when I look on Wikipedia I learn that in 1965, author Sol Yurick adapted Xenophon's Anabasis into a book called Warriors which reimagines the story to be about New York City street gangs. In 1979, the book was adapted into a film by Walter Hill.

On October 18, 2024 (one week from tomorrow), Lin-Manuel Miranda will be releasing a concept album with Elisa Davis which is based on that movie.

I just want to say that I called it. Nobody has ever called anything this hard in the history of calling it.

[beautyarchive]

Jordan Cae Harrell in The Warriors (1979).