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working on a project. reply to this with a word. please.

#edited: added a 'please'. felt rude. lmaoo <3

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whomst in the Trojan war is a big spoon and whomst is a little spoon

NOW WE'RE TALKING

big spoons: helen (iykyk), agamemenon, diomedes, telamonian ajax, hektor, aeneas, helenus, patroclus, antilochus, nestor (u love that image in ur head), teucer, sthenelus, automedon.

little spoons: menelaus (shut up), achilles, locrian ajax, paris, andromache, kassandra, deiphobus, odysseus (he just can't win. he's smaller than everyone. he will be spooned and he will shut up about it), neoptolomus, eurymedon.

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HI WHAT IS THAT ORESTEIA SCREENSHOT YOU JUST POSTED FROM ?? absolutely brilliant stunning etc

it's a retelling of seneca's thyestes by simon stone. i spent stupid money on it years ago and it was worth every penny.

yes i scanned it. it's here.

go into it blind and with a completely open mind. trust me. (usual house of atreus related trigger warnings do apply, ofc).

#the whole thing is chaos #its also only 36 pages so u might as well give it a go

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in honour of john barth. here it is again. one of the greatest reception pieces i have ever read (personally, it's my favourite). the characterisation of menelaus and helen and their relationship is incredible and so well crafted. the overarching themes of love, identity and overcoming adversity knock me on my ass every time. the whole text is beautiful, but there are some specific quotes in this that are pure poetry and always take my breath away. go into it with an open mind, just lose yourself in it. trust me.

it's a wonderful text and it, undeniably, changed my life.

what's menelaiad?

HERE

#no exaggeration. i would not be here. without the menelaiad. in a multitude of different contexts. #ive not been wallowing in the JB feels all day. but i do feel .... hollower. in a strange way. #gonna have a reread and have a glass for mr. barth. #ETERNAL HUSBAND. HE FUCKING DID THAT #ive said it before and ill say it again. to read this text is to know menelaus

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john barth was insane for his menelaus characterisation. we know this. but THIS was particularly unhinged god brain of him

#just learned that john barth passed away on april 2nd. #what a ...... genius of a man. a man who changed my life (literally) in ways im boundlessly grateful for. #may he rest in peace and may his works continue to inspire those that are lucky enough to come across them. #the menelaiad is my life. like. rip mr. barth.....

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you all moved on, but i'm still here

#my love for this play. knows no bounds. #aerope the woMAN that you are

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hi .. just saw your robert icke post i was wondering if u still have it in your google drive? would love to read it! much love

have no fear, friend. my tantalus google drive is going NOWHERE.

here you go! x

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Some AgaOdy trash doodles I did long ago for @menelaiad (based on Pinterest bases like this one; can’t find the first one credit). Anyone who disrespects Agamemnon will encounter pain and possibly death in the hands of Odysseus. fear the scepter !

#did i ever reblog this? i dont remember #god the serotonin these two give me #that THIS gives me #thank u. im blessed. #aga's lil face i scream #this is LITERALLY it im #homer do u know what u did what u created #did u do it on PURPOSE #homer u wrote old man yaoi

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#arguably one of my funniest tweets im sorry #tagamemnon

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let’s do it your way then. so long as it’s with you

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #gale of waterdeep #gale dekarios #the only thing keeping me on this mortal coil rn #save me gale dekarios of waterdeep. gale dekarios of waterdeep save me.

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DO YOU LIKE PARIS THE MUSICAL :O

sorry lol i just followed u so im scrolling thru ur blog and while i am a paris gal (gn) first and foremost [at least for rn lol] i also like menelaus a lot bc i think all the paris and paris-adjacent dynamics are SO interesting and anyway all that to say you have mentioned paris and i LOVE PARIS

anyway nice to meet you and congrats on ur thesis!!!!!!!! i'd love to read it 👀

i love the paris musical! i think it was my most streamed album on spotify last year.....

oh i love paris (character) too! i have two hands for both menelaus AND paris. what can i say? i love a ..... little brother who doesn't fit the societal mold of those around him and cares about his big brother despite being so different from him and also is madly in love with helen of sparta.

it's a niche character but one i adore. but yeah, i think paris is my fave trojan, actually. i really like him!

nice to meet you too, friend! please stop by for paris (character or musical) chats anytime!!! 🧡🧡 and thank you so much! i do hope to share it soon, i promise! x

#im gonna proofread my thesis tonight i think #and then ill share it #like there's nothing i can DO its been graded #but people on here are so much smarter than me they will find things so i just wanna check it again

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gonna make a huge post of my own personal atreid timeline. just to piss everyone off.

#gonna be so fuckin big and with references and its gonna be confusing #as i try and shoe horn everything in even though with like #the 7 authors we have. 9 things are happening at once that put 2 people in 17 different palces #but ive made it work #cause im Insufferable

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Having finally gotten around to reading The Iliad I am 100% with you on the Menelaus apologia

mm enela u ss,,,,,,,,,,,

#only man ever #only man to exist #we are not menelaus APOLOGISTS cause man aint perfect #but damn he's close #he's better than most in his context #slaps a gold star on menelaus' forehead: 'not as big of an asshole as you could have been considering you were crafted in homeric greece'

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well i guess you just have to write a duology ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

i - well - hm.

#u got me there...... #50/50 votes. thanks boys. appreciate it

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completely nonsensical hypothetical question. if u were to read or had a desire to read a long-esque piece of writing perhaps a novel or some other thing about menelaus (shut up ur not surprised) would u rather it be on...

#i am so drugged up rn but this truly is............ hypothetical #a mere whimiscal curisouty. CURIOUSITY god

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hello i know you are a stranger on the internet but just wanted to say your blog is the reason i read the menelaiad and it actually changed my life, im now pursuing a classics degree??? so i just want to thank you and send well wishes

that's the POWER of the menelaiad!!!!!!

all the best with the degree!! that's so exciting!!!! have so much fun with it and feel free to keep me updated!!!!

many well wishes, my friend! this was very sweet and made me very happy!!

#i had to make some recent heartbreaking decisions about my own future in the world of classics #so to read that someone is starting that AWESOME journey or like is progressing in it? so amazing! i'm rooting for you so hard!

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can a depeche mode girl (helen) really love a kate bush boy (menelaus)?

yes.

#imback