I made a quiz. Which flavour of Tumblr Classics are you?
8 years of #tagamemnon went into this. It’s more coherent than my dissertation ever was
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The trial of Phryne: ‘When it seemed as if the verdict would be unfavourable, Hypereides removed Phryne’s robe and bared her breasts before the judges to arouse their pity. Her beauty instilled the judges with a superstitious fear, who could not bring themselves to condemn “a prophetess and priestess of Aphrodite” to death.’
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The embassy scene
Achilles: I'm sorry the old Achilles can't come to the phone right now
Achilles: why?
Achilles: oh, cause he's dead
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Penthesileia: girls don't like boys, girls like wars and money
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‘And I don’t wanna fit wherever
I just wanna keep calling your name
Until you come back home.‘
- Achilles after the death of Patroclus
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19th/20th century reception of Sappho:
Catullan reception of Sappho:
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Kind of hate myself for understanding most of these references😂but cool blog!!
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brutus: caesar's the queen bee. the star. those other two are just his little workers.
cassius: julius caesar... how do i even begin to explain julius caesar?
octavian: julius caesar is flawless.
mark antony: he has two purple-bordered togas and a tyrian purple cloak.
cato: i hear what's left of his hair is insured for 10,000 sestertii.
catiline: i hear he does war chariot commercials...in gaul.
lepidus: his favorite poem is the iliad.
clodius: one time he met cleopatra in egypt...
curio: ...and she told him he was pretty.
vercingetorix: one time he punched me in the face. it was awesome.
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Dude my bloody classics TEaCHER steals memes from you and breaks UP OUR SLIDESHOWS WITH MEMES IT'S KILLING ME BUT IT'S ALSO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING THAT'S EVER HAPPENED LIKE I'VE BEEN LET INTO THIS BIG WORLD OF SHITTY NERDY PRIVATE JOKES
WHOSE JOKES ARE YOU CALLING SHITTY AND NERDY?
(mine, because they are)
Also that is A++++ Classics teaching, I wish my teachers did that
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Zeus: Can't keep my hands to myself!
Zeus: I mean I could but why would I want to
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