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A Greek Mythology Reading List

Circe - by Madeline Miller (By far the most recommended!)

The Song of Achilles - by Madeline Miller

Persephone - by Madeline Miller

Helen of Troy - by Margaret George

Stone Blind - by Natalie Haynes

A Thousand Ships - by Natalie Haynes

Lies We Sing to the Sea - by Sarah Underwood

Pandora - by Susan Stokes

The Maidens - by Alex Michaelides

The Secret History - by Donna Tartt

Psyche and Eros - by Luna Mcnamara

Here, the World Entire - by Anwen Kya Hayward

Ariadne & Elektra - by Jennifer Saint

Neon Gods - by Katee Robert

The Penelopiad - by Margaret Atwood

#dark academia #books #literature #the secret history #greek mythology #percy jackson #circe #madeline miller #song of achilles #achilles x patroclus #margaret atwood #donna tartt

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i genuinely think henry and richard's first interaction was not henry regarding richard "with chill distaste". especially not when he thought he was a homeric scholar beacause of his grammar. it was actually henry being stunned by how acutely richard resembled achilles. a man born with the urge to bone homer would never miss out on that. never.

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Other main characters: going to school, dating troubles, crying, trying to become the best at something, going to war.

Richard Papen: TODAY I TOOK VARIOUS MYSTERY PILLS AND WANTED TO DIE AND THEN I FELL ASLEEP.

#the secret history #richard papen is a fucking mood #tsh #richard papen #dark academia #books #henry winter #bunny corcoran #francis abernathy #camilla macaulay #charles macaulay

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IT'S CALLED MULTI-TASKING BITCH

to think that Richard took part of Bunny’s killing, had an existentialist (or whatever it was) crisis, took drugs and went to a party with Judy, had sex for the first time in a very long time and kissed Francis all in the same night is insane

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Every time anyone says "Oh, god, how you can get into The Secret History? The characters are so awful." I can barely contain the exasperated rage pummeling my body because they literally hit the nail on the head. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THE BOOK.

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When you really think about it, how different is The Secret History from Mean Girls anyway?

MC arrives at their new school and is offered friendship by the ‘normal people’ of the school but desires something more because they want to feel special. Enter: the Elite Society (spotlights and ethereal chanting, for effect). They join the Elite Society, and struggle to find their place within the group… but before long— pause— they’ve Integrated, and in doing so, lose touch with the normal people they originally connected with. However! Before long, they start to realize that the glamour they’ve bestowed upon the Elites has been all wrong, and the Elites are actually a clusterfuck of disaster porn waiting to happen. They’re kinda turned off from the Elites now, but they’re in too deep and can’t go back (and also they’re still kinda enthralled by them, no matter what happens). The cast of Mean Girls do, unfortunately work it out, and, y’know, good for them, but I do love my pathetic little Greek losers who sucked perpetually, all the time. This is the only differing note (the only one).

I also love the visual of Henry Winter— completely seriously mind you (with the seriousness of him saying ‘I love Homer’)— saying ‘on Wednesdays we wear pink’. Fascinating. He’s such a soggy-paper-towel kind of pathetic. Love him.

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the aesthetic of dark academia i cant

being rich, gay, and full of mystery??? absolutely delightful. probably drink black coffee and wearing readinging glasses??? to be ruthless and ambitious?? and tender at the same time???

to be morally grey?

#dark aesthetic #dark academia #literature #academia #books #the secret history #dead poets society

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those 19th century poets weren't wrong about romanticising risking your life to go for a walk while it's storming outside. i went out to run my errands today in a skirt and long coat without an umbrella and there's something about being soaked to the bone and shaking uncontrollably while weighed down by several tons of fabric clinging to your skin tighter than a lover that makes you feel the kind of alive you normally only get from snorting coke or playing with live electrical wires.

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Dark academia is just 'be gay, do crime' but in Latin

#dark academia #academia #shakespeare #dead poets society #dead poets fandom #aesthetic #the secret history #latin #greek mythology

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#dark academia #academia #latin #latin language #english #funny

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DARK ACADEMIA IN FILM

Knives Out (2019)

Clue (1985)

Oxford Murders (2008)

Dead Poets Society (1989)

Kill Your Darlings (2013)

Little Women (2019)

Any Sherlock Holmes film/show

The Imitation Game (2014)

The Theory of Everything (2014)

Harry Potter series (2001-2012)

Good Will Hunting (1997)

School Ties (1992)

The Emperors Club (2003)

Enola Holmes (2019, 2022)

Sleepy Hallow (1999)

Easy Virtue (2008)

Dark Shadows (2012)

Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

The Riot Club (2014)

Maurice (1987)

Dorian Grey (2009)

Tolkien (2019)

Pride and Prejudice (2005)

Jane Eyre (2011)

The Goldfinch (2019)

Hugo (2011)

Downton Abbey (2011-2019)

The Dreamers (2003)

The Social Network (2010)

The Crown (since 2016)

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2013)

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letter writing needs to be brought back... im talking 11 page scandals, tear stained love letters, poems about the sun and moon, pressed wildflowers folded among the pages, wax seals stamped with your ring, letters adressed to "Dearest" and "My Darling", extravigant signatures written in black ink, lipstick kisses pressed to the page, photographs of times long gone and chapters of stories written about the recipient...

#dark academia #poetry #academia #quotes #literature #books #chaotic academia #letter writing #scandals #love letters

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Dark academia culture is not knowing if you're a Ravenclaw or Slytherin because you're equal parts academic and bastard

#academia #dark academia #books #literature #hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry #hogwarts #slytherin #ravenclaw #ravenclaw aesthetic #slytherclaw #dark acadamia aesthetic #jk rowling #harry potter

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a dark academia reading list

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Plays of Oscar Wilde

Gentlemen & Players by Joanne Harris

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Enola Holmes Books by Nancy Springer

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Circe by Madeline Miller

Mythology by Edith Hamilton

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Sherlock Holmes Mysteries by Arthur Conan Doyle

People Like Us by Dana Moyle

The Ivies by Alexa Donne

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

#academia #books #literature #poetry #english literature #dark academia reading list #reading list #dark academia #the secret history #song of achilles #if we were villains #shakespeare #edgar allan poe #sherlock holmes #the atlas six #dead poets society #dps #the picture of dorian gray #oscar wilde #virginia woolf #jane austen #donna tartt

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how to master the art of chaotic academia

make paper planes out of discarded vintage bound books and have a throwing battle with a latin student for the best table in the library

2. get a fountain pen and write an essay in calligraphy ranking the top ten sluttiest classical composers

3. cut out and make a collage of excerpts of articles and old books except only choose ones containing homoerotic subtext

4. be gay (highly recommended)

5. thrift a cheap but fancy looking wine glass and exclusively drink coffee from it in the morning for the drama

6. drink coca cola from antique porcelain teacups. basically drink everything from antique teacups

7. if you have long hair learn how to use a hair stick, except use a pen so when you need to write something, you pull out and let your hair fall down dramatically

8. go to art galleries and photograph classical statues solely at a horrible angle from under their chin. no good photography is allowed

#academia #quotes #books #literature #english lit #dark academia #poetry #dark aesthetic #chaotic academia #the secret history #basically become francis abernathy

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TSH spoilers:

I feel like we as a fandom do not talk about Henry’s symbolism in TSH enough. Like, that dude is the literal embodiment of death, and I just think it’s so damn cool. I mean, his whole obsession with language and literature stemmed from the fact that he almost died in a car accident. And then every death we see in the book (the farmer’s, Bunny’s, and his very own) is directly at his hands. The others were accomplices, sure, but Henry’s the one who takes action every time. And in Francis’s failed suicide and Richard’s near death in the epilogue, they both see Henry, not Bunny or Charles or what have you.

Henry is not only obsessed with death, he IS death. He’s the reaper who’s friends toy with their mortality all the time through drugs and booze. The reason they all admire him is not only because of his size and stature and brilliance; it’s because he’s dangerous. If beauty is indeed terror, than he’s the most beautiful of them all. They all have the life preservation skills of a fly, so of course they love Henry. And of course his actions constantly bring them closer to danger and death.

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#dark academia #dead poets society #dead poets fandom #maurice