#Attic Greek

[irate-iguana]

#a very important question #classics #ancient greek #attic greek #tagamemnon #polls #poll #fun with languages #original post #i am team iota subscripts btw

[emm-posts-things]

Odysseus, the lord of lies

Okay, I’ve been reading Emily Wilson’s translation of the Odyssey, and for a million and one reasons I would recommend it.* But my favorite reason, by far, is that she decides to call Odysseus “the lord of lies” as one of his epithets. Of course, it’s not a word for word translation of the original epithet, because that can be hard to pin down, but I think it so interestingly and comically describes Odysseus. So yeah. That’s all.

*She writes it in IAMBIC PENTAMETER?! Do you know how hard it is to write in iambic pentameter? Do you know how hard it is to translate a work like the Odyssey? DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO TRANSLATE A WORK LIKE THE ODYSSEY INTO IAMBIC PENTAMETER?!?! All this work, she does, to preserve the common rhythm that listeners would’ve felt. God bless Emily fucking Wilson.

#classics #classicist #ancient greece #ancient greek #koine greek #the odyssey #odysseus #literature #litblr #ancient literature #greek literature #emily wilson #the iliad #epic poetry #homeric epics #Homeric greek #attic greek

[megoosa]

oh hey, uh, listen, we sorta neutered your boyfriend :( yup. neutered. ohh NO not like that ahaha don’t worry!! he’s just going to take identical forms in the nominative and accusative now. anyway.. sorry about that.

#language #classics #latin #greek #ancient greek #attic greek #don’t worry i’m not gonna list em all 😂 #i wonder what other languages do this? i think native german? #boyfriend meme #personal

[graysbullshit]

everybody gangsta until you gotta memorize the grammatical case system

#classic studies #ancient greek literature #latin language #attic greek #i have the feeling the old greeks fucking hate me #if i have to learn articles again im gonna flip #ancient greek language #classics #classical studies

[clare-studies]

12.11.2022 = Ancient Greek is difficult. Very difficult. And yet I’m doing very well in this course, and will likely walk away with at least a B+ ... so I guess I can chill out a bit with this final!

My third semester of college ends in less than a week. I’m in awe of even getting here, and very proud of myself for how far I’ve come :)

#studyblr #langblr #aesthetic #studyspo #study with me #ancient greek #attic greek #koine greek #dark academia #light academia #grey academia #study aesthetic #college #university #college student #college life #university student #college studyspo

[local-queer-classicist]

Studying right now, and idk if this is an unpopular opinion, but I think we should just banish all the -μι verbs to the Bogs of the Hinterlands. We don't need them. Observe:

δίδωμι? I don't give things to people.

ἵστημι? I hate standing.

τίθημι? Imagine picking up an object just to set it back down. Couldn't be me.

φημί? Just don't talk, bro.

εἰμί? Whoever said being verbs were necessary? Just don't be, and we won't need being verbs. Simple.

#why are they so irregular #why can't they just make sense #7 years of this shit and I still have to check almost every time #what kind of psychopath sees both φημὶ and λέγω meaning the same thing and chooses to use φημί #also yes that is a fairytopia reference bite me #ancient greek #attic greek #homeric greek #koine greek #classical studies #classics stuff #local queer classicist posts

[andromedaexists]

ει όρῷην ὄπως ορᾷς μου, μῖκρός μακαριότης εἴην αν

#oh wow i really need to brush up on Attic Greek composition #conditional clauses are fucking weird #anyways #'if i could see how you see me then i could be a little bit happy' #trying to choose the right happy was a fucking mess too #and don't get me started on why i chose nominative for anything i cannot answer that #attic greek #ancient greek #it is taking everything in my power to not translate the whole song #this isn't something i need in my life #but also 👀👀

[aniseandspearmint]

Seven Nation Army Cover in Attic Greek

#this is so incredibly nerdy I LOVE IT #video #music #bardcore #attic greek #Youtube

[andromedainruins]

Tuesday, August 22nd || Homeric Greek

Today we started book one of the Iliad! This is what I've been waiting for since switching to a classics major. This is what I want to spend the rest of my life studying

That being said, I'm really excited about it

So here's the Homeric Greek:

μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρί᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε᾽ ἔθηκε, πολλὰς δ᾽ ἰφθίμους ψυχὰς Ἄϊδι προΐαψεν ἡρώων, αὐτοὺς δὲ ἑλώρια τεῦχε κύνεσσιν οἰωνοῖσί τε δαῖτα—Διὸς δ᾽ ἐτελείετο βουλή—, ἐξ οὗ δὴ τὰ πρῶτα διαστήτην ἐρίσαντε Ἀτρεΐδης τε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν καὶ δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς.

My at-home translation:

Sing, Muse, the destructive rage of Achilles son of Peleus, that which set countless sufferings on the Achaeans, sent forth many valiant souls to Hades, the heroes themselves prey for the dogs a feast for the birds—the will of Zeus was fulfilled—, from the time they first separated, quarreling, the son of Atreus, the lord of men, and heavenly Achilles.

And the edited class translation:

Sing, Muse, the destructive rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, Which set countless sufferings on the Achaeans, And sent forward many strong souls to Hades, Made the heroes themselves prey for the dogs And a feast for the birds—the will of Zeus was being fulfilled—, Ever since the two first stood apart quarreling The son of Atreus, the lord of men, and heavenly Achilles.

#andi studies #studyblr #classics studyblr #andi talks #translation #homeric greek #attic greek #ancient greek #greek translation #attic greek translation

[irate-iguana]

UwU this, OwO that. Every day I am haunted by the knowledge that ΘωΘ is actually a word in Classical Greek.

#probably in modern greek too #technically with proper capitalization and accent it’s Θώθ #but i still can’t unsee it #translation: thoth #(egyptian god) #my friend pointed the greek alphabet face out to me and i have never been the same since #it’s an undeclinable noun too #meaning it always looks like this every time it appears #ancient greek #classical greek #attic greek #languages #original post #shitpost #classics #tagamemnon #esmer says things

[moonkissedmeli]

Listen to this artist, thank me later!!!!!! I desperately want this artist to become popular!!!

#attic greek #classical latin #old norse #old english #pagan #hellenic #helpol #witchblr #music #witchy music #ancient music #muses #Euterpe #apollo #ancient greece #witch music #pagan music #Spotify

[comfyaestheticlibraryboy]

This is my spin/interpretation on “Pentheus torn apart by Agave and Ino” which is better known as a pretty insane moment from The Bacchae, one of the famous plays penned by Euripides.

Essentially, Dionysus makes all the women of Thebes go mad (but in, like, a girl power way?) for a very good reason (no one believes he’s a god) and then tricks the king of Thebes, Pentheus, into finding out what all the hubbub is about. He also discovers where exactly all the women in the city are (they’re in the woods). Well, in a Dionysian-inspired frenzy, Pentheus, surrounded by all the women of Thebes and now trapped in a forest, gets torn apart by everyone including his mother Agave. His head then gets chopped off and Agave then sticks his head on a spear. Whoops?

I decided to make Pentheus a statue being broken apart (thus the “shattered” bit) as I am not good at drawing, well, bodily dismemberment? I thought him as a statue being broken apart was rad, and also well within my skill ability at present.

As for the colors of Pentheus himself? Well, I like purple and gold and I wanted him to stand out! Turns out I almost used the colors of my alma mater. Almost. I also like messing around with hex codes, so, there is that too.

The inspiration for this image was originally drawn onto the lid of a lekanis (a cosmetics bowl) from the 5th century BCE. The original is currently at the Louvre and looks like this.

#greek myth #greek mythology #pentheus #Pentheus torn apart by Agave and Ino #this is not the greatest art piece in the world #this is just a tribute #greek art #my art #artists on tumblr #attic greek #euripides #the bacchae #dionysos #dionysus

[foulhoundweaselpatrol]

I don't want to learn more verbs in greek, I just want to be happy

#ancient greek #greek class #attic greek #greek #collage #university #actually love my greek class #im just tired #verbs #grammar

[queen-of-bohemia]

living my best donna tartt secret history life, its winter, my heater is broken, someone dropped out of my greek class so we're down to a five person class, i'm getting to school at 6;45am with coffee in hand to unlock the classroom, i just finished exam season, surviving on adrenaline, caffeine and academic pressure, my peers in greek are turning on each other, it is a rotting girl winter

#sidenote my language classes have gotten so small like there's 5 in my greek #12 kids in my latin class #16 in my french #we are dying out lol #latin #attic greek #donna tartt #the secret history #guess whos decided to take greek for higher school cert? #this is the first in a series of posts to romanticise my life because listening to jazz has stopped doing it for me #i tentatively tag #dark academia #?

[portrait-of-a-little-thing]

why am i getting emotional over the story in my greek textbook

#athenaze #specifically volume two #MAN MY BOY PHILLIP CAN SEE AGAIN #IM SO HAPPY FOR HIM #PRAISE ASCELPIUS HE FIXED MY BOY #attic greek #the classics #classic studies #ancient greek #ancient greece #febuary 2023 #wowow first post of february

[clare-studies]

Hello!

I’m a new studyblr blog :) I’m looking for people to follow! 

Could you reblog or comment if you post studyblr stuff related to...

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women’s, gender, and sexuality studies

queer studies

Attic/Classical Greek

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Thanks a bunch! I’m excited to get this blog going :) 

#studyblr #studyspo #religious studies #college #university #gender studies #women's studies #wgss #rels #greek #attic greek #greek langblr #langblr #sociology #original post #text #poetry #environmental studies #scottish gaelic #gaelic