#Greek Anthology

[strykerlancer]

— Paulos, from “Greek Anthology; Epigrams.”

#Paulos #Greek Anthology #epigrams #words #poetry #literature #quotes #out of my collection #lit #abyss of words #quote

[lionofchaeronea]

An Epigram on Marcus Aurelius' Meditations

Anthologia Palatina XV.23, author unknown

If you wish to master grief, Open up this blessed book And come to it attentively-- Through it, you may easily see The richest way of thinking about What's to come, what is now, And what is past--how joy and pain Are no whit mightier than smoke.

εἰ λύπης κρατέειν ἐθέλεις, τήνδε μάκαιραν ἀναπτύσσων βίβλον ἐπέρχεο ἐνδυκέως, ἧς ὕπο γνώμην ὀλβίστην ῥεῖά κεν ὄψεαι ἐσσομένων, ὄντων ἠδὲ παροιχομένων, τερπωλὴν τ᾽ ἀνίην τε καπνοῦ μηδὲν ἀρειοτέρην.

#classics #tagamemnon #Greek #Greek language #Greek translation #Ancient Greek #Ancient Greek language #Ancient Greek translation #poem #poetry #Greek poetry #Ancient Greek poetry #poetry in translation #epigram #Marcus Aurelius #Meditations #Anthologia Palatina #Palatine Anthology #Anthologia Graeca #Greek Anthology

[deathbeguiled]

“They longed each to invade the other’s heart.”

Greek Anthology; Epigrams — Paulos, tr. by Andrew Miller.

#greek anthology #paulos #1918 #qoutes #love #longing #deathbeguiled #poetry #poetic #words words words

[elwenyere]

-- from Daryl Hine’s translations of Book 12 of the Greek Anthology

#poetry #daryl hine #greek anthology

[pu-butt]

AP 7.354, more like:

#medea #classics #greek anthology #mythology #the way this epigram is like 'oo im about this corinthian cult where we propitiate these kids bcs medea sucks' #and then you look into the the cult and the reason it existed in the first place was bcs the CORINTHIANS killed those kids #and then parmeniscus went 'actually the reason medea kills the kids in euripides' play is bcs the corinthians paid him to write that👀👀' #which is a bit sensationalist but i do like a good conspiracy theory #either way i ended up writing sth like #'this is either an epigram with great depth or a limited rep of a cult with more layers than the author knows of or cares to incorporate' #and my thesis advisor went like 'a very honest conclusion' #so i've decided to take that as a positive 😂

[assesofparnassus]

Too Much Information

Laura, what’s the point of clothes If they’re diaphanous as those? Your every move reveals each bit To the last freckle on each tit And the fabric’s silky brush Shows what shape you trimmed your bush. Hidden beauty goes to waste But TMI is in bad taste -- You’d think it was pretty iffy If I was showing off the stiffy You give me.

--Hugo Jones (From an epigram of Marcus Argentarius)

#poetry #epigram #greek anthology

[evilios]

ἱμερτός (himertos) - a poetic epithet given to Apollo and Dionysus with the meaning dear, desired, longed for, lovely.

#APOLLO 🌞 #BACO 🍷 #LINGUA 📜 #Source text : Greek Anthology Book 9 - Declamatory epigrams. #ancient greek language #apollo #dionysus #dionysus deity

[livluvlavgh]

is Cassandra about the Trojan priestess who was fated to utter true prophecies but never to be believed? it has to be. it's a cautionary tale for outspoken women. Taylor is an outspoken and independent woman. to top it all off, it is said that Cassandra falls asleep in a temple where snakes licked her years and told her prophecies. guess who's the mother of snakes? guess what the lyrics in Cassandra say?

"so they killed Cassandra first 'cause she feared the worst

and tried to tell the town

so, they filled my cell with snakes, I regret to say

do you believe me now?"

#taylor swift #taylor lyrics #taylornation #the tortured poets department #the tortured poets society #the anthology #thetorturedpoetsdepartmenttheanthology #Cassandra #greek mythology #greek tumblr #greek posts

[uwmspeccoll]

It's Fine Press Friday!

A Classic Representation

The Greek Portrait is an anthology of English verse translations of eminent Greek poets, from Homer to Meleager, with the corresponding Greek text presented alongside. Numerous translators provided the translations, taking on the arduous task of translating essential works from the Classical Period, including epic, lyric, and dramatic poetry.

This 1934 edition was designed by British fine-press publisher Francis Meynell (1891-1975) and printed in an edition of 425 copies by Dutch book and type designer Jan van Krimpen (1892-1958) at the Press of Enschedé en Zonen in Haarlem for Meynell's Nonesuch Press in London. The text was edited by English poet and critic George Rostrevor Hamilton (1888-1967) and printed on Pannekoek paper in Fleischman Greek and van Krimpen's Lutetia types.

The illustrations are by Mariette Lydis (1887-1970), an Austrian-Argentine painter known for her portraits, illustrations, and erotic engravings. She was a self-taught artist who began her career at a young age and had a history of creating what was considered controversial artwork during her lifetime. She gained recognition for creating lithographic depictions that celebrated lesbian and bisexual relationships. However, some critics of her work described the illustrations as "perverse.” We find these prints to be quite lovely, however.

-Melissa, Special Collections Classics Intern

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#classics #Nonesuch Press #The Greek Portrait #ancient greek #greek #greek poetry #Greek poets #Mariette Lydis #Francis Meynell #Jan van Krimpen #Joh. Enschedé en Zonen #Enschedé #George Rostrevor Hamilton #illustrations #english translations #epic poetry #lyric poetry #Fleischman Greek type #Lutetia type #Pannekoek paper #classical period #classical literature #anthologies #fine press books #fine press publishing #so dramatic

[violent138]

Greek kings were such fucking morons. I wish someone had grabbed them by the shoulders and gone, "Control yourself bro, you know the Oracle of Delphi is one hundred percent inescapable, do not try to find out something stupid about the future because it's literally never good."

#I'm telling you a lot of future grandkids and current daughters would've been spared #Ignorance is bliss sometimes okay #Not in the slightest DC related but just something that made me seethe while reading an anthology on Greek myths #I can tell this got ancient Greek audiences laughing their fucking asses off #Those tragedy loving guys must've been losing their shit watching their equivalent of a banana peel gag #personal #greek myths #greek mythology #oracle of delphi

[eonian-nightmare]

If you know me, I'm a podcast addict, and as such I have alot of opinions about alot of podcasts/concept albums/audiobooks, so I decided to make a masterlist; which rates these on a 5 Star Rating System.

[Note: This list is ongoing an will be updated at random points indefinetly]

***Currently listening to: Our Wives Under the Sea***

》 Alice Isn't Dead: An audio diary by a truck driver in her search across America for the wife she had long assumed was dead

Content Warnings: Body Horror, Cannabalism, Gaslighting, Kiddnaping, Mental Health Issues, Possesion, Stalking, Torture,

Themes: Drama, Memior, Horror, Mystery, Roadtrip, Supernatural & WLW

Notes: The story was interesting and steadily paced. I enjoyed it, I just wasn't gripped with excitement to finish it. It was entertaining, just a bit bland for my taste

[Rating: ☆☆☆]

》 Archive 81: An archivist takes a job restoring damaged videotapes, but finds themselves getting pulled into a mystery involving the missing director and a mysterious cult that they were documenting.

Content Warnings: Addiction, Body Horror, Child Abuse, Drowninv, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental Health Issues, Possession, PTSD, Self Harm, Suicide, Stalking, Torture, Themes: Anthology, Drama, Horror, Mystery & Supernatural

Themes: Anthology, Drama, Horror, Mystery & Supernatural

Notes: I liked it as a concept. But I found that I couldn't keep attention on it. If it progressed a bit quicker maybe I could have completed it, but I lost interest and abandoned it.

[Rating: ☆☆]

》 The Bifrost Incident: A retelling of Norse myth, framed as mystery, set on an interplanetary train, using rock and prog style music.

Content Warnings: Body Horror, Kiddnapping, Mass Death, Possesion, Suicide,

Themes: Lovecraftian, Music, History, Folk Rock, Eldritch, Drama, Queer,

Notes: the songs are a bop and the ending made me sob like a baby

[Rating: ☆☆☆☆]

》 Critical Role: A band of professional voice actors improvise, role-play, and roll their way through an epic Dungeons and Dragons campaign

Content Warnings: Alchhol Use, Dead Animals, Child Abuse, Gaslighting, Kiddnapping, Mental Health Issues, Possesion, Recreational Drug Use, Self Harm, Stalking, Torture, Violence,

Themes: Dungeons & Dragons, Fantasy, Magic, RPG

Notes: This is an fun, and adventure filled tale. It's a roller-coaster of emotions. It's just soooooo long.[Rating: ☆☆☆]

》 Deviser: In this series Son wakes up aboard a spaceship bound for earth in an effort to recolonize. What he discovers however will change everything he knows about his world and him.

Content Warnings: Animal Cruelty, Body Horror, Cloning, Human Experimentation, Gaslighting, Mass Death, Self Harm, Torture,

Themes: Apocalypse, Horror, Isolation, Sci-Fi, Space etc.

Notes: Not my usual cup of tea but a good short podcast with an addictive plot.

[Rating: ☆☆☆☆]

》 Jonathan Sim's Family Business Audiobook: after the death of her QRP, Diya picks up work cleaning up after dead people.

Content Warnings: death, gore and corpses, derealisation, unreality, prompted feelings of insignificance, etc

Themes: horror, thriller, suspense, grief, supernatural

Notes: Typical Jonny Sims work. Irked me to my core. I loved it.

[Rating: ☆☆☆☆]

》 Good Omens Full Cast Production Audiobook: An angel and a demon try to thwart the ineffable apocalypse.

Themes: Comedy, Fantasy, Supernatural, Religious

Content Warnings: Religious themes, mild gaslighting, smoking

Notes: I just love my ineffable husbands

[Rating: ☆☆☆☆]

》 Limetown: Journalist Lia Haddock attempts to solve the mystery behind the disappearance of over 300 people at a neuroscience research facility in Tennessee.

Content Warnings: Animal Abuse, Bodily Harm, Child Death, Mass Death, Gaslighting, Graphic Images of Violence Human Experimentation, Human Torture, Kidnapping, Refferences to PTSD/Flashbacks, Refferences to Suicide, Self Harm, Stalking, etc

Themes: Drama, Mystery, Queer, Sci Fi, Supernatural Abilities, Thriller, Technology

Notes: It's the first podcast I ever fell in love with, I was so intrigued by Limetown as a concept. It kept me engaged and heartbroken all at the same time.

[Rating: ☆☆☆☆ ]

》 The Magnus Archives: A queer horror podcast about what lurks in the Archives of The Magnus Institue.

Content Warnings: Animal Abuse, Adicction, Body Horror, Being Buried Alive, Cannabalism, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical Malpractice, Mental Instability, Refferences to Child Abuse/ Neglect, Refferences to drug/alcohol use, Spiders- God so many spiders, Scopophobia, Self Harm, Stalking, Suicide, Trypophobia, Uncanny, Unreality, and so much more. For a full list please read individual episode warnings

Themes: Anthology, Mystery, Horror, Queer, Supernatural Themes.

[This is also my main special interest. I can connect magnus to everything. My students (I am a teacher) judge me for my laptop covered in magnus stickers. My friends know the entire plot and haven't even listened to it. They sat for 5 hours to let me rant from beginning to end.]

[Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆]

》 Malevolent: In the early 1900s a PI wakes up with no memory, no sight and an equally confused voice instru cting him to hide a body. Together these two must work together to solve the mystery on who they are, what their connection is and most importantly how to co- inhabitant the body they must now share.

Content Warnings: Body Horror, Cannabalism, Cults, Child Neglect, Dead Child, Drowning, Gaslighting, Humans Hunted, Mental Health Issues, Kiddnapping, Possesion, PTSD/Flashbacks, Sucidal Characters,

Themes: Faustian, Lovecraftian, Mystery, Horror, Psychological, Queer, & Supernatural

Notes: This podcast is so personal to me. It hit quite close to home during a vulnerable time for me and gave me the strength I needed while low. PLUS I JUST LOVE THEIR DYNAMIC.

[This is also a special interest to me.]

[Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆]

》 Myths Baby: Join Liv Albert as she discusses Greek Mythology.

Content Warning: Lots of discussion of Rape.

Themes: Education, Greek Mythology

Notes: The author claims to be a classics expert, yet has admitted to never reading the source material. She goes further to use sources that are known to be incredibly biased and uses her distorted perception to villanse culturally significant Greek heroes but idolise hedonistic assholes.

[Rating: ☆]

》 No Sleep: Reddit users submit their freaky stories

Content Warnings: Various Episode to episode but generally strong Unreality vibes

Themes: Anthology, Creative Works, Horror, Thriller & Supernatural

Note: I enjoy the series, but honestly I find reading the tales/ the thread more engaging

[Rating: ☆☆]

》 Shipworm: A one of a kind audio movie, in which a man is mplanted with an untraceable earpiece while sleeping. So long as he does everything the voice on the other end tells him, he and his family will live.

Content Warning: Violence, Mental Health Issues & Unreality,

Themes: Audio Movie, Mystery, Science Fiction & Technology

Notes: Its really easy to place yourself in the story, it was an incredibly detailed audio environment.

[Rating: ☆☆☆☆]

》 Stella Firma

Content Warnings:

Themes: Adventure, Comedy, Improv, Science- Fiction & Space

Notes: This show is such random ass comedy. It's honestly so stupid and I love it. Plus Ben Meredith is in it and I just love him.

[Rating: ☆☆☆]

》 Tiny Terrors: The Tiny Terrors story exchange is a writing exchange program that explores message boards & pre-internet recordings of spooky stories to share with their listeners.

Content Warnings:

Themes: Anthology, Creative Writing, Found-Footage Horror.

Notes: I do love the concept behind this, I do think the series has a lot of potential, it's engaging.

[Rating: ☆☆☆]

》 Welcome to Nightvale: A radio host provides a cryptic supernatural dessert town with community updates.

Content Warnings: Animal Cruelty, Alcholism, Addiction, Body Horror, Childhood Abuse/Neglect, Canabalism, Gaslighting, Kiddnapping, Mental Health Issues, Memory Issues, Mirrors, Possesion, PTSD, Recreational Drug Use, Scopophobia, Self Harm, Stalking, Unreality

Themes: Comedy, Conspiracy, Horror, Mystery, Queer, Science Fiction & Supernatural

Notes: This podcast is just so uniquely original. It's comedic approach is something similar to how I personally view horror. Plus it changed the podcast community on a fundamental level; it deserves its stars.

[An this podcast marks the 3rd of my holy trinity of special interest podcasts]

[Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆]

》 36 Questions: Two lovers who have fallen apart due to lies, use the 36 questions—an experiment known for making strangers fall in love—to save their own relationship.

Themes: Comedy, Musical, Romance, Drama

Content Warnings: Alcohol use, Drink Driving, Drug Use, Overdosing, Parental Neglect

Notes: Its a good short podcast that can be completed during a long road trip. I found it very emotionally engaging, and liked the progression of the story

[Rating: ☆☆☆]

》 Epic: An Odysseus Story: A musical retelling of the Odyssey

Content Warnings: Bodily Harm, Death of a Child, Depictions of Violence, War (to be updated as songs are released)

Themes: History, Musical, Action, Drama, Violence

Notes: I have never heard fights been so well described in songs. Plus the music suits the myths so well, and has me falling in love with Greek Mythology all over again

[Rating: ☆☆☆☆]

To type review up

I am in Escrew

Watcher in the rain

Faceless Old woman

Death by dying

Rules for vanishing

》 Intending to Consume 《

Hello from Hallowoods

Supersuits

Knifepoint Horror

Kings Fall Am

The Arkham Sessions

Spines

The Silt Verse

Batman Unburied

Rabbits

The Black Tapes

Devil Town

Old Gods of Appalachia

Case 63

Harley Quinn: Sound Mind

#tma #the magnus archives #podcast #horror #Anthology #rating #masterlist #36 questions #greek mythology #limetown #archive 81 #alice isnt dead #tiny terrors #no sleep #critical role #rpg games #stella firma #the mechanisms #crow rambles #podcast things

[danyarts]

First I was Afraid I Was Petrified / The Devil Who Loves Me Anthology by Grendel Press

“Such pride, even in submission. What would shame you, Athenian? What would terrify you? What would make you weep from pleasure?”

#anthology #illustration #editorialillustration #art #romance #deon #hot #book #bookillustration #darkromance #digitalart #storyteling #inspiration #model #grayscale #artist #visualdevelopment #medusa #greek mythology #mythology

[lionofchaeronea]

On the Dangers of Hedonism

Anthologia Palatina 10.112 (author and date unknown) Wine and baths and vehemence in matters of love Make the road to Hades that much quicker. οἶνος καὶ τὰ λοετρὰ καὶ ἡ περὶ Κύπριν ἐρωὴ ὀξυτέρην πέμπει τὴν ὁδὸν εἰς ἀίδην.

Wine Tasting, Eduard Ritter, 1842

#classics #tagamemnon #Ancient Greece #Greek #Greek language #Ancient Greek #Ancient Greek language #Greek translation #Ancient Greek translation #poem #poetry #poetry in translation #epigram #couplet #elegiac couplets #Anthologia Palatina #Palatine Anthology #Anthologia Graeca #Greek Anthology #Eduard Ritter

[pleasantlyinsincere]

"It was one of Brian's more impossible dreams to have them in his sight for always; to know that John was literally at the bottom of his garden."

#the anthology of their failed greek island dream #💔 #random reading #the beatles

[cupioriot]

according to my classic myth textbook, this is a recurring element in myth and I CANNOT believe I didn't know until now

"brides being won in tournaments, children being assholes oh yeah and also dionysus getting zero bitches"

#this is so fucking funny to me im sorry #greek mythology #greek myth #dionysus #anthology of classic myth #damien shut up challenge

[alliwanttodoiscollectpoetry]

Persephone made me do it by Trista Mateer

#alliwanttodoiscollectpoetry #poem #poetry #poems #poet #poets #anthology #tumblr poetry #poem of the day #poetry blog #Persephone made me do it #Trista mateer #booklr #poemblr #poetblr #Persephone #Artemis #aphrodite #Greek myth #poems and poetry #poemsdaily #poems and quotes #poems on tumblr