#agamemmnon

[pallasathenass]

[Chorus] Sing how Achilles, bold and swift-footed Arrogant, impulsive, prone to boast, quit Turning Trojans into ghosts Sulked and threw a tantrum by the coast Insulted his commander, Welcome folks, to the Iliad's next chapter!

Agamemmnon's angry, so he takes Achilles's slave girl,

[Agamemmnon] "There there, Briseis, I'm sure you will be a brave girl"

[Chorus] Agamemmnon says "Go home! And take your ships, we'll win without you!" in his taunts Achilles holds his spear up in reponse:

[Achilles] Sit down Agamemmnon, you DOGFACED COWARD MOTHER-[BLEEP]

#iliad #achilles #hamilton #agamemmnon #not marble nor the gilded monuments #idk why I did this but it took me 45 minutes so here it is #it's fun to think that I could have written this exactly the same in 2015 and I just happened not to #fundamentally: I am the same person

[gods-favorite-autistic]

I really need people to understand that they didn’t not listen to Cassandra because she was a woman she was quite literally cursed. Like Apollo got all pissy over something (varies from version to version yknow mythology stuff) like the gods tend to do and cursed her so that she could tell the future but no one would believe her. It was not because she was a woman like I’m begging you if you’re talking about people not listening to women talk about anybody else-

#hi I’m back and pissed off about greek mythology misconceptions again #with the new taylor swift song I’m just gonna get a little bit mad in advance honestly #also ‘they killed cassandra first because she feared the worst’ no they didn’t #no offense taylor but no they didn’t #trojan war happened trojans won cassandra was taken by agamemmnon as a spoil of war bc he was the literal worst #then they got home agamemmnons wife was not happy so she killed cassandra and then killed her husband for many reasons #shoutout to clymenestra by the way good for her kill your husband girl #absolutely asking my larin teacher for his opinion when I go to school monday btw #madurday night live

[xx0yeet-everything0xx]

i don't thinking anything really causes me the amount of pain that thinking about iphigenia does.

#im sorry i just #kashjdgewiuskdguekasgiukdaz #i hate agamemmnon but. in a humanising way surprisingly. #i want to know what was going through his head. was he sad. did his hands shake when slitting his daughter's throat. #did he do it in one jerky motion because he couldn't bear to drag it out. or did he do it slowly; an even pace and was he cold and indiffer #indifferent towards it. #what did iphigenia think right then. did she try to look towards her mother or did she close her eyes #did she pray. did she curse her father. or was she just scared to die. #ajhsbdgkuwehboihweods this makes me a little crazy ok #trojan war #iphigenia #iphigenia in aulis #yeet.txt

[therighthandofvengeance]

President Clark: oh, Agamemnon, you little bitch.

#babylon 5 #b5 #president clark #incorrect quotes #incorrect quotations #tw profanity #source: my friends #agamemnon #they were referring to actual Agamemnon #because it’s their mythological hyperfixation and we just live in it #I did immediately follow it up with “okay President Clark” #nobody else got the joke though :/ #so now I’m sharing it with you #eas agamemmnon

[zoueriemandzijnopmars]

No, but I recently realised I’m usually subconsciously rooting for the Trojans in Trojan war stories even though like both sides kinda suck. However when I started thinking of why, I realised something.

The Trojan war happens because Priam and Hecabe couldn’t bring themselves to kill baby Paris (or even adult Paris when he comes back), the Greeks on the other hand only get to Troy in the first place because Agamemnon does kill Iphigenia (and then they also kill Hector’s baby son 10 years later for good measure). And like this comparison is really interesting to me, and especially because the story is usually told from the viewpoint of the Greeks

#i made an original post #Trojan war #Greek mythology #do I have conclusions? no I don’t study literature but I do find it fascinating #also I like to believe that Agamemmnon failed Artemis test when he killed his daughter #because I hate him #but also because it makes no sense for Artemis to demand a man to kill his daughter #like she’s the protector of young girls #and like actually his life would have been better if they had all stayed home #like now he camped for 10 years and when he got home he got murdered #also other topic but is there research into how some stories from the Old Testament have similar themes to Greek myths? #like there’s also this man who has to kill his son from god #and there’s the thing where Lot’s wife looked back when being forbidden and got turned into salt #which has always reminded me of Orpheus #if someone knows something about this please tell me #also other thing but the thing with Eris starting the Trojan war because she wasn’t invited to a party always reminded me of #the evil fairy in sleeping beauty #I know I’m mixing fiction and religion but shhh

[camcorderrevival]

clytemnestra, i will love you forever and ever and ever.....

#it's soooo fucked up in here (anne carson's translation of agamemmnon)

[doolallymagpie]

i've made a custom 'mech chassis called the Agamemmnon, and originally that was a misspelling but i've decided it's an in-universe misspelling, itself an accident but it made trademarking the thing easier

#battletech #it was a scorpion competitor so it's a quad

[ddagent]

OMG I need to hear more about John and Delenn as divorced spy-rents!

John and Delenn met while working undercover on the same case. Neither of their covers were blown and the attraction was so intense they continued to date after the case (albeit with their covers). After a really bad case, John wants something normal in his life (the irony) and proposes to Delenn. They marry and have three children.

They divorce when David is 18. Too many late nights, too many 'business' trips away from home. Too many secrets and possibilities for their love to get hurt. There is only so much phone sex and apology flowers (and oranges) can do for a marriage. They agree to alternate the house so the kids don't have to move - which works for them, as they can be on assignment the other week.

David is recruited into the Anla'Shok, the Minbari spy service, first. He is given the code name White Star, alongside his mother's Entil'Zha, They work a few cases together, as mother and son. David urges his mother to tell John initially - but after a case where his childhood sweetheart, Sofie Ivanova, is nearly killed, realises that their worlds can never really crossover.

Della is recruited soon after she turns eighteen and 'Lexington' is just as stubborn and troublesome as 'Agamemmnon'. She is often paired with Sofie, also a spy, and John has his hands full keeping both alive. He dates a little after the divorce - but mostly pines for his wife.

Seven years after the divorce, John is paired with a Minbari spy on a case. He remembers Entil'Zha from his younger days: they exchanged barbs, bullets and even a kiss at a masquerade party. He always nursed a professional crush on her - Della hopes he might be able to move on with someone who can understand his life as a spy.

The Sheridan Spy Family Reunion happens at 9am in the bullpen.

#john x delenn #dd: fic headcanons #ship: john x delenn

[stuffforme2]

Agamemmnon is a fool really he is greedy and selfish but is also caring for family likel his brother the whole reason he is leading and fighting this war is for his brother to win back Helen.

And yet Agamemmnons selfishness dooms him and his army he insults Achilles for what? Pride? Greed? His want for glory like all Greeks got the best of him and made him forget who was truly the strongest and best of the Greeks at rhe time. He forget that Achilles destroyed whole towns with lone effort and still allowed Agamenmon to take most of the spoils. Achilles was wanting glory while possibly Agamenmon wanted possession and glory which was to much which bit him in the ass.

#achilles #agamenmon #greek mythology #greek posts #greek gods #greed #glory #the iliad #iliad #homer's iliad

[ltwilliammowett]

The transatlantic submarine cable

The transatlantic submarine cable was the brainchild of Massachsetts merchant and financier Cyrus W. Field. He first proposed the laying of a telegraph cable along the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean between Ireland and Newfoundland. The first attempt to lay the cable with help of HMS Agamemmnon took place in 1857 and 1858. It was possible to draw on good experience with coastal cables; however, the cable laid across the Atlantic became unusable after a few weeks of operation because DC's Whitehouse used excessively high voltages during operation. It is suspected that the cable would not have had a long service life due to insulation problems inherent in the manufacture and handling of the cable.

H.M.S. Agamemnon laying down the Atlantic Telegraph cable 1858: A whale crosses the line, by Robert Charles Dudley (1826-1909) (x)

Ten years later, however, better insulated cables were available that achieved a much longer service life. So-called coiled lines in the form of submarine cables were used. In 1865, a new transatlantic line was laid by the steamship Great Eastern; but the cable broke 600 miles off the coast of Newfoundland and could not be recovered. Between 13 and 27 July 1866, another cable was laid by the Great Eastern and put into service the following 28 July 1866.

The steamship Great Eastern laying the first successful Atlantic cable, by Herny Clifford, 1865 (x)

For strenght and water resistance, the cable had a core of seven copper wires, sheated in galvanized iron and covered in jute, around whoch were wound 10 iron wires, each covered in Manila hemp and gutta-percha.

A  commemorative section of the Trans-Atlantic telegraph cable, 1866  (x) 

After the first transmission, congratulatory messages were exchanged between the US Goverment and Queen Victoria, and Field was awarded many honors.

#naval history #transatlantic telegraph cable #mid 19th century #hms agamemnon #ss great eastern #age of sail

[bermudianabroad]

Me, pitching my action movie script:

A cave full of Parmesan is stolen by the SICILIAN MAFIA, forcing MAX AGAMEMMNON, CHEESEMAKER and former ASSASSIN, out of retirement for ONE LAST JOB and to SETTLE OLD SCORES.

Pedro Pascal is…

THE CHEESEMONGER

#being silly #looking at you trailers for: #the beekeeper #the painter #the bricklayer #special shout-out to #the accountant #this has legs #put my check in the mail #pedro pascal

[romeoisalesbian]

i am keeping track of every play i've read. and i need to put it somewhere

this list is long so im putting it under a cut

The Pillowman - Martin McDonagh - really interesting read, i keep going back and forth on how I feel about it which is a sign that it's REALLY well-crafted. Pieces: Katurian (act 1, mostly), Ariel (act 3, mostly).

Hamlet - William Shakespeare - what a good play!

Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare

Titus Andronichus - William Shakespeare

Macbeth - William Shakespeare

Henry V - William Shakespeare

As You Like It - William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare

Fences - August Wilson

Agamemmnon - Aeschylus

Electra - Sophocles - modern story conventions mean this play doesn't age well. Contemporarily, the drama of the play is centered around whether Electra will do matricide/step-patricide (with the audience at least hypothetically against the matricide), but modern story structures lessen this drama and turmoil because of moral changes -- it seems arbitrary that Orestes has to do the murder, and Clytaemnestra can be a little girlbossified. Pieces: see conversation between Electra and her sister, maybe.

Medea - Euripides - you don't need me to tell you this play is good.

The Frogs - Aristophanes

Phaedra - Seneca

Fat Ham - James Ijames

Fences - August Wilson

LOVE/SICK - John Cariani

Almost, Maine - John Cariani

Late: A Cowboy Song - Sarah Ruhl - I need to read more Sarah Ruhl

Fairview - Jackie Sibblies Drury

Intimate Apparel - Lynn Nottage

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot - Stephen Adler Guirgis

12 Angry Men - Reginald Rose

The Laramie Project - Moises Kaufman & The Tectonic Theatre Project

You and Me and the Space Between - Finegan Kruckemeyer

This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing - Finegan Kruckemeyer

The Book of Will - Lauren Gunderson

MilkMilkLemonade - Joshua Conkel

You on the Moors Now - Jaclyn Backhaus

The Metamorphoses - Mary Zimmerman

Fuddy Meers - David Lindsay-Abaire

A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen

A Doll's House Part 2 - Lucas Hnath

Men on Boats - Jaclyn Backhaus

The Snow - Finegan Kruckemeyer

The Phantom Tollbooth - Susan Nanus

Digging Up Dessa - Laura Schellhardt

Actually - Anna Ziegler - i'm not sure how I feel about this play. both characetrs are strongly written. a lot of potential for monologues.

#play list #personal #if anyone needs any piece reccomendations from any of these i may be able to help scrounge up one #i have some access to some monologues and scenes such B)

[maryoliverdotcom]

PLS IM BEGGING TO READ EROS AND PYSCHE BY LUNA MCNAMARA ITS SO SKDJXJDJSJZJZJS AMAZING AND AHHHH IT HAS ALL THE OLD HEROES AND I RLLY WANT CLYMESTRA FO MURDER AGAMEMMNON ON PAGE

OKAY OKAY I'LL TRY IT OUT AHHHHHH

#arson mother :3

[thetrojanwarorsomething]

Hello! More character designs today! Check out Menelaus, Agamemmnon, and Achilles!

Menelaus,

Agamemmnon,

and Achilles!

Anyway! Thanks for reading! Tomorrow, I'll be showing off some of the Trojans!

#greek mythology #indiegamedev #indie games #the trojan war #troy story:the game

[camcorderrevival]

[ the eleventh hour, doctor who || agamemmnon, trans. anne carson ]

#HELP IS A WORLD AWAY!!!!!! #Doctor Who #Amy Pond #11th Doctor #web weaving #Amy Pond Unrelated Media Universe

[nyastyaraspurrtina]

FUCK AGAMEMMNON I HATE THAT OLD MAN