#ancient literature

[yuinevo]

Another Odysseus, it’s been a while (yes this is my new favourite pose to draw)

#digitalart #fanart #greek mythology #the odyssey #odysseus #the iliad #ancient literature

[freshminttea]

When he heard the death rattle, Gilgamesh moaned like a dove. His face grew dark. "Beloved, wait, don't leave me. Dearest of men, don't die, don't let them take you from me."

-Epic of Gilgamesh

#quotes #epic of gilgamesh #enkidu #ancient literature #gilgamesh

[spooky-donut-ghost-house]

Something that I get chills about is the fact that the oldest story told made by the oldest civilization opens with "In those days, in those distant days, in those ancient nights."

This confirms that there is a civilization older than the Sumerians that we have yet to find

Some people get existential dread from this

Me? I think it's fucking awesome it shows just how much of this world we have yet to discover and that is just fascinating

#the epic of gilgamesh #gilgamesh #enkidu #sumerian #ancient history #world history #history #ancient sumeria #sumeria #ancient times #ancient civilizations #bronze age #ancient literature #ancient legends #mesopotamia #ancient mesopotamia #akkadian #mythology #sumerian mythology #mesopotamian mythology #mesopotamian #ancient mystery #ancient myths #ancient mythology #ancient myth #ancient legend #ancient myths and legends #ancient past #epic of gilgamesh #ancient epic

[greekmythcomix]

I just had a look online to find if anyone had made a list of all the names of fighters in the Iliad, and I discovered that someone in fact had.

I had.

Me.

In 2015.

I have absolutely no memory of this.

I made a spreadsheet, and even wordclouds ffs.

It’s even got what side they’re on, where they’re originally from, their epithet and patronymic if they have one. Wow.

And, you can filter it by any of these to find which version of a character you need.

Oh my god I even put if they brought SHIPS? I made an excel spreadsheet of the CATALOGUE OF SHIPS. (I’m Dyscalculaic though so they might be wrong ha!)

Anyway, thanks, past-fugue-state-me?!

I’m sure I used it to make the Deaths in the Iliad infographic: https://www.tumblr.com/greekmythcomix/722650261704867840/death-in-the-iliad-an-infographic-originally

Anyway, the ‘names in the Iliad’ post is here with links to the spreadsheet: https://greekmythcomix.com/2015/07/21/fighters-in-the-iliad/

Have fun with it!

#Iliad #spreadsheet #greek mythology #greek myth #tagamemnon #homer #greek myth comix #Achaians #Trojans #I work in a fugue state #Achilles #patroclus #achilles and patroclus #research #classics #classical civilisation #ancient literature

[oldshrewsburyian]

Let them know that your gaze is terrifying, and that you lift your terrifying gaze. Let them know that your eyes flash and flicker. Let them know that you are headstrong and defiant. Let them know that you always stand triumphant.

"The Exaltation of Inana," Enheduana, trans. Sophus Helle

#poetry #ancient literature #book quotes #enheduanna #sophus helle

[g0thicgr33n]

debuting the gilgamesh fanart on tumblr🫡🫡 (what dreaming about a meteorite that you love as you love your wife does to a mf)

#epic of gilgamesh #epic of gilgamesh fanart #epic poems #ancient literature #mesopotamia #uruk #gilgamesh #gilgamesh and enkidu #gay people #stay lit america

[madame-helen]

#meme #memes #shitposting #shitpost #humor #dark humor #funny memes #funny humor #funny #literature #ancient literature #facts #satire #irony #sarcasm

[paganimagevault]

Tocharian B Love Poem, manuscript B496, 6th-7th C. CE

"…a thousand years, [you will] tell [our] story. [I thus announce, [here]tofore there was no human being dearer to me than [you]; likewise hereafter there will be no one dearer to [you] than [me]. [Your] love, [your] affection, [my] jubilant song rises up! Along with life [itself], this should not come to an end for [my] whole life. I was thinking: “I will live with one love well [for the whole of my] life, without any deceit, without…” The God [of Karma] alone recognized this, my thought. Thus he provoked a quarrel; it ripped out my heart [that belonged] to [you. I]t led [you] afar, it tore me apart, it turned me into a partaker of all sorrows; he took away the consolation [I had] in thee… my life, spirit, and heart, day-by-day…"

-Cf. the transcription and translation in J. P. Mallory and Victor H.Mair, The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West (London: Thames & Hudson, 2000), p. 273.

#tocharian #indo european #literature #ancient history #history #ancient literature #xinjiang #ancient poetry #poems and poetry #love story

[pierrotsoup]

Miscellaneous gilgamesh excerpts that go really really hard. .. . I am kind of obsessed (can you guys believe how perfrctly grief was articulated even 5000 years ago ppl had the exact same emotions and also they were gay I'm SICK!!!) (I filled happy people with woe over you is actually so nauseating) (I love ancient poetry) (also it makes me sad cause so much is missing)

#epic of gilgamesh #epic poetry #classic literature #classic lit #gilgamesh #gilgamesh and enkidu #ancient literature #ancient mesopotamia #gay people

[kusurrone]

October 15th? You mean Virgil's birthday???🐝🐝🎉🎉🎉

#virgil #vergil maron #vergil maro #publius vergilius maro #ancient literature #ancient poetry #ancient rome #spqr #roman empire #divine comedy #the divine comedy #yassification of publius vergilius maro #virgil tag

[mentalmenteinstabile]

bookworm

#old books #books #romantic academia #bookworm #light academia #dark academia literature #dark academia #aesthetic #literature #ancient literature #english literature #dark academia outfit #fall aesthetic #autumn vibes #cozy #cozy aesthetic #cozy autumn

[gilgamesh-nation]

Sad😢

#the epic of gilgamesh #gilgamesh #enkidu #history #ancient literature #mesopotamia

[alovelywaytospendanevening]

Your falling in love with it, your caressing it like a woman, Means there will come to you a strong one, A companion who rescues a friend. He will be mighty in the land, strength will be his, Like the force of heaven so mighty will be his strength. You will fall in love with him and caress him like a woman. He will be mighty and rescue you time and time again.

— Epic of Gilgamesh, I, 11. 268-74

#epic of gilgamesh #gilgamesh #mesopotamia #sumerian #epic poem #poetry #literature #lit #gay literature #lgbt literature #ancient literature #booklr #gay #lgbt #mlm #quotes

[macrolit]

The Purgatorio, Dante FYI - this is 1 of 12 vintage paperback classics that comprise our current giveaw@y.

#the purgatorio #the purgatory #the divine comedy #dante #ancient literature #literature #paperback #book contest

[greekmythcomix]

✨Why Paris is such an Utter Plonker✨

(2014: https://greekmythcomix.com/comic/why-paris-is-such-an-utter-plonker/)

This little ranty Paris infographic is also a two-section video over on my YouTube channel: an explanation of the comic and then a detailed literary rant, with evidence, expanding on all these points. An essay, if you will, on Paris’ Plonkerness.

Enjoy!

youtu.be/1pJ-BOwkHaE

#greek mythology #tagamemnon #greek myth #illustration #greek myth comix #comix #homer #iliad #paris #alexandros #paris is a plonker #i’d use a stronger word but #ancient literature #classical civilisation #rant #rant post #teacher rant #Youtube

[oldshrewsburyian]

This hymn in praise of writing just punched me in the chest. We weave writing! New things are born!

#enheduanna #enheduana #ancient literature #sophus helle