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literarydesire · 7 months
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Practicing my Latin prononciation (to be ready for a reading for class) on the tram and getting looks from people like, yes, I am calling upon some ancient being whose mere existence will dwarf your scope of perception and you will find yourself on your knees; overtaken by an urge to either fight or submit. Mind your own business. Damn.
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sthrnboot12 · 6 months
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Always in Boots
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wormholephobia · 13 days
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Cave idus martias.
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incorrectatlas · 4 months
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the aromantic inability to pick btwn wanting to become a biologist and wanting to become a classicist.
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emm-posts-things · 10 months
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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.
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bibxrbie · 7 months
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Wanting to be an academic, but academia wants me dead.
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Hi! Happy Ides of March! I’m going to introduce myself :D
Name: Ro
Age: 18
Pronouns: They/Them
Studying: Classical Studies- with focus on Latin Literature and Archaeology.
Other interests that will inevitably creep into this blog: Palaeontology, Doctor Who. 
I wanted to have a blog on tumblr where I could post about what I’m studying, what I’m reading academically, fascinating things I come across et cetera. I’d also like to wish you all a very happy Ides of March!
Καὶ σύ, τέκνον
(you too, my child)
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housesofbudapest · 5 months
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Székesfehérvár, Hungary
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hayleylovesjessica · 7 months
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Emily Wilson, classicist and translator
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kararadaygum · 1 year
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ifdragonscouldtalk · 2 years
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fun facts about ancient medicine because i can:
we know more about ancient mesopotamian medicine than practically any other aspect of their culture and medical assyriology is a field of study nearly completely independent from assyriology itself. we have a WEALTH of texts, REPEATING TEXTS that in detail describe their healing rituals, incantations, and prescriptions. we could perform one of their rituals ourselves if we wanted. we could diagnose an illness based on the symptoms using their texts if we wanted and give it a sumerian name.
also, while there was an incredible amount of shifting in mesopotamian religion (it was three CENTURIES of empires and culture, after all) there are more healing goddesses than any other god/goddess i've encountered in my studies and she is the patron god of huge swaths of land and many major cities. she was important yall
the longevity of healing rituals (five centuries, give or take, if we aren't including medieval medicine which had its own entirely separate rituals) now has modern scientific basis which is so cool because religion has been proven to activate the same mechanisms in the brain as the placebo affect. religious ritual and belief has the ability to substantially influence the body, particularly the immune system
ancient romans commonly performed cataract surgery. we know because we found the tools to perform cataract surgery a lot of times and we still performed cataract surgery like that with those tools for a loooong time. we have more physical evidence of cataract surgeons than practically every other medical practitioner, aside from gynecologists and templar healers
yeah, ancient greece and rome had gynecologists. they had whole TEXTS about gynecology too. they were sexist as fuck, but sooooo interesting
we have EIGHT BOOKS of medical encyclopedias written for the roman layperson so that the father head of the household (paterfamilias) could understand slightly how to heal his investments (children and slaves)
there is evidence of plastic surgery in rome. one of the emperors i think, i dont remember specifically but yeah they had that
we have great evidence of people making medicines (and poisons) through herbals!! not as weird as the medievals using mummies in medicine, but they did utilize shit (yes you read that right) and in rome human breast milk (the greeks thought that was Gross)
on that note, human breast milk is actually incredible for boosting the immune system and kicking out infection! it was often used for malnourishment (adults and children alike) and treating eye infections (which it is still effective for, but don't try it, please just get some penicillin)
honey is one of the most effective antibacterials we know of to this day, and also helps expedite the healing of wounds. it was first commonly used in ancient egypt. the only reason we don't use it regularly anymore is because of the myth of the scientific method. they are bringing honey back for burns because it is HANDS DOWN the most effective method of treating them. so next time you touch a hot stove, slather some honey on that bitch (after you verify it isnt second or third degree. please please go to the hospital if it is a severe or large burn, it is very dangerous)
because of celsus, we know that ancient humans did in fact treat broken bones through setting
ancient greeks knew that you needed to vary your diet and have proper exercise if you wanted to try and prevent serious illness
we have hollow needles like syringes found in ancient greece and rome. i dont know what they were used for
blood letting also originated in the ancient mediterranean, not medieval europe.
we have more anatomical and healing votives from ancient greece and rome than any other religious artefacts (we have literally THOUSANDS and are constantly uncovering more)
we also have a lot of healing votives from ancient mesopotamia, but they arent anatomical. theyre dogs uwu the healing goddess' patron animal is the dog
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asdaricus · 11 months
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This is a blend of 'Babylonian Marriage Market' by Edwin Lord Weeks and 'The Youth of Bacchus' by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. One is a bit solemn and perhaps sad for the women. The other is exuberant. Both are in the academic classicist style. by Midjourney
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fadeawaywithyou · 2 years
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i love being a classics major tomorrow i have a sacrifice at 1 and i told my professor i'd be missing class or late and he just went "as a medievalist, i have to support the classicists. have fun" and reminded me to get the notes from someone else in class. this is great
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valiantvillain · 1 year
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I have a Masters in Classics and I dare not touch anything about Greek mythology on tumblr because over half of it is people trying to make their headcanons canon, uncited nonsense, and straight-up making shit up, all of which ends up becoming my job to clear up for a lot of clearly passionate but misguided college kids. Remember kids, don't just believe it because it's on the internet and sounds cool. Always look for cited sources and check reputable sources to see if they lend any credence to the claim. This also extends to pinterest, twitter, and most other social media platforms.
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currently reading
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emm-posts-things · 10 months
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Some guys aren’t ready for a goth gf
- Medea, probably
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