#greek lit

[most-tragic-character-tournament]

FIGHT!

#antigone #Lloyd garmadon #Ninjago #tagamemnon #greek literature #Greek lit #Lego #Sophocles #Greek classics #most tragic round 3 #polls #most tragic tournament #tumblr polls

[soracities]

Yannis Ritsos, from “The Meaning of Simplicity” (trans. Rae Dalven)

[Text ID: “Every single word is an exodus for a meeting, cancelled many times, it is a true word when it insists on the meeting.”]

#lit #quotes #poetry #yannis ritsos #the meaning of simplicity #sanctum #the book #forever favourite #briefwechsel #typography #greek lit #m #x #all the world's a queue

[asytherii]

21 pages into Emily Wilson’s introduction to her translation of The Iliad and already feeling absolutely stripped raw and entirely gutted.

I love how you can genuinely feel how much love and dedication went into the process of translating this beautiful piece of literature. I’ve been looking forward to reading for so long and when a friend gifted me the book over Christmas I was dead set on it being my first read of the new year.

I’ve got her translation of the Odyssey lined up for number two 🫡

#the Iliad #emily wilson #greek mythology #greek classics #greek lit #epic poetry #Achilles #Patroclus #oh the fatal human condition #going to have to make this my new personality for the foreseeable future #sorry to all my friends #because I probably won’t shut up about this for awhile

[college-cryptids]

dude medusa and circe would be best friends

#medusa #the odyssey #greek lit #epic poetry

[artimul]

uh 💀

#greek lit #homer #pia.txt

[flowerytale]

Nikos Kazantzakis, from “Report to Greco”, tr. by P. A. Bien

#nikos kazantzakis #report to greco #greek literature #lit #literature #fragments #books #*

[mournfulroses]

Sophocles, from "Electra: A Tragedy," translated by Anne Carson

#lit #sophocles #anne carson #electra #words #sometimes i shock myself... #fragments #selections #ancient greek tragedy #p

[dark-romantics]

Yes, there is a place…where someone loves you both before…and after they learn what you are.

~ Neil Hilborn, "Lake", The Future

#dark academia #dark academia aesthetic #classic literature #light academia aesthetic #english literature #virginia woolf #literature #librarylife #letters #lit #light academia #books and libraries #academia aesthetic #dark academia vibes #classic academia #greek goddess

[jackxo]

𝕳𝖊𝖓𝖗𝖞 𝖂𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖗

#academia #chaotic academia #classic academia #dark academia #literature #aesthetic #english literature #uni #college #lit #henry winter #Henry winter aesthetic #donna tartt #the secret history aesthetic #the secret history #academic weapon #dark acamedia #dark acadamia aesthetic #light academia #academia aesthetic #academics #chaotic academic aesthetic #romantic academia #choas #greek and latin #beauty is terror #latin quotes #latin #latin language #coffee and ciggaretes

[daweyt]

Constantine P. Cavafy, from “Modern Greek Poetry; ‘The Bandaged Shoulder’”, tr. Kimon Friar.

#Constantine P. Cavafy #Modern Greek Poetry #Greek Literature #Quotes #Poetry #Lit #Litblr

[theoptia]

George Seferis, from Collected Poems 1924-1955; "Stratis Thalassinos Among the Agapanthi"

Text ID: The first thing God made is love / then comes blood / and the thirst for blood

#george seferis #collected poems: 1924-1955 #poetry #greek literature #lit #miscellanea #c #k

[soracities]

—Maria Michela Sassi, "Can we hope to understand how the Greeks saw their world?" (pub. Aeon) [ID in ALT]

#q #lit #quotes #maria michela sassi #how the greeks saw colour #aeon #oh shiny archives #m #x

[crownedcupcake17]

Grabs you by the arms

Did you know? Did you know Hector, with his handsome face and brow clutched his son? Did you know that he removed his great helm to press kisses to the boys crown? Did you know Hector told his lovely Andromache, go to your handmaidens and do your weaving, leave all men to their fate at the call of the war, me especially? Did you know she mourned him as he walked the great streets of troy for his fate was sung long ago, to die for the city he so loved? Did you know he gazed into the eyes of his foe, godlike Achilles, and asked only for his body to be returned to his high father Priam to be buried? Did you know he faced the best of the Greeks bravely even when he swore his skin would serve as feed for his dogs? Did you?? Did yo-

#hector of troy #andromache of troy #the iliad #greek myth #achilles #scamandrius #astyanax #tagamemnon #I’m doing a Greek lit class for my classics minor rn #as you can see #it’s driving me a bit insane #god I fucking love Hector

[feral-ballad]

Odysseus Elytis, tr. by Athan Anagnostopoulos, from Maria Nephele: A Poem in Two Voices; "The Poet's Song"

#excerpts #writings #literature #poetry #odysseus elytis #fragments #words #selections #quotes #poetry collection #lit #poetry in translation #typography #greek literature #greek poetry

[mrs-trophy-wife]

#Santorini #Greece #views #mediterranean #Greek #view #water #ocean #sea #sunset #travel #traveling #candle lit dinner #candle lit #dinner #dining #outdoor dining #romantic #romance

[flowerytale]

Nikos Engonopoulos, from Bolívar, a Greek Poem

#nikos engonopoulos #poetry #poem #long poem #greek poetry #fragments #lit #literature #flowers #*