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November 6, 2018
November 5, 2018
azzydarling:
sixpenceee:
2,200 year old Greek armbands.
The...
2,200 year old Greek armbands.
The traders in Europe used armbands similar to this, designed so you could break a part off to pay something. pretty innovative really.
November 4, 2018
Any book update?
Yes. I’m typing it.
ancient greek and roman names
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greek names: this is my son, demosthenes son of speusippus, the son of aristarchus, the son of ariston, the son of arion, the son of glaucon, great-great-great-great grandson of zeus
roman names: this is my son, gaius julius caesar. and his father, gaius julius caesar. and my father’s uncle, gaius julius caesar. and their cousin, gaius julius caesar, and his father, gaius julius caesar, and-
88thparallel:
gingersnapwolves:
jessicameats:
reihyan:
landprince:
what if writers did streams...
what if writers did streams like artists did
I think it was a Monty Python sketch that showed an author writing with a commentary like a sports commentator.
“And he’s started writing… no, he’s just written his name at the top of the page. He’s written ‘the’, a very strong opening, used in several of his books. Oh, no, he’s crossed it out again.”
“Ah, look, she’s opening the thesaurus again … perhaps she’s realized she used the same word six times in two paragraphs”
“Now that sentence is lovely, an excellent example of her style in - oh, no, she’s deleting it, never mind”
“This scene is clearly over, yet the brave author forges onward regardless…”
“She’s really picking up steam now, the words just flowing out from her - she’s stopped midsentence for some reason and is opening Buzzfeed”
“Choosing to google ‘which countries are nonextradition countries’ is a risk but it’s one some authors must take…”
Why you gotta call me out like that?
November 3, 2018
Are there any reasonably priced books or scholarly articles you would recommend for someone who wants to learn about the chthonic gods and the greek underworld as a whole?
The Greek Way of Death by Robert Garland.
About funerary rites and the ancient Greeks’ attitudes toward death and the dead. Includes the chapter “Life in Hades” that gives a short presentation of the underworld and the divinities that were believed to reside there.
Restless Dead: Encounters between the Living and the Dead in Ancient Greece by Sarah Iles Johnston.
This book discusses how Greek ideas about the dead evolved during the archaic and classical periods. It also includes a chapter about the development of Hekate into a mistress of ghosts, and the nature and function of the Erinyes.
“Hades: Cornucopiae, Fertility and Death” by Diana Burton.
A small text that discusses how Hades/Plouton appears in ancient Greek art. Can be found here.
These were the ones I could think of that are not so expensive (unfortunately, academic books often are quite expensive). Maybe @coloricioso or @disbander-of-armies would know some more?
November 2, 2018
careers for women that we need to bring back
amazon warrior
bare-breasted huntress of artemis
decrepit cave sibyl
beautiful nymph, companion to the gods (water edition)
beautiful nymph, companion to the gods (forest edition)
witch who calls the gods of the afterlife on people she doesn’t like
this is sorceress who lives alone on an island turning men into pigs erasure
ziseviolet:
Hanfu photoset via Coser小梦, Part 9/?
Coser小梦 is...
Hanfu photoset via Coser小梦, Part 9/?
Coser小梦 is dressed as Baigu Gongzi/白骨公子 (white bone prince), a character he created that may have been inspired by Baigujing/白骨精 (white bone spirit), a demoness from the famous Chinese novel Journey to the West.
Happy Halloween everyone! (Source)
