Rachel Alexander's Blog, page 55

Neil I hate to ask but what do you think of Tumblr adding Post Plus? Would you monetize this blog?

No.

If it makes you feel better, think of this blog as being brought to you by the Good Omens 2, Anansi Boys, and Sandman television shows.

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faeedreams:

starry fields

theia-mania-comics:Queen of the Dead 068

theia-mania-comics:

Queen of the Dead 068

you-deserve-the-best-in-life:I’m moon lover

you-deserve-the-best-in-life:

I’m moon lover

met-greekroman-art:Papyrus fragment with lines from Homer’s...

met-greekroman-art:

Papyrus fragment with lines from Homer’s Odyssey, ca. 285–250 B.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art

Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1909
Size: 7 ½ in. (19.1 cm)
Medium: Papyrus

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248134

filmnoirsbian:Love that this means I’m blogging pro bono. Volunteer blogger. Proletariat...

filmnoirsbian:

Love that this means I’m blogging pro bono. Volunteer blogger. Proletariat blogger. A blogger of the people.

mutantapologist:sorry theres not a single person on this website id pay to follow idc if we’ve been...

mutantapologist:

sorry theres not a single person on this website id pay to follow idc if we’ve been mutuals for six years, if you put up a paywall we’re done

So, Homer was only ever implicit regarding Achilles and Patroclus’s relationship, in the Iliad. Subsequent writers would take the subtext that they read, and make it more explicit, kind of like how we do today in fan fiction. Does that mean that Achille

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paganimagevault:Kore or Persephone incense burner 3rd C. BCE, terracotta. 6 7/8 x 4 ¾ x 4...

paganimagevault:

Kore or Persephone incense burner 3rd C. BCE, terracotta. 6 7/8 x 4 ¾ x 4 5/16 in. (17.5 x 12.1 x 11 cm). The Walters Art Museum.

“Incense burners in this form were used to burn frankincense. The absence of burn marks on this example indicates that it was probably a burial gift. The maiden is probably the Goddess Kore (Persephone) who, with her mother Demeter, was deeply revered in South Italy.”

-taken from thewalters

https://paganimagevault.blogspot.com/2020/03/kore-or-persephone-incense-burner-3rd-c.html