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All about classics online and in pop culture. Tweets by Ben (β), Jermaine (Γ), Theo (Θ), Vanessa (Ψ), and Nicolette (ν).
Archaia Olympia, Greece Se unió Mart 2021
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Fun Rome fact: Roman clans could retire first names like jersey numbers. The most famous example of this is when the Antonii retired the name “Marcus” after Mark Antony died
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I don’t know how to stress how bad a reading of these characters this is. The only ways to think the Iliad is uncritically pro-Achilles is:
1. You’ve never read it
2. You literally cannot read
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When you’ve DEFINITELY read the Iliad and not just seen adaptations/forum posts online
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@chrishuey Why does Emily Wilson live in y’all’s heads rent free? Even if you think the translation is poor, why does that matter?
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@postclassics This is why "complicated" is a poor translation for πολύτροπον. No one cares though. Even if it is consistent with the character of Odysseus to be so vengeful he does something stupid, like telling Polyphemus son of Poseidon his real name while *sailing away on the ocean*.
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This is NOT how the Odyssey ends. It doesn’t end with the reconciliation of Odysseus and Penelope either.
It ends with Odysseus waging war on his citizens who’ve risen up against him for killing their next generation of nobles, and the gods stopping him before he goes into exile
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No one talks about this ending, because it’s uglier than the reconciliation. The text can be misogynistic, for sure, but this critique is flat and obscures just *how many* people Odysseus was planning to slaughter on his return, and how indiscriminately
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Why does she keep doing this to us? Why does she keep doing this to *herself*?
NME@NME
'Gladiator II' is "total Hollywood bullshit", says top historian nme.com/news/film/glad…
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@bwboi1 @ChaosRocket @UofAgrad97 @RN_Atheist (Obviously there are a ton of caveats on class and about a million other things, but it’s clear that a lot of the audience Jesus had was marginalized in a lot of ways)
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@bwboi1 @ChaosRocket @UofAgrad97 @RN_Atheist So like, sure she could get out of a bad marriage, but at what cost?
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@UofAgrad97 @RN_Atheist Common misconception: According to the Bible (and other ancient law), “adultery” is a wife sleeping with anyone else, and *anyone* sleeping with *another man’s wife.*
Married men do not have the same restrictions on their sexuality. Which is… yeah
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It honestly baffles me how everyone recognizes how stupid a cluster of AI writing looks in a Twitter comment section but can’t logically extend that to a pile of student essays.
Tyler Austin Harper@Tyler_A_Harper
I wrote about ChatGPT, and whether colleges with honor codes are having an easier time stemming AI cheating than other institutions. In some cases, the answer seems to be yes, but their success has as much to do with money and resources as it does with integrity or culture. 🧵
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#KAOS nails it with how confused the gods are. Totally bamboozled and scared. They sort of understand their side of the universe but none of the mortal side, communicating with fear since they don’t know how else to, and the primordial side makes no sense to anyone. Phenomenal.
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1) Elon’s tweet was obvious rage-bait for snarky “woke humanists” to scold him and look like know-it-alls to Western Civ Twitter. It wasn’t worth engaging with
2) us embracing Elon is like evangelicals promoting Kanye. It’s short-sighted and stinks of desperation
DCCommentaries@DCComm
One of the most well-known humans, listened to and respected by millions, is recommending people read Homer. Is there something not to celebrate here? More people should read Homer. Every new person reading Homer is good.
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Ever wonder why people say Jesus rose three days later despite dying on Friday?
Many ancient societies count inclusively, so when you count down to an event, count *both* the day you are on AND the day the event happens. Died on Friday (1), Saturday (2), rises on Sunday (3).
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@WomanCorn How could the population keep increasing? Increasing the population needs an average of couples (assuming monogamy, which is a bad assumption) having >2 kids. You can’t do that if half of men aren’t having sex. Unless you assume the wealthy produce >4, which also makes no sense
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@postclassics Yeah, <historically, half of men died as virgins> is a hell of a claim.
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🌲TheFertilePeasant🌲@Pellegrinoadict
Since (Some) people seem Incredibly unable to do inference; What is true of the highest class of women is true also across the spectrum. They're ALL far easier to obtain. "Hoes" were NEVER cheap. Historically Half of men died virgins.
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I’m sorry. Saying poor people historically didn’t have sex is INSANE. They’ve more or less always gotten married, and cheap brothels have been a thing as long as we know. People had sex.
🌲TheFertilePeasant🌲@Pellegrinoadict
"Hoeflation" is a ridiculous idea if you've ever cracked a book about history It has NEVER been easier for the average guy to have consequence free sex w/women Not that a decent guy should CARE what the price of "hoes" is anyway. I refuse to take guys who use the term seriously1/
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