Classical Studies Memes

It's that day again! #IdesOfMarch #caesarmemes

My daughter just told me a bunch of Egypt facts and then said "many secrets still lie beneath the sands of Egypt" lol

Breaking: Newly released documents reveal the US administration laid off the Delphic Oracle last year who had predicted that a mighty empire would fall if Persia was invaded.

people misunderstand the icarus story. the problem was not that he flew too high. it's that the wings were made of beeswax, which offered very little resistance to heating. with modern materials he would have had no problems. we can fly as close to the sun as we want now

Non solum chopped sed etiam unc

ILIAD. BY *THE* HOMER.

Me posting Caesar memes on the Ides of March

reposting this for the ides of march

I was not prepared for how funny Zeus is to Ares in the Iliad

Ok, NOW he's gone too far

‘Clue’ comes from ‘clew’, the Old English word for a ball of wool. It’s a rare example of a modern meaning deriving from a story: the clew of thread that Ariadne gave to Theseus to guide him out of the labyrinth.

That time again…

Happy ides of March

the ides of march

Beware the Ides of March, my son! The blades that bite, the plots that hatch! Beware the Senate floor, and shun the Brutius Bandersnatch!