"... their actions as public men were divided by the difference of the times in which those of the one and those of the other were performed. And one of the principal causes of the failure of their enterprises was this interval between their careers, and the want of combination of their efforts. The power they would have exercised, had they flourished both together, could scarcely have failed to overcome all resistance."
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“The Sacrifice of Polyxena”, 17th century Chinese tapestry, part of a series llustrating the story of the Trojan War, made for sale to the Portuguese market. More than a bit chaotic when reduced to internet size, no doubt far more effective in person.

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Did you know Pirithous had a sister?
(Pirithous, still tied to his chair, watches as Ixion rolls by on his wheel.) Pirithous: Was… was that my dad…? Alecto: Yes. Rumor has it he tried sleeping with the queen of the gods after Zeus invited him to dinner. Pirithous: ��� (At Physadeia's house… Physadeia answers the door to find a glaring Poseidon staring at her. She sweats.) Physadeia: L-Lord Poseidon…? Poseidon: You better not get any ideas… Physadeia: A-about what…? Poseidon: Your father tried sleeping with Hera and your brother tried marrying Persephone. I don't know who cursed your family, but you better not get any ideas about my Trity! Physadeia: (sweats more) I… I'm straight… Poseidon: Good.
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oh my god please draw Palamedes dead in a well and complete the set
you have no idea how thrilled i am about this
ask and you shall receive
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I need you to know that I saw this image and the first thing that came to my mind was "haha that's Yoom's pookie Ody"
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thinking about the palamedes chapter coming up in my fic and i’m very tempted to make it a little silly,
odysseus scrounging up coins from the bodies of dead trojan soldiers to frame palamedes: …
diomedes, seeing this and putting a hand on his shoulder, quietly: …do you need $20?
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abolish summer
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came to me in a dream
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Those myths where the original lesson was Hubris is Bad, Don't Challenge The Gods but in these particular versions the hubristic non-gods turned out art that really was as good as the gods' if not better so the god in question has to resort to "Oh but the subject matter is tasteless"/"Oh but can you play it UPSIDE DOWN?" so the moral of the story turns out to be Don't Challenge The Gods Because They Make The Rules And Will Move The Goalposts Into Space.
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Potentially consider writing that (from that one version) Athena, instead of cursing that one specific flute, cursed every single flute that would ever be made but the curse is just Apollo hates you for playing it now. Euterpe: (epic flute solo) Apollo: Wonderful! Truly, your skill is unparalleled for creating such a beautiful sound on such a DISTASTEFUL and UGLY instrument!
Euterpe: Apollo: Euterpe please why did you pick this weak tube you could have picked any other instrument to master and elevate to divine- Euterpe: dude can you chill literally once. come on man
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“The wild beasts that roam over Italy have every one of them a cave or lair to lurk in; but the men who fight and die for Italy enjoy the common air and light, indeed, but nothing else; houseless and homeless they wander about with their wives and children. And it is with lying lips that their imperators exhort the soldiers in their battles to defend sepulchres and shrines from the enemy; for not a man of them has an hereditary altar, not one of all these many Romans an ancestral tomb, but they fight and die to support others in wealth and luxury, and though they are styled masters of the world, they have not a single clod of earth that is their own.”
— Ti. Sempronius Gracchus (via gracchisuggestions)
#tagamemnon#happy veterans day from the brothers gracchi#tiberius gracchus#plutarch#parallel lives#translator:#bernadotte perrin
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Have I earned no protection
Goddess heed my supplication
All I get for my faith
Is his fate in the sea
Her retrospective revenge will do nothing to protect me
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Agave: Why are you such a pill, Daddy?
#tagamemnon#the bacchae#euripides#translator:#ian johnston#agave#cadmus#i'm not sure if it's because he shaved for his crossdressing thing#but some of the things she says around this bit imply pentheus is#very young#too young to shave#extremely young to be all 'i am king respect my authoritah'#iasip title card: the gang dismembers a puriteen
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So what would it be like to spawn full-grown from a dragon's tooth and spend the first minutes of your life in a frenzy of siblingslaying?
What would it be like to live with someone like that?
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Pirithous, glued to a chair: Let me explain.
Hades: There's nothing to explain. You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen.
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Teucer: [being ejected by border control] Yeah, well, I'm gonna go build my own Salamis! With black-figure pottery and hookers!
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If I had a nickel for every time a Greek god had to fish a fetus from his erstwhile girlfriend's smoking corpse... one... two...
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