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REUNITING WITH MY FRIENDS TODAY

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who's excited for the new bbc 'william the conqueror and harold godwinson' drama that's being promoted really homoerotically

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why are you, as an author, writing a book that is 400+ pages and you only have EIGHT CHAPTERS?!

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Do you think Agamemnon killed Thyestes?

i personally dont vibe with that narrative.

tbf we don't actually have a lot that tells us what happened to thyestes??? he and aegisthus disappear until aegisthus comes back and we know what happens there (YIKES).

the only thing we have is from apollodorus, who says that:

Not long afterwards Tyndareus brought them back again, and they drove away Thyestes to dwell in Cytheria, after that they had taken an oath of him at the altar of Hera, to which he had fled.

so he clearly went for some sort of sanctuary from hera?? and the brothers werent stupid enough to kill him at an altar of a god lmaoo.

but they COULD have dragged him out and killed him?? but they didnt. they just made him swear an oath (we dont know this oath?? maybe like. dont come back, clown) and sent him away. and i adhere to this narrative because i think it fits???

why would aga (and menelaus if u wanna include him but aga was the big cheese here) kill thyestes and not aeg??? even before the cly thing aeg is the one who killed atreus. YES thyestes got the throne and exiled them, but in terms of avenging their dad and getting one back - he should have killed aeg. so with aeg being kept alive, it stands to reason that thyestes was to. yeah he didnt like either of them lbr. but it doesnt make sense to kill thyestes and spare aeg?? it should be both, neither or actually thyestes left alive. the one who did them more dirty was aeg.

ALSO. i think its a very interesting act of mercy from agamemnon that gets overlooked a lot. aga, by ancient greek standards, would have been in his right to kill them both. avenge his father. reclaim his lost inheritance etc etc. that wouldnt have been a stain on his reputation in those days - but he didn't. he's oddly merciful. he doesnt behave like atreus (or even thyestes himself tbh) would have in that moment and thats very telling about him as a character, a man and a leader. perhaps you can read it as an act of weakness as well. but thinking about the family he comes from?? idk. it seems very deliberate that he's not ..... continuing the family violence here. it's an example of aga desperately chipping away at the cycle, tryna be the one to break it but is never able to in the end.

it's also very tragic in the sense that in this act of mercy, this almost act of kindness on his part, he partially sets up his own death years into the future. because he doesn't kill thyestes or aeg and aeg is able to come back and help in his downfall (yeah only like 20% help. the man is useless but damn he's pretty)

so no. i dont personally. but those are just my takes on why and also the one account of what actually does happen to thyestes.

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when i just want to read a book review but am slapped by the uk porn ban

i hate it here

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baldur's gate 3 scenery — 03 / ??

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Some more Achilles doodles. Working out my shorthands for him

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just seen who's rumoured to play menelaus in that new odyssey film

why do i exist? just to suffer?

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Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in SQUID GAME 

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spartans: athenians are pussies. if you want to gouge your opponents eyes when wrestling that is your right and it makes shit more exciting.

menelaus, a famous, renowned king of sparta: i cannot kill this trojan because he said 'please'.

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what i wouldn't give to speak to that middle-english author who made richard i a cannibal

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life imitates art

orestes by euripides, a summary:

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BLINK-182 "ONE MORE TIME" Austin City Limits Music Festival | October 4, 2024

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john doodles as requested for @menelaiad. He’s singing along to Pink Pony Club and also showing Rich his games

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menelaus and helen // rupert brooke