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I've not seen this one in person but some like it. SO beautiful.

Gold oak leaf wreath diadem, Greece, 4th-3rd century BC

from The Benaki Museum, Athens

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realizing I may have made a critical error in downloading tumblr before finishing my reread of rhythm of war

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𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘉𝘌𝘈𝘜𝘛𝘠 𝘖𝘍 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘏𝘖𝘜𝘚𝘌 𝘐𝘚 𝘐𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘈𝘚𝘜𝘙𝘈𝘉𝘓𝘌; 𝘐𝘛𝘚 𝘒𝘐𝘕𝘋𝘕𝘌𝘚𝘚 𝘐𝘕𝘍𝘐𝘕𝘐𝘛𝘌.

-Piranesi

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Robert Harris

White Horse

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Hi hi I'm orual and I like books! I'm tired of being unable to view the aesthetics and fanart of tumblr so I've made an account. I'm studying classics, I like sailing & hiking, and I sometimes write poetry.

A non-exhaustive list of fandoms/media I like:

- tolkien/lotr

- lewis (esp. narnia & till we have faces)

- piranesi

- the queens thief/the geniad

- broadway, esp. deh, hadestown, fiddler on the roof

- greek drama & epic

- dune, red rising

- robin mckinley

- jane austen, elizabeth gaskell

- stormlight archive & the whole cosmere

- ballad of songbirds & snakes

- the perilous gard

- all things l.m. montgomery esp. the blue castle

- joan didion, sylvia plath, emily dickinson, elizabeth barrett browning, anna akhmatova, mary oliver, gerard manley hopkins

- ballad of the white horse

- shakespeare!!! esp. hamlet, coriolanus, king lear, henry v, titus andronicus

- anything about adventure on the high seas (I'm writing a pirate/sea magic novel)

Say hi & direct me to good fanart if you're so inclined! It's so cool to live in a world with such an abundance of people loving things and making content for them !!!

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I inherited this country when I was only a child, Nahuseresh. I have held it. I have fought down rebellious barons. I've fought Sounis to keep the land on this side of the mountains. I have killed men and watched them hang. I've seen them tortured to keep this country safe and mine. How did you think I did this if I was a fool with cow eyes for any handsome man with gold in his purse?

― Megan Whalen Turner, The Queen of Attolia

Finally finished this piece! It's good to be back on this website:)