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h. hymn to aphrodite, tr. nagy || philostratus, vita apollonii, tr. conybeare || venus de milo || aeneid 1 tr. dryden || pliny nh 2.210 tr. rackham || iliad 5 tr. murray || coin purportedly displaying the aphrodite of paphos as cult statue in a temple || coin of venus vixtrix || aeneid 1 tr. dryden || h. hymn to aphrodite, tr. nagy || aeneid 1 tr. dryden || aphrodite of paphos

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today i discovered the uniconic depiction of aphrodite known as the aphrodite of phaphos and i have decided that i do not think i can be normal about this, in any way

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im in the mcdonalds with a section of the appian way under it near bovillae i.e. approximately where clodius was murdered. this (death of clodius, faceless skeleton, clowns) happened in attis i think

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oh lucullus jr you have so much to learn

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the wall street crash but for grain happens and what do you know it fucks the grain supply to ostia and i am unceremoniously kicked out of office because i cannot do my job (supplying grain to ostia). upset i decide to run for tribune of the plebs

day 1 as a 2nd century BCE quaestor ostiensis

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no cato begging :(

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the more i read about sulla the more i Get It. like okay. slay

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i think maybe one of the funniest things to happen during the catilinarian conspiracy is when a couple of the conspirators planned to assassinate cicero but somebody warned him ahead of time so he foiled their plan by simply not opening his door. imagine planning to kill a guy but when you get there he just locks the door so you're like welp. pack it up boys

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mutuals meetup in the tholos tombs of mycenae

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in altero miseris perfugium erat, in alterno malis pernicies ?!

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Is Cato my friend? Yes.

Do I care about him? Yes.

Do I wish that he’d shut up most days? Well, yes-

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*unbelievably deep sigh* the reason fascists and misc racists want to "return" to the classical world isnt bc they dont "understand" it. they understand it v well. they want to return to it bc the classical world was imperialist. many greek poleis were imperialist. the hellenistic kingdoms were imperialist. the roman republic was imperialist. the roman empire was imperialist. they want to return to them bc they were empires built on conquest, occupation, enslavement, exploitation and oppression. they like it bc theyre imperialists. bc they support conquest, occupation, enslavement, exploitation and oppression, and they want to do more. they know that there are some aspects that were "uncomfortable" to them, namely different perceptions of homosexual/homosocial relationships between men and boys. pointing that out isnt a gotcha, this isnt a discrepancy to their ideology. its simply irrelevant to them (not to mention the classical perception of homosexual/homosocial relationships was built on exploitation and misogyny as well, but alas).

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day 1 as a 2nd century BCE quaestor ostiensis

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do care + did ask + im hugging you + im hugging you + im hugging you + im hugging you + im hugging you

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me at the start of studying the eclogues: surely i will never give a shit about this collection. im sure everyone who says its good is just wrong

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I like having my Helios design just be the literal sun and nothing more

Some Helios and his children doodles

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At first glance you might say "Garland, that's just a star". But this is actually Sextus Pompey sailing in circles. While gay.

Alternative title: the gay ship orgy. The joining of the wreath requires the ships to be in each other ;)

This is another model from Noriko Nagata's Beautiful Origami Paper Wreaths (listed, ironically, under the month of fucking August).