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[woodlandhalls]

coffee & ancient greek

[cannon-writes]

life, sunlight, and the museum 🏛️

[studywurfavwasian]

went to a starbies to work on my essay with a. few friends (don’t mind how bad it is — it’s my “shit draft!”), and then did some more work on the go.

[latinadarkacademiawannabe]

desperately need a sitcom called CLODII just about all the shenanigans clodius pulcher and his sister were up to

[ratacademia]

greek homework + light rain

not even gonna lie: i kinda need to work on my photo taking skills (and also pick a mf aesthetic)

[andromedainruins]

To-Do List || Wednedsay, Aug 23rd

☑ (Colloquium) The Ancient Novel ☑ Advanced Readings in Latin ☑ Read Satyrica sections 1-11 ☑ Finish translating Aeneid lines 15-30 ☑ Work 5 hours ☑ Work Call during lunch ☑ Start translating Iliad lines 8-21

Lots on my plate today. I dropped one class yesterday and replaced it with an online class so I will probably work on that, too. I just realized that my notebook for the semester is 3 subject but that's okay, I can take those notes on my laptop. I also already have all the grammar and syntax done for the aeneid translation, i literally just have to put it together!

[em-istry]

✨em-istry intro post✨

welcome to my little corner of studyblr!

i’m definitely not new here, but i can never seem to keep my blog on track, so i just tend to linger

✨about me✨

my name is em (she/they)

i’m doing a double major in religious studies and medieval & early modern studies

my areas of interest are marian doctrine and devotion in the middle ages, medieval christian mysticism in women, and medieval to renaissance christian art

i’ve cycled through about 8 different majors, ranging from musical theatre, political science, chemistry, and classics (to name a few)

in the future, i would love to work in a library or in an archival setting. i love books and old things, that would be my dream job

my favourite band is fleetwood mac — i worship at the altar of stevie nicks

I’m also a huge fan of florence + the machine, ghost, david bowie, ac/dc, and bts

my favourite movies are the da vinci code trilogy (robert langdon is my idol), and the mcu movies (emphasis on captain america winter soldier and iron man)

i’d love to make more studyblr mutuals, so feel free to reach out any time!! i also love getting asks in my inbox, so please make my day sometime and say hello or ask me anything!

[shakespearesdaughters]

Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary, August 1921

[briechyne]

Cigarette smoke and old books. Faded sketches and rain-soaked streets. The poetry of solitude written in sepia tones.

[woodlandhalls]

'a time of extreme personal insecurity' mood

[cannon-writes]

I’m done being normal about Plato. I am now going to treat him how insane k-pop stans treat BTS. yeah.. he’s getting babygirlified. bark bark BARKBAKRBARK !!

[studywurfavwasian]

feeling like greek is not for me. sue me, im a latinist.

[transbutchblues]

i’m tired of failing classes that i find interesting, just because the things we need to know are not things my brain can learn. i still haven’t found a method to learn history in a way that works for uni. and my executive dysfunction is not helping, end-of-term exams are killing me (current daily routine is 1) not sleeping 2) sobbing during every exam)

latin and greek are saving me though !! i’ll definitely pass my semester but probably not with grades as good as i need (16/20). i just can’t manage to do well in roman history and i feel so ashamed about it because it’s interesting ! i like it ! usually i only struggle that much with classes that i don’t like.

anyway i just submitted an essay (short, only 4500 words and that’s already more than what was asked of us) on the imperial cult from Augustus to Domitian and hopefully i’ll get ONE good grade thanks to this. because i worked quite effectively and it’s the kind of work i’m able to do, what i struggle with are in-class exams (which represent 85% of exams in this class)

[latinadarkacademiawannabe]

the more you study cicero´s life the more you realize he definitely had it coming. possibly more so than caesar. in fact im surprised it took so long for someone to finally murder him.

[ratacademia]

sorry for not posting!!! midterms have been kicking my ASS

— i blinked and suddenly i’ve been here for almost 2 months :0 —

[andromedainruins]

Wednesday, August 23rd || Latin

The Latin was rough today, I choked and forgot what 1st person singular verb endings mean (I obviously don't do well under pressure) and wasn't able to figure out the last few lines before class started.

Here's the Latin:

cum sic unanimam adloquitur male sana sororem: “Anna soror, quae me suspensam insomnia terrent! Quis novus hic nostris successit sedibus hospes, quem sese ore ferens, quam forti pectore et armis! Credo equidem, nec vana fides, genus esse deorum. Degeneres animos timor arguit: heu, quibus ille iactatus fatis! Quae bella exhausta canebat! Si mihi non animo fixum immotumque sederet, ne cui me vinclo vellem sociare iugali, postquam primus amor deceptam morte fefellit; si non pertaesum thalami taedaeque fuisset, huic uni forsan potui succumbere culpae. Anna, fatebor enim, miseri post fata Sychaei coniugis et sparsos fraterna caede Penatis, solus hic inflexit sensus, animumque labantem impulit: adgnosco veteris vestigia flammae.

And my at home translation (minus the four lines I couldn't figure out):

she accosts her sympathizing sister, not of the right mind, "Anna, sister, my agitated dreams terrify me! Who is this new guest approaching the throne, how he conducts his mouth, what a strong chest and weapons! Truly believe, and not a vain faith, his race is divine. Fear makes clear the ignoble spirit. Alas, how miseries were thrown at him! What wars he has exhaustedly sang of! If my spirit was not immovable stuck on being unwilling to settle in the bonds of wedlock, when my first love deceived me, cheated me through death; If I were not wearied by marriage and wedlock, perhaps this one I will be able to yield to weakness.

And the corrected in-class translation:

She, not of the right mind, addresses her sympathizing sister thusly: “Anna, sister, what dreams terrify agitated me! What new guest has approached our home, carrying himself as what in regard to his appearance, of how strong a chest and weapons! I truly believe, nor is my faith vain, that his race is of the gods. Fear makes clear ignoble minds. Alas, by what fates this man has been tossed! And by what endured wars he was recounting! If it were not settling, fixed and unmoving in my soul, that I did not wish to unite myself in marital chains with anyone, after my first love deceived and cheated me by death; if it had not wearied me of the bridal chamber and the torch, I could now perhaps yield to this one weakness. Anna (for I will confess) after the fates of my poor husband Sychaeus and the household gods, sprinkled with fraternal gore, only this man has bent my senses and drove on my wavering mind. I recognize the vestige of the old flame.