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  1. ๐™’๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™™๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‡๐™š๐™™๐™œ๐™š๐™ง: "๐™๐™๐™š๐™ค๐™œ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฎ" ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ "๐™’๐™ค๐™ง๐™ ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ" ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™™ -

    ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ-๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„:

    Foundational
    Ethics-Driven
    Intricate

    ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ:

    In what ways are the works of Classical Greece advancements or dilutions of Hesiod's narrative?

    #bookreview #literature #books #book #reading #frictionalreading #hesiod #theogony #worksanddays #ancientliterature #ancientgreece #mythology #morality #philosophy

  2. @rogueclassicist Ooooh. #CateBlanchett as #Electra? Yes, please!

    "The hottest Greek ticket of the year, though, is surely for Cate Blanchett in the upcoming Electra/Persona by Benedict Andrews. Electra is a fascinating choice, not least because we have three different versions of her story: Sophocles and Euripides each wrote one, and Aeschylusโ€™s Choephoroi covers the same part of the myth. There are plenty of variations between the three, not least because Euripides takes potshots at Aeschylusโ€™s version, mocking a recognition scene that depended on Electra identifying her long-absent brother from a lock of hair and a footprint, both of which (implausibly) resemble her own."

    #Classics #AncientWomen #AncientGreece

  3. The Reality of Dreams

    Throughout Human history, dreams have fascinated, inspired and disturbed us. Where do they come from? Why do they happen? What do they mean? Different civilisations have tried to answer these questions. The Ancient Mesopotamians thought of dreams as divine messages. The most well known Mesopotamian story is the Epic of Gilgamesh, where Gilgamesh receives dreams about the future. They also had dream temples, where people would go in order to sleep and receive these divine messages in their [โ€ฆ]

    johnbronze.wordpress.com/2026/

  4. It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! ๐Ÿ

    #Hermes carrying #Pandora down from Mount Olympus, a #neoclassical artwork based on a design by John Flaxman.

    ๐Ÿ› Bronze medal dated 1854 CE. Today it seems to be in a private collection.

    @mythology @antiquidons
    #DayOfHermes #Mythology #GreekMythology #ancientGreece #GreekRomanArt #ReliefWednesday #NeoclassicalArt