#classical-literature — Public Fediverse posts
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“Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν”. Non per odiare sono nata, ma per amare.
#antigone #Sofocle #feminist #classicalliterature #philosophy #rebelwoman #anarchy #womanagainststate
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Finished: as I read The Iliad
—we ALL read The Iliad.
That was fun. Violent, but fun.#theiliad #homer #emilywilson #ClassicalLiterature #books #bookstodon
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A nice encapsulation by the translator, Emily Wilson, in the notes (p.710 referring to Niobe)
... but as a whole the poem, The Iliad, has "a magical beauty, [..] in [its] presentation of unending grief as both natural and divine, and of trauma as both limited and unlimited, both personal and universal.”
The Iliad
Homer & Emily Wilson#theiliad #homer #emilywilson #ClassicalLiterature #books #bookstodon
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“The Fates gave humans an enduring heart.”
Excerpt From
The Iliad
Homer & Emily Wilson#theiliad #homer #emilywilson #ClassicalLiterature #books #bookstodon
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“and Hecuba began
to lead the Trojan women in lament,
and throbbing cries of pain.
“My child, my child!
How can I live with so much suffering?
How can I live on, now that you are dead?
You were my pride and joy throughout the city,
a blessing to the Trojan men and women
by day and night. They all looked up to you
as to a god. You brought them so much glory
while you were still alive. Now death and doom
have overtaken you.”#theiliad #homer #hector #ClassicalLiterature #books #bookstodon
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“As in a dream, the chase goes on forever—
you never catch, you never get away—”Excerpt From
The Iliad
Homer & Emily Wilson#theiliad #homer #emilywilson #ClassicalLiterature #books #bookstodon
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“Aeneas answered, “Son of Peleus,
you should not try to scare me like a child.
I am as good as you at giving speeches,
using insulting and unpleasant words.”Excerpt From
The Iliad
Homer & Emily Wilson#theiliad #homer #emilywilson #ClassicalLiterature #Books #bookstodon
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“So now,
all of you, turn and face the enemy,
and live or die in the caress of war.”Excerpt From
The Iliad
Homer & Emily Wilson#theiliad #homer #emilywilson #Books #ClassicalLiterature #bookstodon
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Oh, hey, look what showed up today!
Three new books from the Hsu-Tang Library - The Emperor in a House of Ill Repute by Pu Songling 辛雲曲 The Misadventures of Master Mugwort 艾子雜説 艾子後語 矮子外語 and Master Incapable 無能子
#NewBooks #HsuTangLibrary #ClassicalLiterature #ChineseLiterature #MasterMugwort #艾子 #MasterIncapable #無能子 #蒲松齡 #TheEmperorOfChinaInAHouseOfIllRepute #辛雲曲
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"Free Speech and Bad Meats, The Domestic Labour of Reading in Milton’s Areopagitica."
Revisiting Milton’s Areopagitica, a tract often championed by today’s free speech absolutists, Katie Kadue finds a debt to the work of early modern housewives. In their labours to preserve food and transform it into wholesome cuisine, Milton saw an analogue for how the reading public might digest books into nourishing ideas.
#Culture #Literature #ClassicalLiterature #JohnMilton
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/free-speech-and-bad-meats/
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"Read for pleasure."
Against the functionalist approach to literature.
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@ArgyleSoda Hi! And welcome to #Mastodon ! (I’ve only been here a short time myself tho)
I am interested, I also love #ClassicalLiterature or #Classics Idk what the right hashtag is!?
What are your favourite titles? ☺️📚 -
Continued! 🏷️ #decoloniality #CriticalRaceTheory #Posthumanism #Transhumanism #AfroFuturism #IndigenousFuturism #QueerFuturism #Ecology #TEK #Spirituality #Buddhism #YogaPhilosophy #technology #techforgood #utopias #diversity #equity #inclusion #decolonization #writing #Dystopias #AntiCapitalism #Nature #Mythology #ArtHistory #ModernArt #ArtTheory #Art #PerformanceArt #ExperientialArt #ClassicalLiterature (I think that covers pretty much everything!)
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Hi - full stack developer with a particular interest in digital and print-on-demand publishing - particularly #ClassicalLiterature (https://www.poetryintranslation.com).
In a previous life I was an #Alzheimer's functional genomicist at post-doctoral level for Eisai (Aricept and Lecanemab). Still engaged with everything #neuroscience.
Ex-UK dual-citizenship immigrant in France. Currently posting in English mais bien content de discuter en français.
