They prayed to their gods to relieve their daughters & sons of the king’s amorous attentions. The gods finally took pity on the people & created a spectacular mortal boyfriend, Enkidu, to distract Gilgamesh from the young women & men in his kingdom. #ClassicsTwitter
DYK ancient Romans, like Israelites, had to have unharmed testes in order to give testi-mony? #Eunuchs & women couldn’t testi-fy for 1,000s of yrs bc they had no testi-cles! Ghosts of #GenderHistory still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #ClassicsTwitter #TrumpChristians #WmnHist
I made this thread a month ago and I really put a lot of thought into it, which I enjoyed. Thinking back over the several years since I joined #ClassicsTwitter and now #ClassicsBluesky 🏺, I realise how much I've learned and how much I've grown in confidence with this material. Thank you all.
DYK #rape was a kind of founding principle for Rome? Its chilliness about sex played out over & over again in the many rape myths that make up the history of the state. The sacrifice of chaste women led to glory for the state.
HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #ClassicsTwitter
They prayed to their gods to relieve their daughters & sons of the king’s amorous attentions. The gods finally took pity on the people & created a spectacular mortal boyfriend, Enkidu, to distract Gilgamesh from the young women & men in his kingdom. #ClassicsTwitter
"Access denied" errors on both Gnomon (www.gbd.digital/gbd/) and PropylaeumSearch (www.propylaeumsearch.de/propylaeumse...) - surely a divine sign to put all work aside and enjoy the sun! ☀️ @propylaeum.bsky.social #classicstwitter
Well hello, gawgeous.
#Odyssey #Homer #Classicstwitter #literature #poetry #finishedcopies @UChicagoPress
How far would you go for ambition, power, honor, and love?
SON OF ROME: mybook.to/0HMl
SECOND IN COMMAND: mybook.to/FQ9CeKf
SOLDIER OF FATE: mybook.to/5bIc
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#Rome #History #HistoricalFiction #ancientrome #ClassicsTwitter #BookTwitter #bookstoread #bookstagram
How far would you go for ambition, power, honor, and love?
SON OF ROME: mybook.to/0HMl
SECOND IN COMMAND: mybook.to/FQ9CeKf
SOLDIER OF FATE: mybook.to/5bIc
#Rome #Romans #RomanSiteSaturday #ancientEgypt #CLASSICS #ClassicsTwitter #books #BooksWorthReading
I’m hoping it’s a much more friendly place! Hopefully the way #ClassicsTwitter used to be.
SPOLIA MOSAIC SQUARES, C6 CE, REUSED IN FLOOR, 1535. S. VITALE, RAVENNA The opus sectile and mosaic floor of the octagonal basilica of S. Vitale in Ravenna has lived through many difficult times. Begun during the rule of the Goths in 532 CE, the basilica was consecrated in 547 by which time the emperor Justinian had conquered the Goths and re-established direct imperial control over Italy. Ravenna became the capital of the exarchate or governorship of Italy, built as it was on the Adriatic coast and surrounded by swamps which were better than walls in terms of defence. But low-lying Ravenna suffered from rising water levels, and by the 1530s the original pavement had lost large sections of mosaic. So the restorers took what was left and cut it into squares, and fit it into a new opus sectile floor just as if the ancient mosaic were precious stone. We can see fragments of geometric designs but also texts and vegetal elements.
Well, I've finally done it. Duplicated my X account as it seems to be collapsing, and will be posting in both places until X finally meets its deserved end. Hoping that my friends from #ClassicsTwitter will be able to find me. This is a test repost from last #Sunday, #SpoliaSunday as I know it.
A very sad end. We call it a hellsite now, but specialized communities like #ClassicsTwitter were astonishing spaces of shared learning, support, news, and much more. I have friends for life that I made there.
Flyer shows a book cover on the left of broken pieces of pottery.
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(I miss #ClassicsTwitter so this is a service to the profession for sure)
We'll be going live with the demo of Happyland Games' Rogue Titan on twitch.tv/saveancientstudies in a couple of minutes! Really interested in this Prometheus-inspired mythological game! #archaeogaming #ClassicsTwitter
So I am now going to write the cover letter to submit this article manuscript (eeek!), and I have remembered that I have a blog post with my template submission letter (as it was, e-mail as it is now), so I figured I'd share it again in case it is useful. #academia #ClassicsTwitter
Temporary Exhibition: 24 September 2024 - 7 February 2025; "Distorted History: AI's Skewed Visions of the Ancient World"; Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology; Background image generated by ChatGPT-4o (18 July 2024 version) on 24 July 2024. Prompt: "An Ancient Greek statue of a woman distorted by technology. The statue features classical Greek elements such as flowing robes and a serene expression, but with technological distortions like pixelated sections, glitch effects, and cybernetic implants. The background is a solid color providing contrast to the detailed distortions of the statue."
When you see an image online, can you tell if it was made by a human? Join us at the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology to learn how #generative image #AI skews the #ancientworld.
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#classics #ancienthistory #ClassicsTwitter #AcademicChatter
#DOTD: Zhou Dunyi 周敦頤 (1017–1073), founding figure of #NeoConfucianism (#Daoxue #道學 #LiXue #宋明理學), renowned for his illustration of the cosmic forces #YinYang #陰陽 in the #Taijitu #太極圖☯️. #儒 #儒學 #儒家 #Classicism #ClassicsTwitter #MedievalTwitter #Confucianism
#DOTD: Wang Liqi 王利器 (1912–1998), commentator, collator, and textual critic of classical #Chinese texts such as The Literary Mind and the Carving of #Dragons #文心雕龍, The Grand Scribe's Record 史記, & Water Margin 水滸傳
#校勘學 #文史哲 #熊德基 #ClassicsTwitter #ModernChina
Poster for Vulcan Son of Jupiter.
Vulcan wielding a club.
Aenta performing a belly dance.
Venus looking into a mirror.
New article up at my website! I take a look at the 1962 classic #peplum film, Vulcan, Son of Jupiter.
Check it out!
nickdiak.com/2024/05/pepl...
#SwordAndSandal #TogaAndSandal #classics #classicsTwitter #ItalianFilm #Hercules #Mythology #Antiquity
Hey #classicstwitter! Late job ad for U of Arkansas - I can answer questions but let me clarify that the only *requirements* for the job are material culture and one of the languages.
uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS/job/Fayetteville/I...
DVD of The Arena, signed by Karen McDougal. Two gladiator ladies are dueling on the cover.
Today's treasure: the #neopeplum film, The Arena, signed by #playboy #playmate Karen McDougal.
A remake of the of the '74 Pam Grier ver, direct by Timur Bekmambetov who did the amazing Night Watch.
#SwordAndSandal #Peplum #Gladiator #pinup #ClassicsTwitter #HistoricalEpic #DVD
Cassandra,...
https://youtu.be/0hYY86DmqPY?feature=shared
#ClassicsTwitter
Newest acquisitions for the peplum library:
The Tinto Brass book from Cult Epics and Helen of Troy in Hollywood by Ruby Blondell (The New Peplum is cited in this!)
#peplum #swordandsandal #caligula #classics #helenoftroy #ClassicsTwitter #antiquity
Dear colleagues,
please sign this petition to save the Chair of Latin at the University of Frankfurt and repost. Thank you!
chng.it/2xBqgrvK8R
#Classics #Latin #ClassicsTwitter #university #classicscommunity #Latein #Griechisch #Klassische Philologie #Latinistik
Two glass jars with cash in them, labeled REPUBLIC and EMPIRE
Table with a Sportula sign on which are bags of chips and snacks
Hey #ClassicsTwitter #AIASCS we out here!! Come by our table in the book room for some free snacks and to cast your vote for today’s contest, REPUBLIC VS. EMPIRE!
Image of an Archaeopress book cover, reading: Representations of Writing Materials on Roman Funerary Monuments. Text, Image, Message. Edited by Tibor Grüll.
📣Publication klaxon📣
This volume edited by Tibor Grüll was just published, in which I discuss depictions of Roman bone ‘spatulate’ strips, sometimes called bone ‘rules’. 1/3
#ClassicsTwitter #RomanArchaeology
archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/P…
Hey #ClassicsTwitter
Anyone wanna come write Latin with me and THE Emma Vanderpool @e_vanderpool in Italy next summer??
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Come join us for Scribendo Discimus, a Vergilian Society tour in July 2024!
Rome! Naples! Pompeii!
Spread the word!
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Berlin, Berlin...
ab November vertrete ich als Gastdozentin die Professur für #DigitalHumanities am Institut für Griechische und Lateinische Philologie der @FU_Berlin von @umblaetterer. Ich freue mich schon! 😃
#DH #DigitalClassics #PhilologieTwitter #ClassicsTwitter
Ich freue mich riesig: Ich habe meine #Dissertation @ruhrunibochum erfolgreich verteidigt! 😁
@fur_rub @researchschool
#phdlife #phdvoice #ClassicsTwitter #AcademicTwitter
