DYK many Rome considered same-sex sex among women monstrous? For leading poets, storytellers, & playwrights such as #Juvenal (d.127), Martial (d.103), #Phaedrus (d.50), & #Plautus (d.184BCE), it did not jibe with their ideal for the Roman woman—marriage & motherhood. #lesbian
A little early 18thC pocket edition of Dryden's Satires of Juvenal & Persius, with engravings.
#books #antiquarian #18thCentury #classic #satires #Dryden #Juvenal #Persius #bookauction
bit.ly/48bfAle
The poor were wise, who, by the rich oppressed,
From them withdrew, and sought a secret place of rest.
- #Juvenal, ‘Satire’ III
AP News headline about IndyCar race in DC.
Bread and circuses.
Panem et circenses.
Juvenal.
Look it up.
#IndyCar #US250 #Juvenal #Romans #BreadandCircuses
#classicsbluesky #juvenal #latinquotes
New year, new look. But you'll still get Latin quotes from me.
The Image at the head of this thread is 'A Sorceress' by John Duncan, 1898 (University of Dundee Fine Art Collections: DUNUC ARTS:27).
Link - artuk.org/discover/art...
#LatinForTheDay #Juvenal 🧵🏺
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay - 7 October - meets #ClassicsTober Day 7: Φαρμακίς (witch, Sorceress) #Juvenal
“hic magicos adfert cantus, hic Thessala vendit
philtra, quibus valeat mentem vexare mariti
et solea pulsare natis. quod desipis, inde est,
inde animi caligo et magna oblivio rerum...
To answer #Juvenal
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Quis custodiet ipsos #custodes?
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Who watches the #watchmen?
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We do. We all do, #AlwaysForAllTime.
#ForTheLifeOfTheRepublic .
As long as this is a #Republic or a #Democracy we need to participate in a #FreePress and #DemandTransparency .
DYK many Rome considered same-sex sex among women monstrous? For leading poets, storytellers, & playwrights such as #Juvenal (d.127), Martial (d.103), #Phaedrus (d.50), & #Plautus (d.184BCE), it did not jibe with their ideal for the Roman woman—marriage & motherhood. #lesbian
The SATIRES of JUVENAL 1807 FRANCIS HODGSON Binding
#books #antiquarian #19thcentury #satires #Juvenal #classics #bookauction
bit.ly/44ZL6Cb
The Achilles heel of creepy weirdos is they hate, hate, hate being laughed out.
Comedy is their kryptonite.
Satire is salt in their psychic wounds.
After all, Jonathan Swift made a modest proposal, in the spirit of Juvenal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenal
#comedy #history #satire
"The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things: bread and circuses." Juvenal Satires X #breadandcircuses #juvenal
The Image at the head of this thread is 'The Battle of Love and Chastity' by Pietro Perugino, ca. 1505 (Louvre Collections: INV 722).
Link - collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335...
#LatinForTheDay #Juvenal 🧵🏺
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 25 March #Juvenal
“credo Pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam
in terris visamque diu, cum frigida parvas
praeberet spelunca domos ignemque laremque
et pecus et dominos communi clauderet umbra,
silvestrem montana torum cum sterneret uxor...
The Secession of the People to the Mons Sacer, engraved by B. Barloccini, 1849
The poor were wise, who, by the rich oppressed,
Withdrew, and sought a secret place of rest.
- #Juvenal, ‘Satire’ III
Are the leaders of the US government seriously about to ban the clock app, as the world’s entertainment hub suddenly comes to a halt, and people can’t afford eggs, in these economic conditions….
Will somebody please give these people a history lesson? #stat #Juvenal #100AD #help
“Difficile est saturam non scribere.” #Juvenal
un esprit sain dans une chambre saine #juvenal
Relistening to #NHSUftC - as I am wont to do from time to time - and properly chortling over the #Juvenal episode.
@nataliehaynes.bsky.social & @aiannucci.bsky.social are hilarious and the riff on mistaking women for people has me in bits.
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ROBERT STAPYLTON 1673 JUVENAL'S SIXTEEN SATYRS Law ACTIONS MANKIND HISTORY
#books #antiquarian #17thcentury #finebinding #Juvenal #satire #history #law #bookauction
bit.ly/3zuV7to
#PanemetCircenses #Juvenal #Zirkusspiele #Trends
Welch erbärmliche #Reduktion von #Twitter
auf #Brot und #Spiele nach der
#Übernahme durch
#ElonMusk
Qui gardera les gardiens ? #Juvenal
#g20 in #Hamburg so far:
1. shoppen, nicht demonstrieren (#blauezone)
2. chillen, nicht campieren (#stadtpark)
#panemetcircensis #juvenal
