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I give up actually im not a person who has friends

Me when I really really wanna interact with my mutuals but I also have crippling social anxiety so I end up stalking their posts like

my favorite customer service slip ups

Greek Pottery from the Getty Villa in Los Angeles

Odysseus counseling Achilles when he refuses to fight after Agamemnon seizes Briseis

Artemis presenting a laurel to a musician

You will not die at the hands of quicksand. Ask me how I know this

brb trying this

Oh ok so it turns out ive been borrowing grief from the future ! it turns out ive been preparing to lose the things i love rather than basking in the light of them while they last. Maybe i should nt do that

im always thinking about two things:

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I found this tweet and want to draw him haha

mutual i’ve never talked to in my life: *reblogs my post* 

 me: ?? best friends???? forever??

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Still can’t believe there’s a 3 year time period in which you can’t legally drink and drive

I’m kinda confused

I just read the Posthomerica by Quintus Smyrnaeus and it stated that Hectors son was killed by unspecified Greeks. I had always believed that it was Odysseus because of Epic and other sources in popular media. Was this just added to improve his character arc, or was it stated that it was Odysseus in the Odyssey or another source?

I really need to collapse onto the floor right now. Could really use some nice comforting exhaustion

you ever feel like you were born with something rotten inside you and if people get close enough they’re gonna find out

No one give me power. I would be so terrible with it and probably get myself killed. Also give me power

i personally think the reason for my headaches is not dehydration or any kind of deficiency but the amount of greek mythology brainrot i‘m consuming

Petition to standardize the 1, I and l characters as unique symbols

[at Achilles's funeral] Agamemnon: *places his hand on the pyre and sobs* Agamemnon: How could you do this to me? We are so understaffed.

making mistakes in art is okay. it’s all part of the process.

making mistakes in life is okay. it’s all part of the process.

i know its the mets, but this is the coolest shit i’ve ever seen a human being do

The thing is... if you think the pursuit of glory is stupid and immature and kind of worthless, this should probably make Achilles a more compelling Greek hero to you because his entire character arc is coming to the same fucking conclusion.

At the Embassy, Achilles spells it out--he has come to realize he values his life more than he values glory, more than he values the riches Agamemnon has promised him. He had a few days to think about it, and it turns out dying in a war that has nothing to do with him for men who don't respect him just doesn't seem that great a deal to him anymore. He wants to go home. There is the complication that all the other Greeks will die without Achilles' participation in the war, and so it is Phoenix, his mentor, and Ajax, his friend, who convince him not to leave then and there. He decides to stay and see what happens.

When Patroclus dies, Achilles realizes there was something he valued more than his own life--his friend. Without him, his life has lost that value he only just found, so he might as well pursue revenge or the empty glory and riches he no longer cares about. That's his tragedy.

By the end of the Iliad, Achilles is very much of the opinion that glory and riches weren't worth it, and when we see him again in the Odyssey, he says he would have rather been a long-lived humble shepherd or something rather than briefly a king of men.

So I guess my point is if your beef with Achilles is that glory is stupid, well, he agrees with you. Congrats on having the greatest of the greeks on your side. I've heard he's great in a fight.

I love Percy Jackson because it introduced me to Greek mythology. I love Hamilton because it made me interested in US history. I love the Song of Achilles because it got me to read the Iliad. I don’t care if it’s canonical, interpretations are great because they get people more interested in the source material.

I have never been more motivated to drink water

crisp glass of water moodboard

Apollo was not in the right for cursing Cassandra I can’t stand some of yall

I still get excited when my friends refer to me as their friend

"My friend said" "this is my friend" "they're my friend"

Im freaking out inside every time

the nerd i reblogged this from has a quality blog & i recommend you all follow them.

I often feel unlovable because of how long it’s been since someone conveyed romantic interest towards me but then I remember that my friends have stayed with me through all of this [gestures toward a timeline of the past 3-5 years of my life] and I begin to feel better. I love you guys

Love how companies only deterrent to getting free beverages is not having a cup. Bold of you to assume I won’t cup my hands and drink it like a dog.

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