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wasbella102: “…There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover’s whisper, irresistible—magic to make the sanest man go mad.” Homer, The Iliad
artofthedarkages: “Achilles sacrificing to Zeus in the Ambrosian Iliad” A leaf from a Greek manuscript containing the Iliad with Achilles in his tent pouring libations onto a sacrificial fire for Zeus, who watches from above. Ink and tempera on vellum.
boromirs: Homer, The Iliad
cloudfreed: helloitsbees: earlhamclassics: thoodleoo: thoodleoo: there’s a lot of evidence that the iliad and the odyssey were actually composed by a variety of poets through an oral tradition rather than just by one poet, so what if the homeric
For centuries the only record humanity had of a boar’s tusk helmet was a description in Homer’s Iliad. Through the years scholars assumed that Homer had just made up some fantasy helmet that never existed. But then archaeologists began to
macrolit: The Iliad and The Odyssey, Homer
cillianmurphy: “I don’t mean that to sound Homer-phobic. I mean, I like The Iliad. And The Odyssey.” Naked (1993) dir. Mike Leigh
theotreptos: “The Iliad accepts violence as a permanent factor in human life and accepts it without sentimentality, for it is just as sentimental to pretend that war does not have its monstrous ugliness as it is to deny that it has its own strange and
ohevoyev:and fate? no one alive has ever escaped it, neither brave man nor coward. i tell you - it was born with us the day that we are born.homer, the iliad
alessiapelonzi: “Comrades” Quick sketch inspired by the last scene of Tome Wan. And by Mizumono, obviously. The background is a passage from the Iliad, that describes Achilles’ reaction when Nestor tells him that his best friend Patroclus has died.
greek-myths-then-and-now: Gods and Goddesses || From the underworld [3/??] - The Erinyes In Greek mythology the Erinyes (sometimes referred to as “infernal goddesses”) were female chthonic deities of vengeance. A formulaic oath in the Iliad invokes
urulokid:-the iliad, book 11.
gerti: everyone that likes the Iliad goes to the tag and it’s full of that fucking quote don’t even try and lie you know the fucking quote I mean
lknopes: your bright blood: songs for the best of the greeks, for learning how to love the sun and how blood tastes like salt and rust in your mouth, for two hands reaching for each other in the darkness. for brittany [listen]
viv-ha: achilles tending to patroclus’ injuries
appleciderp:I’ve been thinking about the fact that Patroclus had 9 dogs in the Iliad
vcrfl-blog:Tiepolo: The Rage of Achilles, 1757. This fresco in the Villa Valmarana in Vicenza is a direct illustration of the first book of the Iliad, where Achilles is about to attack Agamemnon, but Athene pulls him back by the hair at the last moment.
earlhamclassics: thoodleoo: thoodleoo: there’s a lot of evidence that the iliad and the odyssey were actually composed by a variety of poets through an oral tradition rather than just by one poet, so what if the homeric texts are actually just a
ofgeography: queensusan: arbores–loqui–latine: “the Iliad is basically just about Achilles sitting in his tent with his bf, pouting, and threatening to call an uber”- my Greek history professor @ofgeography it’s true and he should say it
thoodleoo: man, the iliad always makes me cry you could say it’s my achilles feel
steve-rogers: the iliad goes to high school
actually it was Ru Paul meets the Odyssey. If Magic Mike was the Iliad, MMXXL was definitely the Odyssey.
thoodleoo: thoodleoo: thoodleoo: thoodleoo: so in my greek class we were talking about oral composition and how something like the iliad must have been composed, and my prof asked us to consider how we would rapidly compose something like poetry on
archaicwonder: Achilles Drags Hector: Black-Figure Hydria C. 510 BC Greek vase-painters often used subjects from Homer’s great epics the Iliad and the Odyssey in their work. On this hydria - a vessel with three handles for carrying water - the Attic
thoodleoo: if you ever feel like you’re too obsessed with something, just remember that, according to plutarch, alexander the great slept with his prized copy of the iliad under his pillow alongside a dagger, presumably so that he could murder anyone
worldhistoryfacts: Fragment of the Iliad dating from Rome during the second or third century CE.
shannakeyes: shannakeyes: “Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.“ - Homer, The Iliad Photo by Rebecca Tillett My favorite photo of myself by the amazing
Heroes of the Iliad. 1829. Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein. German. 1751-1829
Eugene Ravsky (Ukrainian, b. 1966), Massacre II, from the series The Iliad,2013, Oil on canvas
stephaniadapolla:“The roaring seas and many a dark range of mountains lie between us.” Homer, The Iliad © 2015 Stephania Dapolla
lingrix: achillvs: if you ever feel bad about not being politically informed just know that king priam of troy in the book 3 of the iliad asked helen who are agamemnon, odysseus and ajax who have been leading a war against him for over 9 years
Look at these beautiful books I found in Barnes and Noble!!!! Can you guess what I’m buying for my birthday? lol
I love beautiful editions of classic tales. Happy early birthday to me
worldhistoryfacts:The olive tree of Vouves, on Crete. This tree, which has a trunk 15 feet in diameter, is at least 2,000 years old, and likely 2,900 years old, based on the graveyard found nearby. This tree likely lived through the writing of the Iliad,
fuckindiva: Homer’s The Iliad (tr. Robert Fagles)
clairelizabethfraser: The Iliad (Homer)Generations of men are like the leaves.In winter, winds blow them down to earth,but then, when spring season comes again,the budding wood grows more. And so with men:one generation grows, another dies away.
skysworn: rnyfh: plato: (throws the Iliad onto your face) Achilles bottomed, u dumb bitch @andillcallyoubymine Achilles, the new bottom icon
shannakeyes: “Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again." - Homer, The Iliad Photo by Rebecca Tillett
antonio-m: Hector’s Body’, c.1778. by Jacques-Louis David (1748_1825). A scene from Homer’s, The Iliad – Hector’s recovered body from his slayer, Achilles. French painter in the Neoclassical style. Musée Fabre, Montpellier, FR
sirloin: “Bear patiently, my heart - for you have suffered heavier things.” — Homer, The Iliad Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi, Crouching Figure of Atlas
amuseoffyre: systlin: helloitsbees: earlhamclassics: thoodleoo: thoodleoo: there’s a lot of evidence that the iliad and the odyssey were actually composed by a variety of poets through an oral tradition rather than just by one poet, so what if
heatandapathy: chotomy:chotomy:the cool thing about the iliad is that almost everyone in it is a horrible person and/or literal war criminal, so you get to judge characters EXCLUSIVELY by vibes. anyway i don’t blame paris for the trojan war but he
ohdeargodwhy: Clip of Mark Gatiss reading from the Iliad - The speech Patroclus’ ghost gives to Achilles
kaz2y53-5-6bc: Reading the iliad is so crazy because like alexander the great was reading this story over 2000 years ago?? he probably wrote fanfiction about achilles and patroclus and told hephaestion his headcanons?? life is absurd
macross-82: kampiotis: In the Iliad, Homer describes Poseidon, god of horses, earthquakes, and the sea, driving a chariot drawn by brazen-hoofed horses over the sea’s surface. I now know why.
macross-82:kampiotis: In the Iliad, Homer describes Poseidon, god of horses, earthquakes, and the sea, driving a chariot drawn by brazen-hoofed horses over the sea’s surface. I now know why.
youlookgoodlikethat: Sandra CW Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another. —Homer, The Iliad, Book IX, line 386. Bryant’s translation.
“The gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.” — Homer, The Iliad (via
tiamhaidh: “And the son of Peleus pressed on in search of glory, spattering his unconquerable hands with gore.” - Homer, The Iliad, Book 20, 502-3
byronofrochdale: Machaon and Podaleirios, physicians of the Greek Army during the Trojan war, sons of Asklepios.I can’t recall having seen another statue of these guys before, but they are among my favourite carachters in the Iliad and I love the fact
gallusrostromegalus: caecilius-est-pater: thoodleoo: thoodleoo: since homestuck contains elements of both the iliad (fated war with effectively divine intervention) and the odyssey (journey to find home) and contains a lot of traditional epic qualities
poetic–elixir:“There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover’s whisper, irresistible – magic to make the sanest man go mad.” ― Homer, The Iliad
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