#Greek

Big NO

Chef_Lu_Bu

Why does Zeus always look a certain way in video games? The easy answer is: We have an extraordinary amount of depictions of Zeus in classical art that folks draw

Ellie Bennett

sharratu_EllieB

So in some minor exciting news, I think I figured out how Neo-Assyrian women's shoes worked. A short thread. 1/9 I've been needing to scratch my #reenactment itch, and ages

The Stranger 🗞

TheStranger

Our childish obsession with seeing family on holidays is going to kill our families in record numbers. (1/7) People don't respond well to scolds because they don't enjoy others treating

miss veryvery

missveryvery

The Hades and Persephone myth we know is just one variation of it. You could argue there's a proto version with the lady abducting the dude. People influenced by religions

Promise Tewogbola

PTewogbola

The language we speak heavily influences the way we think. Unfortunately, many modern languages, including English, do not do justice to the concept of “time”. This is why many people

Million$journey

amillionjourney

Everyone here is on a path of Self-Improvement. We want a better life,relationships, more money ... and intellectual development.And if you are on this pathDid you know that Ancient Greek

True Indology

TIinExile

FOOL!That is a 200 year old translation of a British Christian named Wilson who declared his aim was conversion of Hindus.The word Nāstika DOES NOT even occur in the RigvedaThe

Cathryn Townsend, PhD.

CathrynTownsend

Just started reading this book where @AthenaAktipis argues that "our very existence as multicellular organisms - as paragons of multicellular cooperation - is inextricably tied to our susceptibility to cancer."

take another little Reece of my heart now baby 💕

connolly_reece

british tv chefs as greek gods[a thread][[ i dont know why i did this ]] Paul Hollywood -- ZeusStoic, performative masculinity, has affairs. Mary Berry -- AthenaWise, traditional, steely. Likes

Ashley Kirsten Weed

AshleyKirstenW

Today my students discussed the debate re: Black American education between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. du Bois (we are so close to finally starting Quest of the Silver Fleece!).

Bret Devereaux

BretDevereaux

It is really tricky to explain and even trickier to prove to readers who have perhaps not so much experience with different languages that just because a word X in

Thomas Wier

thomas_wier

Weekly Georgian Etymology: ბირჟა birža 'hangout place', from Russian биржа 'exchange, market' from (low) German Börse, < French bourse 'stock exchange', < Late Latin bursa 'leather purse

Amy Pistone

apistone

This is something that's been on my mind a lot lately, and I've been wanting to write something about it, because the flexible language of myth was what drew me

Laleh Khalili

LalehKhalili

Finally went and saw the Wollstonecraft statue down the street from me. A few basic impressions: 1/ If the intention of public art is to generate conversation, then this one

Tuomas Malinen

mtmalinen

Please understand that money is NOT the invention of governments or #Centralbanks .Early forms of money (debt) were created to serve as an accounting identity some 5000 years ago.Money has

@ torchlight on your face

Vinodhari2

1. Fact check on CLAIM by Xtians: St. Thomas visited India( kerala) in 52 AD and converted few Brahmins, established 8 churches , fixed 7 cross and eventually he was

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