#Iliad

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Taylor Swift's favourite literary references Alice in Wonderland (Book) "Fell down a rabbit hole""Didn't you call my fears with a Cheshire Cat smile?""And in the end, in wonderland, We both

Jessica Ann

Varizey

There are so many laughable claims in that WSJ hitjob, but I'm going to focus on the first (of so many) things I learned from @juliaerin80 @triciaebarvia @TchKimPossible @nenagerman and

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realscientists

My last major thread before I relinquish my hold over this account will be on another topic I am really interested in math and science called "Chimeras" (kinda like this

Onaiz Qutabzada 🇵🇰

YeniceriQ

The achievements of Sultan Fatih Mehmet 2 are no less than that of Alexander the Great! [Thread]Mehmed’s predecessors had laid the foundation for a state ruled over by an absolute

David Dubrow

davedauthor

THE CLASSICSThere's been a bit of talk lately in reaction to a number of YA authors publicly trashing the classic works of literature that have been traditionally given to schoolchildren

Kendric Tonn

kendrictonn

I'm sick and I'll probably regret noticing a sad & angry little man: let's leave aside questions of quality & relevance to consider his initial claim here. He's light on

YOUR HYDRA

BraveTheWorld

My father is really into ancient Greek & Roman things. To the extent that he shipped my sister and I to Italy to learn the ancient techniques of Fresco painting.

Mark Steven

multimimetica

Ulysses means more to me than any other book. Part of the reason why is that I first read Ulysses before knowing *anything* about Ulysses. Here’s a #Bloomsday2020 thread. My

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lllogansays

Let's get a list going of primary texts which NT scholarship should be more familiar with! I'll start with: (1) Fragments from Hellenistic Jewish Authors (4 vols.). Some awesome stuff

आलाप

nivrittijnandev

Some gleanings can be noted of the so called 'functional triad' (a social tripartition based upon a 'triad of divinities') of Mitra-Varuṇa, Indra, & the twin Ásvins (certainly not the

AstralNaught

FlightAstral

Thread: Y “Bronze Age?” Is conquering spirit the main attribute admired by @bronzeagemantis? Bronze Age on equal or lesser footing with Roman, Crusader, & Mongols as conquerors...no. Bronze Age has

Melissa Murray

ProfMMurray

When I was @BerkeleyLaw, each December the @BerkLawLibrary would solicit holiday book recommendations from the community. Even though I'm now @nyulaw, old habits die hard. Here are the books I'm

Haggard Hawks 🦅

HaggardHawks

1. The first cut made by a saw is called the KERF. 2. In the sense of a later event or consequence, the word AFTERMATH originally referred to a second

Peter J. Williams

DrPJWilliams

Thread on David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17)The combat is over in just one verse, so why take 58 verses to tell the story?There's much more here than meets the

WikiVictorian

wikivictorian

Heinrich Schliemann and the discovery of Troy: A THREAD Heinrich Schliemann (6 January 1822 – 26 December 1890) was a German businessman and a pioneer in the field of

Nicolette D'Angelo

nicohhhlette

For the eighth and final (!) Queer and the Classical seminar, we have 'After Callimachus: Reading and Conversation' with Stephanie Burt (@accommodatingly) and Mark Payne. We are of course reading

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