TheEdinburghBookshopJan 17

#WhatWereReading : Joe decided to revisit The Odyssey, ahead of this year's Christopher Nolan film adaptation, thoroughly enjoying Emily WIlson's excellent translation & interpretation from W.W. Norton.

A good excuse to reacquaint ourselves with one of the pillars of world storytelling (and let's face it, storytelling is one of the things humans are astonishingly adept at).

Come sail the wine dark seas...

#books #livres #Odyssey #TheOdyssey #Homer #Poem #Classic #EmilyWilson #books #livres #bookstodon #ClassicalGreece #Poetry #Ulysses #Odysseus

What's a fun name?Apr 4, 2025
Strolling around Athens historical centre.

#athens #rockinathens #athensgreece #greece #ancientgreece #ancientgreece #classicalgreece #citycenter #photography #vintage #vintagephotography #vintagephotos #pixelfed #endofday #cloudy #cloudyday #cloudysky #monastiraki #thiseio #classical #photographer #cityscape #cityscapes #urbanphotographer #urbanphotography #urbanphoto
HighretrogamelordFeb 10, 2025

Tyrant of Athens for the ZX81

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syyium54XdA

#TyrantofAthens #ZX81 #Strategy #Management #AncientGreece #ClassicalGreece #ClassicGreece #MCLothlorien #Lothlorien

Tyrant of Athens for the ZX81

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 Why Not Zoidberg? 🦑Oct 5, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiWMpoEtogE

Red from Overly Sarcastic Productions summarizes... all the heroes.

#History #Histodons #Mythology #Greece #ClassicalGreece

Legends Summarized: The Heroes Of Greece

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 Why Not Zoidberg? 🦑Sep 11, 2024

The fact that #Hades named his pupper Spot will always warm my heart.

#Mythology #History #Greece #ClassicalGreece

HighretrogamelordSep 8, 2024

Peloponnesian War for the ZX81

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh4tTXEyatM

#PeloponnesianWar #ZX81 #Strategy #AncientGreece #ClassicalGreece #Athens #Sparta #GreekCityStates #MCLothlorienLtd #MCLothlorien

Peloponnesian War for the ZX81

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 Why Not Zoidberg? 🦑Jul 5, 2024

The History of Naxos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AM0qHi2qeE

#Histodons #History #Marble #Greece #ClassicalGreece

History Summarized: Naxos, The Island Frozen In Time

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Show threadbs2Dec 19, 2023
7Y.O.: ‘Why are we here?'”
NC: There are two views about that which go back to #ClassicalGreece, maybe before. One is we are here for the same reason that rocks and trees and grass are here. That is just the way the #RulesOfNature worked out, and they happened to lead to us just like they led to other things.
> The other answer, which goes back to Aristotle actually, is that everything in nature has a purpose and a function...then #Aristotle drew some pretty ugly conclusions from that...
 Why Not Zoidberg? 🦑Mar 8, 2023

What a great day to learn about my favorite classical hero: #Medea
https://youtu.be/b7WH30_8vos

#histodons #histodon #mythodon #greece #ClassicalGreece #march8 #internationalwomensday

Miscellaneous Myths: Medea

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Paul DavidsonNov 25, 2022

From Spencer McDaniel's blog: “The ancient Greeks ate cicadas and grasshoppers!” #history #ClassicalGreece #FoodHistory

https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2022/11/20/the-ancient-greeks-ate-cicadas-and-grasshoppers/

The Ancient Greeks Ate Cicadas and Grasshoppers! - Tales of Times Forgotten

Twenty-first-century westerners frequently like to imagine that the ancient Greeks and Romans were “just like us.” The truth, however, is that, if a person from twenty-first-century Europe, the U.S., or Canada were transported back in time to classical Athens in the fifth century BCE, they would find themself in a culture drastically different from their … Continue reading "The Ancient Greeks Ate Cicadas and Grasshoppers!"

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