neville park
do you think Homeric bards, like, freestyled
Feb 11, 2018 at 3:06pmWeb
Show threadneville parkFeb 11, 2018
I'm imagining them using epithets like "hashtag rap". Like "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah shark / more than one fish in the sea (wine-dark)"
Show threadneville parkFeb 11, 2018
the Aeneid should start like the Iliad and then Virgil yells "THE REMIX"
Show threadneville parkFeb 11, 2018
seriously though, the Aeneid is just shitty fanfic. it's the high school AU of the Iliad. don't @ me
Show threadDJ SundogFeb 11, 2018
@nev indubitably
Show threadClaude DebubsyFeb 11, 2018
@nev 100% can see one going to a town and they're like "TELL US THE TALE OF (insert random local hero)" and they get a few highlights and start going
Show threadq2Feb 11, 2018
@nev
A lot, while drunk, hopefully.
Show threadmediocrity estateFeb 11, 2018
@nev there’s no reason to believe the Iliad we have is even the best version
Show threadmediocrity estateFeb 11, 2018
@nev classics is actually incredibly depressing if you think about it, which I did, for years
Show threadneville parkFeb 11, 2018
@swizzard amazing how many thinkers we only know from excerpts by opponents dunking on them
Show threada variety of corvidFeb 12, 2018
@swizzard @nev you know, I was okay with never having time travel until just now
Show threadæon Feb 11, 2018
@nev https://icosahedron.website/media/TAmjDfsPCD9LnRqdF58
Show threadEllieFeb 11, 2018
@nev Absolutely. No question about it. They even had contests to see whose rendition was best where they'd sling subtle abuse at their competitors, IIRC.
Show threadRyusei (류セイ/龍生)Feb 11, 2018

@noelle @nev Homeric and Classical Greek bards and playwrights probably threw constant shade at each other

I suspect there was a lot of drama over the Dionysia

Show threadEllieFeb 11, 2018
@ryusei @nev You should read "The Frogs", which has a whole section about Aristophanes making fun of Aeschylus and Euripides.
Show threadRyusei (류セイ/龍生)Feb 11, 2018

@noelle @nev https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/ancientdrama/2013/07/16/the-dionysia-drama-contest/ The judging sounds appropriately convoluted

Ten votes were placed but only five were even read unless there was a tie

Can you imagine how many metaphorical tables must have been flipped

The Dionysia Drama Contest - Ancient Drama

In the many national and international competitions for literary and artistic prizes, there are two basic methods of determining the result.  The most common, perhaps, is to choose a panel of judges (generally composed of professional experts), let them deliberate behind closed doors, and wait for a verdict which all the members of the panel ...

Ancient Drama
Show threadEllieFeb 11, 2018
@ryusei @nev so many. SO MANY.
Show threadσιγά μη φοβηθώFeb 11, 2018
@nev They did kinda. The epics had a lot of mnemonic devices and they always hit the main beats of the story but the bards would liberally add their own material.