everyday of my life i think about what if ancient greek children had trojan horse toys with little men inside of them and i go just a little bit feral

medoisa:

medoisa:

to keep it real i axe him in the bath

domus-laetitiae:

Decorative chimney pot on one of the reconstructed Roman buildings at CARNUNTUM (Austria).

lionofchaeronea:

Having completed the last of his Twelve Labors, Heracles shows the captive Cerberus to a terrified King Eurystheus, who hides in a storage jar. (…Again.) Side A of a black-figure hydria (water-jar), attributed to the Eagle Painter; ca. 525 BCE. Made at Caere (modern Cerveteri), Etruria, Italy; now in the Louvre.

classics-cassandra:

Roman soldiers on Hadrian’s wall 1,800 years ago, and me rn:

catullan:

odi et nyamo

nothing sums up the classics experience more than trying to find a cute vase described in an article you read and instead finding a vase with two satyrs jerkin it together

cheekyblunders:

Goodbye Tirane!

This beautifully sculpted face looks like a woman. It isn’t. This is Apollo. According to the placard, Apollo’s appearance was made to look feminine or androgynous. He represents the perfect, beautiful masculine.

Behind him is a representation of breasts. This was a gift to the gods from a woman who is praying for milk to feed her babies and raise her children. I hope her prayers were answered.

interretialia:

lizardman1997:

Greek professor: does anyone remember the core stem of γιγνωμαι?
me: gno

Hoc amo!