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Latest painting! What do you think?
[reading] “the relationship between a warrior and a charioteer is a special one in ancient warfare”
sir so you're saying that Achilles and Patroclus were not only quite the couple but they also shared a brain cell by profession
heck I'm reading a Bhagavad-Gita excerpt right now and it looks like Krishna was Arjuna's brain cell too
so like is it legal for me to ask couples “which one is the warrior and which one is the charioteer?”
Orestes lost both his sister and mother that day...
absolutely nuts for this copy of the illiad + odyssey
the edges are GOLD
I love this couple so much
calypso run
that is her sad wet cat of a husband and she will not tolerate bullying
“He smiled, and his face was like the sun.”
—Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
"Patroclus, he says, Patroclus. Patroclus. Over and over until it is sound only."
-TSOA, Madeline Miller
It is right to seek peace for the dead. You and I both know there is no peace for those who live after.
-TSOA, Madeline Miller
The sun sank below Pelion’s ridges, and we were happy.
-TSOA, Madeline Miller
He smiled, and his face was like the sun.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
I cry about Hector of Troy at least twice a month
Fucking dumbass over here just mistoke Plato for Patroclus in her art exam. Fml