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1/ In the Iliad, Homer often refers to the uniqueness of the capabilities of the armies of Achilles and Ajax, where they are described as dense formations of elite soldiers, who use brilliant tactical battles under the guidance of highly trained warlords.
#Homer #Iliad #Troy
#Homer #Iliad #Troy
2/ " ...howbeit thereto could he no more avail, for with shields were they fenced in on every side, as they stood around Patroclus, and before them they held their spears. For Ajax ranged to and fro among them and straitly charged every man; ➡️
➡️ Thus mighty Ajax charged them, not one, he bade them, should give ground backward from the corpse, nor yet fight in front of the rest of the Achaeans as one pre-eminent above them all; but stand firm close beside the corpse and do battle hand to hand. ➡️
I am currently reading the #iliad because I needed a sleep book and wow. Y'all I was not PREPARED.
I thought I knew the story of Helen of Troy and wow I did NOT AT ALL. (🧵/n til I get bored)
I thought I knew the story of Helen of Troy and wow I did NOT AT ALL. (🧵/n til I get bored)
Keep in mind also I'm only like 60 pages in here.
Versions of the story I learned:
1. Helen married Meneleus and he was ugly/old/boring. She met Paris, became fantastically horny, and ran off with him. 1,000 ships later, here we are.
Versions of the story I learned:
1. Helen married Meneleus and he was ugly/old/boring. She met Paris, became fantastically horny, and ran off with him. 1,000 ships later, here we are.
2. Helen married Meneleus, Paris came for a visit, fell hard for Helen (also Venus promised him the most beautiful woman in the world if he picked her in the Judgement of Paris, another story), and stole her.
@saurabhraajjain
Good day Saurabh.
Would you kindly confirm this?
Much appreciated.
11:35 CET 31 OCT 2022
Perp: Illuminati actor / influencer Saurabh Raj Jain(??)
Good day Saurabh.
Would you kindly confirm this?
Much appreciated.
11:35 CET 31 OCT 2022
Perp: Illuminati actor / influencer Saurabh Raj Jain(??)
I just heard a tinnitus while communicating telepathically with SRJ and heard a highpitched tinnitus in my left wear and felt a resultant slight loss of hearing and dullness plus weakness and debility.
I had just left a comment and given the link to my Instagram page about
I had just left a comment and given the link to my Instagram page about
20 minutes.
I am writing this as I am about to leave my apartment.
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I am writing this as I am about to leave my apartment.
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I just finished re-reading the #Iliad
Or rather, I read @stephenfry’s highly enjoyable version “Troy”
Here are a couple of points with some relevance to today’s war in #Ukraine
A short 🧵(with some classical art)
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Or rather, I read @stephenfry’s highly enjoyable version “Troy”
Here are a couple of points with some relevance to today’s war in #Ukraine
A short 🧵(with some classical art)
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Who is to blame for the war, and at what point did it become inevitable?
Was it the Trojan abduction of Helen, the judgement of Paris, the lottery Odysseus organised, Paris’ and Antimachus' undermining of the Greek ultimatum?...
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Was it the Trojan abduction of Helen, the judgement of Paris, the lottery Odysseus organised, Paris’ and Antimachus' undermining of the Greek ultimatum?...
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Or was it the challenge Troy presented to Agamemnon’s hegemony as “king of men”....
... or the Greek pursuit of Troy’s spoils?
In the case of Russia vs Ukraine, we also see multiple reasons being debated, some more realistic than others.
(Did someone say 'Mearsheimer'?)
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... or the Greek pursuit of Troy’s spoils?
In the case of Russia vs Ukraine, we also see multiple reasons being debated, some more realistic than others.
(Did someone say 'Mearsheimer'?)
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Maybe the most beautiful copy of Homer's #Iliad. The "Florentine Homer" is written by the scribe Ioannes Rhosos, a Byzantine Greek émigré from Crete and completed in Florence on 16 May 1466.
©British Library
#Archaeolgy #History
©British Library
#Archaeolgy #History
The frontispiece of the manuscript depicting Homer surrounded by the Muses! Isn't gorgeous?
The calligraphy of Ioannes Rhosos is just superb. Two decades later again in Florence, Demetrius Chalkokondyles and Demetrius Damilas, also Byzantine Greeks, produced the first printed edition of the works of Homer using typefaces.
*I like the calligraphy though.
*I like the calligraphy though.
30th JUNE: THE FIRST MARTYRS OF THE CHURCH OF ROME
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1. Tertullian observes, that the sanctity and purity of the manners of the Christians was a sufficient motive to stir up the rage of Emperor Nero,
#FirstMartyrsOfTheChurchOfRome #EarlyChurch #Christianity #Jesus
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1. Tertullian observes, that the sanctity and purity of the manners of the Christians was a sufficient motive to stir up the rage of Emperor Nero,
#FirstMartyrsOfTheChurchOfRome #EarlyChurch #Christianity #Jesus
2. himself an avowed enemy of all virtue.
He took the following occasion to discredit them: The city of Rome had been set on fire, and had burned nine days, from the 19th to the 28th of July, in the year 64. During this horrible tragedy,
#RomanEmpire #History #Emperor #Nero
He took the following occasion to discredit them: The city of Rome had been set on fire, and had burned nine days, from the 19th to the 28th of July, in the year 64. During this horrible tragedy,
#RomanEmpire #History #Emperor #Nero
[ #MOI ] - Today, petite révolution pour la #Freebox des parents: passage d'un timide #ADSL à la #fibre #FTTH survitaminée @Free! En attente du technicien #FreeInfrastructure sur le créneau 08-10h. Étonnant & courageux de voir que ça bosse un jour d'#Ascension! Thread à venir...!
[ #MOI ] - 08H45, ouf, appel du tech #FreeInfrastructure pr annoncer son arrivée d'ici 30mins. Je commençais à douter de la faisabilité du raccordement #FTTH en ce jour férié. C'était mal parti, surtout en étant 1er créneau. Wait & see now pour le thread photo.! 🙉 #FREEBOX #FREE
[ #MOI ] - 09H45, c'est parti! 01h45 de retard mais nous sommes les 1ers clients du jour! Pas de tech #FreeInfrastructure mais un sous-traitant. Ouverture de la chambre, balisage, passage tire-fil. Le #FTTH #Freebow n'a jamais été proche. 🤟
