Classics Memes

Small bookstores have an effect on me like that of the Lotus Eaters. I walk in saying “I’ll just browse for a few minutes” and walk out an hour later with a hardcover, two pens, and a sticker.

maybe the best way to deal with impostor syndrome is actually to pivot to full-blown hubris 

literally do not understand why Hollywood keeps doing historically inaccurate Ancient Greece movies when the actual story is more entertaining and insane 10/10 times

hey babe wanna go on a discus-throwing date? promise nothing will go wrong

someday I'll remove the lotr reference from my working thesis title. definitely not today. but someday.

latin prof calling Augustus “the boy” bc Cicero did once

anyone remember what they did to Marcus Crassus for his greed after he died? anyway--

props to my friend who says studying classics made him a better person because I have just been getting progressively worse since the day I enrolled

objectively the funniest thing I’ve ever seen was a tik tok called “fiction books about greek mythology” like tsoa and stuff but then the Iliad was also one they showed

my greatest strengths are my heart and my capacity to love. also this big sword.

girl help im feeling sympathy for paris prince of troy

doing everything I can to make sure my archaeological footprint would absolutely fuck with archaeologists in the future 

i want to yassify Julius Caesar

i have greek and latin exams today and ALL I can think about is how odysseus was Young when he left for the war