PARIS, APPALING PARIS! OUR PRINCE OF BEAUTY—

i like to believe that Elektra used to be Klytemnestra’s favorite child. she loved all of her children but she had a soft spot for Elektra because they were so alike. then Iphigeneia is sacrificed and Klytemnestra collapses and forgets her remaining children. of course, after the murder of Agamemnon, Elektra completely turns against her mother. and now the fact that they are alike (both in looks and personalities) is a reason of hatred not love

does the fact i’m doomed by the narrative make you wanna kiss me

Turnus referring to himself in the third person in the Aeneid took me off guard initially, but then I thought about it for two seconds and I was like "yeah he seems like the kind of guy who would do that"

reading about the participation of children in rituals as a form of play in ancient greece and came across an incredibly charming story from julius pollux's onomasticon where a flood prevented the adults from reaching a sanctuary to sacrifice a ram to heracles, and the children solved the problem by....sticking a bunch of sticks in an apple to give it "legs" and "horns" and offering it as a sacrifice instead. it's such a charming thought and i can perfectly picture kids these days also pretending at sacrificing an apple "goat" at recess

“we need more complicated women” some of yall can’t even handle helen of sparta

*looking in the mirror* You are not Orestes. You are a friendly, charming, driven young woman. Not orestes. Do not think, "I am orestes"