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haec rursus patienda manent, hoc ordine belli ibitur, hic stabit civilibus exitus armis [lucan, pharsalia], or alternatively titled, Aeneas Kills Turnus

there’s a million and seven things that went on in the ‘dialogue’ of figuring this painting out, but it’ll take like, literally 15 pages to explain, so instead I’ll pull together a thread of quotes that rattled around in my head while I made this and hope that the dots are all connectable

the aeneid, tr. fagles

the iliad, tr. fagles

blood in the arena, alison futrell

@thoodleoo​‘s tags on this post

the epodes: horace’s archilochus?, lindsay watson

the memory of philippi in horace and the interpretation of the epistle 1.20.23,  mario citroni (you know, because philippi is where the republic dies, and functions as a spectacle, funeral, and foundational sacrifice for empire, which circles back to—)

Hmm, not quite! In my mind she’d look a bit like the actress Berrak Tüzünataç but with darker eyes and curlier hair*. In my own design (with very, very badly drawn Bronze Age Anatolian clothing lol) she’d look like this 👇🏽

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Early concept work from @wolfythewitch for Penelope & Her Guest

misc odyssey things 🐎 ino + circe

+nausicaa wip