i believe in a pompey supremacy

"Great Greek philosphers" you mean a man with an opinion? I can find that anywhere

i only stabbed you to death in the theater of pompey a little bit. grow up

i love cicero very dearly but i will never get over the fact that when he returned to rome from his exile he literally claims that, upon his arrival in the city, everyone started clapping for him

is there any more damning criticism of an academic book than the solitary question mark pencilled in the margin

concept: that thing they do to cleopatra where they make her dress super slutty just because they can but it’s male historical figures

losing my mind over the idea of slutty emperor Constantine

I’m just saying there’s technically no reason why we shouldn’t draw Napoleon reclining seductively in stilettos with his military jacket showing cleavage spilling all the way down to his silk tights that cling to his full, round cheeks and emphasize his bulging crotch

“He who wants to be obeyed...must know how to command.” -Niccolo Machiavelli, depicted wielding a riding crop and stepping on a bound and gagged guy using his six-inch shiny black heels

oh a good take

socrates was the baddest bitch at the athenian forum and that's why they killed him

socrates walks into platos academy and his ass walks in 5 minutes later

concept: a ciceronian speech translated in the style of a shouty “informative” tumblr post

NOW BUCKLE THE FUCK UP CONSCRIPT FATHERS, I’M GONNA TELL YOU WHAT AN ABSOLUTE FUCKWAFFLE CATILINE IS

I feel like modern Cicero speeches would probably sound like Ben Shapiro, but this is an equally cursed and hilarious idea

hm! i think i hate this more than i hate my own post, thanks!

Despite the assertions of certain scholars, there is little evidence of heteroeroticism in Archaic Greece. Meager references may perhaps be found in the Iliad. While the epic is famous for the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus and its role in turning the tide of the Trojan War, Helen and Paris, commonly interpreted by modern readers as friends, may provide a parallel to these famous lovers. Instrumental to Helen’s escape to Troy with Paris was Aphrodite, whose erotic connotations are well known from Sappho’s poetry. It could be argued, however shocking it may be to our modern sensibilities, that Paris and Helen’s love was of a similar nature. Nevertheless, other possible mentions of “straight” people (I use quotation marks as such an identity did not exist in Ancient Greece) remain debatable. There is no evidence that Hector and Andromache’s love was anything but platonic; the intimacy of their exchange in Book 6 should not be taken as heteroerotic, as declarations of strong affection between friends were common in ancient times. Neither is their marriage proof of institutionalised different-sex unions based on attraction. It is well known that most marriages were concluded for practical reasons, and romantic feelings rarely, if ever, entered the picture. As such, the question of whether “straight” people existed in Archaic Greece cannot be conclusively answered.

the only reason i want to correct op is because "royal bedfellow" is a real title and it means exactly what it says, and james the first made it george villiers' title after like seven rank promotions, which he gave him specifically because he was his hot hunting party boytoy