Nov 15, 2024
researchers will see a lacuna next to odysseus' name in an ancient text and immediately assume it said "and diomedes"
[Polygnotos's Iliupersis: A New Reconstruction]
i find the ghost of you wherever i go
#the text being pausania's Descriptions of Greece#which otherwise only ever mentions diomedes in a passage about aeneas afaik#imagining the researchers being very 'but what about MY GUY?'#whenever diomedes' not onscreen all the other characters should be asking 'where's diomedes'#odysseus#diomedes#polygnotus#pausania#tagamemnon#🏷️
