Ancient Greeks had terrible naming sense
Gorgocutie says: Someone at a Troy screening really groaned "Oh, he gets hit in his ACHILLES heel? COME ON" as if the Iliad wasn’t the...
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The Shield of Achilles
The Shield of Achilles In Book XVIII of the Iliad, Homer describes the construction of Achilles’ shield by Hephaestus, god of technology. This shield is...
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No meddling! Wink 😉
The eighth book of the Iliad tells of the truce imposed by Zeus on the gods of Olympus. In fact, the father of the gods,...
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UncategorisedTell me the truth
MJ: Tell me the truth. I’m… I’m ready to hear it. Spiderman: The Aeneid is just Homer fan fiction. MJ, Pained expression.
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Poor Choice, Bro
The Judgement of Paris The Golden Apple! The Apple The cause of so many calamities. Georg Friedrich, German, 1868-1943
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Strategise with Athena
Diomedes Diomedes was the youngest of all the Greek kings in the Iliad. Though only about twenty years old, he was widely regarded as one...
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Paris, you simp (Part 2)
Iliad Book 3 Hector reproaches Paris in front of Helen “At one glance Hector raked his brother with insults, stinging taunts: “Paris, appalling Paris! Our...
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The Trojan Horse, painting by Henri-Paul Motte.
‘The Trojan Horse’, painting by Henri-Paul Motte.
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Achilles Drags the Body of Hector to the Greek Camp
Achilles Drags the Body of Hector to the Greek Camp Iliad Book XXII Now, come, you sons of Achaea, raise a song of triumph!...