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Meg / 27 / PhD student in Classics @durham_uni available for arguments about Alexander the Great by appointment. St. Andrews / Edinburgh / Winchester Alumnus.

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@agameganon

King of Megcenae

9 months

I’m Meg, a PhD researcher in Classics. I sell handmade jewellery inspired by my love of the ancient world using replicas of genuine Greek and Roman coins. All sales help support an early career scholar AND you get to own a beautiful thing! #ClassicsTwitter

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@agameganon

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3 years

it’s called academia

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reading for pleasure implies the existence of reading for pain

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6 months

you must see the vision

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6 months

my dream cast for Alexander the Great and I’ve been saying it for YEARS… do you see it NOW!?

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4 years

Polyphemus when Odysseus & crew turn up uninvited

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3 years

This is kind of what the British Museum’s Nero exhibit was like.

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@agameganon

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1 year

I’m sorry to be a misogynist or whatever but I genuinely am a bit tired of mythology retellings from the female/feminist perspective and I would love to see some innovative takes that do actually work WITH the traditional male heroes and not rally against them

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@agameganon

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4 years

“I hope this email finds you well!” How the email finds me:

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@agameganon

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1 year

I think it’s pretty insulting to call this genre of books a ‘grift’ when what we’re witnessing is a trend, much like the supernatural romance and teen dystopia novels of the late 00’s-early 10’s. And OP is incorrect regardless since Pandora isn’t a mythology retelling whatsoever!

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just a sample of the Feminist Greek Mythology Retellings coming out in 2023. first three are all debuts. the grift is real and it's out there.

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@agameganon

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1 year

ALEXANDER was a TERRIBLE PERSON. He was a TYRANT. He betrayed every ideal he ever claimed to stand for. He was a shameless pathological liar who killed millions of people for his own insatiable vanity. He is literally one of the worst people in history.

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@agameganon

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3 years

jealous of this kitten being tenderly bathed and loved 😔

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this tiktok single-handedly healed all my traumas

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2 years

sorry but ‘Sapphic feminist retelling of the Odyssey by someone who hasn’t read the Odyssey and went on record saying they got their mythology stories from Percy Jackson’ feels like a hate crime against me specifically, it feels so personal

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3 years

I just don’t understand why some people are so reluctant to accept that rape and kidnapping of women has always been a morally reprehensible thing. Even if we also accept that ancient moral codes were ‘different’ there’s plenty of evidence that it’s not THAT different.

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I know The Cyclops (c.1914) by Odilon Redon is a very sensitive and sophisticated piece of art but I find it so hysterically funny, I can’t look at it for too long.

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2 years

time to celebrate some of my favourite Tweets

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@agameganon

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I will never change, I will never improve, this is a promise

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@agameganon

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3 years

Me, having neither a PhD nor institutional affiliation, just chilling on Classics Twitter as if my input means a damn thing.

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3 years

How big was his what?? HIS WHAT??

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3 years

Achilles gets away with far too much because pop culture turned him into a sensitive twink. He’s just as awful as the rest of them.

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2 years

not this coming from the actual scs

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4 years

‘Hercules at the Feet of Omphale’ Gustave-Claude-Étienne Courtois (1912)

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1 year

the thing about ‘we can’t say homosexuality in reference to classical antiquity because they didn’t understand the concept’ is that it just doesn’t hold up to logical scrutiny. they also didn’t understand the ‘concept’ of a united country called ‘greece’ yet we use that word-

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1 year

Odysseus isn’t real, I hope that helps.

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@agameganon Are we to pretend you care about morals? You're just upset because you know you're too fat and unattractive for a man like Odysseus to ever desire. You attack what you can't have. Same reason you attack Athenian.

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1 year

Surprise! My shop is open once again and fully restocked for 2023 🎉 The popular Ionic column gold and silver necklaces and earrings are back in stock, as are the Athenian owl medallions, plus many other beautiful designs inspired by the Classical world.

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2 years

It’s late at night and I’m feeling brave so I’m going to say it: I really hate The Song of Achilles

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2 years

7 years of hard work has finally brought me to this point. This evening I accepted my unconditional offer to begin my PhD at @Durham_Classics this autumn. It’s been a long and difficult journey, and I’m so excited that this marks the beginning of the next chapter of my life.

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2 years

I really don’t like the whole ‘actually Medusa was turned into a Gorgon by Athena because Athena was protecting her and giving her the power to kill sexual abusers❤️’ take because her bodily transformation into something monstrous is still a violation if not done with consent

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2 years

My shop is open and ready for orders! I’m early career Classicist who makes jewellery inspired by the ancient world by hand. All items are made to order and high quality. Every day I’m going to highlight an item that I have available in this thread ⭐️

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3 years

If I had a time machine I would go back and rescue the baby Minotaur so I could raise him as my son and brush his hair until he’s all fluffy 🥰

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@agameganon

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2 years

I am slightly worried that without a verified account no one will see my posts about my jewellery so please share while you can! My shop is now OPEN and all items are handmade by me. Every purchase supports me in my research as a Classics PhD ⭐️

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@agameganon

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11 months

Are you a conquerer founding a new city? Here are some strong and excellent names for your new city: Alexandria Alexandria Alexandria Alexandria Alexandria Alexandria Boukephala Alexandria Alexandria

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@agameganon

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7 months

I’ve put a lot of thought into it and here is my definitive cast for A Muppet Odyssey: Statler and Waldorf as Scylla and Carybdis is, I think, my best work yet

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A Muppet Odyssey

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That doesn’t mean I think the feminist girlboss mythology tellings shouldn’t exist because there is obviously an audience for them but I do think it would be interesting to see the male heroes return to the front and see what can be done with them

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3 years

No really, Alex Winter looks an awful lot like sculptural depictions of Alexander the Great.

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perhaps it does make me a terrible misogynist but I do think that a retelling of Odysseus’ homecoming from the perspective of Eumaeus the enslaved swine-herd has just as much innovative and subversive potential as the retelling from Penelope’s perspective has

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girl how can you write a modern retelling of the Odyssey without reading the damn Odyssey

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to celebrate Twitter polls soon being axed for us hoi polloi here is my way of getting the most use out of the feature in a topical fashion while I still can: Which Of These Big Names From Classical Antiquity Would Pay For Twitter Blue?

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3 years

To all the cis lesbians feeling disappointed or even betrayed by Elliot Page, I have the following advice: get a grip and don’t be so callous ✨💕

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who sets up a 19 year old to take the last penalty are you having a fucking laugh here man

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1 year

My shop is back open for the summer! If you’re a Classicist, mythology enthusiast, or just like unique and interesting jewellery then I might have something for you. Everything is handmade by me & sales help fund my research as PGR student #ClassicsTwitter

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6 months

my dream cast for Alexander the Great and I’ve been saying it for YEARS… do you see it NOW!?

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Jeremy Allen White for Calvin Klein.

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‘Viewing the ancient world with modern standards of morality is annoying’ But viewing rape/kidnap as something that was only seen as immoral in modernity isn’t true! That’s the point! It was still immoral even then! It was immoral in antiquity and it is now!

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3 years

RIP Alexander you would have loved space travel.

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4 years

Insisting Achilles and Patroclus had no intimate relationship because you can’t accept a hero being attracted to his own gender: Not Good Insisting Achilles and Patroclus MUST have been intimate because you undervalue the grief of losing your friend/fellow warrior: Also Not Good

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3 years

I am reconciling myself with being single forever because I would rather die alone than ever use a dating app.

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2 years

I definitely would’ve stepped out for a cigarette during Plato’s Symposium

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6 months

let’s go girls

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Alexander the Gr-ATE became queen of Motherdon and expanded his femmepire with a total slay at Gag-amela

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2 years

everyone say a prayer me for, the only Hellenist in a new PhD cohort of entirely Latinists

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1 year

@CSMFHT excuse me that is Zeus’ divorce lawyer

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one of my favourite mythology retellings is Mary Renault’s Theseus duology and I would like to see more like that

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3 years

mark my words england will lose this on penalties, the fuckers

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3 years

Yes I’m a Classicist, yes I think Classicists are largely boring and insufferable, yes I include myself in that.

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3 years

At the end of last month I was making plans in secret to end my own life. Now I’m still here, not exactly thriving, but still here, which I suppose is an accomplishment. I’m taking small steps towards recovery and I’m trying to be hopeful of what a new month will bring.

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If one more person tries to recommend the Percy Jackson books to me, a fully grown adult in my mid-twenties, I will shrink to the size of a bug and bite them on the ankle.

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@inviscid_pixels this is a pretty unhinged way to respond to someone who is a gnc lesbian woman and a survivor of sexual violence but enjoy your outrage points I suppose?

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1 year

wait until the sender of the message realises that the Athenian tragedians also engaged in the ‘vilification’ of Odysseus and he is far from the hero, neither the protagonist or the morally correct one, in several of the most moving pieces of the golden age of Athenian literature

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I receive messages like these all the time, and that’s how I know the house from which these activist academics throw their tiny stones at anons is made of glass — their own students despise them despite their occasion supporters like this Guzman sycophant

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4 years

(‘Meg don’t take memes seriously!’ I hear you cry, but...) I’m fascinated by the choice to date it to 350BCE.

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3 years

I’m so pleased to share that I will be returning to Winchester as a Visiting Lecturer in Classical Studies for the academic year 2021/22. It feels surreal but also perfectly fitting to be returning to @_UoW 6 years after I initially began as a student.

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Emperor Septimus Severus was born in Africa and his son Caracalla is therefore an Emperor of African descent. Emperor Macrinus, a Berber, was born in Algeria, Africa. Emperor Aemilian was also born on an island off Tunisia, Africa. Source me, completed three degrees in Classics.

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3 years

Rap music is very much Black excellence that has been undervalued and sneered at by white intellectual types for so long that white academics taking that label and retroactively applying it to the Classics of all things has absolutely never sat well with me.

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STOP

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@agameganon

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2 years

Wow, I just found out that Pliny the Younger was a nepo baby…

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5 years

Do I even like Classics or do I just like handsome marble men? 🤔

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3 years

it took a couple days of convincing but he’s taking his medicine like a good boy

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4 years

My only two moods. There is no in-between.

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4 years

Did... did Socrates say this? Like actually?

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@agameganon

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3 years

#AlexandertheGreat is believed to have died in Babylon #OTD in history, some time between the 9th and 11th of June 323BCE. Prior to his death, he hosted sacrifices and a drinking party where Alexander drank long into the night with his companions. Soon after he developed a fever.

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9 months

#ClassicsTober23 Day Nine: Achilles The Wrath of Achilles by Louis Edouard Fournier (1881)

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4 years

I am a grown adult with a PhD and an Oxbridge teaching job. I come on Twitter to lampoon my teenaged first time students on their written grammar. I do this because I enjoy punching down to feel smarter. I am very cool and funny.

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3 years

am i or am i not a fucking prophet

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3 years

mark my words england will lose this on penalties, the fuckers

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his army mutinied twice and forced his hand to change his plans and his own friends were part of several conspiracies to assassinate him during his short reign, plus he himself murdered at least three of his own good friends from childhood by the way

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2 years

The bad news is I didn’t sell any Classics inspired jewellery today but the GOOD news is that means I have plenty of gold and silver necklaces and earrings pre-made and ready to be sent off! Every piece is handmade and every sale helps fund my research!

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3 years

I’ve seen a lot of strange ways to display jewellery but this has to be up there with the strangest…

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4 years

Jason and the Argonauts (1963) was one of my favourite films as a child, and it still is. The colourful statue of Hera is absolutely gorgeous, Nancy Kovack’s Medea is the epitome of glamour, and the fights with Talos and the skeletal Spartoi are the stuff of nightmares!

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3 years

Happy Valentine’s day from me and my love! ❤️💕❤️

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11 months

Scylla and Charybdis

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We only rate dogs. This is a whirlpool. Please don’t get too close it is quite powerful. 13/10

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My shop is open for new orders - I’m a UK based Classicist and I make jewellery/accessories inspired by the ancient world. Here are just some examples - for more to browse and buy check my shop link! #ClassicsTwitter

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3 years

As much as I can’t wait for COVID to be under control and for gatherings to be safe once again, I really hope that doesn’t mean we abandon online conferences and seminar sessions. Hosting things online presents its own challenges, but I’m so grateful for how accessible it is.

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Can’t wait to tell a bunch of Classics enthusiasts that it wasn’t just 300 Spartans who fought at Thermopylae. I love ruining pop culture Classics.

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Now that I know I’ll be starting my PhD soon it’s crucial to earn as much money as I can! In addition to being an early career Classicist I make by hand and sell Classics inspired jewellery. Buy some beautiful jewellery and support a Classicist? Win-win!

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Hi all! With the help of @TransinClassics I’ve arranged a Zoom social for trans and nonbinary Classicists, this Saturday. It’s been a heavy week for everyone, and I hope this will be an opportunity to foster a warm, friendly, and supportive environment.

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I’m workshopping my Notes App apology. Let me know if you have any suggestions ❤️

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Alexander the Great: The Musical

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the ancient Greeks would’ve loved Lil Nas X because he’s gay and he sung a song about horses

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The shop has now reopened! I have listed some new gold pieces and restocked some old styles. My favourite new arrivals include these beautiful matte gold earrings of Alexander and Athena and these gorgeous gold Classics necklaces!

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I can’t explain it more articulately but ‘Classics’ is why the English celebrate the Romans more than we celebrate Boudicca.

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Hate me if you must, but I firmly believe that Oxford and Cambridge should have only ONE team each on University Challenge. It’s University Challenge, not Oxbridge Colleges Challenge.

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You can accept that in antiquity they didn’t value bodily autonomy or understand consent in the same way we do and also accept rape has always been wrong. Even if they could get away with it more, even if what they define as ‘rape’ has changed, it’s always been morally wrong.

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SSRIs are fine and all but you know what would really improve my brain chemistry? £100,00.

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If I were a supremely successful Classical scholar and much beloved public historian I would simply never bother with Quote-Tweeting private individuals and weaponise my 300,000 followers against those who have literally no power to influence my life. But that’s just me, I guess.

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-to describe the general geographical/cultural area because it has a meaning today that we can adapt to the ancient context. same for homosexuality, they may not have understood or enacted identity based sexualities but the word is still useful to us as a relevant descriptor

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@HarryWilkinsonn Are you that dense that you’ve never heard of transferable skills? Do you think everyone who takes Biology becomes a biologist? Media a media man? A good qualification that demonstrates analytical and writing capability is a good qualification regardless of its name.

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Reasons why you should choose me as your presenter for an Alexander the Great documentary: I’m 5’0 tall and so I would be permitted to make short jokes about him without it being disrespectful.

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This morning’s research into Alexander the Great and Doctor Who has yielded quite fascinating results...

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Classics people: what’s an opinion you hold that inevitably receives this reaction?

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Cottagecore in its association with queerness is about a lot more than just the aesthetics of the pastoral; it’s about reclaiming domesticity away from hetero-patriarchal society and living off grid in a self sufficient manner that liberates you from those social constraints.

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I am officially graduating the University of St. Andrews with a Master of Letters in Classics with Merit ✨

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personally I think it’s fine if you prefer the translations by Fagles or Lattimore or whoever, we’re all moved by words differently, but you don’t have to write a genuinely pitiful attempt at a misogynistic think-piece decrying a new translation as the denigration of the Classics

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being a nerd about your subject matter doesn’t make you a good educator or researcher!

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What unpopular academia opinion would get you in this situation?

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King of Megcenae

3 years

Officially declined my PhD offer because of financial reasons today and I won’t lie, even though I’ve been putting it off for over a month, it still really hurt.

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