#greek literature

[flowerytale]

Nikos Kazantzakis, from “Report to Greco”, tr. by P. A. Bien

#nikos kazantzakis #report to greco #greek literature #lit #literature #fragments #books #*

[luthienne]

George Seferis, from Collected Poems; "Memory I" (tr. Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard)

[Text ID: I whispered: memory hurts wherever you touch it,]

#george seferis #collected poems of george seferis #memory i #words #poetry #typography #on memory #greek literature

[timetravelingtoamess]

Im reading the iliad for this first time and im going to die priam is out here like "who is that short, hairy man" and helens like "thats odysseus" and hes just like "damn thats right he was at my house"

#the iliad #odysseus #homer #greek mythology #greek literature #live read #sorry #but youre all going to hear #my thoughts #this is my journal

[m1ssnovember]

#academia #dark academia aesthetic #dark academia #poetscommunity #the secret history #henry winter #beauty is terror #my writing #literature #poem #poetry #poems on tumblr #writers on tumblr #original writing #writerblr #Greek mythology #Homeros #latin language #greek literature #greek classics #prose #classic literature #achilles #the song of achilles #gothic academia #reader #reading #oscar wilde #jane austen #fyodor dostoevsky

[jinxed-ninjago]

in honor of the absolute insanity that was the lloyd vs antigone poll over at @most-tragic-character-tournament

#ninjago #lego ninjago #ninjago lloyd #lloyd garmadon #antigone #greek literature #most tragic character tournament #shitpost #gif #anyone who wants to use this as a blog header or anything is free to do so btw

[mothmanismymainman]

the iliad as those bird memes (sorry for weird formatting at the end)

achilles:

patroclus:

helen:

diomedes:

hector:

odysseus:

andromache:

calchas:

paris:

bonus! clytemnestra:

#achilles #patroclus #patrochilles #odysseus #hector of troy #andromache #helen of troy #helen of sparta #clytemnestra #tagamemnon #iliad #odyssey #oresteia #diomedes #paris #calchas #greek literature #greek myth memes

[most-tragic-character-tournament]

FIGHT!

#antigone #Lloyd garmadon #Ninjago #tagamemnon #greek literature #Greek lit #Lego #Sophocles #Greek classics #most tragic round 3 #polls #most tragic tournament #tumblr polls

[daweyt]

Constantine P. Cavafy, from “Modern Greek Poetry; ‘The Bandaged Shoulder’”, tr. Kimon Friar.

#Constantine P. Cavafy #Modern Greek Poetry #Greek Literature #Quotes #Poetry #Lit #Litblr

[benvoolioo]

Alrighty class, just before we begin Book 22, I want to remind you it was not ‘based’ or ‘goated’ of Achilles to desecrate Hector’s corpse by dragging it through the dirt on the back of his chariot. The only ‘slay’ he ‘served’ was literally slaughtering half the Trojan army. 

#tagamemnon #the iliad #achilles #hector #homer #trojan war #greek literature #greek mythology #ancient greece #classics #iliad #greek myths #classical studies #classical mythology

[theoptia]

George Seferis, from Collected Poems 1924-1955; "Stratis Thalassinos Among the Agapanthi"

Text ID: The first thing God made is love / then comes blood / and the thirst for blood

#george seferis #collected poems: 1924-1955 #poetry #greek literature #lit #miscellanea #c #k

[lepetitdragonvert]

Andromeda

Artist : Arthur Rackham

#arthur rackham #andromeda #andromède #greek mythology #greek legend #greek literature #princess #dragon #golden age of illustration #sea #mer #mythologie grecque

[feral-ballad]

Odysseus Elytis, tr. by Athan Anagnostopoulos, from Maria Nephele: A Poem in Two Voices; "The Poet's Song"

#excerpts #writings #literature #poetry #odysseus elytis #fragments #words #selections #quotes #poetry collection #lit #poetry in translation #typography #greek literature #greek poetry

[luthienne]

George Seferis, from Collected Poems; "Last Stop" (tr. Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard)

#george seferis #selected poems of george seferis #last stop #words #poetry #typography #!!! #literally exactly exactly #unsayable #on fairy tales #the great wound #grief is a circular staircase #there’s no return from a red like that #on memory #on language #greek literature #id in alt text #breadcrumbs

[timetravelingtoamess]

I relate to odysseus because i, too, take ten years to complete something that should be done in 8 months as well as weep every single night

#odysseus #king of ithica #the odyssey #the illiad #homer #greek literature #greek mythology #like every struggle he goes through? #i relate babeh #das me #call him an ancestor the way i cause issues for myself like he did

[diariodeunrincondemi]

After reading the Iliad and The Song of Achilles, I only can say that the most beautiful thing about fiction books like TSOA is how, after more than 2000 years, we still fall in love with the same characters, their lifes, up and downs and the love they once felt. How all those feelings still make an impact on us

#the iliad #homer's iliad #the song of achilles #tsoa #madeline miller #tsoa madeline miller #achilles #patroclus #achilles x patroclus #patrochilles #ulysses #odysseus #hector #trojan war #greek literature #greek mythology #fiction #i don't know i was just thinking #i'm head over heels in love with them

[murakamijeva-muza]

“Any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.” ― Homer, The Iliad

#quoteoftheday #quotes #quote #quotations #book quotes #book quote #beautiful quote #homer #the iliad #homer quotes #homer the iliad #classic #greek mythology #mythology #literature #greek #greek literature #literature quotes #iliad #trojan war #hector of troy #words words words #words #quote of the day #quote of the week #quote of the month #art #literature academia #dark academia #dark acadamia quotes