Thucydides and the plague of Athens bbc.co.uk/news/uk-522363…

Ladies, if he - Once killed some old guy at a crossroads - Correctly answered the riddle of the Sphinx - Is now the king of Thebes He's your man, but he's also your son

When a minor character dies in the Iliad

For anyone interested in the #TrojanWar #art #classics #mythology #ceramics #paintings #sculpture #mosaics #photography: The Judgement of Paris: a thread of 23 images from prehistory to modern. First up, an Etruscan wall painting from Cerveteri, c. 560-550 BC. British Museum

"Using deep learning, Adobe Photoshop, and historical references, I have created photo-realistic portraits of 54 Roman Emperors. This required transforming and restoring (cracks, noses, ears etc.) 800 images of busts." voshart.com/ROMAN-EMPEROR-…

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The myth of Thermopylai and the Greek resistance is built on some... strange ideas about the Persians and their armies. Don't worry though, Dr Owen Rees and I are here to clear some stuff up. 1/many

For #WorldBeardDay the ancient Persians steal the show.

From a New Yorker this spring

Roman Caistor: 'One of largest' Roman Britain temples revealed in Norfolk bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

“Okay, so you want to me run at him like a lion that lights on a large carcass and finds a horned stag or wild goat while being hungry and he indeed devours it, even though swift dogs and energetic youths might set upon him ...”

46BC: Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix mother of Aeneas (mythical originator of the gens Julia line). The construction of the temple was completed by Octavian. Thereafter it was burned down twice and then rebuilt, once by Domitian and later Diocletian.

Nice statue of Apollo

The mummy tomb, which has been sealed for 2500 years, has been opened for the first time.

𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗. Some of the best-preserved ancient Greek temples in the world (yes, even better than those in Greece itself!) are in southern Italy. Here are some. 1. Temple of Concordia, Agrigento

Eponalia. Feast of Epona 'the great mare'. Equine Goddess. She may have led the souls of knights who died on horseback in a ride to the afterlife. The only divinity of Celtic origin to have a festival in Rome.

Includes one of mine to study Classical archaeology and Ancient History!

I did a tweet earlier about the Corinthian War and no one asked me to elaborate but I will anyway because it's the wildest war you've never heard of. It has the largest hoplite battle in history and it ends with Persia winning the Persian Wars. *record scratch* Strap innnnn 🧵

Funniest. Thing. Ever.