Pythika

'My words should and can be brief lest by dwelling on your great deeds I treat them unworthily.'

[Pythika @Pythika]

Recreation of Helen of Troy's maquillage based on 13th BC Mycenaean plaster head, Nat Arch Mus Athens. #WorldGothDay

[Pythika @Pythika]

Yes, exactly! And how we splice together quite disparate bits of evidence for religious ritual into some sort of narrative and convince ourselves that we understand what people were doing and why.

[Elo-Mall Toomet @EloMall]

I continuously find it strange how often not taking it seriously seems to be considered a requirement for researching ancient religion. As if we somehow know better and can explain what people "really" experienced when they spoke of an encounter with something divine.

[Pythika @Pythika]

@MinooFramroze Noooo! Footnotes forever. No one can be faffing about with endnotes.

[Christopher Howse @BeardyHowse]

At my first school they read at the end of term: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report...
The "whatsoevers" made it.

[Pythika @Pythika]

@theo_nash @sephardi_genius Exactly! [Bit late to this, sorry] It's only after two years when one's really reading texts though, and surely that's the point. We learn to read Greek to read Greek...

[Pythika @Pythika]

I do like our new(ish) Pope! He makes me want to 'do' better - not just selfishly 'be' better. I'm a bit lapsed but aren't we all! Nice to be back and Am Yisrael Chai to Jewish friends x

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Our age needs men and women who have the courage to do good even when it comes at a cost. Draw close to those who are alone, support those who are weary, and seek out those who have drifted away. Have the courage to forgive, to begin again, and to engage in dialogue.

[Classics for All North @ClassicsNorth]

A fantastic set of results in the ICCG for our Beginners' class of '26 at the Liverpool Greek Academy! Congratulations to all!
Read more and find out how you can join this year's cohort, here: https://t.co/h2nq9utpZj

[Classics for All North @ClassicsNorth]

Once again, students at the Liverpool Greek Academy have achieved fantastic A-level results, and greatly increased the proportion of state-school Classical Greek A-level! Congratulations!!! We will miss you!
Blog-post here: Liverpool Greek Academy | Classics for All North

[Pythika @Pythika]

@LulaLala49 Yes, it's totally immersive. The landscape, the details of daily life, people's inner landscapes too.

[Pythika @Pythika]

Last year I read Kristin Lavransdatter, Sigrid Undset's epic early C14th Norwegian trilogy; I've just read it again. It's so blindingly good, the best historical novel I've encountered. So, I recommend! Have you read Kristin? Tell me what you think.

[Pythika @Pythika]

Nothing beats the novels we read as teenagers and return to throughout our lives: Middlemarch, War & Peace, all of Austen, Jane Eyre, Moby Dick, the Magic Mountain. What do you still love?

[Pythika @Pythika]

@PP_Rubens Isn't it! As is Tiina Nunnally's translation.

[Pythika @Pythika]

@ae_stallings Well, boo to today. As long as you and your loved ones are ok all will be well. Channel your inner Scarlet x

[Christopher Howse @BeardyHowse]

Pavement shoal in old Hull.

[Dr Francis Young @DrFrancisYoung]

What the design proves is that the Minoans were discrete drinkers who when drinking wine (especially on Zoom meetings) wanted to make it look as though they were just having a cup of tea

[Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford]

Today is Lammas, an Anglo-Saxon harvest festival celebrated on 1 August. The name comes from the Old English word 'hlafmæsse', 'loaf-mass', so it's a festival of bread - perhaps a day for blessing loaves of bread made from the first wheat of the harvest.

https://t.co/DVxwsnHTn8

[Pythika @Pythika]

@benjcartlidge @odysseymovie Very long and very loud. Not quite sold yet.

[Pythika @Pythika]

If @odysseymovie were anything as good as Daniel Mendelsohn's translation I'd give it a go...
I've not heard anything positive from friends who've seen it - any contrary reviews?

[Daniel Mendelsohn @DAMendelsohnNYC]

My review of @odysseymovie in @nybooks now online

https://t.co/6BwesbNBoB

[Pythika @Pythika]

@ae_stallings @odysseymovie I have low expectations too and am happy if things aren't dire. Everyone says it's LOUD though. Meh.

[Pythika @Pythika]

@DAMendelsohnNYC @odysseymovie You're welcome! I really do like your translation and Homer is everything, isn't it.

[Gretel Le Maître @GretelleMaitre]

The 7th century church of St Paul’s at Jarrow. The home of Bede and once home too to Wilfrid, Ceolfrith and St Cuthbert. 🕯️

[Pythika @Pythika]

This but in Greek.

[Theo Nash @theo_nash]

This but unironically.

[Theo Nash @theo_nash]

One aspect of Nolan’s Odyssey I’ve not seen noted is his use of mediaeval/Venetian castles rather than Classical or Bronze Age citadels — Methone for Sparta and the Acrocorinth for Mycenae. These are much more visually striking, and some of the most underrated sites in Greece.