The Last Bacchae

A webcomic about greek mythology, bacchants, bookworms and blackmailed nerds.

[r. @soulskive]

i can’t even begin to fathom the loss, and i cannot comprehend how anyone can look at the scenes coming out of Gaza and still find a way to justify the genocide, the level of depraved inhumanity it must require to be so apathetic and violent and evil

[Bassem Youssef @Byoussef]

Message from Gaza . Please please stop

[Angela O'Brien @GrecianGirly]

🏛 Ruins of the Temple of Hercules, Amman, Jordan. 161–166 CE. This Roman temple was dedicated to a deity thought to be the demi-god Hercules due to the fragments of a colossal statue that have been found at the site. More info here 👇
https://t.co/iZ9bBeTuCs 📷 mindstorm

[Byzantine Emporia @byzantinemporia]

Mansa Musa was unfathomably rich, owing to the productive gold mines of Mali. He was so liberal with his wealth that, during his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324, he was said to have crashed the value of the gold dinar in Cairo.

How true is the legend? Thread.

[The Partial Historians🏺 @p_historians]

#ReliefWednesday

This gloriously detailed relief is part of a column in honour of Antoninus Pius’ deification. Antoninus and Faustina are carried by a winged figure thought to be Aion. The Emperor holds a scepter crowned with an eagle.

🏛 Vatican Museums
📸 Egisto Sani

[@edithmayhall @edithmayhall]

I can honestly think of a better advertising strategy for Hepatior, a 1930s medicine to treat liver ailments

[Erotic Mythology @[email protected] 🌈 @AimeeMaroux]

New story for patrons!
Pygmalia creates the perfect woman in this lesbian retelling of the Pygmalion myth. What happens when the power of #Aphrodite turns her into flesh & blood?

Illustrated by @greypetrel:
https://t.co/aY7PTaxsgH

Plain text version:
https://t.co/EVExZfhqlM

[Erotic Mythology @[email protected] 🌈 @AimeeMaroux]

It's the #DayOfDionysos at Erotic Mythology!
Baby #Dionysos, crowned with ivy, sits on the lap of one of the nymphs of Nysa looking unhappy while she gazes at him tenderly.
The nymphs of Nysa nursed baby Dionysos to hide him from Hera.
#GreekMythology #GreekRomanArt

[Moccha-be chilling- (commissions open) @Mocchadraws]

Inktober dump pt.5 #inktober2022

[Arys🏺🪶 @ArysPan]

Collection of #Mycenaean weaponry. Daggers & Swords, 16th - 12th c. BCE

#Greek #Archaeology #BronzeAge

[Classical Studies Memes @CSMFHT]

What's your pick?

[The Last Bacchae @TheLastBacchae]

Mythological retellig: "DIONYSOS and his Maenads are transphobic!"

Arja:
https://t.co/D0FGyhVvqP

[The Last Bacchae @TheLastBacchae]

In (un)important news...
Arja found where the Calvert siblings buy their favourite snack!
(They're not blue, but close enough)

[The Last Bacchae @TheLastBacchae]

@rogueclassicist

[Nina Willburger @DrNWillburger]

For #AncientSiteSunday the #Hellenistic theatre at Pergamon, #Turkey, built in the 3rd century BC, alterations were made in the #Roman period. It's one of the steepest known ancient theatres. The capacity was about 10,000 spectators.

Photo: C. Bredfeldt

#Archaeology