Henry Winter

[َ @Melpomnes]

Mintons Porcelain Peacock blue Vase

[Henry Winter @henrywinter0710]

No, she was not.

[Alexander 𖤓 Nietzschean Vitalist @UbermenschMind]

“Helen of Troy looked “Greek” and was brown”

Helen of Troy was described as 'fair-skinned and blonde' in Homer's Illiad btw…

Also Ancient Greks didn’t look like modern ones.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter0710]

It takes no explanation if you read it properly. Epic Poetry might take some getting used to if you're not acquainted, but it opens a whole new section of your mind if you allow it to. Take it song by song and soon you'll be flowing along. It truly does become enjoyable.

[Igor 🐚 @mimimimils]

henry winter would kill me for watching explanation of The Odyssey for classes instead of reading the whole book #trust

[Henry Winter @henrywinter0710]

@richardpaepen Hello.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter0710]

One should not imagine Sisyphus happy. In fact, that overlooks the theme of punishment entirely. One should imagine Sisyphus miserable and hopeless. The discomfort is part of it. You can't deplete him from the theme itself.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter0710]

I've been spending Thursday afternoons in Hampden’s library studying.

[ؘ @richardpaepen]

i miss you. think we should get back together @henrywinter0710

[Henry Winter @henrywinter0710]

@papenbunnyfiles Hello. I hope Twitter hasn’t been 'defying the gods' in my absence.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter0710]

Some other, lesser weighted times, I hope Christopher Nolan takes a one way trip through the Styx and realizes midway that he forgot to bring a coin, so Charon would be able to look him in the eye and say, "Don't you wish you'd done your research now?"

[Henry Winter @henrywinter0710]

I see people are wondering if I have seen Nolan's Odyssey poster.
Yes, I have.
Unsurprisingly, it's also bad.
I took some time to digest it before voicing anything, and ultimately, I think I'm bordering on intrigue to see how far it goes. Comedically speaking.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter0710]

@femilynomenom No. Should I be?

[Henry Winter @henrywinter0710]

@femilynomenom Who?

[Henry Winter @henrywinter0710]

@papenbunnyfiles It should be good. I think it's a fairly enjoyable part of History to learn about.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter0710]

@papenbunnyfiles Plenty.

[F. Moa @CastellsOnofre]

ὅτε ὁ Ἀχιλλεὺς ἦξεν, τὸν Ἕκτορα ἐφόβησεν.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter0710]

@papenbunnyfiles Well, thank you.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter0710]

@papenbunnyfiles I don't know if it would be cliche to go Homeric with the answer, but most truthfully, Hector and Andromacha. If we are sticking to historical figures, I would have to say Plato and Aristotle.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter0710]

@papenbunnyfiles Not many are well written. But I appreciate the aestheticism of the few who dared to write works in Ancient Greek. There's also a few in Latin, but I'm afraid most of the practice around the language has become too vulgar to hold interest.

[τοῦτο βλέπω @toutovlepo]

“I asked chat gpt.” “I asked grok.” I asked the Chaerephon to go to Delphi, and he came back saying I’m the wisest man in Athens.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter0710]

@papenbunnyfiles Impressive.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter0710]

@mimimimils @richardpaepen Not sure what those are, nor do I desire to investigate.