Well, that was the most time I have ever spent discussing defecation in an academic setting ( Read more... )

Me: doo be doo...What to do first...Oh! Reading on satyr-plays! I should do that before my analysis of the genre of the Alcestis ( Read more... )

I think maybe I or someone should be worried about the fact that Medea is high on my list of Characters I Would Marry Like A Shot. (What? I'd be fine; I'm not a philandering mansplaining douchebag ( Read more... )

Being a classics major rocks because ( Read more... )

I now know far, far more about archaic Greek sexual positions than I feel I ever could possibly have required. Even for mad ficcing purposes. FAR more. Also, I cannot help but find it odd that they painted orgies on their drinking cups. Unless said cups were painted while drunk; I would not find that beyond belief ( Read more... )

Healing cock: tired old PWP device, or staple of archaic gynecology ( Read more... )

God, you people. I go away for a week to flail my way into the new semester, and LJ explodes again? Why does that always happen ( Read more... )

Dear KH fandom,

I am in ur fandom, pastichin ur epics.

They should know better than to give classicists a prompt like "historical AU". The only prossible result is participles EVERYWHERE and fun with names and then EVERYBODY DIES. HAHAHAHAHAH!! Fear my nerdery!

(It's totally historical. In a Herodotean way. "Father of lies" is such a harsh term ( Read more... )

So I am totally going to write my Aeneid paper on Virgil fanfic. It will be EPIC (badump-ching ( Read more... )

Okay, so basically Jason? Is an incredibly obnoxious bitch who needed to be punched in the face more as an adult.

I am of course enjoying Medea immensely. It helps that I am supposed to think the above about Jason. Also, I introduced my class to the term "mansplain" today. (Jason: I know it can be difficult, living in exile... Me: Stop ( Read more... )