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A print+online #literarymagazine dedicated to creative works regarding Classics including ancient history, literature, anthropology, and archaeology. 🔆
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🔆 Issue 9 is out, and can be read through our Linktree 🔆
A huge thank you to all our readers and contributors, it's an honor as always to platform work about the ancient world with you!
Please consider buying a copy of the issue to support the magazine 🧡
A huge thank you to all our readers and contributors, it's an honor as always to platform work about the ancient world with you!
Please consider buying a copy of the issue to support the magazine 🧡
Our #bookrecommendation of the week is Good Will Come From the Sea by contemporary Greek author Christos Oikonomou. First published in 2014 as Το καλό θα 'ρθει από τη θάλασσα, it was translated into English in 2019. It is a collection of four short stories.
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Our #bookrecommendation of the week is Good Will Come From the Sea by contemporary Greek author Christos Oikonomou. First published in 2014 as Το καλό θα 'ρθει από τη θάλασσα, it was translated into English in 2019. It is a collection of four short stories.
"Vestiges d'un temple de la Grece" by Jean-François Janinet. It is a color aquatint and etching created in the late 1700's. Housed in the National Gallery of Art.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Vestiges d'un temple de la Grece" by Jean-François Janinet. It is a color aquatint and etching created in the late 1700's. Housed in the National Gallery of Art.
Our weekly writing prompt is here! Use the following words in a poem or short prose piece and tag us. 🤎
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our weekly writing prompt is here! Use the following words in a poem or short prose piece and tag us. 🤎
Melanus refuses Andromache's child's pleas for mercy. War, as demonstrated here, has hardened his heart.
#classicsbluesky
#classicsbluesky
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Melanus refuses Andromache's child's pleas for mercy. War, as demonstrated here, has hardened his heart.
#classicsbluesky
#classicsbluesky
All of our previous issues are available to purchase or read on our website! Pictured here are the first six issues, published between 2022 and 2024. The best way to support an indie magazine like ours is by reading, sharing, and talking about the work we put out. 🤎
November 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
All of our previous issues are available to purchase or read on our website! Pictured here are the first six issues, published between 2022 and 2024. The best way to support an indie magazine like ours is by reading, sharing, and talking about the work we put out. 🤎
Huh? What's that? We're announcing something this Saturday? Maybe! Stay tuned and find out. 🤎
November 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Huh? What's that? We're announcing something this Saturday? Maybe! Stay tuned and find out. 🤎
“It seems the poor woman means to show the depth of her grief at her terrible action.” — Andromache, trans. John Davie.
#ancienthistory #classics #literature #mythology
#ancienthistory #classics #literature #mythology
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“It seems the poor woman means to show the depth of her grief at her terrible action.” — Andromache, trans. John Davie.
#ancienthistory #classics #literature #mythology
#ancienthistory #classics #literature #mythology
"If I can be sure of nothing, I can still be sure of / them. They are hard creatures, surviving."
From "Mosaic in the House of Neptune and Amphitrite" by Step Harris. Featured in Aôthen Magazine, Issue 1, 2022. Read here: aothenmagazine.com#issue1.
From "Mosaic in the House of Neptune and Amphitrite" by Step Harris. Featured in Aôthen Magazine, Issue 1, 2022. Read here: aothenmagazine.com#issue1.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"If I can be sure of nothing, I can still be sure of / them. They are hard creatures, surviving."
From "Mosaic in the House of Neptune and Amphitrite" by Step Harris. Featured in Aôthen Magazine, Issue 1, 2022. Read here: aothenmagazine.com#issue1.
From "Mosaic in the House of Neptune and Amphitrite" by Step Harris. Featured in Aôthen Magazine, Issue 1, 2022. Read here: aothenmagazine.com#issue1.
Our #bookoftheweek is THOSE FATAL FLOWERS by Shannon Ives! This memorable tale reimagines the story of one of Persephone's handmaids: Thelia. It is a story of survival, redemption, and identity. Uniquely, it combines Greco-Roman mythology with Colonial American history.
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Our #bookoftheweek is THOSE FATAL FLOWERS by Shannon Ives! This memorable tale reimagines the story of one of Persephone's handmaids: Thelia. It is a story of survival, redemption, and identity. Uniquely, it combines Greco-Roman mythology with Colonial American history.
"Nike Adjusting Her Sandal, Temple of Athena Nike, Athens," James Robertson, 1857.
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Nike Adjusting Her Sandal, Temple of Athena Nike, Athens," James Robertson, 1857.
Our weekly writing prompt is here! Use the following words in a poem or short prose piece and tag us. We offer a new writing prompt each week. 🤎
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Our weekly writing prompt is here! Use the following words in a poem or short prose piece and tag us. We offer a new writing prompt each week. 🤎
The Chorus discusses Hermione's vitriol toward Andromache, her husband's enslaved concubine. Hermione considers Andromache a "rival" while Andromache continuously attempts to remind Hermione that neither woman has much choice in their positions in the household.
#classicsbluesky
#classicsbluesky
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Chorus discusses Hermione's vitriol toward Andromache, her husband's enslaved concubine. Hermione considers Andromache a "rival" while Andromache continuously attempts to remind Hermione that neither woman has much choice in their positions in the household.
#classicsbluesky
#classicsbluesky
“New friends arriving on the scene are more persuasive than familiar ones.” — Andromache, trans. John Davie.
#classics #literature #mythology #ancienthistory
#classics #literature #mythology #ancienthistory
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“New friends arriving on the scene are more persuasive than familiar ones.” — Andromache, trans. John Davie.
#classics #literature #mythology #ancienthistory
#classics #literature #mythology #ancienthistory
"The female figure waits in the container for the generation of a life."
From "Study of Two Figures (Pasiphaë/Sado)" by Monica Youn.
poets.org/poem/study-t...
From "Study of Two Figures (Pasiphaë/Sado)" by Monica Youn.
poets.org/poem/study-t...
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"The female figure waits in the container for the generation of a life."
From "Study of Two Figures (Pasiphaë/Sado)" by Monica Youn.
poets.org/poem/study-t...
From "Study of Two Figures (Pasiphaë/Sado)" by Monica Youn.
poets.org/poem/study-t...
Our #bookoftheweek is THE CASTAWAY AND THE WITCH by Ioanna Papadopoulou! This novel is perfect for fans of Madeline Miller's Circe. We personally enjoy its enchanting prose and memorable characters. 🤍
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Our #bookoftheweek is THE CASTAWAY AND THE WITCH by Ioanna Papadopoulou! This novel is perfect for fans of Madeline Miller's Circe. We personally enjoy its enchanting prose and memorable characters. 🤍
"Architectural Fantasy: Ruins of a Circular Temple Seen through a Natural Arch" by Pierre-Adrien Pâris, c. 1785.
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Architectural Fantasy: Ruins of a Circular Temple Seen through a Natural Arch" by Pierre-Adrien Pâris, c. 1785.
Our weekly writing prompt is here! Use the following words in a poem or short prose piece and tag us! We can't wait to read whatever inspires you. 🤎
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Our weekly writing prompt is here! Use the following words in a poem or short prose piece and tag us! We can't wait to read whatever inspires you. 🤎
Andromache tries to convince Melanus to let her and her young son go when Hermione orders for their deaths. The interactions between Andromache and Hermione highlight the difficulty of being women (in two roles: a wife and an enslaved concubine) in Ancient Greece.
#classicsbluesky
#classicsbluesky
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Andromache tries to convince Melanus to let her and her young son go when Hermione orders for their deaths. The interactions between Andromache and Hermione highlight the difficulty of being women (in two roles: a wife and an enslaved concubine) in Ancient Greece.
#classicsbluesky
#classicsbluesky
Issue 9 is out now! Read this piece and more on our website. Trust, you won't regret it. Tell us your favorite piece after you're done. 🤎
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Issue 9 is out now! Read this piece and more on our website. Trust, you won't regret it. Tell us your favorite piece after you're done. 🤎
“It was a savage storm you met with but now you have reached the harbour's calm.” — Andromache, trans. John Davie.
#classics #mythology #literature
#classics #mythology #literature
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“It was a savage storm you met with but now you have reached the harbour's calm.” — Andromache, trans. John Davie.
#classics #mythology #literature
#classics #mythology #literature
"How beautiful, if sorrow had not made / Sorrow more beautiful than Beauty’s self."
From "Hyperion" by John Keats.
poets.org/poem/hyperion
From "Hyperion" by John Keats.
poets.org/poem/hyperion
Hyperion
Deep in the shady sadness of a vale
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November 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"How beautiful, if sorrow had not made / Sorrow more beautiful than Beauty’s self."
From "Hyperion" by John Keats.
poets.org/poem/hyperion
From "Hyperion" by John Keats.
poets.org/poem/hyperion