Eduardo García-Molina
@egarcmol.bsky.social
Ancient Historian. Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. PhD UChicago. Seleukid Empire, ancient archives, Hellenistic law, inscriptions, coins, antiquity in video games, & otters. 🇵🇷 (Bayamón) & 🏳️🌈
Pinned
Aristotle, Historia Animalium 7(8) 595a3-5:
"The otter also bites humans and does not surrender, so they say, until it hears the crack of bone."
"The otter also bites humans and does not surrender, so they say, until it hears the crack of bone."
Screw whatever this is and go talk to the deceased the proper way: find one of the entrances to Hades by consulting a mystic, pour a libation of milk and sweet wine, and promise to sacrifice your prized heifer to the chthonic deities and spirits.
February 17, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Screw whatever this is and go talk to the deceased the proper way: find one of the entrances to Hades by consulting a mystic, pour a libation of milk and sweet wine, and promise to sacrifice your prized heifer to the chthonic deities and spirits.
Lunar New Year Romans using
in 2026 consuls to
date their years
during the reign
of Caligula
🤝
Year of the Horse
in 2026 consuls to
date their years
during the reign
of Caligula
🤝
Year of the Horse
February 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Lunar New Year Romans using
in 2026 consuls to
date their years
during the reign
of Caligula
🤝
Year of the Horse
in 2026 consuls to
date their years
during the reign
of Caligula
🤝
Year of the Horse
Also Latin students when you ask them for the genitive and dative singular and nominative plural endings of first declension nouns:
February 17, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Also Latin students when you ask them for the genitive and dative singular and nominative plural endings of first declension nouns:
Ancient Greek students when you ask them the nominative plural ending for first declension nouns:
February 17, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Ancient Greek students when you ask them the nominative plural ending for first declension nouns:
Admittedly a partial Spartan agoge simulator was not on my 2026 bingo card.
God Of War Sons Of Sparta Is Pixelated 2D Action Prequel That Is Out Now gameinformer.com/state-of-pla...
February 16, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Admittedly a partial Spartan agoge simulator was not on my 2026 bingo card.
Living in such a crazy timeline that something like the Historia Augusta feels like a credible, nuanced source.
"I'm not scared of a germ... I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats."
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
Robert F Kennedy Jr admits he used to 'snort cocaine off toilet seats'
The US health secretary made the confession to podcaster Theo Von during an episode of his show, This Past Weekend, as he opened up about his past drug use.
news.sky.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Living in such a crazy timeline that something like the Historia Augusta feels like a credible, nuanced source.
Teaching classes, but thinking about Mewgenics.
February 11, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Teaching classes, but thinking about Mewgenics.
Sisyphean gaming reception continues with Imagine Sisyphus Happy, an idle clicker where Sisyphus livestreams his trial. A mixture of the rise-and-grind mindset and cynical, cyclical online content creation, Sisyphus has found a resurgence digitally. Oh yeah and Thucydides is in the livestream.
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Sisyphean gaming reception continues with Imagine Sisyphus Happy, an idle clicker where Sisyphus livestreams his trial. A mixture of the rise-and-grind mindset and cynical, cyclical online content creation, Sisyphus has found a resurgence digitally. Oh yeah and Thucydides is in the livestream.
And yes, Classicist, you did hear the Rubicon being mentioned by Bad Bunny. The line goes “Getting all the potholes on the Rubicon,” referencing the dismal infrastructure in PR alongside the utility poles failing.
Posters writing “Bad Bunny didn’t even have to get political, joy was enough” while Ricky Martin sang “Don’t let them do to you what happened in Hawaii.”
February 9, 2026 at 12:07 PM
And yes, Classicist, you did hear the Rubicon being mentioned by Bad Bunny. The line goes “Getting all the potholes on the Rubicon,” referencing the dismal infrastructure in PR alongside the utility poles failing.
Posters writing “Bad Bunny didn’t even have to get political, joy was enough” while Ricky Martin sang “Don’t let them do to you what happened in Hawaii.”
February 9, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Posters writing “Bad Bunny didn’t even have to get political, joy was enough” while Ricky Martin sang “Don’t let them do to you what happened in Hawaii.”
Ovid’s Metamorphoses:
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Ovid’s Metamorphoses:
Only excuse to watch the Super Bowl is for the halftime show and an excuse to do a Puerto Rican spread of sandwichitos de Mezcla, tostones, empanadillas, and mantecaditos. Might fall into a coma immediately after.
February 9, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Only excuse to watch the Super Bowl is for the halftime show and an excuse to do a Puerto Rican spread of sandwichitos de Mezcla, tostones, empanadillas, and mantecaditos. Might fall into a coma immediately after.
RIP Cronus/Saturn, you would've loved finding and eating the baby in a king cake.
February 5, 2026 at 2:44 PM
RIP Cronus/Saturn, you would've loved finding and eating the baby in a king cake.
Aeschylus, Me, a Mario
the father of Greek Kart player
tragedy
🤝
Getting smoked by a turtle shell
the father of Greek Kart player
tragedy
🤝
Getting smoked by a turtle shell
February 4, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Aeschylus, Me, a Mario
the father of Greek Kart player
tragedy
🤝
Getting smoked by a turtle shell
the father of Greek Kart player
tragedy
🤝
Getting smoked by a turtle shell
The trippy shooter Polybius promises to send you into a "euphoric flow state," emulating the feeling of reading the Greek historian Polybius.
January 30, 2026 at 3:08 PM
The trippy shooter Polybius promises to send you into a "euphoric flow state," emulating the feeling of reading the Greek historian Polybius.
Introducing Demeter as DLC for Age of Mythology during winter is oddly on brand.
January 30, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Introducing Demeter as DLC for Age of Mythology during winter is oddly on brand.
How to Run an Ancient Empire
course officially got admin approval! Coming soon to a classroom near you.
course officially got admin approval! Coming soon to a classroom near you.
January 28, 2026 at 1:46 PM
How to Run an Ancient Empire
course officially got admin approval! Coming soon to a classroom near you.
course officially got admin approval! Coming soon to a classroom near you.
Snow turns a quick morning potty into a prolonged negotiation to go back inside.
January 26, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Snow turns a quick morning potty into a prolonged negotiation to go back inside.
Thucydides? Wake me up when someone quotes Polybios.
January 22, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Thucydides? Wake me up when someone quotes Polybios.
Just did hard drugs*
*Closed all my tabs at once after finishing an article
*Closed all my tabs at once after finishing an article
January 19, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Just did hard drugs*
*Closed all my tabs at once after finishing an article
*Closed all my tabs at once after finishing an article
Reposted by Eduardo García-Molina
Peopling the Past is planning Season 5 of our podcast! We are looking for folks who are interested in appearing as episode guests: the theme of Season 5 will be the relevance of the ancient world to our understanding of important but challenging contemporary issues
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January 16, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Peopling the Past is planning Season 5 of our podcast! We are looking for folks who are interested in appearing as episode guests: the theme of Season 5 will be the relevance of the ancient world to our understanding of important but challenging contemporary issues
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Comparing the Justice of our age with that of the mythical Golden age? I’m sorry, Hesiod, I’m not getting into a dike-measuring contest with you.
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Comparing the Justice of our age with that of the mythical Golden age? I’m sorry, Hesiod, I’m not getting into a dike-measuring contest with you.
Reposted by Eduardo García-Molina
Last week on Ancient Office Hours, Dr. @egarcmol.bsky.social, an Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, discussed specializing in the Seleucid Empire, challenges of working with limited historical records, and his course on gaming and ancient history.
January 13, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Last week on Ancient Office Hours, Dr. @egarcmol.bsky.social, an Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, discussed specializing in the Seleucid Empire, challenges of working with limited historical records, and his course on gaming and ancient history.
Not 100% confirmed yet, but it looks like I’ll finally be teaching my favorite Latin author in the fall, Sallust! Inconcinnitas? More like inconcinni-yassss.
January 12, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Not 100% confirmed yet, but it looks like I’ll finally be teaching my favorite Latin author in the fall, Sallust! Inconcinnitas? More like inconcinni-yassss.
Your semi-regular Attalos and Helios morning cuddle session updated.
January 11, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Your semi-regular Attalos and Helios morning cuddle session updated.