Joel
@sentantiq.bsky.social
Antiquity. Cats and kids. Books. Humanities. Education. NY/MA/TX
contact JoelChristensen @ gc.cuny.edu
Check out Storylife: On Epic, Narrative, and Living Things:
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300269239/storylife/
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Check out Storylife: On Epic, Narrative, and Living Things:
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300269239/storylife/
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Joel
@sentantiq.bsky.social
· Jan 14
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Um ljod bed eg alle
helga lydar,
store og småe
søner åt Charlie Brown.
helga lydar,
store og småe
søner åt Charlie Brown.
"Goddess, sing the rage, of Peleus's son, Charlie Brown"
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Um ljod bed eg alle
helga lydar,
store og småe
søner åt Charlie Brown.
helga lydar,
store og småe
søner åt Charlie Brown.
"Muse, tell me the tale of the man, the Charlie Brownest of all"
"It's a low, dishonest decade, Charlie Brown."
"Goddess, sing the rage, of Peleus's son, Charlie Brown"
November 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"Muse, tell me the tale of the man, the Charlie Brownest of all"
"Goddess, sing the rage, of Peleus's son, Charlie Brown"
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"Goddess, sing the rage, of Peleus's son, Charlie Brown"
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
"Prefers more light than I can give it"
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"Prefers more light than I can give it"
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I hope you were ready with a few lines from Lucretius and Virgil...
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I hope you were ready with a few lines from Lucretius and Virgil...
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Now that, in all honesty, is an execllent question! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waggle_...
Waggle dance - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Now that, in all honesty, is an execllent question! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waggle_...
[6 am, yelling]
Layla (4): daddy. Daddy. DADDY!
Me: What's wrong?
L: How do bees talk to each other?
Layla (4): daddy. Daddy. DADDY!
Me: What's wrong?
L: How do bees talk to each other?
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
[6 am, yelling]
Layla (4): daddy. Daddy. DADDY!
Me: What's wrong?
L: How do bees talk to each other?
Layla (4): daddy. Daddy. DADDY!
Me: What's wrong?
L: How do bees talk to each other?
“Goddess, sing of very-thirsty Argos, from where the Leaders [departed for Thebes]”
῎Αργος ἄειδε, θεά, πολυδίψιον, ἔνθεν ἄνακτες
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/22/b...
῎Αργος ἄειδε, θεά, πολυδίψιον, ἔνθεν ἄνακτες
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/22/b...
Better than our Fathers!
Theban Epic Fragments and the Homeric Iliad As Elton Barker and I emphasize in our work on Homer, we think poetic rivalry was a formative feature of the generation of epic poetry in performance ove…
sententiaeantiquae.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“Goddess, sing of very-thirsty Argos, from where the Leaders [departed for Thebes]”
῎Αργος ἄειδε, θεά, πολυδίψιον, ἔνθεν ἄνακτες
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/22/b...
῎Αργος ἄειδε, θεά, πολυδίψιον, ἔνθεν ἄνακτες
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/22/b...
Whatever it is, Hermes disapproves. And Mowgli won't believe it
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Whatever it is, Hermes disapproves. And Mowgli won't believe it
tag yourself.
apostate and critical theorist here
apostate and critical theorist here
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
tag yourself.
apostate and critical theorist here
apostate and critical theorist here
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he never looks at JD that way
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
he never looks at JD that way
I am confused. But not angry.
What a goddamn legend. Every big tough conservative masculinity guy has been crying about how terrifying cities are to live in for the past two years and now Trump wants to move back to NYC
Reporter to Trump: Would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani mayoralty?
Trump: "I would. I really would. Especially after the meeting, absolutely."
Trump: "I would. I really would. Especially after the meeting, absolutely."
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I am confused. But not angry.
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what I need people to know about “whence” is that you don’t also need to say “from.” you can simply command them to return whence they came. let us be brief with our banishments
"Whence" is sadly under-utilized as a word.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
what I need people to know about “whence” is that you don’t also need to say “from.” you can simply command them to return whence they came. let us be brief with our banishments
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M&M: candy-coated chocolate treat; insufficiently sexy for Tucker Carlson.
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
M&M: candy-coated chocolate treat; insufficiently sexy for Tucker Carlson.
The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer’s Odyssey is now available electronically.
The print version will be out in the UK in December and in the US in March.
academic.oup.com/book/61677
The print version will be out in the UK in December and in the US in March.
academic.oup.com/book/61677
The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer’s Odyssey
Abstract. The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer’s Odyssey brings together internationally recognized experts to provide commentary-style essays for non-specia
academic.oup.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer’s Odyssey is now available electronically.
The print version will be out in the UK in December and in the US in March.
academic.oup.com/book/61677
The print version will be out in the UK in December and in the US in March.
academic.oup.com/book/61677
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That's what I was told too but apparently the actual measure is a function of the height of the type block en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_(typ...
En (typography) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
That's what I was told too but apparently the actual measure is a function of the height of the type block en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_(typ...
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To be precise, the sizes of the capital letter forms N and M (my journalism training came at the end of the era of traditional typesetting).
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
To be precise, the sizes of the capital letter forms N and M (my journalism training came at the end of the era of traditional typesetting).
PSA:
M-M: Hyphen (-), to make compounds
M–M: En-dash (–), to separate spans of numbers (i.e., 1–9)
M—M: Em-dash (—), to separate ideas instead of using parenthesis. Seducer of authors; scourge of copyeditors; darling of LLMs
Eminem: Rapper; grandfather; Mariah Carey punching-bag
M-M: Hyphen (-), to make compounds
M–M: En-dash (–), to separate spans of numbers (i.e., 1–9)
M—M: Em-dash (—), to separate ideas instead of using parenthesis. Seducer of authors; scourge of copyeditors; darling of LLMs
Eminem: Rapper; grandfather; Mariah Carey punching-bag
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
PSA:
M-M: Hyphen (-), to make compounds
M–M: En-dash (–), to separate spans of numbers (i.e., 1–9)
M—M: Em-dash (—), to separate ideas instead of using parenthesis. Seducer of authors; scourge of copyeditors; darling of LLMs
Eminem: Rapper; grandfather; Mariah Carey punching-bag
M-M: Hyphen (-), to make compounds
M–M: En-dash (–), to separate spans of numbers (i.e., 1–9)
M—M: Em-dash (—), to separate ideas instead of using parenthesis. Seducer of authors; scourge of copyeditors; darling of LLMs
Eminem: Rapper; grandfather; Mariah Carey punching-bag
on second thought, given his narrative abilities and his penchant for the bow, maybe he's actually a high level bard
Odysseus is a 20th level thief, at least.
I also would make him chaotic neutral
I also would make him chaotic neutral
yes!
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
on second thought, given his narrative abilities and his penchant for the bow, maybe he's actually a high level bard
Odysseus is a 20th level thief, at least.
I also would make him chaotic neutral
I also would make him chaotic neutral
yes!
almost! (h/t user wryan in the @rangedtouch.bsky.social discord)
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Odysseus is a 20th level thief, at least.
I also would make him chaotic neutral
I also would make him chaotic neutral
Reposted by Joel
yes!
almost! (h/t user wryan in the @rangedtouch.bsky.social discord)
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
yes!
has anyone ever drawn up a character sheet for Odysseus using like Advanced D&D 2 rules...?
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
has anyone ever drawn up a character sheet for Odysseus using like Advanced D&D 2 rules...?
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Between the two people. Ask a hard one, Joel!
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Between the two people. Ask a hard one, Joel!