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L E Jenks-Brown

@lejenksbrown.bsky.social

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📖Author YOU ARE ODYSSEUS - out now ✏️Illustrator - GreekMythComix, Amarantus for CSCP 🏺Teacher - ClassCiv GCSE, Ancient History A Level resources ❤️Ancient Geek mini-podcast ✨CA Innovative Pedagogy Award 2022✨ 💀massive nerd she/her

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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · Nov 7

Hi everybody!
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I’m a Classics teacher (nearly two decades!) with English Lit, Ancient History, Latin and Drama experience.
I’m also a Classics illustrator at GreekMythComix.com (comix, infographics) and also over at laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk (illos) where I’m also writing You Are Odysseus!

A collection of retro posters depicting food or art or tech of the ancient world , by L E Jenks-Brown

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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 3h

Thankyou! Yes I knew this but not about the pizza (doh!)

L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 3h

Searchlights at sunrise

Swathes of bright pink light reflecting off spreading contrails in the sunset, against a blue sky and with darker clouds in the foreground.

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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 16h

I was so convinced I had this wrong. The Pantheon is really, really big.

The facade of the Pantheon in size comparison with the Parthenon, Temple of Zeus at Olympia, and Temple of Portunus from the Forum Boarium in Rome.

The facade of the Pantheon in size comparison with the Parthenon, Temple of Zeus at Olympia, and Temple of Portunus from the Forum Boarium in Rome. This time there’s a huge blue ball inside the Pantheon to show the diameter of the inner imaginary sphere.

L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 16h

Diagram yes, dimensions no. There are bizarrely few dimensions on any diagrams of the Pantheon that I can find.

L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 16h

Oh ok if I use the the diameter of the imaginary ball I can put it on a scale and work it out from there. Phew!

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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 16h

Can someone please, please tell me how wide (at widest point) and how tall the Pantheon in Rome is? The diameter of the ball that could fit inside is 43m, but that’s all I can find. Wiki has 53m for both height and width. At some point I wrote down it was 43.2m wide and 52m tall but I lost source!

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 23h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 1d

If you are still awake, take a moment you look up at the moon. Currently untroubled by living humans. Still a place of ghosts, gods and 20th century wreckage.

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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 2d

I just had my own Magnus Archives moment. *Jonny Sims voice* It was a grey morning, the sun just starting to rise through the fog. The number 8 bus was waiting across the road. I raised my eyes to its sickly yellow light and noticed with a start that *every single passenger was staring at me.*

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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 1d

LOOK AT THESE GUYS GO!!

Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 2d

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Newspaper article about the Working Classicists Guide to National 5 Classical Studies, in today’s Courier (Dundee).

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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 2d

Today’s magic word on my digital bus ticket is ‘Brink’ and I think that’s appropriate.

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 5d

✨NEW ARTICLE!✨

Our book reviewer, Carlotta Vincenzi has lost themselves in @lejenksbrown.bsky.social’s awesome new book, You Are Odysseus.

www.workingclassicists.com/zine/book-re...

Book Review: You Are Odysseus — Working Classicists

A book for nayone who ever thought Odysseus could have made better choices. A glowing review of L. Jenkinson-Brown’s, “You Are Odysseus”, from Carlotta Vincenzi.

www.workingclassicists.com

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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you, this is lovely! ✨

L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks!

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Principia Discordia @principiadiscordia.bsky.social · 7d

Black-and-white surreal image of two women in old-fashioned Victorian-style dresses and hats standing on a beach, one holding an umbrella, the other raising her hand in greeting. Looming in the stormy sky above the ocean is a gigantic shadowy figure of Cthulhu, with wings spread and tentacles dangling. At the bottom, film-style captions read:
“-Good morning Mr. Cthulhu.
-Morning ladies.”
The juxtaposition of cosmic horror with casual seaside politeness gives the scene a darkly comedic, absurd vibe.

Generated with Bluesky AltText, a CustomGPT.

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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 7d

I love both the idea and the presentation!
(Can you tag @classicstober.bsky.social (instead of personal accounts) in the next ones?)

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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 7d

Awesome! This is a great interpretation!
(Can you tag @classicstober.bsky.social (instead of personal accounts) in the next ones?)

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Mayken Brünings @maykenalanna.bsky.social · 7d

Look what arrived today! It's @lejenksbrown.bsky.social's YOU ARE ODYSSEUS choose your own adventure book!
15yo snatched it up before I could, but she gave it a nice home on that shelf, don't you think?
(I'll borrow it at some point. Soon.)

The book YOU ARE ODYSSEUS face out on a shelf in front of CIRCE on the right and the Percy Jackson books (plus Annabeth's baseball cap and some crafty Camp Halfblood decorations) on the left.

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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 7d

Oh my gosh thank you, it looks so happy on those shelves!

L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 7d

My book has been out for a WEEK and has surpassed the dreaded ‘average lifetime number of sales for a self-published title’ so I am VERY HAPPY!

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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 7d

Agh no!! Hopefully by today??

L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 7d

Oh that’s wonderful! Thanks so much Hugh!

L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 13d

Happy pub day to MEEEEEEEEEEE
(and Odysseus)

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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 13d

This is perfect 👌

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