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
About to watch S3E20 "The Prom"
about to watch "Band Candy".
Just finished S2 and let me tell you, there are feelings
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
About to watch S3E20 "The Prom"
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It's interesting how early works of art with monumental aspirations like the François Vase or the chest of Cypselus don't pay any heed to narrative 'cycles' but instead juxtapose scenes from all over the tradition.
November 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It's interesting how early works of art with monumental aspirations like the François Vase or the chest of Cypselus don't pay any heed to narrative 'cycles' but instead juxtapose scenes from all over the tradition.
Thoughts about the construction of the so-called epic cycle (which I think is a product of scholarly imagination)
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Long Ago, Far Away: The Iliad and the So-Called Epic Cycle After the Canon
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate …
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November 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Thoughts about the construction of the so-called epic cycle (which I think is a product of scholarly imagination)
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/16/l...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/16/l...
Long Ago, Far Away: The Iliad and the So-Called Epic Cycle After the Canon
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/16/l...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/16/l...
Long Ago, Far Away: The Iliad and the So-Called Epic Cycle After the Canon
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate …
sententiaeantiquae.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Long Ago, Far Away: The Iliad and the So-Called Epic Cycle After the Canon
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Gen X remains coolly detached and without influence.
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Gen X remains coolly detached and without influence.
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reach out and text faith🎶
November 16, 2025 at 12:51 AM
reach out and text faith🎶
🎶"Your own [digital] Jesus"🎶
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
🎶"Your own [digital] Jesus"🎶
“The story is that bitter grief from evil deeds
Came to Priam and his children, thanks to you
Helen, and so Zeus destroyed
Holy Troy."
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Came to Priam and his children, thanks to you
Helen, and so Zeus destroyed
Holy Troy."
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Suffering So Long for this Woman!
Various Ancient Attitudes towards Helen This post provides a series of ancient texts that reflect on Helen and the Trojan War in different ways. Part of the Iliad’s engagement with the broader myth…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“The story is that bitter grief from evil deeds
Came to Priam and his children, thanks to you
Helen, and so Zeus destroyed
Holy Troy."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/14/s...
Came to Priam and his children, thanks to you
Helen, and so Zeus destroyed
Holy Troy."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/14/s...
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i don't want to talk about AI, I say, and then I go and do something like this
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
i don't want to talk about AI, I say, and then I go and do something like this
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my new hobby is pronouncing it "Florence Plus The Machine" until people ask me if that's how they should say it
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
my new hobby is pronouncing it "Florence Plus The Machine" until people ask me if that's how they should say it
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Sun setting over New Jersey.
November 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Sun setting over New Jersey.
Dawn breaking over long island city and brooklyn
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Dawn breaking over long island city and brooklyn
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such exciting book mail!!! @curtisdozier.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
such exciting book mail!!! @curtisdozier.bsky.social
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She looked like Irene Papas!
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
She looked like Irene Papas!
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Interesting. The game Total War: Troy landed on this depiction of Helen with ruddy hair, with her makeup sourced from Mycenean statuary, as I’m sure you recognize.
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Interesting. The game Total War: Troy landed on this depiction of Helen with ruddy hair, with her makeup sourced from Mycenean statuary, as I’m sure you recognize.
"Homeric poetry developed over a long duration of time and appealed to many different peoples. To over-determine Helen’s beauty by describing it would necessarily adhere to some standards of beauty while alienating others."
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Heroic Appearances: Or, What Did Helen Look Like?
Helen ‘appears’ for the first time in the Iliad in book 3. What does she look like? A few years ago there was a bit of a to-do about the ethnicity of Homeric heroes. While some sketchy applic…
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November 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Homeric poetry developed over a long duration of time and appealed to many different peoples. To over-determine Helen’s beauty by describing it would necessarily adhere to some standards of beauty while alienating others."
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Chapman's Iliad, first books released c. 1598
King James Bible, commissioned 1604, published 1611.
has any written on exploring correlation and causation in this remarkable moment in English literature?
King James Bible, commissioned 1604, published 1611.
has any written on exploring correlation and causation in this remarkable moment in English literature?
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Chapman's Iliad, first books released c. 1598
King James Bible, commissioned 1604, published 1611.
has any written on exploring correlation and causation in this remarkable moment in English literature?
King James Bible, commissioned 1604, published 1611.
has any written on exploring correlation and causation in this remarkable moment in English literature?
there is SNOW in Manhattan
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
there is SNOW in Manhattan
are you in a parasocial relationship with myth or are you just maximum alpha at 1.25 speed
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
are you in a parasocial relationship with myth or are you just maximum alpha at 1.25 speed
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This was a lot of fun to listen to, but you all made me feel about 100. I saw the first four in theaters, and I was in college for 1-3. @sentantiq.bsky.social actually had to pick me up late in the AM in a snowstorm after we went to see 3 (after rewatching 1 and 2 in VHS) and my engine died
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This was a lot of fun to listen to, but you all made me feel about 100. I saw the first four in theaters, and I was in college for 1-3. @sentantiq.bsky.social actually had to pick me up late in the AM in a snowstorm after we went to see 3 (after rewatching 1 and 2 in VHS) and my engine died