Amy Pistone
@apistone.bsky.social
Classicist who works on agonistic things (tragedy, sports, drinking games), professor, enthusiast of sports and trash pop culture, feminist, dog owner
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That's really interesting though!
October 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
That's really interesting though!
Amazing, thank you for sharing this!
October 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Amazing, thank you for sharing this!
God bless, the Aeneid is SO MUCH more manageable than the Iliad! We are chugging beautifully along, in Book 9, and getting to Nisus and Euryalus 😭
October 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
God bless, the Aeneid is SO MUCH more manageable than the Iliad! We are chugging beautifully along, in Book 9, and getting to Nisus and Euryalus 😭
Reposted by Amy Pistone
As Hoo-dith Butler always says, gender is perfor-molt-ive
October 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
As Hoo-dith Butler always says, gender is perfor-molt-ive
To clarify, I would like it to be a more meaningful connection there than just "girl human, girl owl" -- the lament maybe feels like it's actually more like Anna? Are there things people say about this special she-owl? (I'm not in my office/a library to actually look into this properly)
October 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
To clarify, I would like it to be a more meaningful connection there than just "girl human, girl owl" -- the lament maybe feels like it's actually more like Anna? Are there things people say about this special she-owl? (I'm not in my office/a library to actually look into this properly)
So I have learned that Aeneid 4.462 is the only place in (classical, probably) Latin where bubo is feminine??
solaque culminibus ferali carmine bubo
saepe queri et longas in fletum ducere voces
Anyone have thoughts on why? Because Dido is also a woman isn't super satisfying
solaque culminibus ferali carmine bubo
saepe queri et longas in fletum ducere voces
Anyone have thoughts on why? Because Dido is also a woman isn't super satisfying
October 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
So I have learned that Aeneid 4.462 is the only place in (classical, probably) Latin where bubo is feminine??
solaque culminibus ferali carmine bubo
saepe queri et longas in fletum ducere voces
Anyone have thoughts on why? Because Dido is also a woman isn't super satisfying
solaque culminibus ferali carmine bubo
saepe queri et longas in fletum ducere voces
Anyone have thoughts on why? Because Dido is also a woman isn't super satisfying
This is such a badass line.
"Oh, my dad didn't fight like this? He was better than me? WELL YOU CAN TELL HIM THAT WHEN YOU SEE HIM IN HELLLLLLLLLLL"
"Oh, my dad didn't fight like this? He was better than me? WELL YOU CAN TELL HIM THAT WHEN YOU SEE HIM IN HELLLLLLLLLLL"
October 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This is such a badass line.
"Oh, my dad didn't fight like this? He was better than me? WELL YOU CAN TELL HIM THAT WHEN YOU SEE HIM IN HELLLLLLLLLLL"
"Oh, my dad didn't fight like this? He was better than me? WELL YOU CAN TELL HIM THAT WHEN YOU SEE HIM IN HELLLLLLLLLLL"