Dr Christine Plastow
@chrissieplastow.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University | Co-artistic director of Theatre of the @GentleFuries | researching Athenian forensic oratory & theatrical receptions of myth | she/her | catposting
It was eaten while talking to the cat - prompting him to also require treats
October 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
It was eaten while talking to the cat - prompting him to also require treats
another, more seasonal option is standing facing the corner of the room like the white paper is the blair witch
October 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
another, more seasonal option is standing facing the corner of the room like the white paper is the blair witch
Day 14: Cocytus
I look into the river's mirror:
The water screams back.
Together we wail. Our pain is flowing
Perpetual motion.
But a river has a source,
And so it must also merge in time
With something bigger, deeper than itself.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
I look into the river's mirror:
The water screams back.
Together we wail. Our pain is flowing
Perpetual motion.
But a river has a source,
And so it must also merge in time
With something bigger, deeper than itself.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
October 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Day 14: Cocytus
I look into the river's mirror:
The water screams back.
Together we wail. Our pain is flowing
Perpetual motion.
But a river has a source,
And so it must also merge in time
With something bigger, deeper than itself.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
I look into the river's mirror:
The water screams back.
Together we wail. Our pain is flowing
Perpetual motion.
But a river has a source,
And so it must also merge in time
With something bigger, deeper than itself.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
Oh poor girlie. Waffle sends get well headbumps to Pixie ❤️
October 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Oh poor girlie. Waffle sends get well headbumps to Pixie ❤️
Haha! Thank you Mhairi. I'm a few days behind as I haven't been feeling well, but I'll catch up at some point!
October 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Haha! Thank you Mhairi. I'm a few days behind as I haven't been feeling well, but I'll catch up at some point!
Thank you Colin!
October 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Thank you Colin!
Day 13: Empousa
copper leg brass leg
shift shape demon
donkey leg dung leg
hungry scream woman
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
copper leg brass leg
shift shape demon
donkey leg dung leg
hungry scream woman
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
October 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Day 13: Empousa
copper leg brass leg
shift shape demon
donkey leg dung leg
hungry scream woman
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
copper leg brass leg
shift shape demon
donkey leg dung leg
hungry scream woman
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
Thanks for reposting! I am not actually one of the clever folks behind #ClassicsTober, just following along! But always great to have more people joining in 😊
October 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Thanks for reposting! I am not actually one of the clever folks behind #ClassicsTober, just following along! But always great to have more people joining in 😊
Day 12: Styx.
Your bedside was a dock
And from it I saw you were preparing your fare,
Checking departure times.
When the ferry pushed off we waved and smiled.
The water was flat as glass.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
Your bedside was a dock
And from it I saw you were preparing your fare,
Checking departure times.
When the ferry pushed off we waved and smiled.
The water was flat as glass.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
October 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Day 12: Styx.
Your bedside was a dock
And from it I saw you were preparing your fare,
Checking departure times.
When the ferry pushed off we waved and smiled.
The water was flat as glass.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
Your bedside was a dock
And from it I saw you were preparing your fare,
Checking departure times.
When the ferry pushed off we waved and smiled.
The water was flat as glass.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
Day 11: Torch
Lighting a candle on an autumn evening
I cast the same old ancient spell:
Fire against the dark.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
Lighting a candle on an autumn evening
I cast the same old ancient spell:
Fire against the dark.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
October 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Day 11: Torch
Lighting a candle on an autumn evening
I cast the same old ancient spell:
Fire against the dark.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
Lighting a candle on an autumn evening
I cast the same old ancient spell:
Fire against the dark.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
Day 10: Hekate
At the crossroads I met a woman with three faces.
One smiled, one turned away toward the west.
She handed me a key and the third face said:
'To keep you safe'.
Her dog licked my hand.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
At the crossroads I met a woman with three faces.
One smiled, one turned away toward the west.
She handed me a key and the third face said:
'To keep you safe'.
Her dog licked my hand.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
October 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Day 10: Hekate
At the crossroads I met a woman with three faces.
One smiled, one turned away toward the west.
She handed me a key and the third face said:
'To keep you safe'.
Her dog licked my hand.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
At the crossroads I met a woman with three faces.
One smiled, one turned away toward the west.
She handed me a key and the third face said:
'To keep you safe'.
Her dog licked my hand.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
Day 9: Lampades
She comes with lights
Stars around the moon
We glint in her wake
Like night-water
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
She comes with lights
Stars around the moon
We glint in her wake
Like night-water
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
October 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Day 9: Lampades
She comes with lights
Stars around the moon
We glint in her wake
Like night-water
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
She comes with lights
Stars around the moon
We glint in her wake
Like night-water
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
Day 8: Erebos
Out of chaos: you and I,
Shaping the edges of things,
Marking out spaces for day, life, light.
Drawing existence in chiaroscuro.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
Out of chaos: you and I,
Shaping the edges of things,
Marking out spaces for day, life, light.
Drawing existence in chiaroscuro.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
October 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Day 8: Erebos
Out of chaos: you and I,
Shaping the edges of things,
Marking out spaces for day, life, light.
Drawing existence in chiaroscuro.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
Out of chaos: you and I,
Shaping the edges of things,
Marking out spaces for day, life, light.
Drawing existence in chiaroscuro.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
Day 7: pharmakis/witch
Take my advice:
A solitary island life isn't lonely
If you keep friendly animals around
And salt water to wash the nightmares from your hair.
But beware lost heroes. They can be pigs.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
Take my advice:
A solitary island life isn't lonely
If you keep friendly animals around
And salt water to wash the nightmares from your hair.
But beware lost heroes. They can be pigs.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
October 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Day 7: pharmakis/witch
Take my advice:
A solitary island life isn't lonely
If you keep friendly animals around
And salt water to wash the nightmares from your hair.
But beware lost heroes. They can be pigs.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
Take my advice:
A solitary island life isn't lonely
If you keep friendly animals around
And salt water to wash the nightmares from your hair.
But beware lost heroes. They can be pigs.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
Day 6: Moirai (a haiku)
Paying out the thread,
The sisters, like carpenters:
Measure twice, cut once.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
Paying out the thread,
The sisters, like carpenters:
Measure twice, cut once.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
October 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Day 6: Moirai (a haiku)
Paying out the thread,
The sisters, like carpenters:
Measure twice, cut once.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
Paying out the thread,
The sisters, like carpenters:
Measure twice, cut once.
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25
Ok that is a lot of curtain!
October 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Ok that is a lot of curtain!
I only know this because I used to sell curtains, but it's so that when you pull the pleats together/loop the eyelets onto the pole, the curtains are still wide enough to cover the whole window!
October 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I only know this because I used to sell curtains, but it's so that when you pull the pleats together/loop the eyelets onto the pole, the curtains are still wide enough to cover the whole window!