Maciej Paprocki
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social
Student of ancient Greek theologies, librarian, tea drinker, gamer. Lover of myth, poetry and magic. Myth adviser on #Apotheon
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I want to understand how Greek gods work: their powers, limitations, fears, wants.
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printing this out and hanging it near my desk to look at next time I need to follow word counts
October 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
printing this out and hanging it near my desk to look at next time I need to follow word counts
🚨 New publication alert (OA!) 🚨 I argue that unruly Apollo—far from ⚡ Zeus' ⚡ loyal son—was a potential challenger to his father’s throne. In Prometheus Bound (907–12), the curse of Kronos looms… and Apollo could've avenged Granddad and deposed Zeus! #Classics #GreekMyth
doi.org/10.14746/spp...
doi.org/10.14746/spp...
Apollo, Kronos’s Avenger? Divine Intergenerational Conflicts in Light of ‘The Curse of Kronos’ (Prometheus Bound 907‒12)
| Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
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September 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🚨 New publication alert (OA!) 🚨 I argue that unruly Apollo—far from ⚡ Zeus' ⚡ loyal son—was a potential challenger to his father’s throne. In Prometheus Bound (907–12), the curse of Kronos looms… and Apollo could've avenged Granddad and deposed Zeus! #Classics #GreekMyth
doi.org/10.14746/spp...
doi.org/10.14746/spp...
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🎧 Marvel +mitologia = coś więcej niż tylko Thor i Loki.
Dr @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social tłumaczy, dlaczego świat MCU przypomina nowoczesny Olimp. Od Wakandy po Asgard, od Kapitana Ameryki po Bastet–Marvel jest dziś nie tylko fabryką hitów,ale i współczesnym mitotwórcą www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFnL...
Dr @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social tłumaczy, dlaczego świat MCU przypomina nowoczesny Olimp. Od Wakandy po Asgard, od Kapitana Ameryki po Bastet–Marvel jest dziś nie tylko fabryką hitów,ale i współczesnym mitotwórcą www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFnL...
Bogowie w filmach Marvela. Czego możemy nauczyć się z MCU o mitologii?
YouTube video by Polskie Radio
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May 31, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🎧 Marvel +mitologia = coś więcej niż tylko Thor i Loki.
Dr @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social tłumaczy, dlaczego świat MCU przypomina nowoczesny Olimp. Od Wakandy po Asgard, od Kapitana Ameryki po Bastet–Marvel jest dziś nie tylko fabryką hitów,ale i współczesnym mitotwórcą www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFnL...
Dr @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social tłumaczy, dlaczego świat MCU przypomina nowoczesny Olimp. Od Wakandy po Asgard, od Kapitana Ameryki po Bastet–Marvel jest dziś nie tylko fabryką hitów,ale i współczesnym mitotwórcą www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFnL...
I was honoured to be interviewed for this excellent and thought-provoking piece: a must-read for all game studies/reception scholars interested in mythology! ⚡⚡⚡📜
New paper alert! 📢
In this article, I explore how different game design motivations impact mythological characters in video games, based on interviews with the people behind Apotheon, Hades, and Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island:
academic.oup.com/crj/advance-...
In this article, I explore how different game design motivations impact mythological characters in video games, based on interviews with the people behind Apotheon, Hades, and Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island:
academic.oup.com/crj/advance-...
Where was Apollo in Supergiant’s Hades? Developer motivations and mythological characters in video games
Abstract. Academic interest in classical reception and video games is thriving, but one dimension that has so far escaped scholarly attention regards the v
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May 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I was honoured to be interviewed for this excellent and thought-provoking piece: a must-read for all game studies/reception scholars interested in mythology! ⚡⚡⚡📜
That's the highest praise one can get 😀 Thank you so much for your thoughts and presence, and to all of our wonderful participants! #mythgames2025
@alexvandewalle.bsky.social
@alexvandewalle.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
That's the highest praise one can get 😀 Thank you so much for your thoughts and presence, and to all of our wonderful participants! #mythgames2025
@alexvandewalle.bsky.social
@alexvandewalle.bsky.social
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Reminder for the online Mythological Game Studies Conference (#MythGames2025, organized w/ @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social), NEXT WEEK 22-24 May! In addition to 30+ papers, we'll also have a livestream by @valuefnd.bsky.social & a dev roundtable!
Schedule and registration at mythgamescon.wordpress.com
Schedule and registration at mythgamescon.wordpress.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Reminder for the online Mythological Game Studies Conference (#MythGames2025, organized w/ @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social), NEXT WEEK 22-24 May! In addition to 30+ papers, we'll also have a livestream by @valuefnd.bsky.social & a dev roundtable!
Schedule and registration at mythgamescon.wordpress.com
Schedule and registration at mythgamescon.wordpress.com
@mythsbaby.bsky.social and I talk about Thetis, a fascinating and ambiguous ancient Greek goddess, foretold to bear a son stronger than his father. What's her story with Zeus/Poseidon/Hera/Hephaistos/Dionysos? Why was she raped by Peleus? Did she kill some of her children?
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Conversations: Powerful or Powerless, Caring or Careless? The Goddess Thetis w/ Maciej Paprocki
YouTube video by Myths, Baby! Podcast
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April 29, 2025 at 7:27 AM
@mythsbaby.bsky.social and I talk about Thetis, a fascinating and ambiguous ancient Greek goddess, foretold to bear a son stronger than his father. What's her story with Zeus/Poseidon/Hera/Hephaistos/Dionysos? Why was she raped by Peleus? Did she kill some of her children?
youtu.be/BEgyl2_pgyg?...
youtu.be/BEgyl2_pgyg?...
Avengers assemble! Our paper on gods and multicultural representation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is out! ⚡⚡⚡
Huge thanks to my incredibly talented co-authors:
@baladria.bsky.social @alexvandewalle.bsky.social @joelagordonnz.bsky.social @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social and Kate Minniti! 😍😍🥰
Huge thanks to my incredibly talented co-authors:
@baladria.bsky.social @alexvandewalle.bsky.social @joelagordonnz.bsky.social @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social and Kate Minniti! 😍😍🥰
New volume of thersites Vol. 20 (2025) thersites-journal.de/index.php/th... #openaccess @baladria.bsky.social @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social @alexvandewalle.bsky.social @joelagordonnz.bsky.social @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Avengers assemble! Our paper on gods and multicultural representation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is out! ⚡⚡⚡
Huge thanks to my incredibly talented co-authors:
@baladria.bsky.social @alexvandewalle.bsky.social @joelagordonnz.bsky.social @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social and Kate Minniti! 😍😍🥰
Huge thanks to my incredibly talented co-authors:
@baladria.bsky.social @alexvandewalle.bsky.social @joelagordonnz.bsky.social @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social and Kate Minniti! 😍😍🥰
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You can now register for the Mythological Game Studies Conference (22-24 May, online)! We'll have around 30 presentations on mythology & games, a dev roundtable, and more. Head over to mythgamescon.wordpress.com for the conference schedule and abstracts!
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social
#MythGames2025
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social
#MythGames2025
April 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
You can now register for the Mythological Game Studies Conference (22-24 May, online)! We'll have around 30 presentations on mythology & games, a dev roundtable, and more. Head over to mythgamescon.wordpress.com for the conference schedule and abstracts!
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social
#MythGames2025
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social
#MythGames2025
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It’s magic day in class which means my favorite activity—making curse tablets
April 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It’s magic day in class which means my favorite activity—making curse tablets
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ANNOUNCING...
A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology - our first book! 🎉
📅Available 5th Feb 2025 (but you can preorder now)
🤝 In collaboration with @contubernales.bsky.social
✍️ 117 different writers
🖼️ Periodic Table Poster by @corabeth.bsky.social
👇 Read more...
A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology - our first book! 🎉
📅Available 5th Feb 2025 (but you can preorder now)
🤝 In collaboration with @contubernales.bsky.social
✍️ 117 different writers
🖼️ Periodic Table Poster by @corabeth.bsky.social
👇 Read more...
January 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
ANNOUNCING...
A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology - our first book! 🎉
📅Available 5th Feb 2025 (but you can preorder now)
🤝 In collaboration with @contubernales.bsky.social
✍️ 117 different writers
🖼️ Periodic Table Poster by @corabeth.bsky.social
👇 Read more...
A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology - our first book! 🎉
📅Available 5th Feb 2025 (but you can preorder now)
🤝 In collaboration with @contubernales.bsky.social
✍️ 117 different writers
🖼️ Periodic Table Poster by @corabeth.bsky.social
👇 Read more...
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Welcoming new followers be like:
February 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Welcoming new followers be like:
REMINDER: CfP Mythological Game Studies Conference (May 2025, online)
Send @alexvandewalle.bsky.social and me your abstracts on everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies before February 2 (this Sunday)!
Send @alexvandewalle.bsky.social and me your abstracts on everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies before February 2 (this Sunday)!
CfP alert! 📢 Mythological Game Studies Conference
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
REMINDER: CfP Mythological Game Studies Conference (May 2025, online)
Send @alexvandewalle.bsky.social and me your abstracts on everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies before February 2 (this Sunday)!
Send @alexvandewalle.bsky.social and me your abstracts on everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies before February 2 (this Sunday)!
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Next week’s tutorial readings for BA archaeology & anthropology @uclarchaeology.bsky.social (I maintain all archaeologists need a solid foundation in the workings of myth, witchcraft, and sortition)
January 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Next week’s tutorial readings for BA archaeology & anthropology @uclarchaeology.bsky.social (I maintain all archaeologists need a solid foundation in the workings of myth, witchcraft, and sortition)
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REMINDER: CfP Mythological Game Studies Conference (May 2025, online)
Send @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and me your abstracts on everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies before February 2!
Send @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and me your abstracts on everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies before February 2!
CfP alert! 📢 Mythological Game Studies Conference
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
REMINDER: CfP Mythological Game Studies Conference (May 2025, online)
Send @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and me your abstracts on everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies before February 2!
Send @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and me your abstracts on everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies before February 2!
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Agreed! And please consider it an invitation to explore the work that has explored these videogaming traditions. Phillip Penix-Tadsen comes to mind as one of the best.
January 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Agreed! And please consider it an invitation to explore the work that has explored these videogaming traditions. Phillip Penix-Tadsen comes to mind as one of the best.
With a dossier on Nyx by yours truly 😁
Can't wait!
Can't wait!
ANNOUNCING...
A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology - our first book! 🎉
📅Available 5th Feb 2025 (but you can preorder now)
🤝 In collaboration with @contubernales.bsky.social
✍️ 117 different writers
🖼️ Periodic Table Poster by @corabeth.bsky.social
👇 Read more...
A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology - our first book! 🎉
📅Available 5th Feb 2025 (but you can preorder now)
🤝 In collaboration with @contubernales.bsky.social
✍️ 117 different writers
🖼️ Periodic Table Poster by @corabeth.bsky.social
👇 Read more...
January 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
With a dossier on Nyx by yours truly 😁
Can't wait!
Can't wait!
Happy New Year! 🎆✨ @alexvandewalle.bsky.social and I have just published a paper on humorous/playful elements in the game 'Immortals Fenyx Rising', highlighting how it subverts traditional portrayals of the Greek gods a la Lucian’s "Dialogues of the Gods". Enjoy! 😄
gamestudies.org/2404/article...
gamestudies.org/2404/article...
a video game called immortals fenyx rising is being played on stadia
ALT: a video game called immortals fenyx rising is being played on stadia
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January 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Happy New Year! 🎆✨ @alexvandewalle.bsky.social and I have just published a paper on humorous/playful elements in the game 'Immortals Fenyx Rising', highlighting how it subverts traditional portrayals of the Greek gods a la Lucian’s "Dialogues of the Gods". Enjoy! 😄
gamestudies.org/2404/article...
gamestudies.org/2404/article...
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Accuracy is a tedious and irrelevant criterion. Folks get that for textual literature, and no reasonable Romanist is scolding, e.g., Vergil for misrepresenting what 12th cent BCE Carthage actually looked like. What is it about the medium of film that makes scholars lose all literary critical sense?
November 22, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Accuracy is a tedious and irrelevant criterion. Folks get that for textual literature, and no reasonable Romanist is scolding, e.g., Vergil for misrepresenting what 12th cent BCE Carthage actually looked like. What is it about the medium of film that makes scholars lose all literary critical sense?
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Downloaded Planet Coaster 2 yesterday and was surprised to see that one of their new themes is “Mythological,” vaguely Greek stylings. Must avoid writing about this, but you can’t spell amusement without muse I suppose.
November 12, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Downloaded Planet Coaster 2 yesterday and was surprised to see that one of their new themes is “Mythological,” vaguely Greek stylings. Must avoid writing about this, but you can’t spell amusement without muse I suppose.
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Wonder is an 'undoing' of all that we experience. All that we know is suspended in service to a brief moment wherein all that we will never know becomes possible. And both fear and fascination tumble through on their way to a rebirth in the stars.
November 18, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Wonder is an 'undoing' of all that we experience. All that we know is suspended in service to a brief moment wherein all that we will never know becomes possible. And both fear and fascination tumble through on their way to a rebirth in the stars.
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Our hard-wiring to connect with each other, to care for each other, to want to be accepted by each other can be a very powerful tool for changing minds. To the extent non-scientists without much interest in it ever connect with science, it’s through our ability to serve as a bridge.
November 17, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Our hard-wiring to connect with each other, to care for each other, to want to be accepted by each other can be a very powerful tool for changing minds. To the extent non-scientists without much interest in it ever connect with science, it’s through our ability to serve as a bridge.
All are invited! Bring your game and myth expertise! :D
CfP alert! 📢 Mythological Game Studies Conference
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 18, 2024 at 1:56 PM
All are invited! Bring your game and myth expertise! :D
Reposted by Maciej Paprocki
CfP alert! 📢 Mythological Game Studies Conference
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 18, 2024 at 1:56 PM
CfP alert! 📢 Mythological Game Studies Conference
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...