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
head hurts reading this title
Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Will Bring Back the Most Controversial Parts of 'Oppenheimer'
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Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Will Bring Back the Most Controversial Parts of 'Oppenheimer'
Christopher Nolan is consistent.
movieweb.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
head hurts reading this title
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(whispers into the void: "hubris is feminine in ancient Greek")
Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk
The Shattering of Elon Musk
bookshop.org
April 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
(whispers into the void: "hubris is feminine in ancient Greek")
"The story of Lykourgos in Diomedes’ speech is a lesson about angering the gods that Glaukos picks up on and responds to in his own narrative where his Bellerophon becomes hateful to the gods despite performing heroic deeds."
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No Space for Dionysus: Story and Meaning in Iliad 6
When I teach and write about Iliad 6 I usually find myself spending too much time thinking about Diomedes’ exchange with Glaukos and then breaking hearts with discussions of Hektor, Andromache, and…
sententiaeantiquae.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"The story of Lykourgos in Diomedes’ speech is a lesson about angering the gods that Glaukos picks up on and responds to in his own narrative where his Bellerophon becomes hateful to the gods despite performing heroic deeds."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/08/n...
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
1. Diomedes does not know who Glaukos is; Glaukos definitely knows who Diomedes is.
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/06/m...
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Mind Reading and Stolen Wits: The Encounter of Diomedes and Glaukos in Iliad 6
One of the most iconic scenes of the Iliad is the exchange between Glaucus and Diomedes in book 6. This scene comes in the middle of book 6, in part as a delaying technique while Hektor travels int…
sententiaeantiquae.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
1. Diomedes does not know who Glaukos is; Glaukos definitely knows who Diomedes is.
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/06/m...
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Layla (4) plugged the toilet and then tried to use the plunger to fix it herself.
Needless to say, bath time came early today
Needless to say, bath time came early today
December 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Layla (4) plugged the toilet and then tried to use the plunger to fix it herself.
Needless to say, bath time came early today
Needless to say, bath time came early today
"there is a reading of Glaukos’ use of Bellerophon’s narrative that shows it works similarly to Odysseus’ lies: he weaponizes a story...that allows him to avoid fighting the most dangerous person on the battlefield."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/06/m...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/06/m...
Mind Reading and Stolen Wits: The Encounter of Diomedes and Glaukos in Iliad 6
One of the most iconic scenes of the Iliad is the exchange between Glaucus and Diomedes in book 6. This scene comes in the middle of book 6, in part as a delaying technique while Hektor travels int…
sententiaeantiquae.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"there is a reading of Glaukos’ use of Bellerophon’s narrative that shows it works similarly to Odysseus’ lies: he weaponizes a story...that allows him to avoid fighting the most dangerous person on the battlefield."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/06/m...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/06/m...
Mind Reading and Stolen Wits: The Encounter of Diomedes and Glaukos in Iliad 6
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/06/m...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/06/m...
Mind Reading and Stolen Wits: The Encounter of Diomedes and Glaukos in Iliad 6
One of the most iconic scenes of the Iliad is the exchange between Glaucus and Diomedes in book 6. This scene comes in the middle of book 6, in part as a delaying technique while Hektor travels int…
sententiaeantiquae.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Mind Reading and Stolen Wits: The Encounter of Diomedes and Glaukos in Iliad 6
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/06/m...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/06/m...
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A new report on dietary findings in a select area of Pompeii likely inhabited by enslaved people came out in Scavi di Pompei. Many newspapers are now running w/a headline about Roman slaves “eating better” than free Romans. pompeiisites.org/e-journal-de... Let’s discuss why this is problematic
December 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A new report on dietary findings in a select area of Pompeii likely inhabited by enslaved people came out in Scavi di Pompei. Many newspapers are now running w/a headline about Roman slaves “eating better” than free Romans. pompeiisites.org/e-journal-de... Let’s discuss why this is problematic
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Next week is the last week of classes here. As I say every semester, I try and end many of my history seminars with a quote from James Baldwin that answers the question of: why take humanities courses? (Time Magazine, May 24, 1963).
December 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Next week is the last week of classes here. As I say every semester, I try and end many of my history seminars with a quote from James Baldwin that answers the question of: why take humanities courses? (Time Magazine, May 24, 1963).
Reposted by Joel
Reposted by Joel
⭐ The inaugural RAFFAELLA CRIBIORE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TRANSLATION from the Society for Classical Studies has just been announced ⭐
C. Luke Soucy, *Ovid's Metamorphoses* (University of California Press, 2023).
C. Luke Soucy, *Ovid's Metamorphoses* (University of California Press, 2023).
2025 Raffaella Cribiore Award for Outstanding Translation | Society for Classical Studies
The Committee on Translation of Classical Authors is delighted to announce the inaugural recipient of the Raffaella Cribiore Award for Outstanding Literary Translation. The Cribiore Award honors outst...
www.classicalstudies.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
⭐ The inaugural RAFFAELLA CRIBIORE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TRANSLATION from the Society for Classical Studies has just been announced ⭐
C. Luke Soucy, *Ovid's Metamorphoses* (University of California Press, 2023).
C. Luke Soucy, *Ovid's Metamorphoses* (University of California Press, 2023).
“Remember that you are an actor in a drama, whatever kind the playwright desires. If he wishes it to be short, it is short. If he wants it to be long, it is long."
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Play The Part You’re Given: Epictetus, Teles, and Shakespeare
Epictetus, Encheiridion, 17 “Remember that you are an actor in a drama, whatever kind the playwright desires. If he wishes it to be short, it is short. If he wants it to be long, it is long. If he …
sententiaeantiquae.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“Remember that you are an actor in a drama, whatever kind the playwright desires. If he wishes it to be short, it is short. If he wants it to be long, it is long."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2023/09/14/p...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2023/09/14/p...
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The CFP is now open for the second cohort of faculty fellows in the Critical AI Literacy Institute @gctlc.bsky.social.
We’re recruiting in 3 tracks.
1. Critical Foundations of AI
2. Ecological Implications of AI
3. T(h)inkering with AI
Read the full call here:
cuny.is/cali2-cfp
We’re recruiting in 3 tracks.
1. Critical Foundations of AI
2. Ecological Implications of AI
3. T(h)inkering with AI
Read the full call here:
cuny.is/cali2-cfp
Call for Participation 2026 – Critical AI Literacy Institute
cuny.is
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The CFP is now open for the second cohort of faculty fellows in the Critical AI Literacy Institute @gctlc.bsky.social.
We’re recruiting in 3 tracks.
1. Critical Foundations of AI
2. Ecological Implications of AI
3. T(h)inkering with AI
Read the full call here:
cuny.is/cali2-cfp
We’re recruiting in 3 tracks.
1. Critical Foundations of AI
2. Ecological Implications of AI
3. T(h)inkering with AI
Read the full call here:
cuny.is/cali2-cfp
Moon setting over New Jersey
December 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Moon setting over New Jersey
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December 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My office is at the corner of 34th st and 5th avenue and the tourist buses and bike rickshaws are playing seasonal music.
that means I hear bursts of Mariah Carey all day long, but never the whole song.
that means I hear bursts of Mariah Carey all day long, but never the whole song.
mariah carey is wearing a santa claus costume and standing in front of a group of female dancers .
ALT: mariah carey is wearing a santa claus costume and standing in front of a group of female dancers .
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My office is at the corner of 34th st and 5th avenue and the tourist buses and bike rickshaws are playing seasonal music.
that means I hear bursts of Mariah Carey all day long, but never the whole song.
that means I hear bursts of Mariah Carey all day long, but never the whole song.
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Curious about this text? Check out this blog post by @blindscholar.bsky.social, who covers the work in "Reading Creation Myths Economically in Ancient Mesopotamia and Israel"
www.blindscholar.com/2025/08/04/b...
www.blindscholar.com/2025/08/04/b...
Book Release—Free to Read for Two Weeks!
My new Element, Reading Creation Myths Economically in Ancient Mesopotamia and Israel, has now been released in the Cambridge Elements in Ancient and Premodern Economies series. Elements are short …
www.blindscholar.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Curious about this text? Check out this blog post by @blindscholar.bsky.social, who covers the work in "Reading Creation Myths Economically in Ancient Mesopotamia and Israel"
www.blindscholar.com/2025/08/04/b...
www.blindscholar.com/2025/08/04/b...
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We see similar discourse in Atra-hasis, a literary work from the 2nd millennium BCE that opens with a narrative of dissent between the ruling and the ruled. Humans have spent a long time thinking, writing, and conveying the difficulty of balancing political power and social liberties.
"The Iliad is in part the story of ‘civilizing’ conventions of wars dismissed. What we learn from the beginning is that political institutions are not strong enough to enforce the maintenance of normative behaviors."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
War Crimes: Iliad 6, Infanticide, and the Mykonos Vase
CW: Infanticide, Sexual Violence. Reference to current events. Iliad 6 picks up at the end of book 5, where Diomedes enjoyed his aristeia. The audience witnesses a series of Achaean kills, before f…
sententiaeantiquae.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We see similar discourse in Atra-hasis, a literary work from the 2nd millennium BCE that opens with a narrative of dissent between the ruling and the ruled. Humans have spent a long time thinking, writing, and conveying the difficulty of balancing political power and social liberties.
"The Iliad is in part the story of ‘civilizing’ conventions of wars dismissed. What we learn from the beginning is that political institutions are not strong enough to enforce the maintenance of normative behaviors."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
War Crimes: Iliad 6, Infanticide, and the Mykonos Vase
CW: Infanticide, Sexual Violence. Reference to current events. Iliad 6 picks up at the end of book 5, where Diomedes enjoyed his aristeia. The audience witnesses a series of Achaean kills, before f…
sententiaeantiquae.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"The Iliad is in part the story of ‘civilizing’ conventions of wars dismissed. What we learn from the beginning is that political institutions are not strong enough to enforce the maintenance of normative behaviors."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
"How should feel about Agamemnon's desire to kill the unborn children of Troy is contained in the structure of Iliad 6: Astyanax is a metonym for all the babies who die at the fall of Troy."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
War Crimes: Iliad 6, Infanticide, and the Mykonos Vase
CW: Infanticide, Sexual Violence. Reference to current events. Iliad 6 picks up at the end of book 5, where Diomedes enjoyed his aristeia. The audience witnesses a series of Achaean kills, before f…
sententiaeantiquae.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"How should feel about Agamemnon's desire to kill the unborn children of Troy is contained in the structure of Iliad 6: Astyanax is a metonym for all the babies who die at the fall of Troy."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
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Not to put too fine a point on it, fuck Alex Karp
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Not to put too fine a point on it, fuck Alex Karp
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I think the killer app for AI is search, because it always gives you something that seems right quickly, rather than admit that the information doesn’t exist or requires talking to a person. But seeming right is not the same thing as right, and everyone who thinks that’s ok is why we are fucked.
December 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I think the killer app for AI is search, because it always gives you something that seems right quickly, rather than admit that the information doesn’t exist or requires talking to a person. But seeming right is not the same thing as right, and everyone who thinks that’s ok is why we are fucked.