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Explaining Ancient Greek Myth and Literature, one panel at a time 🤟 And now Greek Myth and Roman History Chickens. Because. #ClassicsTober Illustrator & Secondary schl teacher✨CA Innovative Pedagogy Award, WC Creative Classicist Award✨ ✍️ lejenksbrown

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Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· 26d

And, the rarely-mentioned enslaved prize women.

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· 26d

The Laestrygonian Queen and her daughter, the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, and the wife and daughters of Aeolus…

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· 26d

Melantho and the other slave women, Eurycleia the nurse and Eurynome the Housekeeper…

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· 26d

Leucothoe, Nausicaa, Arête…

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· 26d

The Ghosts of Anticleia and the famous Women of Myth…

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· 26d

Circe and Calypso…

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· 26d

Athene, Penelope, Helen…

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· 26d

Women of the Odyssey:

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· May 29

How I get my students to think about the difference between History and Myth 🏺🌕 This isn’t an exhaustive comparison or entirely correct as a definition, but it’s a great way of considering Myth’s cultural importance. Skip to the end for my lesson (technically on the Iliad).

The Pearl of Myth by Greek Myth comix - full comic

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· May 27

My own book came out last year, but there are *so many* Odyssey-related books coming out this summer, and I know for a fact that several of them are seriously awesome and I’ve written about some of them over in the blog. Here are my recommendations. Add your own below!

NO Written to tie-in with upcoming
Nolan Odyssey film
NO Written to suit a publishing trend XCut down to fit traditional publishing
limitations
NO made with AI to take advantage of Odyssey hype
YES Written by an award-winning, passionate Odyssey expert, to celebrate the original text
YES Written and researched over six years to accessibly bring together Ancient Greek culture and mythology for a modern and thirsty audience
YES Lauded by experts, academics, and readers

Love complicated plots and characters?
Love Ancient Greece and Mythology?
Love The Odyssey?
Read YOU ARE ODYSSEUS
L Jenkinson-Brown

Odyssey-themed recommendations

Liv Albert
The Odyssey: A Modern Retelling
June 4th
A detailed retelling for everyone, with tons of accessible background

Erica Stevenson
The Odyssey Effect: How Homer's Epic
Poem Shaped the World
June 25th
An exciting examination of Odyssey reception throughout the ages

SING O MUSE
Edited by Michael Bucci
Sing O Muse! Across The Wine-Dark Seas
July Ist
Ancient-World artists celebrate the Epic Cycle in stunning visuals

Joel P. Christensen
Why Odysseus?: Survivor, Scoundrel, (Anti)hero
July 24th
Famed Odyssey expert examines the character of Odysseus

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Apr 30

(If you like Odysseus, read YOU ARE ODYSSEUS and make his choices for him and retell the Odyssey / go off-piste and end up hone or gods-know-where, or listen to the audiobook podcast available now) Original post from The Site Formerly Known As Twitter in 2022

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Apr 30

Suddenly remembered this stupid thing I made.

9 conversational tricks to make people think you are cool and ODYSSEUS OF ITHACA (by Greek Myth Comix)

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Apr 19

🧿May I offer you EPISODE 3 of YOU ARE ODYSSEUS on this sunny Sunday - A Bag Of Winds And Disaster! 🌬️ (This episode covers the first two and a half episodes of The Odyssey Book 10.) Search wherever you find your podcasts to listen to this interactive, immersive audiobook podcast!

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Apr 14

… all the texts and descriptions! See it at a legible size at greekmythcomix.com

All the Epic Cycle texts and their descriptions.

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Apr 14

… All the texts…

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Apr 14

It’s my birthday! So I challenged myself to make a one-page infographic of The Epic Cycle in an hour… 1/3

The epic cycle: the stories of the Trojan war

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Apr 7

Episode 2 of YOU ARE ODYSSEUS the interactive audiobook podcast is out now: THE CYCLOPS shows.acast.com/you-are-odys...

Episode 2 of YOU ARE ODYSSEUS the interactive audiobook podcast -THE CYCLOPS

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Apr 5

Audiobook-Podcast available now! shows.acast.com/you-are-odys...

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Apr 5

💃Mycenaean Lady Fresco: Female figure from the Mycenaean frescoes of Tiryns, l depicting a woman of high status (hence the ‘white’/whitened skin) or a goddess (Homeric epithets describe goddesses as ‘white-armed’ for the same reason) (Hellenic National Archaeological Museum, Athens) …

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Apr 5

💃La Parisienne/Minoan Lady, part of the Camp Stool Fresco, which was probably painted on the wall of the Sanctuary Hall at the palace of Knossos, Crete (Heraklion Archaeological Museum)

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Apr 5

Penelope, the loyal wife, keeps painting her face* to ensure her status is known among the Suitors trying to marry her to take the crown. Odysseus, in disguise, compliments her by saying she has acted ‘like a King’.

Penelope by Greek Myth Comix. She is directly modelled on La Parisienne and has red lips and white makeup, compared to the rest of her neck and shoulders.

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Apr 5

Calypso, ‘she who conceals’, keeps Odysseus for seven years, trying to seduce him with immortality and agelessness. I’ve tried to make her playful-looking and passionate.

Calypso by Greek Myth Comix. She is modelled on the Minoan Ladies fresco with beaded hair and a curl at the front I her head.

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Apr 5

Circe is daughter of the sun god Helios and the Oceanid Perse, so I’ve given her sun colours and makeup, inspired by the similarly-decorated statue head found at Mycenae.

Circe by Greek Myth Comix. She has golden hair and subs on her cheeks and chin. She wears golden and red beads.

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Apr 5

I recently published YOU ARE ODYSSEUS as a podcast, and made some new illustrations for the episode graphics. I’d already made Penelope, and now here are Circe and Calypso. They’re all based originally on the Minoan Lady from Knossos…

Three female characters from The Odyssey, Circe Calypso and Penelope, done as busts inspired by La Parisienne - a Minoan fresco fragment

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Apr 1

🌓inspired by an older comic for ClassicsTober prior ‘celestial’ a few years ago, after I’d learned that NASA admitted the original moon missions were named Apollo not Artemis because of… wait for it… sexism. SURPRISE! 🥁 #artemis #moonmission #goddess #greekmythology #moon

Apollo watches the Apollo missions. He says ‘Aww, the humans named their moon mission after me!’ Artemis looks on, annoyed: ‘But… you’re not even god of there!’ Greek Myth Comix

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Apr 1

Best of luck to the NASA Artemis II crew tonight/today. I have an extremely excited little girl who’s spent the evening reading the crew bios and watching videos with anticipation. And I’m sure there’s a goddess who’s pretty chuffed that the new moon missions are finally being named after her…

The NASA page for the Artemis II mission, with a stick figure Artemis in front saying GO TEAM

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Mar 30

TOMORROW - the interactive audiobook podcast of YOU ARE ODYSSEUS begins! Listen to teasers now! laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odys... Part of the Memory Collective: @mythsbaby.bsky.social @ancienthistory101.org @movieswedig.bsky.social @partialhistorians.bsky.social @sweetbitterpod.bsky.social

Coming soon: YOU ARE ODYSSEUS an interactive audiobook podcast

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Feb 19

COMIC: What is a sycophant? Featuring Tacitus 3.65 and a certain US AG.

Originally Ancient Greek for the worst kind of salacious informant.

It now means a human parasite, speaking falsely and insincerely in the accusation or the flattery for gain, but retains that original falseness.

original etymology of the word (sykos/συκος 'fig', and phanēs/φανης 'to show'; 'revealer of figs'), συκοφάντης (sykophántēs), possibly to be due to laws about exporting figs and taxes on doing so: those who accused others of illegally exporting figs without paying taxes were therefore called sycophants. It was a term intended to disparage unjustified accusers who were attempting to pervert the legal system.

Emperor Tiberius (2nd emperor, Julio Claudian) despite Tacitus telling us he was so tyrannical that he had “dislike of public freedom”, was so appalled by the sycophantic behaviour of the Senate (having been reduced in status by the previous and first emperor Augustus) vying to make the most slanderous accusations for his benefit, is reported to have said in disgust “Oh, How ready these men are to be slaves.”

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Feb 14

Happy Valentine’s Day to all, especially my own Odysseus (who posed for this illustration and whom I waited a lot longer than 20 years to find) ❤️ Thankfully he’s never used one of Odysseus’ lines on me…

A pen and watercolour Odysseus looks wistfully over the side of the ship.
Text reads: You’re the one I’ve been waiting for (for 20 years)
YOU ARE ODYSSEUS

A pen and watercolour Odysseus looks wistfully over the side of the ship.
Text reads: you’re as beautiful as Aphrodite and Artemis (you’re sexy and I respect you utterly)
YOU ARE ODYSSEUS

A pen and watercolour Odysseus looks wistfully over the side of the ship.
Text reads: Sorry about all those other goddesses (that I couldn’t say no to -literally) I’d tell you you’re more beautiful but they’d probably kill you for my hubris.
YOU ARE ODYSSEUS

A pen and watercolour Odysseus looks wistfully over the side of the ship, against a photo background of sea and sky.
YOU ARE ODYSSEUS

Greek Myth Comix@greekmythcomix· Dec 23

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