Rebecca Posner-Hess

@krokopeplos

"the time is the present, the place is Ancient Greece." she/her, UChicago Classics PhD candidate, rhapsode in the most literal sense. interests include silence, stripping, and stuff on the ancient stage 🌈✡️🏺🎭

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Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· 9d

I highly recommend Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare's play *An Iliad* for 'translating' this aspect! there are several catalogues at various points in the play and they're incredibly effective in performance. though not so much cheer-inducing.

Fighters from Coronea, Haleartus deep in meadows,
And the men who held Plataea and lived in Glisas,
Men who held the rough-hewn gates of Lower Thebes,
On-kee-stus the holy, Poseidon’s sun-filled grove,
Men from the town of Arne green with vineyards …

(He stops himself.) Ah, that’s right, you don’t know any of these places … but these names—these names mean something to me. And I knew these boys …

The point is, on all these ships, are boys from every small town in Ohio, from farmlands, from fishing villages … the boys of Nebraska and South Dakota … the twangy boys of Memphis … the boys of San Diego, Palo Alto, Berkeley, Antelope Valley … You can imagine, you can imagine, you know, um … there are soldiers from Kansas. There are soldiers from Lawrence, Kansas.* There are soldiers from Springfield, Illinois. Evanston, Illinois. Chicago, Illinois. Buffalo, New York. Cooperstown, New York. Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, uh, the Bronx, South Bronx. You have soldiers from Florida, from the Panhandle, with its snake charmers and evangelists, from the Okeechobee. You have soldiers from Miami who speak Spanish, Miami who speak French, Miami who speak English. You have Puerto Rican soldiers. You have soldiers from Texas, from the flatland, from Dallas, from Plano, from Houston. There are soldiers from Tennessee, from western Tennessee, from the mountains, from the mountains in Virginia, the mountains in Seattle. From Flint, Michigan, from Benton Harbor, from—from—from—in the thumb, from Escanaba, you know what I mean? … That’s it. That’s it.
You get the point.

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· 11d

yeah this chapter is coming along very nicely

spiderman pointing meme with two spidermen labelled "ghost of Polydorus" and "corpse of Polydorus" each pointing at the other

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· 18d

you have got to be kidding me

screenshot of the "place" section from the game Anthropeum indicating that the guess was 1.1 km off and received 4,997 points

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· 23d

you know what, that's as good an argument as any about the distribution of roles among actors. at least it's honest.

Our evidence, however, is not conclusive on this point. Our chief argument is the fitness of things.

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Jul 5

of course.

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Jul 3

today in dissertation drafting

highlighted text "[quote about seeing yourself get chopped in half]."

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· May 8

I may have gotten into the wrong era of theater, all the plays I work on have boring titles like "Ajax" or "Agamemnon"

screenshot of text from Wikipedia: "The Famous Chronicle of King Edward the First, sirnamed Edward Longshankes, with his returne from the holy land. ALSO THE LIFE OF LLEVELLEN rebell In Wales. Lastly, the sinking of Queen Elinor, who sunck at Charingcrosse, and rose againe at Pottershith, now named Queenehith. is a play by George Peele, published 1593, chronicling the career of Edward I of England."

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· May 6

essential workspace decor

framed printouts of two articles from the Onion: "Historians Admit To Investing Ancient Greeks" and "New Evidence Reveals Ancient Greeks Immediately Regretted Inventing Theater"

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Apr 26

major breakthrough in conceptualizing non-speaking performers in Greek drama when I realized that Pylades and Orestes in both Electras and Polydeuces and Castor in Electra and Helen are basically this

closeup image of the two soldiers from the original Broadway production of Sunday in the Park with George. The one on the left is a life-size cardboard cutout of the figure of one of the soldiers from the painting Sunday on the Island of La Grande Jatte. The one on the right is a human actor costumed to resemble the other soldier.

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Mar 17

this is an incredibly effective motivator to get me to the polls because I absolutely DO want to get a good grade in voting

received text reading "Rebecca, Tuesday is Election Day in IL! Based on recent elections, your voter turnout grade is 100%. Who you vote for is private, but whether you vote is public info. Vote if you haven't already! -NextVote Stop to end"

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Jan 30

oh I feel that

comment on a word document by Rebecca Posner-Hess reading "check if this is actually true"

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Jan 5

seems a bit off but okay

the word "maenads" with an autocorrect pop-up suggesting "men"

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Dec 3

it's that time of year again: JSTOR wrapped, my top five reads of the year on @jstor.bsky.social

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Nov 4

since we're coming up on that time of the year again www.redbubble.com/i/sweatshirt...

a dark blue sweatshirt with the text "ΣΕΛΕΥΚΙΔΟΙ ΕΡΧΟΝΤΑΙ ΟΙΚΟΣ", portions of which are crossed out and corrected to read "ΣΕΛΕΥΚΙΔΑΙ ΕΡΧΕΣΘΕ ΟΙΚΑΔΕ". above and below the text are borders of menorahs and six-pointed stars stylized to look like intarsia knitting on a holiday sweater.

the text "ΣΕΛΕΥΚΙΔΟΙ ΕΡΧΟΝΤΑΙ ΟΙΚΟΣ", portions of which are crossed out and corrected to read "ΣΕΛΕΥΚΙΔΑΙ ΕΡΧΕΣΘΕ ΟΙΚΑΔΕ". above and below the text are borders of menorahs and six-pointed stars stylized to look like intarsia knitting on a holiday sweater.

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Sep 9

a periodic illustration of what I mean by "rhapsode in the most literal sense" (ῥάπτω+ἀοιδή)

A cross-stitch sample in orange thread on a black background. At the center is the text ἀλλ᾿ ἴσθι τλήμων οὖσ᾿ ἀπ᾿ εὐτόλμου φρενός / οὐδεὶς ἀκούει ταῦτα τῶν εὐδαιμόνων. Above and below the text are rows of heart-shaped palmette motifs.

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Aug 23

I figure this image should come in handy

'Phoenicians mentioned' version of the 'Brazil mentioned' or 'Chicago mentioned' meme with an anime-style girl in a pose and expression of celebration. She holds an amphora in one hand and a wine glass in the other and wears a bronze helmet, a necklace of Phoenician glass and gold beads, and a sweatshirt with the sign of Tanit on the chest. The background is a watercolor painting of the city of Carthage in its prime. Text below reads "Phoenicians mentioned".

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Jul 31

neither iota subscript nor iota adscript but a secret third thing

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Jun 25

I genuinely love how Sophocles keeps sneaking into works that are purportedly based only on Aeschylus

Version of the Scooby-Doo "let's see who this really is" unmasking meme. The hooded figure in the first panel is labelled 'Oresteia adaptation.' The same figure in the second panel is labelled as 'Sophocles' Electra,' and its hood is removed to reveal, in place of a head, an early 19th century neoclassical painting of Orestes attempting to take the urn from Electra

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· May 13

pulled up my working document and remembered that this is currently the official draft version of chapter 1 section 1 in its entirety

I. The Three-Body Oresteia: Actors, Roles, and Repetition in Ancient Performance and Modern Adaptation

τρισώματος

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· May 10

theonion.com/alphabet-upd...

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Apr 21

three down, thirteen to go. I might even finish it this year.

three orange cross-stitched palmette motifs on black fabric

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Apr 7

genuinely this feels like official recognition

Dear Rebecca Posner-Hess:
Let me to present to you something that maybe will attract your attention, concerning part of your actual work Greek tragedy and epic,.
The book “Method to recover ancient writings” allows the Searcher to find the original text of any ancient text. We have created 5 videos with recovered texts of Aesop,

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Mar 17

idk maybe this is a me problem and not a classicist problem. what do you mean you don't know what a 'weft' is???

xkcd 'average familiarity meme' edited to read "Ancient textile production is second nature to us classicists so it's easy to forget that the average person probably only knows the warp-weighted loom and how to drape one or two peploi. And drop spindle of course. Of course."

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Mar 17

No cheating. Post the last photo of your pet. (He can't read but I think he would be offended by this message.)

photograph of a large brown dog sitting next to a doormat decorated with the image of a 'cave canem' mosaic from Pompeii

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Feb 7

sorry, that position’s already been filled

a medium brown dog sitting in front of an open book as if reading

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Feb 7

new cover image for my dissertation prospectus, inspired by the comments I keep getting on my drafts

still from Shrek of Shrek saying "ogres are like onions", edited to read "tragic bodies are like onions"

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Jan 17

might have to hang this over my desk next to the "Historians Admit To Inventing Ancient Greeks" printout

Photograph of a framed cross-stitch sampler in pink thread around the central text "τί μώρος εἶ;", which translates to "why are you being an idiot?" Below is the smaller text "-Eur. Alc. 552", and surrounding are several borders in the style of Greek keys and ivy leaves.

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Dec 4

2024 @jstor.bsky.social wrapped just dropped

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Nov 10

this is what I've been up to while inactive on here btw. I'm a Eumenides fan now.

"I don't believe that man has ever been to medical school" meme edited to have two snake-haired Furies saying "I don't believe that sun god has ever been to law school!"

Rebecca Posner-Hess@krokopeplos· Apr 10

ok i think i have a new favorite tragic fragment and it's this, the only thing we have of aeschylus' iphigenia