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onion-souls:

tilthat:

TIL in 1201, Genghis Khan was shot in the neck during a battle, and asked the defeated army who had shot “his horse”, trying to downplay the injury. The archer voluntarily confessed to shooting Genghis Khan and refused to beg for mercy, so the Khan spared him, turning him into a great general.

via reddit.com

“Yo, which one of you shot my ride?” Shouts Genghis Khan, 10 liters of blood obviously squirting from his jugular vein, but he is not going to start giving a fuck today or any day

“Yeah, it was me, what are you gonna do about it, Temujin?” Says Zurgadai of the Besud, AKA the Daily Zurg Rush AKA Motherfucking Steppe Legolas AKA Jebe, who had no room in his quiver for fucks either. “You mad that an archer shot an arrow and hit, you fuck, you absolute cunttyrant?”

Genghis Khan:

maldecoucoubabe:

Europe helped us with our net neutrality issues, it’s time for us to help them. While Articles 11 and 13 passed, there’s going to be a second round of voting sometime in July. Sign this petition to help https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-stop-the-censorship-machinery-save-the-internet?recruiter=467715818&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial.pacific_abi_share_button_ordering_1.abi_featured_fb&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial

Scholars Discover New Poems from Ancient Greek Poetess Sappho

shephaestion:

cannellaeluce:

shephaestion:

drsilverfish:

anotheralexandros:

idhren:

Only a few poems of the Greek poetess Sappho’s work have survived but thanks to a leading scholar’s investigation two new works have just been recovered—and gives experts hope to find more.

OH MY GOD

“The new Sappho is absolutely breath-taking,” said Albert Henrichs, a Harvard classics professor who examined the papyrus with Dr. Obbink. “It is the best preserved Sappho papyrus in existence, with just a few letters that had to be restored in the first poem, and not a single word that is in doubt.

I CAN’T EVEN BELIEVE THIS. HOLY SHIT, HOLY SHIT, THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY

See here for the translations and discussions:

http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article1371516.ece 

that last link doesn’t work people help a girl OUT

http://www.papyrology.ox.ac.uk/Fragments/Translation.Ferrari.i.15.pdf

here you can find Greek text, English translation and discussion of the best preserved of the new fragments.

https://www.academia.edu/11458466/Nueve_nov%C3%ADsimos_fragmentos_de_Safo_2017_texto_griego_traducci%C3%B3n_al_espa%C3%B1ol_y_notas?auto=bookmark&campaign=weekly_digest

here you can read the Greek text of all of the new fragments (Spanish translation, though)!

yaaaaassss thank you !!!

Scholars Discover New Poems from Ancient Greek Poetess Sappho

yungmethuselah:

*Male internal monologue voice* Attractive woman, edgy short haircut, alternative, no doubt kinda freaky. There’s an intriguing air about this one. The way she stands. The body language. The interlocking Venus symbols muscle top tells me she’s into astrology, Sailor Moon, some sorta girl power stuff, whatever. Hippie armpits? Hm. Free love is cool, lol, and she’s gonna be impressed by my bong collection. Excellent. Anyway, I’m going to go impose myself, can’t wait to get laid.