Oil flask in the form of a rabbit, Greece, 650-600 BC

from The Harvard Art Museums

Amulet in the form of a head of an elephant Predynastic, Naqada II

ca. 3500–3300 B.C.

the met

Perhaps the real Socrates was the friends we made along the way.

incredibly good photo of little rats, with ancient greek particles to learn

i'm SO into this apparently blank mask on the pronomos vase. in some of the pictures it looks like the facial details might be incised, or done in pigments that have faded, so i don't think the intention was to have the face as a void like this but i'm obsessed with how it ended up looking

platonic dialogues are just like.

socrates: massive chunk of text

the other guy: everything you say is beautiful and true.

ITS MARCH YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

no i didn't call you a cunt i called you κύντατος (most dog-like)