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The Iliad: A Raw and Powerful Depiction of the Heroism and Tragedy of War
Homer’s Iliad is a classic epic that depicts the glory and tragedy of war through the heroism of its characters. The poem revolves around the Trojan War between the Greeks and Trojans, and it portrays the devastating effects of war on both sides.
On the one hand, the Iliad glorifies the heroism and bravery of the warriors involved in the conflict. The poem is known for its portrayal of heroic…
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#achilles#agamenon#ancient battles#ancient greece#epic poem#epic poems#homer#humanity#literature#philosophy#the iliad#trojan war#war
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DP x DC: The Most Dangerous Card Game
Ok so Danny has essentially claimed earth as his. And he is fully aware that there are constant threats to the planet. Now he can’t stop a threat that originates on earth (that’s something he’ll leave to the Justice league) but he can do something about outside threats. Doing some research on ancient spells, rituals, and artifacts, he cast a world wide barrier on the planet to protect it from hostile threats so they cannot enter. This will prevent another Pariah Dark incident. However, barriers like this come at a price. You see, there are two ways to make a barrier. Either make one powered up by your own energy and power (which would be constantly draining) or set up a barrier with rules. The way magic works is that nothing can be absolutely indestructible. It must have a weakness. The most powerful barriers weren’t the ones reinforced with layer after layer of protective charms and buffed up with power. Those could eventually be destroyed either by being overpowered, wearing them down, or by cutting off the original power source. No, the most powerful barriers were the ones with a deliberate weakness. A barrier indestructible except for one spot. A cage that can only be opened from the outside. Or that can only be passed with a key or by solving a riddle. So Danny chooses this type of barrier and does the necessary ritual and pours in enough power to make it. And he adds his condition for anyone to enter.
Now the Justice league? Find out about the barrier when Trigon attempts to attack, they were preparing after he threatened what he would do once he got to earth. How he would destroy them. The Justice league tried to take the fight to him first but were utterly destroyed, so they retreated home to tend to their injuries, and fortify earth for one. Last. Stand. Only when Trigon makes his big entrance…he’s stopped.
The Justice league watch in awe as this thin see-through barrier with beautiful green swirls and speckled white lights like stars apears blocking Trigon and his army’s advance. The barrier looks so thin and fragile yet no matter how hard the warlord hits, none of his attacks can get through and neither can he damage said barrier. That’s when Constantine and Zatanna recognizes what this barrier is. Something only a powerful entity could create. For a moment, the league is filled with hope that Trigon can’t get through yet Constantine also explains that it’s not impenetrable. And clearly Trigon knows this too for he calls out a challenge.
And that’s when, in a flash of light, a tiny glowing teenager appears. He looked absolutly minuscule compared to Trigon and yet practically glowed with power (this isn’t a King Danny AU though).
And that is when the conditions for passing the barrier are revealed. And the Justice realize that the only thing stopping Trigon and his army from decimating earth. The only way he can get through….is by beating this glowing teenager in a card game.
Not just any card game though. The most convoluted game Sam, Danny, and Tucker invented themselves. It’s like the infinite realms version of magic the gathering, combined with Pokémon, and chess. And Danny is the master. So sit down Trigon and let’s play.
(The most intense card game of the Justice league’s life).
After Danny wins, this happens a few more times with outer word beings and possibly even demons attempting to invade earth, yet none have been able to beat the mysterious teenager in a card game. Constantine might even take a crack at it and try to figure out how to play. He’s really bad though. Every time this happens, the Justice league worry that this might be the time the teenager looses. Yet every time, he wins (even if only barely).
Meanwhile, Danny, Sam, and Tucker have gotten addicted to the game and play it almost daily. Some teachers might seem them playing the game are are like ‘awww how cute’ not realizing this game is literally saving the world. Jazz is just happy they aren’t spending as much time on their screens playing Doomed.
#DPxDC#dcxdp#Danny makes a card game to save the world.#Technically he worded the ritual so that they had to ‘beat’ him as those are the most powerful barriers and most reliable.#keys can just get lost or stolen (like the one to Pariah’s Coffin)#A riddle would be useless once someone figured out the answer. Like how no one takes the sphynx seriously anymore.#(Sorry Tuck. But it’s true).#And there is NO WAY Danny is just leaving a hole open for anyone to pass through. No thank you!#So…beating him. But it’s not like Danny wanted to fight so…he edited the ritual a TINY bit. Card games are good. Much less painful too.#Danny Tucker and Sam made the most complicated card game they could imagine.#It’s based on their strategies for fighting ghosts. Capturing them in thermoses. And MUCH based on a on field battle strategy.#It often requires spontaneous thinking on the spot. So Danny? In his ELEMNT. It doubles as practice for his actual ghost battles too.#They had SO much fun making this.#Sam added an entire series of plant cards that act as traps and healing ointments and duds that just take up the field.#Tucker added legitimate hyroglyphics combined with Latin as well as English and ghost speak.#Yes. You actually have to speak that language to play. With proper pronunciation. (Amity Parker’s think the three are talking gibberish.)#I headcanon Sam and Tucker are fluent in Ghost.#Constantine WILL figure this game out SO HELP HIM!#Some of the cards also have combinations related to constellations either in name or placement on the board.#By the way the board is based on a Hexagonal summoning circle with Rhunes along the edges#And the placement of the cards on the board and on what rhune MATTERS.#Also the cards move disintegrate and have certain abilities. Think of Harry Potter Wizard Chess.#But they are normal when Danny plays at school. This is just for ✨effect✨ Against invaders.#Danny faces multiple opponents. He also halts alien invasions.#While Danny COULD stop crime on earth he’s not sure how to fight a normal human and hold back so he sticks to ghosts.#The Justice league are going crazy trying to figure out who this entity is and after deep research are convinced this is some sort of#Ancient being who has protected earth for millenia. They have paintings on ruins and everything.#Danny is not aware they think this.#Raven starts praying to Danny as if he is a god and wrangles the other Teen Titans into doing so as well. Danny is still unaware of this.#Danny is not a King or an ancient. Just a very VERY strong ghost.
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Characters that are younger than Xiao and it feels wrong
Over half the archons (Nahida, Focalors, Furina, probably the pyro archon and the Tsaritsa assuming they were born after the cataclysm. Idk I feel like we assume gods should be the oldest and they just... aren't)
Yae Miko
Dainsleif
NEUVILLETTE
Characters that are older than Xiao and it feels wrong
Ganyu
#genshin impact#xiao#yae miko#neuvillette#dainsleif#ganyu#nahida#focalrs#furina#genshin memes#genshin impact memes#in my mind it makes sense that the other adepti are older than xiao#but Ganyu weirds me out#he's her teacher and he's held in such high respects what do you mean she's maybe 1000 years older than him???#also like. ancient warrior fighting a never ending battle vs overworked secretary. I just feel like Ganyu should be younger and yet#to be clear we don't have confirmed ages for Xiao OR ganyu#but Ganyu joined rex lapis 3000 years ago#Xiao joined him 2000 years ago#so it's led a lot of people to think she's older
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Teddy bear Danny except he ain't a pure little baby bean.
He a fighter.
His age don't matter (to him atleast but it does to literally everybody else) he'll beat you up with his little toy bear paws and kick you to the curb with his little feet. He bite you with his (surpisingly) sharp yet small fangs anf he'll shout his victory to the highest heavens in his signature warcry.
He thinks its scary, everyone else just finds it cute.
Pariah Dark? Yea... he's basically a dictator long before it was invented, but he draws the line at fighting a newborn ghostling.
He'll sponsor him instead. You know, as one does after encountering a battle driven newborn (honestly he's old enough for most to be kids to him) that honestly reminds him of himself in his youth.
Then he ends up in the DC from, probably, chasing after someone and just continues his warpath. First person he sees?
Shazam.
That's right, not Batman or Superman or Wonder Woman. Shazam aka Billy Batson. Who, really well and truly, wasn't expecting and isn't equipped to suddenly be taking care of a feral, battle driven, sapient teddy bear out of nowhere.
#dc x dp#dp x dc#dpxdc#dp x dc crossover#dcxdp#dc x dp crossover#Pariah Dark is the Ancient of War#which is why he sponsored Danny#Biĺly is not perpared for a battle driven feral teddy bear#to be fair not many would be#except dor maybe Batman#He always got something
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DP X DC WRITING PROMPT #10
(#) = Notes at end of post
TW: mentions of human experimentation and blood
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The Sapphire Stone Sits Highest on the Throne
The GIW have done the unthinkable. They've captured Phantom, King of the Infinite Realms and ruler of all who reside within it. The government organization tortured and experimented on Danny so much and for so long that Danny was forced to recede into his core. While a ghost's core is relatively strong by itself --only another ghost of similar strength could shatter it-- it's also extremely vulnerable to misuse if left in the wrong hands.
The GIW use the King's core to ravage Amity Park --uncaring if human citizens got in their way-- as well as the Ghost Zone itself. The Ancients combine their efforts to search for the lost, little king, desperately trying to find Danny's core and take it back from the blood and ectoplasm stained hands of the agents. As a result of their dogged search, the Ancients bring worldwide destruction down upon the Earth in their hunt for every single white suit agent remaining, scurrying from one hiding place to another like rats in the walls of a dilapidated house.
One by one, almost every agent was hunted down and bound in unbreakable chains of ice, awaiting their trials for the atrocities they committed against the Infinite Realms and its King. The only one left is the leader of the organization itself, the one who holds Danny's core. The leader, however, is extremely slippery and has managed to evade capture for months now, going so far as to throw their own men to the wolves if it meant an easy escape with the jewel-blue heart of a scared, grieving, and injured child.
At this point though, the Ancients have caused so much destruction and natural disasters, that the Justice League has no choice but to step in. At first, the JL actively try to fight the Ancients, not fully understanding the situation but having little luck in actually hitting any of them regardless. It isn't until John Constantine runs onto the battlefield like a bat out of hell and skids to a stop right smack dab in the middle of the fight that things change. He's out of breath, his hair is in disarray, he smells heavily of smoke and alcohol, and that's definitely a still fresh coffee stain on his weather beaten trenchcoat along with red blood painting his knuckles.
Normally, one small human wouldn't be able to stop the wrath of the Ancients when they've set their sights on something. This instance, however, was very different. As Constantine raised his hands up towards the rampaging Ancients about to unleash their fury on the JL, one thing managed to capture every single one of their attention.
That being the weakly glowing, sapphire-like core held in one of Constantine's outstretched hands(1 & 2) and the faint, echoing cries of a child begging the Ancients to put an end to the carnage they've unleashed upon the world.
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Notes:
(1) Constantine gives little explanation on how he got his hands on Danny's core. Little do the JL know, it was just pure, dumb luck. He ran into the leader of the GIW right as the bastard was leaving a coffee shop. Coffee got spilled all over Constantine and, being slightly drunk off his ass, he decides to deck the person in the pretentious white suit and knocks him out in one shot. Constantine's about to walk away when he hears a child crying. He finds Danny's core in one of the downed guy's pockets and has a panic attack when he immediately realizes what it is. Danny explains what's going on and Constantine books it towards where he can sense a large amount of necrotic energy gathering. The rest is history.
(2) ALSO, sapphire is a pretty significant gem. According to the internet, the sapphire symbolizes wisdom, royalty, prophecy and divine favour. It's a symbol of power and strength, but also of kindness and wise judgement. Which just fits Danny PERFECTLY in this prompt, imo.
#dp x dc#dc x dp#tw: human experimentation#danny is kidnapped by the giw#they use his core as a weapon against humans and ghosts alike#the ancients are absolutely furious#they use their aspects of reality and rain chaos on the living world while they search for their lost king#the justice league step in but are not on the side they should be at first#constantine barging in on the battle only to just hand over the king's core with little explanation on how he got it#danny is ghost king#danny phantom crossover#dp crossover#dp x dc crossover#dp x dc prompt#writing prompt#prompt#sleepy-writes-stuff
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final showdown pt2.
This was one of those battles where I survived it without a single reload. So. This entire scene? Accurate. Embarrassingly Accurate. (except the healy dealy. that's Greygold flair)
Wanted to get to the crown as fast as possible, but had to fly by Emps. Literally stopped next to bud to personally yell/reassure the fool I was gonna save their ass and then risked the opportunity attack.
(which. I forgot to bring my dex 18 gloves and discovered illithidism had shit dex, so....IS FINE. GG IS ALL FOR STARTING A NEW COLLECTION OF FRIENDSHIP SCARS)
BUT SQUID BUDDY MISSED. so. I like to think Enthralled Emps had put some effort into jumping through some rather large logic hoops to miss. Unlike Greygold who put JACK effort into dodging.
I originally intended to leave Emps completely alone, risk the attacks. But. Brain tentacle surprise happened. Right next to the squid. Emps rolled high in initiative.... But not as high as Lae'zel. Game-wise, ✨I panicked✨. Story-wise? I don't think this could have been any more in-character. Albeit, I found myself quadruple checking to make sure knockout mode was ABSOLUTELY on
#bg3 spoilers#bg3#baldur's gate 3#the emperor bg3#lae'zel#illithid tav#greygold#squid greygold#Man there's so many past comic refs I don't feel like linking hope you all are keeping up hUAR#If GG had known emps would be there they would not have worn that guardian armor but they are too stubborn to admit they whoopsied#I don't remember jack in the other timeline final battle (sadly) but this fight? forever burned into my soul. good drama yo.#I will never get over how Greygold use to have the AC of an Ancient Red Dragon and now they're AC is Squid Chum SQUID CHUM#GREYGOLD'S AIM IS SQUID CHUM TOO AUGH#As much as I keep ragging on Emps I love Lae'zel to death as well. knocked that squid out in one go to protect her squid-Joy ehuehuehueh#I can only imagine that she never thought she'd have to resist killing not one but -two- mindflayers for the sake of love....Love you babe~#CHARACTER GROWTH INDEED
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Battle of the Centaurs, Michelangelo Buonarroti, about 1492
#art history#art#italian art#aesthethic#15th century#centaurs#bassorilievo#sculpture#marble#michelangelo buonarroti#lapiths#greek mythology#ancient greece#rinascimento#casa buonarroti#homoerotic art#battle
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The Buried Temple Battle Map
You can now download our new Buried Temple: a 32x44 complex leading up to a magic-infused boss room! Tell me, what might make this their lair?
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#ttrpg#tabletop#dungeons and dragons#dnd#dungeons & dragons#d&d#d&d5e#pathfinder#gurps#rpg#top-down#battle map#map#cartography#encounter#cave#temple#magic#ancient#ruins
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What an incredible voyage through history as over 100 love letters from the 18th century have finally been opened! Penned over 250 years ago, these letters offer an extraordinary window into the lives of French Navy sailors and their loved ones.
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Battle Scene by Lionel Royer
#lionel noël royer#lionel royer#art#battle#ancient#antiquity#classical#classical antiquity#neoclassical#neoclassicism#ancient world#europe#european#war#history#cavalry#soldiers#ancient greece#ancient greek#ancient rome#ancient roman#goddess#noblewoman#women#woman#fortress#battlefield#ships#horses
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A Hoard of 122 Anglo-Saxon Coins Sells at Auction
A hoard of more than 100 Anglo-Saxon coins discovered by two metal detectorists in a field near Braintree, Essex, has been sold auction at Noonans Mayfair on February 21. Believed to have been buried in 1066 and owned by an individual who died during the Battle of Hastings. The collection of Anglo-Saxon pennies found by two metal detectorists have been sold for £325,560 ($411,000) at auction.
The coins were each worth 12 shillings, a considerable sum back in 11th century, leading Noonans’s coin expert Bradley Hopper to hypothesize that the reason they were abandoned was due “some great personal misfortune” such as the death of their owner in the conflict. Hopper added, though, that “it was perhaps quite common for people who had access neither to banks nor vaults to conceal their wealth in the ground, even in times of peace.” All bar two of the coins were minted within five years of 1066.
A small selection of coins from the hoard were bought by Colchester Museum and the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, following the protocol of the 1996 Treasure Act. The purchased coins include two 11th-century Byzantine coins.
The metal detectorists found the majority of the coins in 2019 over the course of a few days, all within a 100-foot radius, some just inches beneath ground’s surface. A further 70 coins were found when the site was revisited in 2020. The coins were minted in various southern English towns and cities, including London, Cambridge, Canterbury, and Hastings.
The coins date from the reigns of Edward the Confessor and Harold II, the last two Anglo-Saxon kings of England. Harold was killed during the 1066 Battle of Hastings, seen on the Bayeux Tapestry receiving a fatal arrow through the eye. His death marked the victory of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king of England.
The detectorists have kept several coins, with 122 of the remaining relics headed to Noonans. The proceeds will be shared between the finders and the owner of the land on which the coins were discovered. Some coins included in the sale are exceedingly rare and could fetch £6,000 ($7,600) individually.
Hopper said that Noonans is “particularly fortunate that the auction catalogue contains not only the rarest and most academically interesting English coins from the Braintree Hoard, but also those pieces in the finest state of preservation.” He hopes that the auction will “promote further research into this wonderful coinage.”
By Verity Babbs.
#A Hoard of 122 Anglo-Saxon Coins Sells at Auction#Noonans Mayfair#Battle of Hastings#Edward the Confessor#Harold II#William the Conqueror#metal detecting#coins#collectable coins#rare coins#ancient artifacts#archeology#archeolgst#history#history news#ancient history#ancient culture#ancient civilizations#middle ages
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the Eo group, except all meme'd to help me chillax for once
#rain world#rw#oc tag#rain world oc#iterator oc#rw ancients#oc: boreas' blessing#oc: inhale in haboob#oc: biting notos#oc: fish inside a birdcage#oc: orion's pathway#oc: caper of euros#oc: three sparrows#philosophy sessions au#my art#euros is tots the kind of person to challenge a baby to a chess battle n then lose
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Roman Military Helmet and Cheekpiece, Newstead, 1st to 2nd Century CE, The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
#roman#roman army#roman soldier#roman infantry#roman empire#roman living#roman armour#roman metalwork#roman borders#archaeology#ancient craft#roman design#roman military#romans#ancient cultures#Edinburgh#helmet#protection#roman battles
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stupid dungeon meshi au where laios is an unexplainable eldritch monster thing that constantly eats anything he can get his hands on. everyone in the party treats him like a slightly disorderly raccoon. everyone outside the party gets a fastpass to heaven from just seeing him.
#people meeting the touden party for the first time: GET YO FUCKIN DOG BITCH#falin: he don't bite :)#to some people he's so incomprehensible that he circles right back around to being some white guy#izutsumi joining and properly seeing laios: you're seeing that thing right. i can't be hallucinating you're seeing this shit too right.#marcille and chilchuck who just see some dude: yea it's just our token male tallman#nothing changes in the first half of dungeon meshi except falin didn't die but laios ate the red dragon and thistle forcibly kicks them out#the second half of the story is everyone desperately trying to hide laios from the canaries#while the man himself wanders off to hunt for winged lion meat#kabru: ok so hear me out. the touden party aren't hiding anything haha no falin's brother goes to another dungeon.#but theoretically if he was in the dungeon right now and he was also an ancient eldritch monster capable of eating the world what would u d#mithrun: ...there's another touden?#the winged lion is fucking terrified of laios. the winged lion does not know if eldritch monsters can eat demons.#the winged lion is about to find out.#finale of this au is a kaiju battle between the demon and laios#laios#laios touden#laios thorden#falin touden#falin thorden#dungeon meshi#delicious in dungeon#dungeon meshi spoilers#my art#fanart#art#doodle#don't repost or your tibia is going in the broth next
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Ancient Greek Word of the Day
ὄνειρος | oneiros (from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nōr-yo-) — a dream or anything that seems surreal or dreamlike; a prophetic vision or experience indicating divine intervention; a perception that appears shadowy, faint or fleeting.
#wotd#word of the day#ancient greek word of the day#ancient greece#ancient greek#classics#classical language#greeks often believed that dreams could carry prophetic message from the gods#my favourite is xenophon having a dream of a thunderbolt striking his father's house after the battle of cunaxa#and interpreting it as a sign from zeus that he should take command of the leaderless greek army
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SEXTUS POMPEIUS was only 32 years old when he died. Had he bit the bullet and swore fealty to Antony and become a naval commander under Antony, perhaps things could have turned out better for both of them in the long run. Being an experienced and battle-hardened naval commander and learning many lessons from fighting Agrippa on the seas. But as soon as he reaches Antony's side of the Empire after his defeat at Naulochus, he tries to ally himself with the Parthians, Antony's enemies. He then puts up a futile fight against Antony with all the remaining forces. He is captured and killed.
If he had just decided to join Antony, he could have prevented Agrippa from stealing and destroying Antony's ships at the Battle of Actium. Just imagine if he was put in command of the Romano-Egyptian fleet at Actium. Perhaps he could have won that naval engagement for Antony.
#sextus pompey#sextus pompeius#mark antony#marcus agrippa#octavian#rome#ancient rome#roman history#roman empire#roman republic#battle of naulochus#battle of actium#actium#history
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