thoodleoo:

>be in ancient athens 5th century bc
>be a bard at a popular joint
>be playing my lyre and rocking those sweet tunes
>some asshole keeps telling me to play some homer like a sellout
>mainstream.vaseart
>try to ignore him but he keeps shouting
>finally give up and tell him that i’ll do him one better and play him the tale of bophades and his testicles
>man looks at me like i’ve just spoken the sphinx’s riddle
>asks me who in hades bophades is and why his testicles are important
>’you mean you haven’t heard about bophades’ nuts?’
>man breaks my lyre and goes on a rampage
>city of athens votes for me to be ritually ostracized for 10 years for causing chaos
>mfw