>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
current emotion: one of those pieces of vase art of achilles wrapped up in a blanket and mourning patroclus, because i too am gay, wrapped in a blanket, and easily provoked into fighting
ancient roman 1: my dude what would you like to paint on the walls of our awesome house ancient roman 2: i dunno bro i was thinking that maybe we could get a fresco of that boner god weighing his erect dick against a bag of money ancient roman 1: that is exactly what i had in mind too bro let’s do it scholar: clearly this is the greatest civilization to walk the face of this earth