We looked inside some of the tweets by @ancientlyric and here's what we found interesting.
Inside 100 Tweets
Y'know who didn't have to pretend about earning the Nobel Peace Prize? Martin Luther King, Jr. https://t.co/EFxy14FnVz
" I would have been victorious with the death of so many criminals who were still citizens or I would have fallen with the Republic following the death of so many good people, something those criminals wished for most.” https://t.co/SJM239SH6G via @sentantiq
Quoted @StandardIssueUK
We can't really think of many people to get Inside Culture with than Mary Beard. Here she chats with our Hannah about why succession is always a fraught and dangerous time, how society deals with "the losers" and the latest series of her BBC show. https://t.co/GVFqmQEh0U https://t.co/EhJx71yDDM
Thanks folks... hope lots of people will watch on Thursday at 7.00 BBC2... with Armando Iannucci, Margaret Atwood, Sarah Churchwell, David Olusoga and MORE #insideculture https://t.co/62m9acIu9K
Now I must say thank you to my friend @Epinicion who had suggested reading Kavafis/ Καβάφης Dear Ian I will bless you forever for that suggestion. https://t.co/7EOEY3XLd1
The Greek poetry is so melodic & lovely. Some weird Classics professor once told me that Ancient Greek was so melodic & the Greeks lost that melody. He clearly did not speak Greek nor had ever read actual Greek poetry & had his head stuck in a Loeb book. https://t.co/sZPtqFYCVS
P2 (English) https://t.co/SLZnAyU9aV
Look at the meaning in English https://t.co/tJtP8EPniv
Just talked with my dear friend, @NikolaosXantho1 (Artistic Consultant of Greek National Opera) about our projects together. Then we read through Κεριά/ Candles & Όσο Μπορείς/ As Best You Can. He said i sound good now😁He will join #GreekLitHour next week! Join us! https://t.co/OinOKkhfsf
Harpsichord. I do not know what this piece is called because Robert Littman plunked it in front of me and said it’s easy to sight read, so I tried it. 😁 https://t.co/r1Fg8DD2Hj
Littman Suite 1, by Nikos Xanthoulis. That’s my friend Robert Littman (yep, it was made for him)playing the cello. We’re just jamming. Nikos plays this louder. That’s a custom harpsichord in the background and it’s fun to play! 😁 https://t.co/15qChGuBvG
Quoted @ancientlyric
9 am performance at U of Hawaii for Robert Littman’s Mythology class. 🎼🏛1 pm Hanauma Bay. 🌺🌊7:30 pm attended Turi King’s AIA lecture (with U of H crew!) on finding the bones of Richard III! 😮😃A full day. https://t.co/FePFShGW5a
I miss Hawaii. That’s it. That’s the Tweet. https://t.co/CReC17LNKn
Littman Suite #3 for Cello and Ancient Greek Lyre, by Nikos Xanthoulis. That’s Robert Littman playing the cello— the piece was made for him by our mutual friend Nikos. I met Robert through music AND Classics. AND Hawaii. Cool, yah?!! 🌺🏛🎼🌈😁 https://t.co/52fObrQWtB
Sung in Ancient Greek. “Antigone”, music by Nikos Xanthoulis. Fifth Stasimon, 1115-1136 “O Bacchus” from Sophocles: The Theban Plays, translated by Ruth Fainlight & Robert J. Littman Event: “Gift of Gods,” Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki https://t.co/Ndl46YmArO
16th C, Bernardino de’ Conti “Portrait of a Lady” spectacular in real life at my friend Robert Littman’s home. de’Conti was a contemporary of Da Vinci! (Yes it’s an actual Renaissance painting! Look at that headscarf/soft hat! Those gloves!! 😃) https://t.co/Q8Xx3ji8V8
The value of performing is in meeting people before and after, exchanging ideas, or just listening to their lectures. (These are AIA @archaeology_aia @uhmclassics people here— Floyd McCoy, Chelsea Gardner, @archaeoctopus Robert Littman, Turi King @Turi__King ) 3/4 https://t.co/wgTP9vEb4K