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Explaining Ancient Greek Myth and Literature, one panel at a time 🤟 And now Greek Myth and Roman History Chickens. Because. #ClassicsTober Illustrator & Secondary schl teacher✨CA Innovative Pedagogy Award, WC Creative Classicist Award✨ ✍️ lejenksbrown

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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Noticed a few new people here. Hi! I’m a teacher, and an illustrator of the Ancient Mediterranean. And, it’s very important that you know I don’t use generative AI, because it is a tool of enslavement, and one that mediocre people use to make themselves feel better (Unfollow me now if this is you.)
You using AI art - Me unfollowing you (and an image of Hera branding a  titan with torches, from ancient pottery, via Theoi.com.
Don’t make me tap the sign: ‘AI provides the wealthy access to talent while debuting the talented access to wealth. (in Simpsons meme)
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Klara 🌅☮️🌽 @hikarimichi42.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I've been holding off on watching Nolan's Odyssey because I wanted to finish reading the book, and even that I started late because first I had to read plays by Aristophanes for my essay (I'm a Classics undergrad student), but now I've finally seen it, and I had the perfect outfit!
Photo of me smiling while wearing a totally metal black band tour-style T-shirt that says "ODYSSEUS: XENIA HOMECOMING TOUR". The graphic is a huge figure of Athena in front of Odysseus at the bow of his ship during a thunderstorm, with a siren shown to the left and an outline of Poseidon with his trident shown to the right. The designs are based on Greek art and not the film adaptation.The back of the shirt, showing a list of locations where Odysseus will play shows (... errr, I mean, the locations he visits during his sea voyage). This shirt idea is completely genius. Also, in case anyone was wondering, "Xenia" means hospitality or guest-friendship (called "Zeus' law" in the movie).
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The Partial Historians 🏺 @partialhistorians.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Our interview with @greekmythcomix.bsky.social about “You Are Odysseus” is out now wherever you enjoy excellent podcasts 🎙️ We get into the nitty-gritty, including the role of aidos and kudos when thinking about kleos (glory). #AncientGreece #Odysseus partialhistorians.com/2026/09/10/s...
Image: Odysseus and the Sirens by Edmund Dulac (1882–1953). It is an illustration of three sirens calling Odysseus on his way back from Troy. Superimposed below Odysseus’ ship is the title of Jenkinson-Brown’s book ‘You Are Odysseus’.
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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
An absolute pleasure to take the chair to get to interview @belovedofoizys.bsky.social about her own book for Ancient History 101! And it’s such a *good book*!
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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It turns out that @greekmythcomix.bsky.social is a superlative interviewer, taking on the role of host with aplomb. I could listen to Laura read the phone book, but once you've listened to her interview me about *my* book, you should listen to her read her *own* book! shows.acast.com/you-are-odys...
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You Are Odysseus: a retelling of the Odyssey where YOU are the hero
An interactive audiobook podcast
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Lex Fajardo @lexfajardoart.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Join me tomorrow for a special edition Comics Shop Talk with @greekmythcomix.bsky.social where we discuss all things "The Odyssey!" Show begins at 4PM PT/7PM ET on the Kid Beowulf Comics YouTube page or my patreon page.
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Women of the Odyssey:
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Caroline Lawrence @carolawrence.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
My new interactive Homer's Odyssey Colouring Book is out now. Thanks to @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social, @wmarybeard.bsky.social, @greekmythcomix.bsky.social & many others for inspiration! 🥰 www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
‘Dr’ Jenkinson reporting for ACADEMIC duty 🫡 Going to use this in my class to remind the students not to bother using AI for literally anything.
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
How I get my students to think about the difference between History and Myth 🏺🌕 This isn’t an exhaustive comparison or entirely correct as a definition, but it’s a great way of considering Myth’s cultural importance. Skip to the end for my lesson (technically on the Iliad).
The Pearl of Myth by Greek Myth comix The Pearl of Myth by Greek Myth comix - full comic
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
My own book came out last year, but there are *so many* Odyssey-related books coming out this summer, and I know for a fact that several of them are seriously awesome and I’ve written about some of them over in the blog. Here are my recommendations. Add your own below!
NO Written to tie-in with upcoming
Nolan Odyssey film
NO Written to suit a publishing trend XCut down to fit traditional publishing
limitations
NO made with AI to take advantage of Odyssey hype 
YES Written by an award-winning, passionate Odyssey expert, to celebrate the original text
YES Written and researched over six years to accessibly bring together Ancient Greek culture and mythology for a modern and thirsty audience
YES Lauded by experts, academics, and readers

Love complicated plots and characters?
Love Ancient Greece and Mythology?
Love The Odyssey?
Read YOU ARE ODYSSEUS
L Jenkinson-Brown
Odyssey-themed recommendations 

Liv Albert
The Odyssey: A Modern Retelling
June 4th
A detailed retelling for everyone, with tons of accessible background

Erica Stevenson
The Odyssey Effect: How Homer's Epic
Poem Shaped the World
June 25th
An exciting examination of Odyssey reception throughout the ages

SING O MUSE 
Edited by Michael Bucci
Sing O Muse! Across The Wine-Dark Seas
July Ist
Ancient-World artists celebrate the Epic Cycle in stunning visuals

Joel P. Christensen
Why Odysseus?: Survivor, Scoundrel, (Anti)hero
July 24th
Famed Odyssey expert examines the character of Odysseus
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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Wrote about the new Nolan Odyssey trailer today: laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/blog-posts/
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Suddenly remembered this stupid thing I made.
9 conversational tricks to make people think you are cool and ODYSSEUS OF ITHACA (by Greek Myth Comix)
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
I want to promote writers and historians who are excellent writers, who write about ancient history and myth, but who don't get enough attention because they weren't a mega famous comedian first: Let's do a thread - feel free to add your own
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
🚨HOMER FRAGMENT ALERT🚨 Fragment of the Iliad found inside an Oxyrinchus mummy but as ritual, not as cartonnage, taking the place of what would normally be a magic text… …and it’s the Catalogue of Ships! ❤️ share.google/6ljv0Ny7jeNB... Thank you @lunatraktors.bsky.social for sending me this today!
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Archaeologists stunned to find copy of Homer’s Iliad inside ancient Egyptian mummy
Papyrus fragment discovered inside mummy buried in Roman-era tomb around 1,600 years ago
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
🧿May I offer you EPISODE 3 of YOU ARE ODYSSEUS on this sunny Sunday - A Bag Of Winds And Disaster! 🌬️ (This episode covers the first two and a half episodes of The Odyssey Book 10.) Search wherever you find your podcasts to listen to this interactive, immersive audiobook podcast!
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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
talking about the Odyssey and the controversies around Nolan's Movie. Thanks to @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social youtu.be/eIlAeAqMEa0?...
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Why Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey Is Sparking Debate
YouTube video by CUNY Graduate Center
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The Partial Historians 🏺 @partialhistorians.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
✨Brand New Episode - A New Republic?✨ As we emerge, bleary-eyed and slightly peckish from the Gallic Sack of Rome, we find ourselves in a new era – a new Republic, one might say! It is 389 BCE and Rome is in its rebuilding era.
A picture of Roman ruins with overlaid text reading ‘Episode 172 - A New Republic?’ Categorised under ‘From the Founding of the City’ and ‘Podcast’ - Release date April 16, 2026.
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
It’s my birthday! So I challenged myself to make a one-page infographic of The Epic Cycle in an hour… 1/3
The epic cycle: the stories of the Trojan war
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Ancient History 101 Podcast @ancienthistory101.org · 07/04/2026
What caused the Trojan War? The Pretty Goddess Contest! Which bribe would *you* accept? Listen to the full episode with @greekmythcomix.bsky.social www.ancienthistory101.org/p/gods-in-ep...
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Episode 2 of YOU ARE ODYSSEUS the interactive audiobook podcast is out now: THE CYCLOPS shows.acast.com/you-are-odys...
Episode 2 of YOU ARE ODYSSEUS the interactive audiobook podcast -THE CYCLOPS
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I recently published YOU ARE ODYSSEUS as a podcast, and made some new illustrations for the episode graphics. I’d already made Penelope, and now here are Circe and Calypso. They’re all based originally on the Minoan Lady from Knossos…
Three female characters from The Odyssey, Circe Calypso and Penelope, done as busts inspired by La Parisienne - a Minoan fresco fragment
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Ancient History 101 Podcast @ancienthistory101.org · 03/04/2026
Who needs romance? Apparently not Achilles' mum and dad... Listen to the full episode with @greekmythcomix.bsky.social now: www.ancienthistory101.org/p/gods-in-ep...
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Ancient History 101 Podcast @ancienthistory101.org · 02/04/2026
Fate versus Fortune in epic poetry - which affects the narratives of heroes more? Listen to the full episode with @greekmythcomix.bsky.social, out now wherever you get your podcasts, or on our website: www.ancienthistory101.org/p/gods-in-ep...
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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
My thanks go to @lejenksbrown.bsky.social for this sterling episode, which was so good I immediately asked her to return for another in a couple of months! This episode is perfect for people who know the Trojan war through movies and games, and want to try tackling reading a translation...
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Best of luck to the NASA Artemis II crew tonight/today. I have an extremely excited little girl who’s spent the evening reading the crew bios and watching videos with anticipation. And I’m sure there’s a goddess who’s pretty chuffed that the new moon missions are finally being named after her…
The NASA page for the Artemis II mission, with a stick figure Artemis in front saying GO TEAM
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This was such FUN to talk about and Alexandra is such a great host! Listen now ⬇️
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
⚡️AVAILABLE NOW! 🧿
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
TOMORROW - the interactive audiobook podcast of YOU ARE ODYSSEUS begins! Listen to teasers now! laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odys... Part of the Memory Collective: @mythsbaby.bsky.social @ancienthistory101.org @movieswedig.bsky.social @partialhistorians.bsky.social @sweetbitterpod.bsky.social
Coming soon: YOU ARE ODYSSEUS an interactive audiobook podcast
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
It’s me! Hoping we do both gods and epic justice!
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
⚡️New Podcast⚡️ from @belovedofoizys.bsky.social focusing (for now) on Ancient Greece and Rome. Students of GCSE and A Level Classical Civ. and Ancient History should definitely subscribe! (And you might see me here from time to time…)
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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Odysseus Found Not Guilty at the National Hellenic Museum’s Trial - GreekReporter.com greekreporter.com/2026/03/18/o...
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Greek news from Greece and the world, get the latest updates on business, economy, Greek travel, recipes, Ancient Greek culture and more.
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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
In twenty years of teaching (albeit at a secondary school level) I’ve never come across this term… Can someone with more academic reading under their belt please tell me is it an Ancient Greek thing I’ve entirely missed or more modern?
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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Help Please: Some of my younger students were making presentations on sacrifice and came up with this term for purification of water: Khernips χέρνιψ. Etym. χείρ, "the hand" + νίπτω, "I wash.") There are numerous Hellenism pages that give instructions on how to make and use this…
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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
YOU ARE ODYSSEUS has sold 1000 copies! 🎉
A tiny cake on top of a copy of You Are Odysseus. The cake has a lit candle, a little flag the the book’s cover, and the number 1000 in gold icing.
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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
It’s World Book Day! I’ve celebrated by dressing as one of my favourite Ancient Greek characters (and goddesses) to read and to write, ⚡️Athene, Goddess of Wisdom⚡️ (And I taught three classes and a help session dressed like this!)
L Jenkinson-Brown dressed as Athene with helmet, black curly wig, yellow aegis with multicoloured tassels and blue peplos with golden tassels and belt. She stands in front of bookshelves. L Jenkinson-Brown holding a copy of her book YOU ARE ODYSSEUS and dressed as Athene with helmet, black curly wig, yellow aegis with multicoloured tassels and blue peplos with golden tassels and belt. She stands in front of bookshelves.
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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
This is still arguably the best film depiction of the Underworld as described by Homer, and if this scene isn’t done as well in the Nolan Odyssey film this June, I shall be sad and disappointed.
Aragorn in the Underworld, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
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Your Daily Homer @dailyhomer.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Your day will be like... wasps, tormented over time by children at their nest on a roadside, so that they now attack every passer-by. Iliad 16.259-67
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
COMIC: What is a sycophant? Featuring Tacitus 3.65 and a certain US AG.
Originally Ancient Greek for the worst kind of salacious informant. 

It now means a human parasite, speaking falsely and insincerely in the accusation or the flattery for gain, but retains that original falseness.

original etymology of the word (sykos/συκος 'fig', and phanēs/φανης 'to show'; 'revealer of figs'), συκοφάντης (sykophántēs), possibly to be due to laws about exporting figs and taxes on doing so: those who accused others of illegally exporting figs without paying taxes were therefore called sycophants. It was a term intended to disparage unjustified accusers who were attempting to pervert the legal system. 

Emperor Tiberius (2nd emperor, Julio Claudian) despite Tacitus telling us he was so tyrannical that he had “dislike of public freedom”, was so appalled by the sycophantic behaviour of the Senate (having been reduced in status by the previous and first emperor Augustus) vying to make the most slanderous accusations for his benefit, is reported to have said in disgust  “Oh, How ready these men are to be slaves.”
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Happy Valentine’s Day to all, especially my own Odysseus (who posed for this illustration and whom I waited a lot longer than 20 years to find) ❤️ Thankfully he’s never used one of Odysseus’ lines on me…
A pen and watercolour Odysseus looks wistfully over the side of the ship.
Text reads: You’re the one I’ve been waiting for (for 20 years) 
YOU ARE ODYSSEUSA pen and watercolour Odysseus looks wistfully over the side of the ship.
Text reads: you’re as beautiful as Aphrodite and Artemis (you’re sexy and I respect you utterly)
YOU ARE ODYSSEUSA pen and watercolour Odysseus looks wistfully over the side of the ship.
Text reads: Sorry about all those other goddesses (that I couldn’t say no to -literally) I’d tell you you’re more beautiful but they’d probably kill you for my hubris. 
YOU ARE ODYSSEUSA pen and watercolour Odysseus looks wistfully over the side of the ship, against a photo background of sea and sky.
YOU ARE ODYSSEUS
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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Classics Teaching emergency! I need to know the exact meaning of the term ‘hieroscopos’, and why it was an important role in Athens.
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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
As we enter into what will likely be another "annus odusseia" here are some resources on Homer and the Odyssey for audiences of different levels and interest [they are open-access or reasonably priced]
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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer’s Odyssey is now available electronically. The print version will be out in the UK in December and in the US in March. academic.oup.com/book/61677
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The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer’s Odyssey
Abstract. The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer’s Odyssey brings together internationally recognized experts to provide commentary-style essays for non-specia
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
It’s the final night of Saturnalia, and Christmas Eve Eve! Here’s a present: a FREE PDF of two Roman games!
Two Roman games - free PDF
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Something new for 2026… (You guys are always telling me I need to voice audiobooks, so, here we go!) YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, the many-minded man, the most famous adventure hero of all time. Join me, L Jenkinson-Brown, for this atmospheric, interactive, audiobook podcast…
The podcast icon for You Are Odysseus the audiobook podcast
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Total is currently up to $267! greekmythcomix.gumroad.com for random fun end-of-term and school holiday activities. Most are pocket-money prices, or free/choose-what-to-pay. All of it will go to the two charities below this month.
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Flora 🏺 Ancient History Art @flaroh.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Submitting some 2026 colour ideas to @pantone in case it’s not too late for them to change their mind (more in thread)🏺🎨
“Rage red” for the Iliad
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
December is my biggest month for purchases of downloads - kits, calendars and the larger school resources and bundles - and I’m going to be giving everything I make this month to these two charities: World Central Kitchen and the International Rescue Committee to help humans in Gaza and Sudan
Greek Myth Comix December Donations - to WCF and IRC
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