This isn’t entirely my fault, I’m going to blame the comments of Notorious Ph.D. (who suggested Homer was like a pseudononymous blogger) and College Ready Writing (who mentioned Twitter as a microblogging platform). And I happen to have a thing for the Twit-lit meme. A quick Google search reveals someone’s already done the Odyssey, but I don’t see the Iliad…even I won’t mock the tragic bits (so far) but let’s say the first five books…let this be a warning: THIS is what happens when you teach for too long.
SwiftFootedA
GODSDAMN I’M SO ANGRY AT @AGAMEMNON IMMA SHOW HIM WHAT PAIN IS!! #angertheme
AthenaP
Chill, @SwiftFootedA. Think of ur peeps. Not cool.
SwiftFootedA
I DONT CARE IM GONNA GO SIT IN MY TENT. SEE HOW THOSE A-HOLES DO.
Agamemnon
Don’t let the tent flap hit you on the ass, @SwiftFootedA, I’m snatching ur booty too! #WomenAreObjects
ManSlayerHelen
So can I go now or what?
MightyAphrodite
@ManSlayerHelen Bitch, get ur ass back to be with M. My power = beyond your comprehension #EROS
GodofWar
Ares want to kill Greeks!
AchaeanFeed
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah we r getting killed here.
TrojanFeed
WOOOOOOOOOOOT!
AthenaP
Awright, this s#@! is getting serious….@Diomedes where the hell r u?
Diomedes
Yo!
AthenaP
@Diomedes Stop being a pussy and get on this.
Diomedes
On it.
MightyAphrodite
Nooooooo, my beloved warrior! #SavingAeneasForPosterity
ZeustheDeuce
WHAT R YOU KIDS ARGUING ABOUT?! STOP MEDDLING! #MyWillIsLaw
MightyAphrodite
Daaaaaaaaaad.
GodofWar
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaad.
AthenaP
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaad.
ZeusTheDeuce
SHUT UP ALL OF YOU IM TRYING TO RUN THE UNIVERSE. #UnstoppableFate
AthenaP
@MightyAphrodite Stop whining. @ZeustheDeuce Okay, dad, whatever you say.
AthenaP
@GodofWar I hate u so much.
ZeusTheDeuce
@AthenaP @GodofWar ME TOO. NOW BEGONE, ALL OF U BEFORE ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE! #foreshadowing
Funny stuff WoPro. My favorite parts are ZuestheDeuce and #WomenAreObjects!
Sadly this is a pretty accurate representation of my lecture by the end, it had gotten so wrote I was just hitting those themes without thinking!
Awesome!
Love it!
Thanks, I try!
I love everything about this, but my favorite parts are the hashtags. Brilliant!