A new day begins at the Acropolis, Athenai 🇬🇷
June 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
A new day begins at the Acropolis, Athenai 🇬🇷
trad guy posting another eerie AI photo of a blonde family standing by the Parthenon from his freshman dorm room: The soul yearns for a world unpoisoned by degeneracy!
Ictinus and Callicrates fucking their brains out in the fields of Elysium: ma Appollona! Athênai has fallen to the barbarian pornē!
Ictinus and Callicrates fucking their brains out in the fields of Elysium: ma Appollona! Athênai has fallen to the barbarian pornē!
February 19, 2024 at 12:39 AM
trad guy posting another eerie AI photo of a blonde family standing by the Parthenon from his freshman dorm room: The soul yearns for a world unpoisoned by degeneracy!
Ictinus and Callicrates fucking their brains out in the fields of Elysium: ma Appollona! Athênai has fallen to the barbarian pornē!
Ictinus and Callicrates fucking their brains out in the fields of Elysium: ma Appollona! Athênai has fallen to the barbarian pornē!
The day ends at the Acropolis, Athênai 🇬🇷
June 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The day ends at the Acropolis, Athênai 🇬🇷
In general they appear to strive to use native orthographies and modern transliterations where possible, even when the historical one is more memorable (see: "Athênai" instead of "Athens"), which is commendable, but they do this really inconsistently?
February 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
In general they appear to strive to use native orthographies and modern transliterations where possible, even when the historical one is more memorable (see: "Athênai" instead of "Athens"), which is commendable, but they do this really inconsistently?
we have begun a game of benjamin franklin’s greece with the new system. we are cul-de-sac’d on the southern portion of the map. the independent people of hattusa will have to be annihilated because they built on the wrong tile. their inefficiency cannot be part of a future america
May 20, 2026 at 5:11 AM
we have begun a game of benjamin franklin’s greece with the new system. we are cul-de-sac’d on the southern portion of the map. the independent people of hattusa will have to be annihilated because they built on the wrong tile. their inefficiency cannot be part of a future america
At 1.57pm, another warning, this time from another White Star ship, the SS Baltic, is received. This message warned that the Greek steamer Athenai had reported passing icebergs and large quantities of field ice just slightly north of the #Titanic's track.
April 14, 2026 at 3:55 PM
At 1.57pm, another warning, this time from another White Star ship, the SS Baltic, is received. This message warned that the Greek steamer Athenai had reported passing icebergs and large quantities of field ice just slightly north of the #Titanic's track.
At 1.57pm, another warning, this time from another White Star ship, the SS Baltic, is received. This message warned that the Greek steamer Athenai had reported passing icebergs and large quantities of field ice just slightly north of the #Titanic's track.
April 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
At 1.57pm, another warning, this time from another White Star ship, the SS Baltic, is received. This message warned that the Greek steamer Athenai had reported passing icebergs and large quantities of field ice just slightly north of the #Titanic's track.
Classic Athens vs. Sparta.
A screenshot I made in the pre-alpha of the upcoming real-time strategy game Strategos.
#Strategos #StrategosGames #MicroProse #Historical #History #VideoGame #PreAlpha #Greek #Athens #Athenai #Sparta
A screenshot I made in the pre-alpha of the upcoming real-time strategy game Strategos.
#Strategos #StrategosGames #MicroProse #Historical #History #VideoGame #PreAlpha #Greek #Athens #Athenai #Sparta
May 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Classic Athens vs. Sparta.
A screenshot I made in the pre-alpha of the upcoming real-time strategy game Strategos.
#Strategos #StrategosGames #MicroProse #Historical #History #VideoGame #PreAlpha #Greek #Athens #Athenai #Sparta
A screenshot I made in the pre-alpha of the upcoming real-time strategy game Strategos.
#Strategos #StrategosGames #MicroProse #Historical #History #VideoGame #PreAlpha #Greek #Athens #Athenai #Sparta
Wieder was gelernt. Der Vorläufer von "Gott hilft dem, der sich selbst hilft" stammt aus einer Fabel von Äsop. Ein reicher Mann erleidet Schiffbruch und betet nur zu Athene, anstatt zu schwimmen. Ein anderer Schiffbrüchiger ruft ihm diesen Satz zu.
May 28, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Wieder was gelernt. Der Vorläufer von "Gott hilft dem, der sich selbst hilft" stammt aus einer Fabel von Äsop. Ein reicher Mann erleidet Schiffbruch und betet nur zu Athene, anstatt zu schwimmen. Ein anderer Schiffbrüchiger ruft ihm diesen Satz zu.
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How often does it snow in Athenai, Hellada?
When I wrote my epic of philosophers, I used Athenai as the spelling for the city of my dreams.
When I wrote my epic of philosophers, I used Athenai as the spelling for the city of my dreams.
January 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
How often does it snow in Athenai, Hellada?
When I wrote my epic of philosophers, I used Athenai as the spelling for the city of my dreams.
When I wrote my epic of philosophers, I used Athenai as the spelling for the city of my dreams.
Guys! Look at this great five star review my latest book just received from Readers' Favorite!
"Readers who enjoy science fiction with real heart will enjoy this. Very highly recommended."
#scifi #mglit #yalit #kidlit #BookSky #writingcommunity
"Readers who enjoy science fiction with real heart will enjoy this. Very highly recommended."
#scifi #mglit #yalit #kidlit #BookSky #writingcommunity
Book review of Food
In Douglas D. Meredith’s Food, the fourth Generation Mars novel, an artificial general intelligence named Athenai stops a nuclear war by destroying Earth’s electronics and surrounding the planet with ...
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July 9, 2026 at 12:30 AM
#aviation nerds, lots of Greek aircraft 1989, Athenai airport/Hellenikon AFB. Right outside my office, they ran the F-104s every Thursday around 1300. Loud as fuck, shook the building.😁😁
September 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#aviation nerds, lots of Greek aircraft 1989, Athenai airport/Hellenikon AFB. Right outside my office, they ran the F-104s every Thursday around 1300. Loud as fuck, shook the building.😁😁
This is not unusual.
We say "Germany", not "Deutschland".
We say "Rome", not "Roma".
We say "Moscow", not "Moskva".
We say "Greece", not "Hellas", and "Athens", not "Athenai".
These are not exotic places we need to ask a local what to call it and how to say it. We have a name in English.
We say "Germany", not "Deutschland".
We say "Rome", not "Roma".
We say "Moscow", not "Moskva".
We say "Greece", not "Hellas", and "Athens", not "Athenai".
These are not exotic places we need to ask a local what to call it and how to say it. We have a name in English.
May 11, 2026 at 9:22 AM
This is not unusual.
We say "Germany", not "Deutschland".
We say "Rome", not "Roma".
We say "Moscow", not "Moskva".
We say "Greece", not "Hellas", and "Athens", not "Athenai".
These are not exotic places we need to ask a local what to call it and how to say it. We have a name in English.
We say "Germany", not "Deutschland".
We say "Rome", not "Roma".
We say "Moscow", not "Moskva".
We say "Greece", not "Hellas", and "Athens", not "Athenai".
These are not exotic places we need to ask a local what to call it and how to say it. We have a name in English.
Another wonder complete in Athenai, this time it's the Colossus!
February 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Another wonder complete in Athenai, this time it's the Colossus!
Random pic I snapped.
June 22, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Random pic I snapped.
Just to the North by a nice mountain, our third city: Thebai! This game is so pretty
February 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Just to the North by a nice mountain, our third city: Thebai! This game is so pretty
We're Greece, of course we build the Oracle. It provides Culture and narrative event bonuses, which will no doubt prove very useful. It even comes with its own Narrative Event, a compelling synergy!
February 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
We're Greece, of course we build the Oracle. It provides Culture and narrative event bonuses, which will no doubt prove very useful. It even comes with its own Narrative Event, a compelling synergy!
In Athenai, construction has been completed on the Weiyang Palace!
February 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
In Athenai, construction has been completed on the Weiyang Palace!
The events of the next Generation Mars book are set in motion by the actions of an AI that has grown beyond human control. Athenai is quietly efficient and a very good hacker.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#kidlit #mglit #scifi #AI #middlegrade
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#kidlit #mglit #scifi #AI #middlegrade
AI firms warned to calculate threat of super intelligence or risk it escaping human control
AI safety campaigner calls for existential threat assessment akin to Oppenheimer’s calculations before first nuclear test
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The events of the next Generation Mars book are set in motion by the actions of an AI that has grown beyond human control. Athenai is quietly efficient and a very good hacker.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#kidlit #mglit #scifi #AI #middlegrade
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#kidlit #mglit #scifi #AI #middlegrade
Just to the west of Athenai, we've founded the town of Sparta! That little army to the north was needed to clear out an independent village that was harassing us and blocking our desired town location. I guess an emphasis on city-states doesn't always mean a FRIENDLY emphasis
February 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Just to the west of Athenai, we've founded the town of Sparta! That little army to the north was needed to clear out an independent village that was harassing us and blocking our desired town location. I guess an emphasis on city-states doesn't always mean a FRIENDLY emphasis
I rolled random leader and civ because why not and it looks like we're playing as Catherine the Great leading Greece in Antiquity! Theoretically it will be a Culture-focused game with an emphasis on Influence and city-states
February 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I rolled random leader and civ because why not and it looks like we're playing as Catherine the Great leading Greece in Antiquity! Theoretically it will be a Culture-focused game with an emphasis on Influence and city-states
