Bird Mania, Strongboys, and Tunnel Bears

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Music:
"Readers Do You Read," by Chris Zabriskie
"I Am Running Down the Long Hallway of Vietmont Elementary," by Chris Zabriskie
"Hallon," by Christian Bjoerklund

[MetalHeadViking]

The Themyscira Tunnel Bears sounds like a Hockey Team.

[christosvoskresye]

Boy, it took some guts to approach Octavian with a bird that said "Hail Anthony!"

[jahbama]

I just want to imagine Arrian sitting in the afterlife feeling utter joy as he looks down upon people discussing his dog in such a nice and kind way.

[dylanbailey]

-C'mon, we'll tunnel under the walls, what's the worst that could happen?
-I dunno, bears maybe?
-Shut up Greg

[michaelolaf]

Xenophon, veteran of the legendary escape of 10, 000 Greeks from Persia, eponymous author of many texts indispensable to classical studies, and apparently a conscientious authority on puppy names.

The ancient world is incredible.

[koolnomi]

Horme sounds like such a sweet girl. Apparently even 2000 years ago people liked to gush about their dogs.

[cyruscheng]

“All my work and all my money wasted”
- My parents

[spideraba]

Crow: "Caw!"
Octavian, holding two large sacks of money and pushing past citizens: "I WOULD LIKE TO BUY YOUR BIRD RIGHT NOW"

[barkasz]

That story about the raven was hilarious. And the one about Horme legitimately made me tear up. We are separated from Arrianus by 2000 years. He could not have conceived of us today and it's hard to imagine what the world was like back then. If we met this guy today, we could barely communicate with him even with the help of experts, let alone find much common ground on a personal level, yet our love for a dog transcends time and it is something that everyone instantly understands.

[biasedconfirmations]

Good to know dog people haven't changed in over 2000 years...

[TheSecondVersion]

"Octavian had a weird thing for birds"

But what about the baby attached to his leg in every statue

[football]

Tunnel bears is amazing "how do we stop these guys?!?!' *Someone takes a drag from a cigarette* "I say we dig a hole, and throw bears down it." *crowd cheers*

[_pink_clovers]

And that dog, called Horme, shall be remembered for longer than anyone in my entire lineage.

[titanuranus]

Rome: Total War really drops the ball, including incendiary pigs but not tunnel bears and bees.

[kulrigalestout]

Horme is the goodest girl of the ancient world! Just seeing that oval spin like crazy made me visualize all of the dogs that have been insanely happy to see me, and that's a good feeling :D

[stedwards]

Shakespeare said you die twice, once when your spirit leaves your body, and then again some time later when your name is said for the last time. Horme has lived a long, long time, thanks to Arrian's writings, and we can clearly see that the more things change, the more they stay the same.

[robertdobbs]

WHO WOULD WIN? 2000 YEARS OF INFORMATION PURGES OR 1 HORME?

[hroberson]

This video is old, but... My dog just passed away after 10 happy years (she was 13, and a rescue like Arrian's) and it's been hurting a lot, but this inspired me to journal about her in hopes that her memory be kept alive like Horme. <3

[RJStockton]

"I have a dog named 'Hillary.'"
"Is that a political joke?"
"Yes, but from 2, 000 years ago."
"Er. . ."

[vitriolicAmaranth]

I love that Octavian was so blown away by the guys' ingenuity and the one guy's brass balls that he just let it slide that they also taught a bird to say "Hail Antony." Smacks of Alexander meeting Diogenes the Cynic and just not being able to get mad at the dude because it was too funny that he told Alexander to stop blocking his sun.