Classically Creative Gifts

"Bah, I could've written a better dénouement in my sleep."

Cariactures

CLOTHES-HORSES OF THE ART SCENE

Venus

'Where was the TSA?'

'It's a Joan Biro.'

Archimedes statue with a lever

"I'm afraid you were drawn too big and not centered on the page."

Playdough's The Republic

A surprise in heaven

'The next piece contains sex, violence, and Homeric epithets.'

"I miss the Augean stables."

'Why can't we just kick Caesar upstairs?'

"My only love sprung from my only hate!"

'The classic masks of Comedy and Tragedy, or as they're now known, emoticons.'

"Hmmm, this might just be not funny enough for The New Yorker."

'Caesar salad?'

Atlas with the earth, says: 'So then I thought, Why not just roll the damn thing?'

Building Blocks.

Tragedy/Schadenfreude

"It's been hell since you went into animation."

"The sign ruins our surprise attack, but it's a big OSHA fine if we don't have it."

Sisyphus and coronavirus

Souvenirs.

Odysseus starts regretting his return to Ithaca.

"Is there a way to disable Narcissus' self-view?"

Bedtime in Ancient Greece

"Well..I think the old Thermograph machine I rescued from work goes a treat with our kitchen units."

"I've been reading a book of famous quotations. It's amazing how many are by a famous Greek named Anonymous."

"He's writing a novel for the first time in decades. It has less to do with the urge to create or say something new, and more to do with the fact that all his previous books are now out of print."

"But mom, all you said was 'get all your stuff up off the floor!' "

Take a break, Archimedes. A nice soak in the bath will work wonders.