Turns out the "Studio Ghibli Post-Apocalypse" aesthetic has a historical basis in ancient Greek history's Bronze Age Collapse, long Dark Age, and slow re-emergence into the Polis Age. I don't know if I'd call the process *pleasant*, but it sure as hell is a *vibe*.
GO READ THE ILIAD: https://bookshop.org/p/books/t....he-iliad-penguin-cla –– We enjoy the Fagles translation, as it's the typical classroom and library standard, but if you want a real treat, try the Alexander Pope edition from the 1700s that's written entirely in RHYME. THE DAMN THING RHYMES!!!

SOURCES & Further Reading:
“The Age of Heroes” and “Delphi and Olympia” from “Ancient Greek Civilization" by Jeremy McInerney – “Dark Age and Archaic Greece” from “The Foundations of Western Civilization” by Thomas F. X. Noble – “Dark Age and Archaic Greece” from “The Greek World: A Study of History and Culture” by Robert Garland"The Greeks: A Global History" by Roderick Beaton, "The Greeks: An Illustrated History" by Diane Cline, Metropolitan Museum “Geometric Art in Ancient Greece” https://www.metmuseum.org/toah..../hd/grge/hd_grge.htm also have a degree in Classical Studies

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