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aj-artjunkyard · 2 days

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I’m all for Unreliable Narrator Apollo™ straight up misremembering myths instead of admitting to myself that Rick got a few things wrong

Lester!Apollo: demigods can be so weird and unpredictable! When that Clytemnestra girl murdered her husband simply because he made one tiny little human sacrifice to me… yikes, am I right?

The same Apollo 2,000 years before, sending a 3rd volley of plague arrows straight into the Greek camp: Agamemnon when I get you. When I get you Agamemnon. Agamemnon when I get you

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incorrecthomer · 2 days

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Odysseus: You can't make everyone like you. You're not Penelope or Telemachus. Diomedes: What? Not everyone likes Penelope and Telemachus. Odysseus: Who doesn't? Diomedes: Well... Odysseus: Names. Now. Give me their names

#greek mythology #incorrect greek mythology #greek heroes #incorrect greek heroes #incorrect greek quotes #incorrect quotes #iliad #incorrect iliad #odysseus #diomedes #odysseus&diomedes #penelope #telemachus #ithaca royals

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justvea18 · 2 days

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Old art

#Patrochilles #Achilles #patroclus #achilles x patroclus #the iliad #iliad #the song of achilles #tsoa #my art #art

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theoihalioistuff · 3 days

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The Ghost of Achilles

"Achilles is said to have appeared once to a merchant who frequented the island [of Leuke], relating to him what had occurred in Troy while entertaining him with drink, and he ordered him to sail to Ilion and bring him back a particular Trojan maiden, who was a slave to a certain man in Ilion.

The guest was astonished at the command, and boldly asked Achilles why he needed a Trojan slave. Achilles answered, "Because, my guest, she is from the same line as Hektor and his ancestors, and is the last of the blood of the children of Priamos and Dardanos." Of course, the merchant thought Achilles was in love, and after he bought the maiden he sailed back to the island.

Achilles praised the merchant and ordered him to keep the maiden for him on the ship (I suppose because no women where allowed on the island), but to come to the sanctuary that evening and feast sumptuously with him and Helen. When he came, Achilles gave him many things merchants are unable to resist, and said he considered him his guest friend, and granted him a prosperous voyage and fair sailing.

At daybreak Achilles said, "Now take these things and sail away, but leave the girl on the shore for me." They had not yet gone a stade away from land when the girl‘s screaming struck them—Achilles was tearing her apart, and ripping her limb from limb." (Philostratus. On Heroes 56. 6-10)

#greek mythology #greek myths #greek gods #tagamemnon #Achilles #the iliad #iliad #bone chilling #ghost story #just completely out of the blue #he also goes on about Achilles and Helen's eerie singing of their past deeds #on their deserted island #here Leuke is not so much a paradise as it is a haunted land #I don't know if I dislike or love this way of conceiving it #I think both

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corviiids · 2 days

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the armour of achilles is kind of like a death note and this is going to sound crazy but hear me out. everyone who ever wears achilles’ armour dies. achilles (duh), patroclus (book 16 goes crazy) and hector. the armour of achilles also (at least imo) notably alters the behaviour of the people who wear it — achilles’ anger is literally his defining trait and when patroclus puts it on he begins behaving erratically eg taunting aeneas, mocking cebriones’ death. hector also begins to behave much more brashly, eg yelling at polydamas in book 18 for daring to suggest that perhaps going back into the citadel is a good idea. SIMILARLY the use of a death note 1) dooms the user to being killed by their shinigami and 2) seems to alter in some way light’s behaviour — he has the same ideals before and after he picks it up but the light we see at the start of the series and the light in the yotsuba arc has absolutely no interest in killing people and is deeply offended by the notion he could do so.

like obviously achilles’ armour does not kill people but like. it kinda kills people. like hear me out

ok no you're cooking though. like, i think the thing about the death note is not that it has a supernatural power to alter behaviour, i think what it does is present its user with power on a new scope beyond what they previously considered possible and the overwhelm of that is so dizzying and perspective-changing that it alters your perception of what matters and what's possible. it literally is hubris, thinking yourself totally above consequences, thinking purely in ideals, getting that big picture vision that obscures the danger of the means in favour of walking towards that bright and shiny end

i really LIKE your vision of achilles' armour as being somehow symbolic of that capacity achilles has for inhuman rage and vengeance like, you're kidding about it having supernatural powers but even if we look at it in a purely symbolic way and not supernatural, that's fun as hell. we can even take this further and apply it to the second set of armour too (the one thetis brings achilles after patroclus' death) and change the conditions not even to wearing the armour but simply contemplating owning it, because that ends up being the subject of the feud between odysseus and ajax, and ajax goes so mad with righteous grief and fury that he turns bloodthirsty, and then he kills himself over the resulting shame. how excellent is this armour as a symbol of the same rage and pride that killed achilles!! reaching for something you think you want and deserve, losing aspects of yourself to achieve it, and going mad with the injustice when you don't reach it

and then odysseus wins the armour and survives his journey........ but like, he doesn't keep the armour. he gives it to achilles' son.

#asks #death note #iliad #i love hubris i love rage #pyrrhus survives the war by most accounts though footnote. hole in the conspiracy.

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simpleicetea · 2 days

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Doodling tragic lovers :) -> 2nd pic is nice

(old man yaoi request from a friend)

#patrochilles #patroclus #achilles #tsoa #the song of achilles #books #iliad #troy #greek mythology #drawing #doodle #doodles #art #sketch #ibis paint drawing #ibis paint x #digital drawing #wip

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ala-chrisgoods · 8 hours

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reunion.

some sketch I drew in March;)

#trojan war #the iliad #iliad #troy #greek mythology #tagamemnon #hector of troy #astyanax

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ditoob · 1 day

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Congratulations to Paris of Troy for being the original dumb blonde

#paris #alexandros #paris alexandros #paris alexander #greek mythology #tagamemnon #iliad #trojan war #homeric epics #the iliad #mythology #troy

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jadagul · 1 day

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Most people have heard of the Iliad and the Odyssey, but they're actually two parts of an eight-part Epic Cycle of poems that tell the whole Trojan War story.

In particular, neither the Iliad nor the Odyssey contain the Judgment of Paris, or Achilles dying to an arrow, or the Trojan horse. The first two stories we have from other authors summarizing the relevant poems; the third we have from the retelling in the Aeneid, which I suppose is also an author "summarizing" the original poem.

I was just reading a plot summary of the Little Iliad, which covers the period between the death of Achilles and the Trojan Horse gambit. And this plot is, like, batshit insane. It reads like either a 20th percentile genre novel or a JRPG plot summary.

I kidnapped an exiled prince from the enemy city! He told me of three prophecies that need to be fulfilled for the city to fall. Now we need to go recruit a new party member, go on a quest to recover an ancient artifact, and finally break into the enemy city to steal their load-bearing artifact.

(and that's just like a third of it!)

#iliad #odyssey #greek mythology #epic cycle #little illiad #video games #litcrit

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wolfythewitch · 1 month

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But never let me die without a struggle and without acclaim

#animation #art #class hw #tagamemnon #iliad #the iliad #achilles #hector of troy #andromache #greek mythology

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incorrecthomer · 1 day

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Helen: So how’s parenting going? Clytemnestra: She’s the light of my life Agamemnon: [from the next room] A light that never turns off! Clytemnestra: He’s still getting used to it Baby Iphigenia: [screams] Agamemnon: [screams back]

#greek mythology #incorrect greek mythology #greek heroes #incorrect greek heroes #incorrect greek quotes #incorrect quotes #iliad #incorrect iliad #mycenaean royals #helen of sparta #helen of troy #clytemnestra #agamemnon #iphigenia

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adhdchilles · 6 months

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iliad tumblr simulator

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boss is asleep. currently on a quest to steal some wine

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stop reblogging this i'm gonna get caught you fuckers

#/srs

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hahaha it would be so funny if i got so deathly drunk my hot doctor boyfriend had to escort me to the infirmary and pin me down so i dont end up stabbing someone and holding me by the hair to force my chin up and make me drink medicine hahahahaha

#please #pleaseee #i am so gay rn

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i miss my wife

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currently having the time of my life. everything is great. except my new husband. i hope he dies

#captive princess life

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never thought id have to say this but please do not try to make homemade wine with random shit you find on the woods ?? a guy just died

#psa #medicine

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guys im gonna be honest the worst thing to ever happen in my life was my brother coming back

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:((

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you are literally on my DNI. this is your fifth account. please go away

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why are all the animals coughing to death?

#is this normal #vets of tumblr answer me

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these trojans ain't shit 😂😂😂 we'll be winning this easy fr

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girl help it's been ten years

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being haunted by visions can be very fun actually

#therapist told me to be positive #trying

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hello

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stop telling me to kill myself???

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i hope you nerds name men on men attraction after me when i die

#if this doesnt happen then what is the point

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#the iliad #greek mythology #patroclus #achilles #odysseus #menelaus #paris of troy #hector of troy #troy #iliad #trojan war #cassandra of troy #ajax the greater #helen of troy #helen of sparta #diomedes

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greekmythcomix · 11 months

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To explain my chicken obsession:

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Me: I’m enjoying drawing chickens for this commission.

Husband: ha ha Greek Myth Chickens!

Me: 🤔

I now present to you,

🏺Greek Myth Chickens 🐓

ILIAD EDITION

(drawn and originally posted in May 2021, coloured and reposted Jan 2023)

1) Egg-chilles and Patro-cluck (Achilles and Patroclus)

2) Mene-lay-us and Al-eggs-andros (Paris) (Menelaus and Alexandros [Paris])

3) Egg-amemnon (Agamemnon)

4) Aph-roost-ite and Helen of Spur-ta (Aphrodite and Helen of Sparta)

5) Nest-or (Nestor)

6) Androma-beak, Peck-tor, and Astyan-egg (Andromache, Hektor and Astyanax)

7) At-hen-a and Egg-dysseus (Athena and Odysseus)

8) Preen-am and Peck-uba (Priam and Hekuba [Hekabe])

9) Brood-seis (Briseis)

10) Diom-egg-es (Diomedes)

EDIT: Greek Myth and Roman History chicken MASTERPOST - https://www.tumblr.com/greekmythcomix/725538723329179648/greek-myth-roman-history-chickens-master-post Here Be More Chickens Cosplaying

(See next post for last 3 Iliad chickens- https://www.tumblr.com/greekmythcomix/722218945873051648/iliad-chickens-continued-11-lay-jax-tel-capon )

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corviiids · 7 months

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did i ever share the iliad by homer but it's homestuck. i called it homerstuck

#rookposting #iliad #homestuck #i wont put this in the classics tag. yes i will actually #tagamemnon #i want everyone to be as upset as i was on finding this in my files #homerstuck

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catilinas · 6 months

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The wind blows their ghosts to the ground

line (loosely a translation of iliad 6.146-9) from memorial by alice oswald, embroidered onto a ginkgo leaf i found on the ground

#desk lamp lighting because it is dark and i Would take a photo tomorrow but i am Sure it will shrivel overnight #and it's in red for iliad book 3 reasons :-)#oh embroidery as somewhere in between the ideas of historical memory as presence and historical memory as a series of puncture wounds #we're really in it now!!!!!!#like leaves who could write a history of leaves #trees instead of gravestones #embroidery #alice oswald #iliad #beeps

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ala-chrisgoods · 2 months

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some pic I drew on February...I always post them on LOFTER and forgot I have Tumblr...(little dumb)

my Apollo looks like a mortal man cause now he's healing, he'll be much more big if he want show the power of a god.(maybe tall as 3 meter, even more. :)

#trojan war #hector of troy #iliad #the iliad #troy #greek mythology #tagamemnon #Apollo #Apollo x Hector #apohec

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