#Adrasto

[mitosenespanol]

Lee la primera parte aquí.

Lee la segunda parte aquí.

La gran tragedia de los siete contra Tebas

Tercera y última parte

La muerte de Polineces, la desaparición de Anfiarao y la tragedia de Antígona

Ya sólo quedaban Polinices, Anfiarao y Adrasto. Para evitar más muertes, Polinices retó a su hermano a luchar, y quien ganara se quedaría con el trono de Tebas. Hiriéndose ambos de muerte, Creonte, tío de ambos y padre del occiso Meneceo, tomó el trono y el liderazgo del ejército y venció a Anfiarao y Adrasto. El primero huyó a toda velocidad. Cuando estuvo a punto de ser asesinado por un guerrero tebano, Zeus hizo que la tierra se lo tragara tanto a él como a su auriga Batón. Desde entonces, Anfiarao reina vivo entre los muertos. 

Creonte prohibió cualquier ritual funerario para los guerreros argivos. Así que Antígona, hermana de Polinices y Eteocles, se apresuró a hacer una pira en secreto para el cadáver del primero, ya que el otro recibió los honores propios de su cargo como rey tebano. En cuanto Creonte se enteró, llamó a su hijo Hemón, prometido de la mujer, y le ordenó enterrarla viva junto con el cadáver de su hermano. El muchacho estaba muy enamorado de ella, así que mintió a su padre y escondió a Antígona en la montaña. Allí, viviendo entre pastores, dio a luz a un hijo.

Adrasto escapó de vuelta a Argos, pero pronto volvió a Tebas cuando supo que el rey Creonte prohibió los rituales para los argivos. Desesperado, partió a la ciudad de Atenas, donde reinaba Teseo. Le suplicó a este que intercediera ante Creonte para darle entierro a sus guerreros. Así, Teseo atacó Tebas, apresó al rey y entregó los cuerpos a sus respectivos parientes. Los dolientes hicieron una gran pira para quemarlos a todos, pero Evadne, esposa de Capaneo, se negó a separarse de su esposo, a tal grado que se lanzó al fuego aferrada al cadáver. 

Pasaron varios años desde la tragedia de los siete contra Tebas. En unos juegos fúnebres, Creonte reconoció a su nieto, hijo de Antígona y Hemón, por una marca que tenían todos los descendientes de Cadmo, tatarabuelo del padre de Antígona, Edipo. Creonte lo condenó a muerte, así que Hemón mató a Antígona y luego se suicidó. 

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[mukuuji]

Adrastos Dakota

[regkatouargou]

Epic fragments thebaid 6

[the-blackened-pearl]

The Best Friend

Ismini has had two close friendships in her lifetime so far. The first is with her cousin, Kyllian, who was raised by her mother and stepfather. Kyllian is a year older than her and is her mother's nephew. They were each other's best friend up until Ismini was 17 - where one decision tore them apart for the next several years.

A year or so after, though, Ismini met Rasha, the carpenter on Captain Laertes Adrastos's ship. She's about four or so years older than Ismini, but has experience in ship building and also disguises, which is how Rasha first got onto Captain Adrastos's ship; disguised as a man. Luckily for her, Adrastos found the trick to be impressive and allowed her to remain on board. Rasha eventually joins Ismini on her escapades across the Mediterranean.

[dingopaws]

"I'm in love with the idea of dying With you in my arms but not like this We can't really help who we are."

[clouseplayssims]

Adrastos has never really spent a lot of time just looking up at the vastness of space, preferring more earthly pursuits, but there's something about all of those stars that he finds compelling lately.

[triste-guillotine]

VARATHRON "Genesis of Apocryphal Desire" CD Compilation 1997 ('Ygnai Fthig Nga Sothoth - Ym'Bd'Nig Ch'Eye Do Xna Ngrktl 'Ftythech Gia Nghaa - Jug Mglo Mnyg Nafth. Within his castle in R'lyeh - The dead Cthulhu awaits, while dreaming...')

"The golden cities once - Desperately loved to rose From fathomless grey mass - Blue lakes and abyssic mountains

Fear, for something that will gonna be Fear, for something that will never (gonna happen) Mercy and mighty echoes lamentation and tearing From a voiceless face (without ending)

The shining towers of Hy-Brasyl - Earthy and heavenly paradise Where men walked with gods - And with beasts of the forest

Time when springtime and harvest Were as one ; flowers and fruits - Hung heavily on every bough Like a dream beyond the dimensions The wind was blowing like a lover's touch Caressing the highest towers The mist like a sinful soul - Was searching its salvation

The time when hands moved Only in grace and giving, the eyes smiled The lips spoke with love without shame

Spirits travelling on a labyrinth Without fear but passion - Bravery without bloodshed

Pictures from the past - Unspoken dreams of today Mysterious visions for the future It's time you will learn from yourself"

[witchrotdraws]

*shaking the bars of my enclosure

I LOVE HIM A LOT OK HE'S SO CUTE

[littlesparklight]

Also, you know.

Aside some acknowledgement of bias because we've all got them; if we want to talk about what people "actually did" in the Iliad (that is, the ~one plus month in the ninth year of the war)...

Achilles: -Biggest own-side killer this side of... well, idk. This man doesn't give a rat's ass about the perfectly innocent footsoldiers on his own side. It's RIGHT THERE IN THE FIRST LINES OF THE PROEM. He asks his divine mother to pull strings for him with Zeus to make Agamemnon and all the Achaeans REGRET. Which means a lot of dead Achaeans. -has a war bride/sex slave/geras. -sleeps with at least one other slave while deprived of Briseis. -refuses to go back when Agamemnon actually does attempt to make amends (no matter how potentially condescending that attempt is). -kills a supplicant on the battlefield. -commits human sacrifice x12. -desecrates/attempts to desecrate Hektor's corpse for 12 days. -threatens to murder an unarmed old man for ~grieving too much~ even AFTER the highest god has already told him to shut up, take the ransom, and give Hektor's body back.

Agamemnon: -verbally abuses and threatens to murder an unarmed priest parlaying explicitly under the banner of his god. -takes someone else's hard-earned geras. -has a war-bride/sex slave/geras. -tests the army for... unearthly reasons and is at least indirectly responsible when Odysseus then goes around and beats up the common soldiers (and sweet-talks the commanders/elites) to make them calm down and shut up. -kills three supplicants (though Adrastos only supplicated Menelaos directly so I suppose it only half counts).

Little Ajax: (-presumably has a war bride/sex slave/geras, but unconfirmed.) -mutilates a Trojan's corpse and tosses his head like it's a ball. -... I think that's it?

Odysseus: -has a war bride/sex slave/geras -beats up a bunch of regular foot-soldiers (and Thersites). -misleads Dolon during his interrogation. -runs away during battle from confrontation at least once (the one I best remember is when Diomedes urges him to help protect Nestor, I believe).

Diomedes: (-presumably has a war bride/sex slave/geras, but unconfirmed.) -commits hubris by attacking Apollo three-four times (only stopping that fourth time, and not by his own acknowledgement that he is wrong but only because Apollo TELLS HIM OFF). (-attacks Aphrodite and Ares, but since he does so under Athena's auspices, idk how much we can count it against him). -verbally abuses Aphrodite. -murders a number of sleeping people.

Paris: -throws out a general/nondescript challenge and then promptly retreats when Menelaos attempts to take him up on it. -does not go back out onto the battlefield after Aphrodite yoinked him off it without being told by Hektor (a space of time that involves a couple hours, half a day, at most). -refuses to hand Helen back in the nightly council.

[mitosenespanol]

Lee la primera parte aquí.

La gran tragedia de los siete contra Tebas

Segunda parte

La instauración de los Juegos Nemeos

Antes de su arribo a Tebas, los guerreros hicieron una parada en la ciudad de Nemea, gobernada por el rey Licurgo, a quien solicitaron beber de sus manantiales. La niñera de su hijo, Hipsípile, fue la encargada de llevarlos a la fuente más cercana, dejando sólo al pequeño Ofeltes. Mientras el ejército argivo bebía, una serpiente mordió al niño, quien murió inmediatamente. Anfiarao advirtió que aquello era un mal augurio, así que los guerreros se apresuraron a celebrar unos juegos fúnebres en honor al niño, que desde ese momento empezó a ser llamada Arquemoro “el iniciador de la fatalidad”, esperando así mejorar su fortuna. Desde aquel terrible incidente se instauraron los juegos nemeos, en el que los participantes deben llevar túnicas negras. 

El arribo a Tebas y la muerte de los primeros guerreros

Una vez que se acercaron a las murallas de Tebas, Adrasto envió a Tideo como heraldo para que exigiera el trono para Polinices. Ante la negativa de los tebanos, el guerrero retó a los líderes del ejército a luchar cuerpo a cuerpo. Vencidos todos, los demás soldados retrocedieron animando así a los siete a escalar las siete puertas de las murallas. En un principio, Eteocles, hermano de Polinices, se sintió nervioso ante el rápido avance de los siete; pero pronto recordó que el profeta Tiresias le había dicho que Tebas resultaría victoriosa si un hombre de sangre real se ofrecía como sacrificio a Ares. Así, Meneceo se lanzó desde la muralla y murió, haciendo que Tebas lograra el favor del dios de la guerra. 

Mientras los siete escalaron la muralla, Zeus lanzó uno de sus rayos contra Capaneo, precipitándolo contra el suelo y muriendo al instante. Mientras tanto, un soldado tebano de nombre Melanipo asaltó a Tideo y le perforó el estómago, haciéndolo también caer. Mientras yacía moribundo, Atenea se conmovió y se apresuró a llevarle un elixir para curarlo. Anfiarao, que odiaba a Tideo por haber promovido tal empresa contra Tebas, le puso una treta al guerrero, que terminó por sellar su destino: cortó la cabeza de Melanipo y se la arrojó mientras gritaba “Éa, véngate y cómete los sesos”. Así lo hizo Tideo ante la mirada atónita de Atenea que, asqueada, arrojó el elixir al suelo y huyó encolerizada. Hipomedonte y Partenopeo murieron a manos de los tebanos.

Continuará...

Primera y tercera parte.

Créditos de la imagen aquí.

Lee mitos coreanos aquí.

Lee mitos japoneses aquí.

Conoce sobre los símbolos del Tarot aquí.

[messymoonmad]

since u wanted to know..*cracks knuckles*

THIS fine fella is adrastos of sparta! a (not out,of course, This is ancient Greece) trans man and chosen warrior of ares, he's in his late twenties. has a joint diesesea, hence the braces on his arms,legs, and not pictured here,a back brace.(it's Ehlers-Danlos. undiagnosed because,again,ancient Greece. and yes he SHOULD be in a wheelchair,but ancient Greece)

he came to the palace on the orders of ares who wanted to make sure athen keeps her word and ody gets a bloodbath going, this makes him a very late arrival. combined with being extremely antisocial and Having to hide his gender (pretty hard in a culture where nudity is so normalized) this means he is very much picked on by the other suitors.not that he doesn't deserve it,he's a rather cold and violent man,who doesn't care for anything that's happening in the palace and just wants to go back to the battlefield. (Telemachus asked him to train together once and he yelled at the kid for crying when he broke his arm)

he's also very insecure about his masculinity and will lash lash out in the weirdest of situations because of it.

some fun facts include:

- he doesn't know how to dance, which ares is very upset about as the god of dancing (seriously,he is,you can look it up if u dont Believe me.)

-he doesn't drink,like every, which is super unusual for a greek.he wants to always be fully battle ready

-may not look like it but loves gossip,will just hang in the back of a room and listen in on people (him and eurymachus would get along so well if he gave him a chance)

-chronic lip biter

-gives argos treats when nobody's looking

and this has been my deranged yap,thank you.(you don't have to respond if it's a lot,i understand lmao)

One thing about me is I hate walls of text cause I'm a slow reader but OH THAT WAS WORTH IT

I love him he is so interesting and fully fleshed out. I love an oc that blends well with the canon. He has interesting flaws and qualities I really like him (do you have any ships involving him?)

[myth-freak]

Theoi 101 — Νεμεσις

TW: Greek myth typical violence, explicit mentions (but not descriptions) of rape and incest. Stay safe!

Introduction

Domains

Associations

Epithets

Cult

Key Myths

Relations

Offering Ideas

UPG

Notes

Gallery

Introduction

Νεμεσις, translated as Nemesis, is the Greek goddess of retribution against evil deeds and undeserved good fortune, and is the personification of reverence for the law and of the human conscience. Her name translates to "dispenser of dues", as she is the one who keeps check the good fortune handed out by Tyche. If she believed someone underserving, she would bring about loss and suffering. In a way, she's also a goddess of equilibrium and justice, although neither of these were official titles. She was sometimes, but not always, represented as a virgin goddess.

Domains

• Indignation against evildoers

• Retribution for evil deeds

Associations

Her sacred animal was the goose. She is also associated with Griffins.

Her attributes were apple-branch, rein, lash, sword, a wheel, and balance.

In more ancient art, she was portrayed similar to the goddess of love, Aphrodite. She was typically winged in these representations. Newer art strayed from that image, portraying her as more cold and punishing.

Epithets

Adrasteia : Either comes from Adrastus, who is said to have built her first shrine on the river Asopus, or meaning "inescapable".

Ichnaea : "the tracing goddess", also a surname of Themis.

Rhamnu'sia : of Rhamnus, her main cult centre.

Cult

Rhamnus, a town in Attica, was her main cult centre. There, there was a widely celebrated statue of the goddess attributed by some to Diodotos and by others to Agorakritos. The following is a transcription taken from theoi.com, a translation of Pausanias' description of the statue.

" Pausanias, Description of Greece 1. 33. 4 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) : "A little way inland [from Rhamnos in Attika] is a sanctuary of Nemesis, the most implacable deity to men of violence. It is thought that the wrath of this goddess fell also upon the foreigners [the Persian army] who landed at Marathon. For thinking in their pride that nothing stood in the way of their taking Athens, they were bringing a piece of Parian marble to make a trophy, convinced that their task was already finished. Of this marble Pheidias (Phidias) made a statue of Nemesis, and on the head of the goddess is a crown with deer and small images of Nike (Victory). In her left hand she holds an apple branch, in her right hand a cup on which are wrought Aithiopes (Ethiopians). As to the Aithiopes (Ethiopians), I could hazard no guess myself, nor could I accept the statement of those who are convinced that the Aithiopians have been carved upon the cup because of the river Okeanos (Oceanus). For the Aithiopians, they say, dwell near it, and Okeanos is the father of Nemesis . . . Neither this nor any other ancient statue of Nemesis has wings, for not even the holiest wooden images of the Smyraneans have them, but later artists, convinced that the goddess manifests herself most as a consequence of love, give wings to Nemesis as they do to Eros (Love). I will now go on to describe what is figures on the pedestal of the statue, having made this preface for the sake of clearness. The Greeks say that Nemesis was the mother of Helene (Helen), while Leda suckled and nursed her. The father of Helene the Greeks like everybody else hold to be not Tyndareos (Tyndareus) but Zeus. Having heard this legend Pheidias has represented Helene as being led to Nemesis by Leda, and he has represented Tyndareos and his children." "

Adrasteia, a country in the Troad, was the location of the first temple of Nemesis built by Adrastos. Here, she was worshipped under the name Adrasteia- some say she is instead Artemis.

Smyrna, a city in Aiolia-Lydia, also had a sanctuary to the Nemeses. Here, they worshipped two Nemesis'— sisters, both daughters of Nyx. Here, Alexander the Great had an encounter with the two goddess'.

" Pausanias, Description of Greece 7. 5. 1 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) : "Alexandros [Alexander the Great] was hunting on Mount Pagos [near Smyrna], and that after the hunt was over he came to a sanctuary of the Nemeseis, and found there a spring and a plane-tree in front of the sanctuary, growing over the water. While he slept under the plane-tree it is said that the Nemeses appeared and bade him found a city there and remove into it the Smyrnaians from the old city . . . So they migrated of their own free will, and believe in two Nemeses instead of one, saying their mother is Nyx, while the Athenians say that the father of the goddess in Rhamnos is Okeanos (Oceanus)." "

Patrae, a town in Achaea, had a temple of Nemesis. It was described as colossal and made of marble.

Key Myths

Birth of Helen

In the lost epic, the Cypria, Nemesis was the mother of Helen of Sparta by Zeus. (It is interesting to note that the Cypria is, I think, the only source describing Nemesis as a daughter of Zeus). The Cypria describes the encounter as harshly violent, where Zeus, as a swan, had intercourse with Nemesis, as a goose. The egg she laid was found and given to Leda.

Ekho and Narkissos

After being mocked by Narkissos, one scorned youth prayed to the goddess Nemesis— ‘So may he love--and never win his love!’. Nemesis granted this prayer, and caused Narkissos to fall in love with his own reflection and waste away.

Nikaia, Hymnos, and Dionysos

After seeing Nikaia murder Hymnos, Nemesis, Aphrodite, and Eros punished the girl by having her raped by Dionysos.

Aura

When Aura offended the goddess Artemis, Artemis went to Nemesis for retribution. Aura was harshly punished.

Relations

Nemesis had varying parentage— she was a daughter of Nyx, according to Hesiod, of Okeanos, said Pausinias, of Erebos and Nyx, to Hyginus, and of Zeus, according to the Cypria.

She was the mother of Helen, stated earlier, by Zeus. She was also mother of the four Telkhines by Tartaros (Bacchylides).

Her siblings depend on her parentage— as a daughter of Nyx, they include Aither, Hemera, Thanatos, Hypnos, Charon, Eris, Apate, and the Moirai.

She was associated, through various means, with Aphrodite, Eros, Artemis, and Tyche. Tyche specifically was seen as Nemesis' opposite, someone Nemesis had to keep in check.

Nemesis had a companion, Aidos— a daughter of Prometheus and daimona of modesty, shame, respect, and reverence.

Offering Ideas

Food : apple, cinnamon (UPG), red wine

Votive : apple-branch, rein, lash, sword, dagger, representations of geese, scales

Devotional Acts : (all UPG) learn about the justice system, get revenge, learn about her, Tyche, and Aidos, attend protests, learn about social justice movements, feed the geese, make donations to charity

UPG

I am a huge Nemesis fan. I love her. She's done no wrong. She was the first deity I worshipped, and I consider her a matron of sorts. That said, she's a very kind and I guess compassionate deity? I think she cares a lot about her worshippers, especially those who are victims of abuse or other wrongdoings. She can come off as harsh, maybe cold, but I truly think that she is one of the gods who can relate most closely to humans, in a way. Maybe not relate, but I don't know how else to describe how intimately she is involved in human affairs. We can see from her myths, most of them involve humans and not the other gods.

Some UPG associations I have with her are: cinnamon, chili, red, dark red-ish purple, red jasper, garnet, amythest, obsidian, the Justice tarot card (obviously), pumpkin pie (don't ask,,), and red wine.

Notes

- Nemesis is not, despite common misconception, the goddess of revenge.

- There is another goddess by the name of Adrasteia, a goddess of inevitable fate

Gallery

Sources:

- image sources are included in alt text

https://www.rciusa.info/post/the-shrine-of-goddess-nemesis---the-history-of-romania-in-one-object

https://historycooperative.org/nemesis-greek-goddess/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nemesis-Greek-religion

https://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Nemesis.html

*This post may, at some point, be updated with new offering ideas.

[artpassion3]

Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard, 1743/1809

Danish architect, painter, designer and decorator,

1772/77 Sitting male nude

1774, Male Figure. After Michelangelo's "Last Judgement" in the Sistine Chapel.

1775, The Wounded Philoctetes

Abildgaard completed his artistic training in Rome, Italy, 1772/77, before returning to Denmark, he stayed a few months in Paris,

1775/80 Male nude

1776, Adrastos slays himself on Atys' tomb

1777, Ymir Suckling the Cow Audhumla

Very active during the period 1777/94, he received lucrative commissions from the Danish monarchy which appointed him historical painter to the king around 1780. He then played an important role in the development of the neoclassical movement in Denmark.

1778, Hamlet and his Mother

1790, Ismene and Antogone Plead with Theseus

From 1778, he taught at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, where he was elected president from 1789 to 1791. His students included the young Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg.

1790, Mercury by the Seashore

1800, Nightmare

1809, Apollo charging the Parcae to visit Ceres, who has fled from the Earth

Amor and Psyche embracing each other

Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard, par Jens Juel, (1772)

[hermeneutas]

Outros Deuses e Seus Epítetos - Nêmesis

Continuando nossa série de posts sobre os Deuses e suas características principais, focaremos hoje em uma divindade imponente em seus atributos. Hoje, falaremos da Deusa da vingança, indignação e retribuição - Nêmesis.

Representada como uma jovem, por vezes alada, em vestes de caça, portando uma espada e açoite, Nêmesis é descrita na maioria das fontes como uma das filhas de Nix, a Noite, uma Deusa primordial que deu origem a diversas divindades nos primórdios da existência como nos relata Hesíodo. Pausânias, escritor romano, aponta seu parentesco como sendo do titã Oceano enquanto um fragmento da Cípria por Estágino de Ciprus aponta Nêmesis como sendo filha do próprio Zeus.

Retratada em seus mitos e cultos como uma divindade preocupada com a manutenção do equilíbrio, Nêmesis é vista como uma punidora de malfeitores, uma força que preza pela manutenção contra excessos de sorte (Causados por Tique, a Deusa da sorte) ou azar na vida das pessoas e uma divindade particularmente descrita como inescapável. Em suas características, ela é similar a Dice, a Justiça e as próprias Eumênides, sendo retratada como uma força de punição em essência. Frequentemente é representada ao lado de Aidos, a Deusa da modéstia e vergonha, sua aliada na manutenção da reverência e respeito à dignidade.

Em termos de culto, Nêmesis tinha um templo muito famoso na região ática, particularmente na cidade Ramnos. Era também venerada na Acáia e na Anatólia.

Outros nomes

Além de ser chamada Nêmesis, do grego "Dispensadora de Sentenças", a Deusa da vingança também era chamada de Adrasteia (Αδραστεια) na região da Anatólia, significando "Imparável" e sendo possivelmente derivada de um homem de nome Adrastos, que havia feito o primeiro santuário para a Deusa diante do rio Asopo.

Epítetos

Rhamnousia (Ραμνουσια) - "De Rhamnos", é um epíteto famoso da Deusa por sua associação à polis de Ramnos na região Ática.

Ichnaia - "Rastreadora", mais um epíteto ressaltando a natureza inescapável das punições dadas por Nêmesis.

Dentre suas vítimas mais famosas temos o jovem Narciso nas narrativas romanas de Ovídio, que havia causado a morte de seus pretendentes ao não apenas rejeitá-los, mas humilhá-los e incitá-los ao suicídio. Nêmesis é quem se encarga de punir o jovem sob ordem dos outros Imortais, fazendo-o se apaixonar por sua própria feição diante de um lago e definhar até que se tornasse a flor narciso.

Platão dizia que a Deusa era mensageira de Dice, a Justiça e agia sob suas premissas, punindo aqueles que desrespeitassem seus próprios pais. Algumas outras narrativas míticas, como Pseudo-Higino e fragmentos da Homérica Cípria apontam Helena de Tróia, filha de Zeus, como sua filha com o Rei dos Deuses após ser violentada. Outras narrativas apontam-na como mãe dos Telquines e as demais não fazem menção a quaisquer filhos.

Hesíodo vai em amplo detalhe sobre como as raças da humanidade mudam a cada grande era mítica, alocando seus contemporâneos como membros da "Era de Ferro" da humanidade, cheia de sofrimentos e que Nêmesis, um dia, iria embora para não termos mais quem combatesse os males junto aos Deuses Imortais.

Uma divindade punitiva e poderosa, Nêmesis encarna a retribuição divina contra os malfeitores tal como outras deidades já aqui citadas. Lembremos dela em conjunto com a divina reverência (Aidos) e cultivemos bons movimentos em nossa vida, rezando para termos a Imparável Deusa como nossa aliada.

Encerramos este post com o hino órfico dedicado à Deusa da retribuição, invocando-a por seu poder justo e figura que nos relembra da indignação contra os atos violentos.

Ó Nêmesis, celebro-te, grande Deusa e rainha, onividente a contemplar a vida das muitas tribos mortais, multi-insigne perpétua, só tu te agradas com os justos e transformas as palavras instáveis, multicambiantes, sempre; os mortais,com o jugo no pescoço, têm medo de ti: cuidas do pensar de todos e não deixas passar a alma irrefletida que despreza tuas palavras. Tudo contemplas, tudo auscultas, tudo arbitras: em ti está a justiça dos mortais, supremo nume! Vem, venturosa, pura e eterna defensora dos iniciados, concede-nos nobres propósitos, cessa os mais hostis pensamentos - impiedosos, soberbos e inconstantes.

[Tradução: Rafael Brunhara]

[interdimensionalburnout]

There is, officially, no longer any Argie East.

Lumibre to the north was taken two decades ago by the Old Revolutionaries,

And this city, now currently busy using the resources on the base to feed and clothe... everyone, is also free. As long as they hold this base, they can hold the city. There's no eastern approach to the city, there's nothing east of the cities here, and to the west, the Adrastos ocean, which is watched both sea and sky by the fortress and its littler counterpart at the docks.

No one has control over Argie Polar, to the far south, neither.

Argossia can claim it's "thirteen glorious sub-cities, spanning the globe," but it's ten, now, on one continent, and losing ground.

Nine if you count how depopulated the Prison District is/was, even before I detonated a reactor in the middle of it.

I have the biggest revolutionary dick on this planet, now, and Desdemona better mobilize those decades of accrued resources and prestige fast if she wants to keep up!