#Damocrateia

[spineless-lobster]

Trying to look up pat’s mom and finding out that he actually has five moms one of which is achilles’ older half-sister which is devastating to me not just because they’re cousins but because that means whatever twisted alternate universe troy (2004) takes place in is right

[blue-lotus333]

Mothers of Patroclus

+ How I personally see them, since theres barely any info abt them, imma take some creative liberties :p and yes, all of them are the wives of Menoetius. Idk why there’s so many different versions of Patroclus mother but..whatever

Philomela (probably the most popular woman to be seen as Patroclus’ mother). I imagine her to be a strict, disciplined and sensible woman.

Polymele, Daughter of peleus & half sister of Achilles. I imagine her to be very bubbly, generous and gentle (and mostly taking her appearance after her father ofc, also I can imagine her being VERY pissed at Achilles if she finds out that her son died bc of him)

Periopis, princess of Pherae & daughter of King Pheres. I imagine her to be compassionate & very kind

Sthenele, princess of Iolcus. I imagine her to be a bit dull, worn out and isolated.

Damocrateia, princess of Aegina, and a half-demigoddess half-Naiad daughter of Zeus & Aegina. I imagine her being charismatic, creative & expressive.

[junaofaulis]

why is his family tree giving gender swapped mamma mia

[thhouseofblack]

Ancestories of the Greek Heroes of the Iliad

Tracing the royal bloodlines of the characters of the iliad because i have an obsession with family trees:

Odysseus: 24% Immortal & 75.8125% Mortal

12.5% Olympian (through Hermes, his Maternal Great-Grandfather)

6.25% Others Gods of the Pantheon (through Hesperos, his Maternal 3x Great-Grandfather)

5.22% Titan/Nymph (through his Paternal 2x Great-Grandmother and Paternal 4x Great-Grandmother - the same person)

31.25% Other mortal lines (not specified/no data)

25% Ithacan (likely through his Paternal Grandmother)

11.75% Athenian (through his Paternal Great-Grandmother and Paternal 3x Great-Grandmother - who happened to be sisters)

6.25% Phocis (through his Paternal Grandfather)

1.5625% Phthian (through his Paternal 3x Great-Grandfather)

Diomedes: 14.55% Immortal & 85.1875% Mortal

10.25% Olympian (of Ares and Poseidon to be exact)

4.3% Titan/Nymph (through his Paternal 3x Great-Grandfather)

49.25% Argive (through both his Maternal and Paternal ancestry)

12.5% Olenian (through his Paternal Grandmother)

9.375% Thessalian (through his Paternal 3x Great-Grandmother)

9.375% Pylos (through his Paternal 2x Great-Grandmother)

4.6875% Aetolian (through his Father)

Achilles: 87.5% Immortal & 12.5% Mortal

71.875% Titan/Nymph (through his Mother Nereid Thetis and Paternal Great-Grandmother Naiad Aegina)

15.625% Olympian (through Zeus - his Paternal Great-Grandfather)

12.5% Athenian (through his Paternal Grandmother)

Patroclus: 87.5% Immortal & 12.5% Mortal (this depends on who you take as his mother but if you take it as Peleus' Aunt Damocrateia then)

56.25% Titan/Nymph (through his Paternal Grandmother Naiad Aegina)

31.25% Olympian (through Zeus - his Maternal Grandfather)

6.25% Arcadian (through his Paternal Great-Grandmother)

6.25% Phthian (through his Paternal Grandfather)

Agamemnon & Menelaus: 68.75% Immortal & 31.25% Mortal

50% Titan/Nymph (through Atlas - their Paternal 2x Great-Grandfather twiceover and Paternal 3x Great-Grandfather & through Pasiphae - their Maternal Great-Grandmother)

18.75% Olympian (through Zeus - their Paternal and Maternal 2x Great-Grandfather)

31.25% Cretan (through their Mother)

Ajax the Greater: 62.5% Immortal & 37.5% Mortal

34.375% Titan/Nymph (through his Maternal Great Grandmother)

28.125% Olympian (through Zeus- his Paternal Great-Grandfather, and Poseidon - his Maternal Great-Grandfather)

25% Salamis Island (through his Mother)

12.5% Athenian (through his Paternal Grandmother)

Teucer: 63.875% Immortal & 27% Mortal

57.875% Titan/Nymph (through the many Naiad daughters of River Gods - Maternal Grandmother, Maternal 2x Great-Grandmother, Maternal 3x Great-Grandmother)

16% Olympian (through Zeus - his Paternal Great-Grandfather)

12.5% Percote (likely through his Maternal Great-Grandmother)

12.5% Athenian (through his Paternal Grandmother)

Nestor: 31.25% Immortal & 68.75% Mortal

31.25% Olympian (through Poseidon - his Paternal Grandfather and Maternal 2x Great-Grandfather)

37.5% Arcadian (through his Paternal Great Grandmother and Maternal Grandfather)

12.5% Aeolian (through his Paternal Great Grandfather)

12.5% Other mortal lines (not specified/no data)

6.25% Orchmenian/Minyan (through his Mother)

[fairyencyclopedia]

Freshwater Master List Part 2:

Freshwater fairies  live in freshwater and are semi or fully aquatic and do not have fur. 

Europe:

Aba (naiad)

Abarbarea (Naiad)

Achelous/ Achlae (Etruscan)

Acis

Acraea (Naiad)

Acragas (mythology)

Aeacus

Aeas (Potamoi)

Aegaeus (Potamoi)

Aegina (Naiad)

Aegle (Naiad)

Aesar (Potamoi)

Aesepides

Aesepus (Potamoi)

Aganippe (Naiad)

Aia (naiad)

Albunea (Pegaeae)

Alcinoe (naiad)

Allikaravitseja (Estonian)

Almo (Potamoi)

Aloja/Dona D'aigua/ Goja/ Paitida - Catalan

Alpheus

Alphesiboea

Amnisiades

Amnisos (Potamoi)

Amphrysus (Potamoi)

Amymone (naiad)

Anapos (Potamoi)

Anauros (Potamoi)

Anchinoe (Naiad)

Anchiroe (Erasinid)

Anchiroe (naiad)

Anguana/ Anguane

Anigrides

Anigros (Potamoi)

Anippe (naiad)

Anthedon (naiad)

Anthracia (naiad)

Apidanus (Potamoi)

Appias (Naiad)

Archidemia (naiad)

Argiope (naiad)

Argyra (naiad)

Arnos (Potamoi)

Ascanius (Potamoi)

Ascra (naiad)

Asopides

Asopis (Naiad)

Asopus (Potamoi)

Asrai

Astakides

Asterion (Potamoi)

Asterionides

Asterodia (naiad)

Astyoche (Naiad)

Axius (Potamoi)

Azyarnitsa

Balamuten/ Balamutnik

Bally Bog

Baphyras (Potamoi)

Batea (naiad)

Bistonis (naiad)

Bolbe (Naiad)

Bolotnik- Slavic

Borda (Italian)

Borysthenes (Potamoi)

Bruxa lavadeira

Brychon (Potamoi)

Byze (naiad)

Byzia (naiad)

Caanthus (Potamoi)

Cacce- haldde

Cacce- jielle

Cacce- jenne

Cacce- olmai

Caicus (Potamoi)

Caliadne (naiad)

Calliphaea (Ionid)

Callirrhoe (Naiad)

Calybe (nymph)

Castalia (Naiad)

Cayster (Potamoi)

Cebren (Potamoi)

Cephissus (Potamoi)

Cleochareia (Naiad)

Chalcis (Naiad)

Chremetes (Potamoi)

Cephisides

Chione (daughter of Callirrhoe)

Chlidanope (naiad)

Cladeus (Potamoi)

Cleide (naiad)

Cleochareia (Naiad)

Cleomede (naiad)

Cleone (Naiad)

Clitumnus (Potamoi)

Clonia (nymph)

Cnossia (naiad)

Cocythiae

Cocytus (Potamoi)

Comaetho (naiad)

Combe (Naiad)

Corcyra (Naiad)

Cratais (Potamoi)

Cretheis (naiad)

Creusa (Naiad)

Crinaeae

Crinisus (Potamoi)

Cutty Dyer

Cyanea (naiad)

Cyane (Naiad)

Cydnos (Potamoi)

Cytheros (Potamoi)

Cyrene (Naiad)

Damocrateia (daughter of Zeus & Aegina)

Danais (naiad)

Daphne (Naiad)

Daulis (naiad)

Deino (naiad)

Deliades

Dercetis (naiad)

Diogeneia (naiad)

Diopatre (Naiad)

Drosera (naiad)

Dziwożona/ Boginka/ Mamuna

Elisson (Potamoi)

Enipeus  (Potamoi)

Erasinides

Erasinus (Potamoi)

Eridanus (Potamoi)

Eridanus (Potamoi) (Hyperborea)

Erymanthus (Potamoi)

Euboea (Naiad)

Euippe (daughter of Danaus and the naiad Polyxo)

Eunoë (naiad)

Eupheme (naiad)

Euphrates (Potamoi)

Eurotas (Potamoi)

Eurryroe (naiad)

Eurythemista (nymph)

Evadne (daughter of Poseidon and Pitane)

Evadne (daughter of Strymon and Neaera)

Evenus (Potamoi)

Ežerinis (Lithuanian)

Fae/ Fada- Catalan)/ Faerie/ Faery/ Fairy/ Fee/ Fey/ Doñas de fuera/ Gente Menuda/ Sidheóg/ Slua Sí/ Túathgeinte

Fossegrim/ Strömkarlen (Swedish)

Ganges (Potamoi)

Gatag (Nart)

Gausu māte

Gargaphia (Naiad)

Glashtyn

Glauce (naiad)

Glaucia (naiad)

Gnefro

Granicus (Potamoi)

Grindylow

Groac'h

Gwragedd Annwn

Hagno (naiad)

Haliacmon (Potamoi)

Halys (Potamoi)

Hans Heiling/ Jan Svatoš

Harmonia (nymph)

Harpina (Naiad)

Hebrus (Potamoi)

Hegetoria (naiad)

Heptaporus (Potamoi)

Hercyna (naiad)

Hermus (Potamoi)

Hieromneme (Naiad)

Himalia (Greek)

Himerian Naiads

Hippe (naiad)

Hydaspes (Potamoi)

Hydaspides

Hydriad (Greek)

Hyperia (Naiad)

Idaea (nymph)

Il-Belliegħa (Maltese)

Ilissos (Potamoi)

Imbrasos (Potamoi)

Inachides

Inachus

Indus (Potamoi)

Io (Naiad)

Ionides

Inopos (Potamoi)

Ismenis (naiad)

Ithacian nymphs

Ismene (Naiad)

Ismenus (Potamoi)

Istrus (Potamoi)

Järvevana (Estonian)

Jengk-tongk

Jenny Greenteeth

Kaevukoll (Estonian)

Kropemann

Lady of the Lake/ Lady of Llyn y Fan Fach/ Nelferch

Ladon (Potamoi)

Lamides

Lamos (Potamoi)

Langia (naiad)

Larunda (Naiad)

Laura/ Laurë (Albanian)

Leibethrides

Leimonides

Lelegeides/ Eliyãna

Lethe (naiad)

Libethrias (naiad)

Lietus Māte (Lithuanian)

Lilaea (naiad)

Limnades

Limnaee (naiad)

Linos- https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.8.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=3:chapter=8&highlight=Aegaeon 

Liriope (naiad)

Llamhigyn y Dŵr

Loch Ness Monster

Lotis (naiad)

Lúchorpáin

Lycormas (Potamoi)

Maeander (Potamoi)

Maera (Erasinides)

Magea (naiad)

Mahwot

Malis (naiad)

Marabbecca

Maria Enganxa (Aloja)

Marsyas (Potamoi)

Māte

Melanthea (Naiad)

Meles (Potamoi)

Melia (consort of Silenus)

Melite (Erasinides)

Melite (Naiad)

Melusine

Memphis (daughter of Nilus)

Menippe (Thessalian naiad)

Menoetius (Argonaut)

Messeis (naiad)

Metis (naiad)

Metope (river-nymph, the daughter of the river Ladon)

Mħalla (Maltese)

Midea (nymph)

Milichie (naiad)

Mincius (Potamoi)

Minthe (naiad)

Morgen

Moria (naiad)

Mosekonen

Mùmôcz

Mycene (naiad)

Myrtoessa (Naiad)

Mysian Naiads

Nacole (naiad)

Näkki

Naiad

Nais (naiad)

Nana (naiad

Nanny Rutt

Neaera (nymph of Mount Sipylus) (naiad)

Neaera (nymph who became the mother of Aegle by Zeus) (naiad)

Neda (naiad)

Nëczk

Nelly Longarms

Nemea (Naiad)

Nesaea (Nereid)

Nestos (Potamoi)

Nicaea (naiad)

Nilus (Potamoi)

Nixie

Nomia (naiad)

Nonacris (naiad)

Nuckelavee

Numicius (Potamoi)

Nycheia (naiad)

Nymph

Nymphaeus (Potamoi)

Ocyrrhoe (naiad)

Ocyrrhoe (nymph daughter of the river god Imbrasus and Chesias)- https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Ath.+7.19&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2013.01.0003:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Ocyrhoe 

Ocyrrhoe (nymph of Mysia)

Oenoe (Arcadian nymph)

Oenoe (naiad)

Opis (Nereid)

Ornea (Naiad)

Orontes (Potamoi)

Orseis (naiad)

Ortygia (naiad)

Ortygian nymphs

Pactolides

Pactolus (Potamoi)

Palici

Pallas (Naiad)

Pareia (naiad)

Parthenius (Potamoi)

Pasithea (Athenian Naiad)

Pegaea (Ionid)

Pegaeae

Peg Powler

Peirene (Naiad)

Peneus

Periboea (naiad)

Pero (naiad)

Petra (naiad)

Pharmacea (nymph)

Phasis (Potamoi)

Philodice (naiad)

Phlegethon (Potamoi)

Phoenissa (Naiad)

Phrixa (naiad)

Phyllis (Potamoi)

Pirene (naiad)

Pitane (naiad)

Pleistos (Potamoi)

Polyxo (Naiad of the river Nile)

Porpax (Potamoi)

Potameides/ Potamides

Potamoi/ Amnes/ Flumen/ Flumina

Praxithea (naiad)

Pronoe (nymph mother of the Trojan Lassus)

Prosymna (Naiad)

Psalacantha (naiad)

Psanis (naiad)

Rå

Rhenus Pater

Rhesus (Potamoi)

Rhine (Potamoi)

Rhodius (Potamoi)

Rhyndacides

Rhyndacus (Potamoi)

Rusalki/ Boginki/ Navki/ Vily

Salamis (Naiad)

Salmacis (naiad)

Samia (naiad)

Sangarius (Potamoi)

Satnioeis (Potamoi)

Scamander (god)

Selemnus (Potamoi)

Shellycoat

Shishiga (Russian)

Shahapet (Armenian)

Simoeis (Potamoi)

Sinope (Naiad)

Sithnides (Greek)

Sjörå

Soovana (Estonian)

Sparta (naiad)

Spercheides

Spercheus (Potamoi)

Stilbe (Naiad)

Stima apei (Romanian)

Strophia (naiad)

Strymon (Potamoi)

Strymo (Naiad)

Stygne (daughter of Polyxo)

Svityazianka

Syllis (naiad)

Symaethus (nymph)

Symaethus (Potamoi)

Synallasis (Ionid)

Syrinx (nymph)

Tanagra (Naiad)

Tanais (Potamoi)

Teledice (Greek)

Telete (naiad)

Telphousa (naiad)

Tereine (naiad)

Termessus (Potamoi)

Thalia (nymph daughter of Hephaestus)

Thebe (Naiad)

Theisoa (naiad)

The Nixie of the Mill-Pond

Thermodon (Potamoi)

Thespeia (Naiad)

Thessalids

Thetis/ Thethis (Etruscan)

Thisbe (Greek)

Thronia (naiad)

Thyia (Greek)

Tiasa (naiad)

Tiberinus (Potamoi)

Tiddy Mun

Tigris (Potamoi)

Titaressus (Potamoi)

Tjaetsieålmaj (Sami)

Topielec/ Utopiec

Traîcousse/ Trécouche

Tritonis (Naiad)

Trojan Naiads

Tskarishdida (Georgian)

Ūdens māte

Ulishitsa

Undine

Upes Māte (Lithuanian)

Vættir

Vaks-oza- https://archive.org/stream/mythologyofallra41gray/mythologyofallra41gray_djvu.txt 

Vasa (Komi)- https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/komi-religion 

Vatnavættir

Ved-ava/ Vete-ema/ Veen emo (Russian/ Finnish/ Estonian)

Vedenemä

Vedenemo

Vedenneito

Veehaldjas (Estonian)

Vetevana (Estonian)

Víz Anya (Hungarian)

Vodnik/ Vodyanoy

Vodyanitsa

Water Horse

Water Nymph/ sprite- https://archive.org/details/oxfordbookofstor00harr/page/27/mode/1up 

Water Spirit/ He Who Inhabits the Water/ Master of the Water/ Water Dweller/ Water Khan/ Water Man/ Water Master

Xacia

Xana- Asturian mythology

Xanderirhoe (naiad)

Xanino- ditto 

Zeuxippe (naiad nymph of Athens)

Zheuzhyk (Belarus

[katerinaaqu]

Because he is. For starters they have a common ancestor named Aegina. She who had a child with Zeus, who became the line of Achilles she had a family with Actor later that became the line of Patroclus. The in-between relatives are already related to each other one way or another. Now the mother of Patroclus depends on the version but some candidates among others are Damocrateia who was also a daughter of Zeus and Aegina or Polymele and Polymele was Peleus's daughter and Achilles's half-sister.

Either way de facto Achilles IS Patroclus's cousin now depending on the source he is from first cousin once removed till straight out full on first cousin

I think people should stop being so afraid to see the fact that most heroes in Greek mythology are related one way or another through the lines of gods but in regards to Achilles and Patroclus they truly are related with each other.

Tell me why my teacher for history seminar (so what we learn should be more accurate and more in depth than normal lesson) told us while learning about the Trojan war that Patroclus is Achilles' cousin?

[teatitty]

“Patroclus and Achilles were cousins” really fucking depends on who you think the mother of Patroclus was because let me tell you there’s a lot of debate around that. We know for a fact his father is Menoetius, but his mom? Either Sthenele, Periopis, Polymele, Philomela or Damocrateia

All of the above were wives of Menoetius but there’s no Definitive Answer as to who was the mother of Patroclus. Periopis was the daughter of Peres, Polymele was Achilles’ half-sister and daughter of Peleus, Sthenele the daughter of Acastus, Damocrateia was the daughter of Aegina and Zeus and Philomela’s bloodline is completely unknown!

There is only a 1 in 5 chance that Achilles and Patroclus are related to eachother so like. If you want to go the classic “its greek myth everyone was doing incest back then” sure you absolutely can but there’s also...other options, like, Right Here that you can choose from instead. Just saying

[boleynsrex]

Apollo stood tall and radiant, eyes scanning the throngs of courtiers – not, in costume, his subjects, though few among him would mistake this lofty, lusty, treasure-chest of a figure for anyone but their King. His jaw chiseled by the brandishing of a torch, wisps of curled, copper strands lit at the edge like strands of fire, he bore his namesake’s bow in his hand, itself sumptuously forged from gold and white string.  As William looked out to the crowd, his gaze steady and unwavering, his presence commanded the respect a new sovereign such as he so ardently desired; high hopes for an already triumphant evening glowing around him in a heavenly aura.  Yet though his lips and eyes were smiling, for a moment the King appeared drowned in reflection, lending credence to the rumours of Percy’s banishment – the gradual descent of his lips submerged into another goblet of wine. 

From William’s vantage upon the throne, draped in a velvet canopy and seated on high, he could see everything: the goggles of wonder and delight, unfocused figures pirouetting across the floor, the precious jewels shining brightly atop their heads, bathed in sweat as much as gems, a riot of colour and passion – as was the King’s pleasure.  William cast neither a shadow of grimness or wrath over the crowd, as his father had done; but rather filled the air with the eagerness of a young man, replenishing the wine in his veins before joining his subjects in their Grecian festivities.  His lips then quirked as he received Meg, bowing before the dais, affording him the quickest of glances at her chest as she dipped; her paper-thin gown leaving nothing to the imagination.  ‘Damocrateia, is it?’  He asked, then raising to his feet.  ‘I take it back.  You are Cyrene – I see that now.  A princess, and a fierce huntress.'

Extending his hand, he waited for Meg to place her palm over his before enclosing her thin wrist in his grasp, eyes flashing mischievously. ‘Tell me. Does that make me your prey?'

& @boleynsrex

Marguerite Welles was in full bloom.

The gaiety and splendor of the evening seemed to have opened her shell completely, launching the usually quite reserved and proper young lady into the depths of spontaneity, and numerous courtiers would remark that such joy suited her. Her costume, more revealing than she had ever dared (though still not able to hold a candle to those of more scandalous ladies at Hampton, English or French), transformed her from a lady in service to the princess to one in her own right, for Cyrene was beloved by her people for her tenacity and loyalty. Meg found every aspect of the evening enchanting, from the eyes focused solely on her as she performed to the sweets rotating through the crowd, from the laughter echoing off of the Great Hall's high ceilings to the sight of lovers embracing tenderly out in the open - for the Greeks did value lust and love as much as the French, did they not?

The king seemed equally enthralled by it all, interacting with members of his court with a grin that seemed to transform his entire countenance - and why should he not? Did this night not declare him the most enviable prince in Christendom, to have a palace filled to the brim with charm, elegance, and prosperity? Emboldened by a bit too much wine and excitement, Meg approached the king as he sat upon a throne decorated to befit a Greek god; she curtsied low, then rose and extended her hand, eyes dancing with merriment. "Will you do me the honor of a dance, Lord Apollo? I should think you must."