#Hector of Troy

[nothing-impt]

How I imagined Hector reunited with his son.

[holy-mother-of-whumpers]

I guess I'll be crying in the next three to five work days.

But never let me die without a struggle and without acclaim

[emmikay]

Andromache: Help me with this crossword puzzle. I need a five-letter word for disappointment.

Hector: Paris.

Andromache: ...It fits.

[deadbaguette]

Dear children of Priam, were you doomed all along?

[inflamedautistic]

The Iliad is probably one of the funniest books I ever read

Like I'll be having a not-so-good day, then remember how Hector had given himself an entire pep talk to fight Achilles. He saw Achilles running full speed towards him and proceeds to just book it.

Or when Menelaus got shot by an arrow in like in an ultimately nonfatal spot, and Agamemnon begins prematurely mourning him while he's standing there like 🧍‍♂️” you're scaring the men.”

Or when Odysseus is walking around the camps with a royal scepter and is just beating people with it if he finds them packing or suggesting to leave.

Or when Hector is brainstorming on how to face Achilles and for a moment goes, “Maybe I could talk with him, we’re both princes, we can both be rational, I could reason with him… that's a horrible fucking idea.”

I have more, but these, in particular, really tickle me.

[ij16]

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING!

In my opinion, Hector's lines towards Diomedes were kinda funny

a quick psa to anyone recently getting into greek mythology and is a victim of tumblr and/or tiktok misconceptions:

-there is no shame in being introduced to mytholgy from something like percy jackson, epic the musical or anything like that, but keep in mind that actual myths are going to be VERY different from modern retellings

-the myth of medusa you probably know (her being a victim of poseidon and being cursed by athena) isn't 100% accurate to GREEK mythology (look up ovid)

-there is no version of persephone's abduction in which persephone willingly stays with hades, that's a tumblr invention (look up homeric hymn to demeter)

-as much as i would like it, no, cerberus' name does not mean "spot" (probably a misunderstanding from this wikipedia article)

-zeus isn't the only god who does terrible things to women, your fav male god probably has done the same

-on that note, your fav greek hero has probably done some heinous shit as well

-gods are more complicated than simply being "god of [insert thing]", many titles overlap between gods and some may even change depending on where they were worshipped

-also, apollo and artemis being the gods of the sun and the moon isn't 100% accurate, their main aspects as deities originally were music and the hunt

-titans and gods aren't two wholly different concepts, titan is just the word used to decribe the generation of gods before the olympians

-hector isn't the villain some people make him out to be

-hephaestus WAS married to aphrodite. they divorced. yes, divorce was a thing in ancient greece. hephaestus' wife is aglaia

-ancient greek society didn't have the same concepts of sexuality that we have now, it's incorrect to describe virgin goddesses like artemis and athena as lesbians, BUT it's also not wholly accurate to describe them as aromantic/asexual, it's more complex than that

-you can never fully understand certain myths if you don't understand the societal context in which they were told

-myths have lots and lots of retellings, there isn't one singular "canon", but we can try to distinguish between older and newer versions and bewteen greek and roman versions

-most of what you know about sparta is probably incorrect

-reading/waching retellings is not a substitute to reading the original myths, read the iliad! read the odyssey! i know they may seem intimidating, but they're much more entertaining than you may think

greek mythology is so complex and interesting, don't go into it with preconcieved notions! try to be open to learn!

[erosdoceamargo]

the iliad it boy and tamer of horses

[hozieroftroy]

I'M NOT OKAY

[leosoralyyn]

Odysseus watching Achilles absolutely mutilate Hector's corpse

[ij16]

Is this when Diomedes was helping Nestor?

If so, I have this:

Nestor: Turn back, we don't have a chance against Hektor!

Diomedes of the Great War Cry or something: Nooooo he gonna call me a coward

Nestor: You idiot, you just went on a murder spree and stabbed a bunch of people, nobody's gonna believe that you're a coward!

Odysseus: ...

he's a coward? Oh shoot I was running away bye bye

Diomedes: I turn back, I don't turn back, I turn back, I don't turn back, I turn back, I don't turn back...

Zeus: Thunder, feel the thunderrrrr- bro make up your mind already (x3)

Diomedes: Fine I turn back! :(

Hektor: Haha you run like a girl, keep running little dolly!

Diomedes: D:

favourite part from book 9 is when it’s like:

“ODYSSEUS LETS FIGHT!” spurred great diomedes. “fuck no,” odysseus dashed away, 

[asha-dasha]

every single damn time I see @wolfythewitch's stupid (said with fondness) little cat i get genuinely emotional because imagine being a character that meets such a cruel and unfair end and someone names their closest companion in honor of you what the fuck man

[orpheus-has-lyreizz]

this scene had me laughing why'd they run around Troy not once not twice but THREE times

how big even is Troy

he gets the point Achilles you can stop now

[justvea18]

Wdym this didn't happen

[yourlokalescholar]

Oh my god wait. What if the blessings of the gods manifested physically? Like if a god takes an interest in you, EVERYONE is going to see it, for better or worse. And if you lose their favour? Everyone can see that, too

Jason with a peacock tail and feather-crest, both of which go faded and limp when he turns on Medea, so that they drag on the floor and get in the way

Pollux with eagle wings instead of arms, so Castor acts as his hands and that’s why they’re inseparable. When Castor dies and Pollux splits his immortality with him, they each get one arm and one wing, so one can’t fly without the other

Odysseus with a forked tongue and fangs—a subtle feature that he can hide when he needs to. When Athena feels like being helpful (like when she disguises him as a beggar) she’ll cast an illusion over it, but Penelope immediately recognises him by his lisp

When Athena gives Diomedes the blessing of seeing through the gods’ disguises, he also gets owl eyes and the ability to turn his head 180 degrees. This helps when Odysseus tries to stab him in the back on the Palladium heist

HERACLES WITH BULL HORNS. I have nothing to add I just think that sounds sick as hell

Helen grows beautiful golden feathers instead of hair. Nothing useful, just an obvious sign of her heritage that adds to her appeal to the suitors: whoever wins her hand gets to walk around with a physical symbol of Zeus’s favour

Atalanta with antlers that snap when she gets married, leaving jagged shards behind that won’t go blunt and can’t be sharpened down. She can have her husband, but he can’t touch her head without risking badly cutting himself. This can either be one final blessing or a curse depending on how consensual you interpret the marriage

Hector has pristine white raven wings, making him even more terrifying to the Achaeans, flying into battle like divine intervention, and a symbol of hope for the Trojans. Achilles plucks the feathers off his corpse, but they won’t stop growing back. Still, Achilles has a cloak made from them and wears it into battle, turning Troy’s symbol against them

Paris gets dove wings, but he tells everyone they’re too small to fly with because he’s a coward and doesn’t want to have the same responsibilities as Hector. Then he flies away from the duel with Menelaus in front of the entire army, and that’s when Troy finally loses what’s left of their respect for him

[kebriones]

They're talking about horse riding

[tenoart]

Hector of troy- because most art I see of him is in armour or scary and that needed fixed