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backpackingspace · 1 month ago

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Okay but do you think the people who were really close to odysseus during the Trojan war had a running bet for when odysseus claimed to have a vision from Athena if it was true or not? Because half the time he was just lying about that.

#the iliad #greek mythology #Odysseus #Then lying odysseus said “I'll tell you the truth”#He did have a lot of visions /being possessed by Athena moments that's true #But had an equal amount of moments where he was just straight up lying because a. They weren't listening to him #B. They were being stupid annoying #C. He felt like it #D. For a personal vendetta to get revenge on one of his comrades #This is a big part of why I'm headcanoning eurylochus thinking ody was lying about being athenas student in my precanon stuff #The other commanders (plus euro and polites) having bets on if this vision was real #Diomedes is judge because he's also in contact with Athena but what the others have not realized #Is that diomedes is also a shit head and does not have many opportunities to get back at his bullies #So while he does get confirmation from Athena he does just also straight up lie to the others to suit his own agendas #And nobody was more than mildly offended by odysseus doing this because unlike everybody else's visions (excluding dios)#It was generally the right call to make and the gods actually imparting wisdom instead of fucking with them to be dicks #And if it wasn't it was generally of either a. No consequences either way or b. Still the right strategic call #Everybody after odysseus had them reorder the camp to frame that one guy and then took way to much pleasure in stoning him to death:#So he made up that vision from Athena right? He definitely did that just to kill this guy yes?#Agamemnon: obviously but while we all liked that guy better odysseus is the better strategic so we're going to let it slide

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