#Little Illiad

[jadagul]

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!)

[alzirrx]

Homer: This is the lead hero of my second epic poem. He has a mind like Zeus’ own and possesses unparalleled strength, courage, nobility, cunning, and wit. He’s nearly undefeated in battle and has mercilessly overcome every trial he has faced.

Me: babygirl

Homer: what

[trashpidgeon48]

I am a tragedy enjoyer first, human being second.

[athamad]

The og wife guy fr

[katerinaaqu]

Homer Describing Odysseus: A head shorter than Agamemnon but wider in shoulders and in chest, strong legs and arms

Modern fanart: OK I shall make Odysseus shorter than literally ANY other character!

Like...come on guys! 😆 Agamemnon was also described to be taller than many men around the Greeks hahahaha and okay even if Odysseus could potentially be shorter than many other heroes in the war why the heck is literally EVERY character taller?! Including females?! Hahaha 😆 I mean I get it for goddesses that by n large they are pictured as tall etc but people like Penelope? Hahaha like even nowadays average height for women in Greece is like roughly 165-170 m tall yet alone back then! Hahaha she could potentially be at least at the same height as Odysseus if not shorter like come on!

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Like allow some girls be shorter than average or average hahahaha 😆 😂 😆

[simsim54]

There’s something incredibly endearing and heartwarming about the taller person in the relationship being the little spoon.

Like Achilles may be hailed as Aristos Achaion on the battlefield, but in the quiet of the night, behind all that bravado, there is left a man who felt safe only in the arms of his therapon, his beloved, Patroclus.

[rrenatass]

YES I TURN ACHILLES AND PATROCLUS INTO PONIES, SO WHAT!

this designs are heavily based on my designs of "the song of achilles", the right ones are the characters before the war and the left ones are after (or during, in patroclus case)

i made something silly here hehe

[inuthe3rd]

genuine question, why didnt Athena choose Penelope as her protege, since she was as bright and had presence and power just as his husband...?

also, shouldn't they kiss? /joking

[sirjo-esque]

I just woke up but Jay saying he might make a musical based on the Illiad is already the highlight of my day

[lunian]

by pretty big accident found this little pretty book I considered to get one day with all my obsession to ancient mythology/literature nowadays

its so nice looking and I realized that English version is not harder to understand, ironically

[simplenefelibata]

i'm unwell they make me unwell i haven't been this excited over writing a fanfic since Desolación/Desolation😭

[a-dash-in-the-middle]

bringing books and research papers on my hometown visit, as the dreams of my childhood would have wanted

[athamad]

Headcanon time: Odysseus is like those people who say "Ummm, that just happened!" you guys know what I'm talking abt right? And also, he says pogchamp, pog and poggers, he's silly and cringe like that 🤪

[uwanosorade]

i love the shriekcast bits where they read one-star goodreads reviews of classic literature, as someone who also unfortunately thought being in honors english was a personality trait when i was 14 they're so funny and nostalgic. im sure a lot of people would listen to those and be like "this is the death of literacy brought upon us by the tiktokification of reading" but im just like teens is the same (affectionate)

[hycinthrt]

literally anything i post about the chosen is me treating it as an ancient mythical text adaption with the occasional lil dash of ✨guilt✨ as a treat every once in a while