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The Preparation for Ajax's Suicide (Black-Figure Technique, Amphora by Exekias), Greek 550-525 BC, Château-Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.
We know the story, how Aias the son of Telamon (or Ajax the Great) loses his senses because of Athena and attacks a flock of sheep because the armor of Achilles was given to Odysseus instead of himself. Ashamed by his action and horrified he comits suicide by throwing himself on his sword.
Even if the vases depicting his suicide are extremely powerful I think nothing tops this masterpiece! Not only we do have the amazing tecnique of Exekias with the amazing engraved details from the Gorgoneion on the shield till Ajax's hair and beard
The methodical way he prepares himself for the end is giving such a tension in the atmosphere! And so much contrasting his madness that brought him there! There is a slow pace here that prepares you for the end! He almost seems to be patting his sowrd with care! The fall of a great warrior that is about to go down ashamed!
but also by the amazing thematic. The tension is so much greater because we see how Ajax prepares himself for the end. He is alone. There is no one around but a palm tree (ironically the palm tree is called "phoenix" in greek, similar sounding to the bird phoenix that signifies death and rebirth) wich is there only to show where he is.
His armor is placed to the side and he himself is naked; stripped off anything that made him a warrior. The way even his face shows his tension in this seems great to me.
And the way he places the sword to the ground and makes sure that the sword would stay still and steady as he is ready to fall on it!
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Ajax is mentioned to my analysis here as well as to the third part of my faniction The Death of Odysseus
#tagamemnon#greek mythology#homeric poems#ajax the greater#telamonian ajax#sophocles ajax#ajax#exekias#amphora#ancient greek poetry#heroes of trojan war#troy#trojan war#ajax and odysseus#odysseus and ajax#tw: mental health#cw suicide#katerinaaqu analyzes#ancient greek mythology#sophocles#epic cycle#athena#odysseus#black figure potery#greek art#6th century bc#telamonian aias
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trojan war tumblr simulator
🌊 is-the-sea-wine-dark-today
YOU BET IT IS
#the wine dark sea!!!!!!!!!!!! #wine dark sea #wine dark sea posting
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✌🏻 ajax2electricboogaloo follow
why is achilles the only demigod who's Like That? like he's my boy but u don't see memnon or aeneas or sarpedon acting like him on the reg. why is he so maladjusted? like specifically? I saw his mother once and was so terrified by the sight of a goddess I flung myself to the ground and hid my face in the dirt til she left but I still don't think that accounts for it idk
🏘️ nobody1020
it's blonde man syndrome hope this helps
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⚔️ sonoftydeus
opening my askbox so that we can discuss strategies on taking troy!
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anonymous asked: we should all go home :)
⚔️ sonoftydeus answered:
FUCK OFF AGAMEMNON I WANT REAL SUGGESTIONS
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nobody1020 asked: do u like..... horses
⚔️ sonoftydeus answered:
odysseus do I even wanna know where this is going
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⌛ isthetrojanwaroveryet?
year 9, day 234: still no....
#all our admins keep DYING
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‼️ trojan-confessions follow
I think my wife might be sending me anon hate :/ keep getting asks like 'hope u die on the battlefield tomorrow silly slag' and 'menelaus should have curbstomped you' and in her big tapestry of warriors she made me look stupid
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lmaooo is this paris??
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kinda think helen should send MORE anon hate idk
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❓ myrmidons-confessions
I was the one who wrote the achilles/agamemnon 100k slowburn enemies to lovers rpf and put it on the group chat but now patroclus is calling me 'agachilles boy' and laughing about it and asking if I can proofread his mock bardic epic where all his dogs are heroes and killing people, so I fear I've made a mistake. I also can't look achilles in the eye anymore... but honestly I've never seen proof he can read so I might be safe
❓ myrmidons-confessions
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👑 kingofmycenae
👍🏻 ajaxthegreat
achilles is DEAD and ur posting CRAB RAVE?????
🏘️ nobody1020
I think that's why he's posting it ngl
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😹 deiphobus42069
imagine being the achaeans and your best warrior gets killed by PARIS, after everyone else had awesome deaths at the hands of sarpedon or hector or memnon... like that's literally so embarassing I just know achilles is fucking fuming down in hades rn. I bet the achaeans are gonna put around that paris was guided by apollo, or that paris happened to hit his only weak spot..... anything 2 try and make it less cringe.... lol lol we're popping the biggest bottles tonight. hope helen's there
🐆 leopardskiniscool
???????????????
#I mean. yeah. but also. #deiphobus wtf I thought we were chill
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#hope everyone can be normal about the outcome!!! :)
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🧑🏻 randotrojansoldier-deactivated-8578543
so excited to go back onto the field of battle tomorrow! sure hope I don't encounter any of the big-name heroes
🗣️ homer follow
I hope you don't too! I'm sure you'll do great!
🐎 antilochussss
not the direct address????
✌🏻 ajax2electricboogaloo
direct address got him :(
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💂🏻 trojanguardtales follow
fuck my job so much I hope that this wooden horse tribute to the gods turns out to have some guys inside or something just so I can DO something rather than standing here like a twat with my spear
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by ares this can't be happening
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⚔️ sonoftydeus reblogged menelauskingofsparta
do NOT order achilles from shein!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#oh yeah #I was stuck with temu achilles in the trojan horse for six hours #and by hour two agamemnon had suggested killing and eating him #and odysseus was threatening to 'send him to meet his father' #and it's not even like there's any kleos in killing priam!!! #anti neoptolemus #neoptolemus defenders dni #vent tags
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#taking a break from my actual academic essay about the iliad to make this terrible terrible post#I don't think there's any proof everyone hated neoptolemus. BUT.#but if I'd been at troy for 10 years and achilles' fuckass teenage son pulled up with the bloodlust of an xl bully I'd have been. displeased#iliad#the iliad#trojan war#achilles#ajax#odysseus#homer#epic cycle#unreality#tumblr simulator#greek mythology#my post
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"The horse and the infant"
#I didn't realize it would be so hard to draw this.#epic the musical#greek epic#odysseus epic the musical#menelaus#tagamemnon#agamemnon#epic the musical fanart#Diomedes#little ajax#neoptolemus#homer iliad
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⚠️It does not justify their actions in a culture and period full of war and suffering⚠️
#greek mythology#the iliad#homer#the odyssey#greek mythology memes#tagamemnon#trojan war#war criminal#classics meme#odysseus#diomedes#Achilles#ajax#patroclus
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i cant stop listening to Epic
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#the odyssey#the iliad#greek mythology#my art#epic the musical#art#artists on tumblr#odysseus#polites#eurylochus#achilles#bit of a shit post#wolfythewitch#telemachus#ajax the greater#diomedes#art dump#fanart#shitpost#aauughh#odysseus brainrot#hes so sopping wet and miserable i need to grab him by the nape like a mother cat carries her child#patroclus#patrochilles
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i love the part of sophocles' ajax where odysseus very carefully, very diplomatically debates agamemnon, trying to convince him that ajax deserves a proper burial
some of my favourite lines:
AGAMEMNON: Odysseus, are you for me or are you against me, and for this man? ODYSSEUS: I hated him when it was honourable to hate him.
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ODYSSEUS: He was my enemy, but he was also noble. AGAMEMNON: And you have respect for an enemy's corpse? ODYSSEUS: I am moved by admiration for his greatness, rather than by hatred for his smallness. AGAMEMNON: He was a man of many turns. ODYSSEUS: Many of our friends later become enemies. AGAMEMNON: But do you wish to praise these so-called friends? ODYSSEUS: I do not see friends and enemies as mutually exclusive.
and the finishing blow:
AGAMEMNON: I see now that every man works for himself. ODYSSEUS: Who else should a man work for?
#he forms his defence so precisely! and teucer looking on believing until now that odysseus would mock ajax too#(bryan doerries translation which is very modernized i know)#tagamemnon#agamemnon#odysseus#sophocles#telamonian ajax#first impressions tag
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Hades fanart depicting Patroclus and Achilles beating the shit out of Odysseus' shade is so funny because they did run into each other another time in the odyssey, when Odysseus went down into the underworld
And they were chill. Achilles was sad about dying so Odysseus told Achilles about what happened to Neoptolemus to comfort him, and Achilles zoomed around with joy
#now of you do want someone to beat the shit out of odysseus you could do telamonian ajax#Then again he could be lying about this part. But at the same time it's like most of the only source we got
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pov: you’re Ajax, having just "killed" your buddies in a rage, only to realize they watched you humiliate yourself the entire time
but really just an excuse to draw these guys >:]
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I do think it’s funny how consistently Menelaus is portrayed in Greek tragedy as just, a total asshole. Rude and cruel and just the fucking worst.
This is because Menelaus was the mythic king of Sparta, and Sophocles and Euripides who were writing these plays were Athenian, and more to the point, Athenian living during the Peloponnesian War against Sparta. It’s literally just the ancient version of making all the antagonists in every American movie in the 80s and 90s Russian. Writers going, You know the guys we’re at war with? They SUCK
#tagamemnon#I am reading Sophocles’s Ajax#It’s a poignant tragedy and I feel for Tecmessa and Teucer till the end#I feel for Odysseus’s uncomfortable bafflement#And then Menelaus shows up and he’s just an asshole
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Ajax: Anyone under 5'7 can't talk about fighting someone. Like, what are you gonna do? Headbutt someone in the nipples? Odysseus: Say goodbye to your kneecaps, asshole.
#greek mythology#incorrect greek mythology#greek heroes#incorrect greek heroes#incorrect greek quotes#incorrect quotes#incorrect iliad#iliad#ajax the greater#odysseus#odysseus&ajax
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Ya'll hear me out... instead of the Trojan Horse... it's the Trojan Whores.
"Diomedes will lead the charge! Agamemnon will *** the guards! Menaleus will *** our mates through the gates and *** the whole city at large. Trucer will *** any ambush attack, and little Ajax will stay back. Nester, secure Helen and *** her, Neo; avenge your father, *** the brothers of Hector!"
"YES SIR-"
Au belongs to @anniflamma
#epic the musical#epic the troy saga#epic the wisdom saga#epic the thunder saga#epic the underworld saga#jorge rivera herrans#odysseus#epic the musical fanart#epic odysseus#manwhore au#diomedes#agamemnon#ajax the lesser#the trojan whores
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So I uhhh... I finished the Iliad. I had a lot of fun but there were so MANY weird ass funny moments that I HAD to draw. Enjoy my personal retelling of these bits. (The designs for the characters are very undocumented and definitely not final though).
PART ONE:
Part two over there!
#my art#the iliad#iliad#hector of troy#menelaus#greater ajax#agamemnon#diomedes#athena#apollo#odysseus#I love these stupid boys so much-#sol art
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Someone should write something where it's the Greek heroes from the Iliad watching odysseus during the odyssey from the afterlife. like achilles and company just being like yea fuck that guy up man. u got that. or he's crying over missing penelope and telemachus and they just feel bad for him or smth.
could also be them all listening/watching the epic songs/animatics 🦭
(even tho a lot of them don't die it's a fun idea in theory)
#odysseus#the odyssey#the iliad#achilles#the circe saga#patroclus#penelope#odypen#odysseus x penelope#the cyclops saga#agamemnon#menelaus#helen of sparta#helen of troy#telemachus#epic the musical#polites#eurylochus#diomedes#ajax#ajax the greater#the troy saga#the ocean saga#patrochilles#circe#calypso
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funniest part of sophocles' ajax is at the beginning when athena calls to ajax while he's murdering cows like "HEY BIG GUY. YEAH YOU MURDERING EVERYONE AND TORTURING YOUR PRISONERS. CMERE" and odysseus is like "ATHENA WTF DON'T BRING HIM OVER HERE" like truly the comedy duo of the god of war strategy and her pet war criminal
#tagamemnon#greek mythology#shes like dont be a pussy odysseus and hes like AJAX LITERALLY WANTS TO MURDER ME??#queueusque tandem abutere catilina patientia nostra
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Something I find makes the life and death of Achilles far more tragic is the fact that all he is is the Trojan War. His parents’ wedding begins the conflict, and he dies before the end of the war. His entire life was spent in something he had no control over. Did he know Helen? Paris? Hektor? The Trojans became his enemies only when he reached the beaches of Troy.
Hell, if we go by the Achilleid, Achilles didn’t even know what the war was about until he was sailing to Troy. A young boy whose birth produced an unjust prophecy that dictated the rest of his life: Live long and die in obscurity, or die in war and live in the minds of the people forever. No greek man of his time could bear to die in obscurity, but it was especially impossible for Achilles to do so. His father Peleus, a legendary Argonaut whose adventures would be remembered for millenia, his mother Thetis, a towering goddess raised by the queen of the gods herself.
Their child had to be known.
At Aulis the greeks call for Achilles, a legend before he even steps into the battlefield, and he is forced to go to war. And he fights, he kills, he ravages the city of Troy. A boy who has never even seen a battle in his life, living in peaceful Pthia and later protected by mighty Chiron in Thessally, becomes a machine specifically created for one purpose: To destroy Troy.
This is the reason why Achilles refuses to fight after the taking of Briseis. Unlike Agamemnon, who lived before the Trojan War, who had a wife and family before the Trojan War, who will leave Troy. Or Odysseus who will tell his tales to his son and wife after 20 years away. Or Menelaus who after years regains his family and rules Sparta in peace. Achilles has no life, no future, he IS Troy, more than even Hektor, Paris, and Priam are. Thus, when his honor is threatened, everything he has ever lived for has been taken away from him. Realize that before the taking of Briseis, Agamemnon mentioned takingthe “bride prizes” from the other greek kings and despite this not going anywhere none of them attempted to argue. Would Odysseus attempt to kill Agamemnon if his bride prize were taken? Would Diomedes or Greater Ajax?
And yet, after Achilles lives his entire life for war. After he struggles and suffers so much at the face of adversity. At the loss of his everything, Patroklos. At the slight to his honor. He spends the rest of eternity regretting everything he had ever done. Perhaps it is a mercy to Achilles that shades forget their life on earth
#the iliad#iliad#doob#greek mythology#homeric epics#achilles#achilleid#diomedes#greater ajax#ajax#agamemnon#tagamemnon#odysseus#ramblings#patroklos#patroclus#patrochilles
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