#autolykos

[lwdegarbagedump]

Pyrrha: (ogling Emerald's impressive cleavage in a tank top)

Emerald: is that all I am to you? A pair of tits?

Pyrrha: You also have a magnificent ass.

Emerald:

Pyrrha: Double cheeked up on a Thursday afternoon! (grabs her gf playfully)

[rwbyrarepairs]

Spearmint has like 3 shippers I know of. Art by Lana Williams on twitter (I paid for this). Pyrrha is smooth af with girls but loses it around boys.

[girl4music]

I like how they kept Xena’s hometown and Gabrielle’s hometown so close to each other in ‘Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey’. Both of them residing in Makedonia. Now the travelling on foot distance makes some sense.

It’s spelt majorly differently.

It’s Macedonia and Potidaea.

Amphipolis is spelt right though.

[melodyartist-blog]

Some doodles of a simple scenario between Odysseus and Menelaus that could have happened.

I was also thinking of making some sketches of a passage of the book I'm currently reading where two sit down and have an heart felt moment talking about Helen and the purpose of the war and give it a fun spin to it eh eh eh🍷

The phrase 'i hate when people scream' is also a reference to the book where Autolykos (Odysseus's Grandad) is "tending" to his wounds after he purposely planned an ambush against him and a boar cut his leg open😭

A bit of his Grandad's cynicism stuck on Ody

[evergreen292]

Maybe all this thing with "little wolf" and "pack of wolves" in Epic isn't just a respectful nickname for any (ever wannabe) warrior, but really a family traith for Odysseus. His grandfather was great thief Autolykos, the son of Hermes. And his name consists of Auto (self) Lykos (wolf), which quite literally means “The Wolf Itself”. So it could be some common knowledge about Odysseus lineage, leading to some linked with his family simbolizm. Which is funny, because it means that Poseidon (from all the gods!) knows so much about Ody to use his family nickname :)

[wayfind-er]

Hermes Fun Fact #009:

In the myth of the Death of Chione, Hermes fathered Chione's son, Autolykos. Like his father, Autolykos would grow up to be a successful robber and trickster.

More interestingly, though, Autolykos would teach Heracules how to wrestle and would name Odysseus, whom he was the grandfather of. Autolykos is also the grandfather of Jason, the leader of the Argonauts. That would make Odysseus and Jason the great-grandchildren of Hermes.

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dividers by @/sister-lucifer

[rxttenfish]

i saw this thread and wanted to quickly save it over here

IMAGE ID: A series of tweets by Dr. Roel Konijnendijk (Roelkonijn)

Yesterday my thread about ancient warriors' bodies was RT'ed w/ fairly reasonable criticism. Since then I have been inundated with abuse from literal fascists for daring to challenge their ideas about ancient Greece.

For any adults in the room here are the receipts

Ancient Greek men obv. admired strength, venerated athletes & praised those who trained their bodies. But since the Archaic period there was tension between the needs of games and war. Athletes overspecialised & lost touch with practicality; they neglected what really mattered.

As the Spartan poet Tyrtaios says (fr. 12): "I would not mention or take account of a man for his prowess in running or wrestling, not even if he had the size and strength of the Cyclopes (...) For no man is good in war unless he can endure the sight of bloody slaughter..."

"...this is excellence; this is the finest prize for a young man to win." Similarly Archilochos (fr. 114) does not like the well-groomed and sculpted rich man as commander, but "one who is short and bandy-legged, stands firmly on his feet, and is full of courage."

This is a constant. Euripides' lost Autolykos: "Of all the countless evils infesting Greece, there is none worse than  the tribe of athletes (...) how, indeed, when a man is slave to his jaw,  and a victim of his belly, could he acquire wealth to increase his  father's store?​"

"...Again, they cannot endure poverty, nor adapt themselves to misfortunes.  Accustomed as they are to ignoble habits, they find it hard to change  them when difficulties come (...) What succour to his native town does a man bring who has won a crown for clever wrestling?"

"Will they fight the enemy with discus in hand, or through the line of shields​ smite with the fist and cast the enemy forth from their native land? No man, when standing close to cold steel, commits such foolishness."

Epameinondas (Nepos 15.2.4-5): "As soon as E. attained military age and began to interest himself in physical exercise, he aimed less at great strength than at agility; for he thought that the former was necessary for athletes, but that the latter  would be helpful in warfare."

Philopoimen (Plut. Philop. 3.2-3) is another famous general credited with this insight: "He was also thought to be a good wrestler, but when some of his friends urged him to take up athletics, he asked them if athletics  would not be injurious to his military training..."

"They told him (arid it was the truth) that the habit of body and mode of  life for athlete and soldier were totally different, and particularly  that their diet and training were not the same, since the one required much sleep, continuous surfeit of food..."

“...and fixed periods of activity and repose, in order to preserve or improve their condition, which the slightest influence or the least  departure from routine is apt to change for the worse; whereas the  soldier ought to be used to all sorts of irregularity and inequality..."

"...and above all should accustom himself to endure lack of food easily, and  as easily lack of sleep. On hearing this, Philopoimen not only shunned athletics himself and derided them, but also in later times as a  commander banished from the army all forms of them..."

"...with every possible mark of reproach and dishonour, on the ground that  they rendered useless for the inevitable struggle of battle men who  would otherwise be most serviceable."

Xenophon (Sym. 2.17) has Sokrates declare that it is better to do mild general exercise (ie. dancing), "not like the long-distance runners, who develop their legs at the  expense of their shoulders, nor like the prize-fighters, who develop their shoulders but become thin-legged"

The soldiers in the army of Alexander the Great mocked the boxer Dioxippos, calling him a "useless, bloated animal" (Curtius 9.7.16). He could win a 1v1 fight easily, but soldiers did not respect him, and shame finally drove him to suicide.

There is plenty more in Aristotle, Plutarch, and the medical authors to this effect, that athletic training is not good for your health and not suitable for soldiers. It is important to be fit, tough & enduring, but not to take it too far. As the poet Xenophanes says (fr. 2):

"Neither if there were a good boxer among the people, nor one good at the pentathlon or in wrestling, or again in the swiftness of his feet (...) would there for that reason be better law and order in the city."

A lot of people who presume that my view has anything to do with my identity or career should probably know that all of this same evidence is gathered in W.K. Pritchett, "The Greek State at War" II (1974), pp. 215-7. He was a classicist and captain in the USAAF from 1941-1945.

[miscletoe]

Bad Blood

What's with depictions of Hermes and having a troubled relationship with a son? Rise of the Argonauts' Hermes and herms of atonement!Lykas (granted that was more misattribution), Percy Jackson's Hermes and Luke, Class of the Titans' Hermes and Autolykos…hahaha even their names. L[vowel]k[vowel].

[artist-tyrant]

Jacob, Hermes, and Autolykos all thus participate in the same genre of myth. Each uses what could be called magic to obtain herds of livestock by changing their form and appearance, and their coloring. Cut branches figure prominently in each to effect some of the magic of sleight of hand, and bring about the transfer of the livestock from Apollo to Hermes, Laban to Jacob from Eurytos/Sisyphos to Autolykos. Jacob's myth sets his sneaky acquisition of the livestock within the larger context of strife between the two brothers, Jacob and Esau, much as the Homeric Hymn to Hermes places Hermes' theft of Apollo's cattle within the context of a dispute between those divine brothers.

Bruce Louden, Homer's Odyssey and the Near East

[littlesparklight]

One thing that amuses me when it comes to the timeline I've made of Greek myth, is that when it comes to Nestor, he hasn't shaken out to be like... several generations old. He's old, yes, but regular person old, even at the point of the Odyssey. He would've been older if I could've shaken out the earlier generations to be older, but other mythic connections didn't want to let that happen. (And honestly, Amythaon and that generation "should" be older, but it just doesn't work. So I've had to pretend certain parts don't exist/aren't connected especially to Amythaon's mantic line of descent.)

Two people who are several generations old by the point they die, however? Sisyphos and his son Glaukos.

Sisyphos isn't Odysseus' father in my timeline, but he certainly could be, simply because he's still alive at least up until Autolykos at some point rustles his cattle. And Glaukos son of Sisyphos is the same Glaukos who dies in the chariot race of Pelias' funeral games. The same Glaukos who is the father of Bellerophon, one of the heroes that had his first adventures in his young manhood before Herakles was ever born.

Minos, too, is alive for a respectably long time, and so is Sarpedon, because I went with the version where Sarpedon is the son of Zeus and Europa, not his Iliad parentage. Sarpedon explicitly is imagined to be gifted a supernaturally long life by Zeus, so that shakes out either way. When it comes to Minos and others, like Sisyphos and Glaukos, I just decided that one of the potential perks of a god in your lineage, especially if they're your parent, could mean generations of life. (Especially for anyone attached to the Deukalionid line. I figure Prometheus' ancestry might have more reliably than others perhaps given them longer life.)

[unwrathful]

Helloooo!!

🕯️ ⇢ on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing? why is that?

🥤 ⇢ recommend an author or fanfic you love

🧩 ⇢ what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately?

Please and thank you 💕

editing is like, a 6/10 for me? i enjoy going over things and fleshing out or taking away bits that didn't work, but i hate doing it for more than three minutes. i start thinking about writing instead and get bored lmao.

recently i've been thinking about fiammy's sheltered (i believe it is by tumblr user @autolykos but mb if it is a different fiammy;;;;). im going to reread it soon jdfsdnsjdksd i just love how she writes xanxus <333

also idk if u know noblesse but i love Continuing On by darkicedragon as well. it lives rent free in my brain :D

but as for clicking away. other than like, grammar? i don't actually click away LOL i will read to the end just to confirm with myself if it really does give me the ick. there's not a lot that can drive me away, and if i click i'm dedicated. which probably isn't healthy, but idc <3

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Autolykos/spearmint (Emerald x Pyrrha)

Pyrrha tormenting Emerald with her semblance knowing she has nipple piercings. Cutest little gold rings that can be linked by a fine gold chain with sun and moon charms.

Pyrrha wining and dining Emerald at a fancy restaurant... picks out a slutty little strapless mini dress for her, does her makeup, makes her go commando so she can edge her all evening with a remote vibrator and a butt plug. Brushes off people concerned for her date's bizarre behaviour saying she's recovering from an incident with a grimm, she's having a panic attack but it will be fine.

Emerald stumbling in her high heels on shaky legs threatening to give way under her, scared she'll fall over and flash everyone. Bad enough her dress is so short and tight that her tits almost spill over the top, it almost reveals her fat ass and if she uncrosses her legs her pussy is visible.

Pyrrha ogling her cleavage and her ass shamelessly in public, Emerald loves the attention so she deliberately wears tight pants and low cut tank tops with her bra cups peeping over the neckline.

Emerald keeps staring at Pyrrha's strong thighs, her abs and her killer legs, Pyrrha is similarly enamoured by her girlfriend's lithe and flexible body... she can bend her into all sorts of positions to fuck her!

Emerald getting flustered by Pyrrha flirting with her, asking to try her new lip gloss and making out with her or cuddling her so she's eye-level with her tits to ogle her.

Emerald is usually a subby princess but occasionally she feels like grabbing the strap-on to absolutely rail Pyrrha, leaving her aching all over in the best way and passing out with a smile on her face.

Pyrrha's ass is impressive in its own right, it doesn't clap or jiggle as it's so firm. Emerald could bounce a coin off it!

Pyrrha can carry her gf bridal-style or throw her over her shoulder like a stereotypical raider abducting an innocent girl from her village.

Emerald has severe mommy issues going back to her unstable early childhood with inadequate caregivers for so many children in her group foster home, she always longed for someone to love her and keep her warm and safe and call her their sweetheart. This manifests in adulthood with calling Pyrrha "Mommy".

Emerald disobeying Mommy deliberately so she'll be put over her lap and spanked mercilessly. It makes her pussy unbelievably wet, she almost came when Pyrrha started rubbing her cheeks after spanking her and started whispering to her that she's a sweet girl, so beautiful, always good for her, special girls like her deserve the world.

Pyrrha's voice drops an octave when she's dominating the thief who stole her heart. Slipping her fingers inside her as she nibbles her earlobe and making her shiver with every word.

Spoiling the thief with white lingerie, Pyrrha adores the contrast against her brown skin. The little red bows match exquisite red eyes.

Plump lips kissing all over Pyrrha's thighs, leaving lipstick stains on her skin. Nails digging into Emerald's plush booty as Pyrrha eats her up from behind.

Emerald is an expert pussy eater, not bad for someone who had never even kissed before!

Pyrrha marking her territory with visible love bites and a gold choker with the letters "PN" dangling from it. She has Emerald's initials engraved in her diadem, joking that it means she can't get her out of her head. Emerald got a tattoo of Pyrrha's emblem as a tramp stamp and surprised her.

[haltraveler]

It’s a reference to Odysseus’s grandfather Autolykos (meaning “The Wolf Itself”)

okay so

Odysseus and his crew are a 'pack of wolves' and Telemachus is 'little wolf'

that's just so cute dunno why

[abbaccha]

@autolykos VERY VALID!!!! and wow i’m smiling so much because cantonese is my native language?? and squalo speaking it??? BLESSED

i’m even headcanoning the types of people he fought based on ur hc... tysm for making my day

[eeriehowl]

evani !! 💛💛🎉 happiest and sweetest birthday, i hope you get to have plenty of rest

thank you fiammy, i hope you’ve been doing alright!!! sending you warm wishes for a good end of november 💛

[what-the-fuck-khr]

aaaaa happy birthday!!! 🎉🎉🎉

UUUUUU THANK YOU SO MUCH DEAR 💕💕💕