#epic hector

[firinnie]

After you realize what happened to the women of Troy it will make your heart ache but

do you think Hector was more devastated by meeting his son in the Underworld or by not meeting his wife here?

[kurzler]

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!

[hozieroftroy]

I'M NOT OKAY

[simoondraws]

The wrath of Achilles...

[tenoart]

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

[just-an-enby-lemon]

After God Games

Helios: The sirens?

Apollo: I was taken by surprise, okay? Dad just popped me into the arena and went "yo fight your sister about Odyseus or something".

Helios: And you didn't consider my cows as a reason?

Apollo: I panicked!? And the sirens do write bangers.

Helios: After I considered you as my sucessor!

Apollo: Look, honey, Hector was my champion and I didn't even considered Troy a reason. Is nothing personal.

[o1iveangel]

i present to you this

[somereaderinblue]

Odysseus of Troy AU

Inspired by the Warrior!Penelope AU, @maggie44paint's Malewife Menelaus AU & @theblindgoddess + DaughterOfDungeonBat's Penelope of Troy AU.

So instead of Helen, Paris chooses Odysseus, thinking he's the safer option because he's just the king of small, barren Ithaca & super smart. Baby Telemachus is also spirited away as extra leverage.

Paris thinks he's being cunning, hoping this choice can somewhat ease Athena's wrath as well.

At first, Athena is furious....but then she gives the go-ahead for 3 reasons.

Odysseus will give Paris hell.

Hera will give Paris hell.

This one is important: Penelope will give Paris hell.

Paris tells himself he's doing Penelope a favour! Now she can find another, more powerful husband & have another kid with him. Plus, she's a woman with a tiny kingdom, it's not like she'll come knocking on Troy's walls.

Newsflash: a furious Penelope comes pounding on Troy's walls with a vengeance.

(Bonus if she isn't even being backed by Ares here. Oh no, all that unstoppable rage is 100% pure Penelope.)

In Olympus, Hera & Athena are cackling and high-fiving over a bucket of popcorn. In Troy, Ody is going full Mission Impossible, being a monster (rawr rawr rawr) to Paris, mapping out servant passages, calculating how much cloth it'll take to make a long enough rope & hoarding tiny paper scraps and crumbs for bird feeding.

He goes all: Yes, I need more clothes. It's not my fault my clothes keep ripping. *wink wink*. Oh, I'm not supposed to be here? Silly me, I'm hopeless without Athena's wisdom now! Look at the cute birdie, little wolf! *slips a message onto them while his son's buried under feathers*

Athena is very proud of her master liar.

Bonus:

Hector & Ody ironically become good friends because they're both dads and loving husbands. Hector tells himself he will NOT get attached to the man who's singlehandedly screwed him, his family & Troy over......only to pat the guy's back as he sobs for the nth time over missing his wife. It's hard not to empathize with him & feel a little sorry for the kid who doesn't even remember his mom.

And maybe when Hector senses that the end is coming, he & Andromache ask Ody to take Astyanax with him. He won't have a future in Troy, but it's better than no future, period.

Thus, Penelope returns to Ithaca with her family one member bigger than before.

[amiti-art]

JORGE IS THINKING ABOUT MAKING AN ILIAD MUSICAL IN THE FUTURE HELLOOOO??????

I need my Hector & Apollo songs please please please Jay I'm begging you please

[katkit-drops-alt]

aaaaaaaaaaaa the iliad/odyssey as cat memes aaaaaaaaaaaaa

[bugbear55]

“Andromache, my love, take your time.”

waaiting, andromache when you come home i’ll be waaiting, 🥲

[firinnie]

So. I have the stupidest theory.

In "Not Sorry for Loving You" Calypso says that during her time on the island she had no other friends than "the sky and sun".

So I really like to take one word out of context and make something with it SO what if she meant Apollo here? Stay with me because it will make sense why he might be pissed at Odysseus, ok? You see, Hector was very much Apollo's favorite so by Epic standards I think we can say he was his patron god. Plus we know he openly participated in the war and fought on the side of Troy, and he was also the god of prophecy, I don't believe he didn't know how it all ended. Now imagine that Apollo had to watch as his favorite man died and then the only thing left after him - his son, was thrown by Athena's student from the city walls. We know Athena, she didn't miss the opportunity to proudly remind her brother of this, for the gods it was just a game as long as "their man" wasn't involved.

But yes, I think Apollo may have a real dislike for Odysseus and if he had the chance, he convinced Calypso that it was the fulfillment of her dreams for bravely enduring her exile. Apollo knew that Odysseus would manage to get off that island but he wanted him to feel at least a little bit of the pain that Hector's family, his subjects and his beloved wife felt. What golden god himself felt. In addition, Calypso casually tells Odysseus that "someone" came for him. Like??? Shouldn't a god visiting the island because of a mortal be more surprising to her? She says it as if there was nothing unusual about it. Maybe because one had already visited her once, 7 years ago?

[murasaki-cha]

"Astynax (the infant) was quiet and didn't cry when Odysseus was holding him and was even smiling and reaching out for him, because Odysseus was wearing his helmet, so he must have thought it was his father, Hector, picking him up."

Me after reading this take:

[miyetko]

changed the words a little—mostly because I just wanted to write Aristos Achaion somewhere

[greeknerdsblog]

#I'm back on my bullshit :3

[hycinthrt]

no!! stop running!!!

i need to tell you that he held out his arms to take his baby!!!

but the child squirmed around and began wailing terrified by his father’s helm!!!!

and his father began laughing and his mother laughed as well!!

and from his handsome head he took it and placed it on the ground!!

and he kissed his son and swung him around!!!

and prayed that he would become better than him!!!

stop running this is important!!!!