#epic little ajax

[the-delta-42]

Snippets #2

Penelope: *In her room glaring at her guests* Diomedes: *Leaning towards Teucer, whispering* I think she's happy so see us. Teucer: *whispering* I think you're wrong. Helen: Pene-- Penelope: You broke an oath to the Gods and started a war that claimed the lives of many of our friends and is the suspected cause of my husband's absence. Helen: ... Menelaus: ... Penelope: Opening me up to 108 pigs disguised as men trying to claim my hand in marriage and threatening my son's life. Neo: ... Nestor: ... Lil' Ajax: ... Penelope: The same men who are loudly planning to murder Telemachus, force themselves on me and then, presumably, kill me. Guard #1: We can still evacuate you, my Queen. Penelope: A Spartan doesn't run. Guard #8: *Bursting through the door* There's a beggar killing everyone! Penelope:... All her guests: ... Penelope: How? Guard #8: He hid all their weapons and strung the King's bow, he's fighting like he knows these halls like the back of his hand! Penelope & Guests: ... Penelope: *Fiddling with her hair* This Beggar, how tall is he? Guard #8: He comes to your shoulder, I think. Penelope: *Takes a deep breath* Did he mention building the palace? Guard #8:... Penelope:... Guard #1:... Guests:... Guard #8: Oh shit, he's the King. Penelope: Everyone leave, and don't come back for three weeks.

[ihnpaims]

I freaking LOVE the new saga!!!

[simoondraws]

"The horse and the infant"

[epicthemusicalstuff]

Love how in The Horse And The Infant we see a bunch of the Greek soldiers and big names from the Trojan war- and in Epic they are just never mentioned again. (All the more reason Jorge should do a Iliad musical…)

[blessedbyahuntress]

Blessed by a Trickster

Chapter One: The Voice in my Head is Laughing at me

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Warnings: Reader is struggling with a voice in her head, but that's it

Word count: 979

Listen to: The Horse and the Infant

“Alright my brothers, listen closely.”

Your head snapped up at the sound of Odyseus’s words.

“Tonight we make the Trojans pay. Ten years of war they’ve killed us slowly.”

You let yourself close your eyes, thinking of all the times you had been weak and starved and miserable. Oh, how badly you wanted to inflict all of those feelings on the Trojans.

“But now we’ll be the ones who slay.”

A smile played across your lips.

“Think of your wives and your… children.” Odysseus faltered a bit when his gaze caught on you. You didn’t have a husband or a significant other. You were alone except for him, Eurylochus, and Polites.

He quickly regained his composure. “Your families wonder where you’ve been.”

“They’re growing old and yet you’re still here. Do what I say and you’ll see them again.”

Your eyes flew open, revealing a determined look in your eyes as you said with the rest of the crew, “Yes sir!”

“Diomedes will lead the charge, Agamemnon will flank the guards. Menelaus will let our mates through the gates to take the whole city at large. Y/N will shoot any ambush attack, and little Ajax will stay back. Nestor, secure Helen and protect her. Neo, avenge your father, kill the brothers of Hector.”

You drew an arrow from your quiver and shot a grin at Ajax. You were an outstanding archer, but the job could get lonely at times. You were glad that Little Ajax would be keeping you company, even if he wasn’t helping. He smiled right back at you, visibly relaxing.

“Yes, sir!”

“Find that inner strength now.” Odysseus drew his blade, making a rather eerie sound. “Use that well of pride. Fight through every pain now. Ask yourself inside.”

He stalked through the lines, stopping in front of you and Eurylochus. “What do you live for? What do you try for? What do you wish for? What do you fight for?”

You straightened, dipping your head in respect to your leader as you repeated the lines with the rest of the army, “What do you live for? What do you try for? What do you wish for? What do you fight for?”

Odysseus turned and you marched after him in turn with Eurylochus, who gave you a grim smile. “What do you live for?” You and your comrades said again.

“Penelope,” Odysseus murmured so softly in response, that only you and Eurylochus could possibly hear.

“What do you try for?”

“Telemachus.”

You drew your bow.

“What do you wish for?”

“I’m on my way.”

You notched your arrow.

“What do you fight for?”

“Attack!”

The men charged forward, while you picked your way to a higher vantage point. After a while, Polites joined you, guarding your back from stray swords and wild arrows. Your free hand gripped Little Ajax’s until you reached the top.

You let go of the small boy’s hand and taunt your bowstring. But instead of shooting, you glanced over your shoulder at Polites and offered your friend a small smile. “You should go now,” you said.

He shook his head. “Odysseus said to guard you, and I will.”

Your smile turned into an irritated scowl, but you turned your attention back to the battlefield below you; you knew there was no point in arguing.

You saw a man going to strike Neo while his back was turned. Coward, you thought bitterly, releasing the arrow. 

The arrow met its mark, as did all the others you shot. 

A couple of times Polites actually did come in handy, cutting away arrows that came whizzing toward you while your focus was mainly on the fight progressing below you. 

Each time he did this, you gave him such a genuinely grateful smile that it made his heart melt and his cheeks flush. Did you not know your own power over him when you smiled like that?

Suddenly everything was so silent you could hear a pin drop.

You followed all of the warrior’s gazes up to a balcony. The scene made you gasp.

There Odysseus stood, his face streaked with tears as he looked down at the bundle in his singular hand. The bundle hanging dangerously above a perilous drop. 

An infant.

For a moment Odysseus looked as if he might retract his hand and bring the baby back to his arms, but in this moment you had a second of clarity.

“This mere infant will grow into an avenger,” a voice spoke, clear as a running stream inside your head. While what it spoke of was so serious, the mysterious voice was followed up by a fit of giggles. “You must choose: kill the infant and save your friend, or don’t act and watch your king die. Consider carefully!” Then one last laugh and the voice in your head was gone.

You repositioned your bow, your fingernails digging into your palm as you aimed your arrow at the bundle, at the thin piece of fabric that Odysseus was dangling over a fatal drop.

“Y/N?” Polites asked. “What are you doing?”

Your only response was a soft whisper, “I’m sorry.” And then you shot.

Your arrow found its mark, tearing into the cloth that connected the swaddle to Odysseus’s hand. 

You watched the infant fall, faster and faster until it met the ground. Your heart fell with it as you dropped your bow and clutched your head.

“Y/N?” You faintly heard Polites’s voice. He was right next to you, wasn’t he? Why did it seem like he was calling from so far away?

“You can’t break now,” the voice from before entered your thoughts once more, without permission again. “You have to get up. Your friends still need you. The war may be over, but it’s not over for you. Get up.” Then, like the first time, the voice dissolved into obnoxious laughter.

[sera8273]

I love how the fandom for EPIC whenever they make animatics all unanimously agree on stuff.

Like how Odysseus is shorter than every single God/Godesses or literally every single other person he meets or talks to.

Or like how certain characters are drawn. Take Little Ajax for example! Almost every single artist I’ve seen portrays him like hes this kid who just came into this war willingly for like fun or something-

EXAMPLES:

@gigizetz (The smol bean is Ajax and the Archer is Teucer.) And the smile that Teucer give him is giving off sibling vibes-

@Rochi on YT (Teucer doesn’t even look concerned- his face just reads ‘come on now, this again?’)

@Sasha’s Work on YT (I’m that this one is just inserted OC’S but come on! That smol bean!)

But when I see comments on YT and stuff. They talk about how Lil Ajax, Ajax the Lesser, who is this apparent buff ass man who is like feared by some. (Am I correct?)

But let’s be honest, Lil Ajax will always be a Lil smol bean to the fandom

[yinmndragon]

One thing I'm fucking sick in the epic fandom is that little Ajax is after shown as a kid

He wasn't a kid he was simply called that cause his brother Ajax the greater was simply a huge meat wall of a human

Little Ajax also known as Ajax the lesser was only called that cause his brother was humongous

He was a great warrior but compared to his brother he just didn't seem as impressive

To add to that he wasn't even that short he was about average height but Ajax the greater was a giant

Edit: I would like to apologise for I have made a goof and have been made aware of it they weren't brothers they just had the same names (tbh it'd be pretty fucked if they were brothers with the same name) and they were only compared because they had the same name but my point still stands

[lyculuscaelus]

It’d be interesting to view the failed nostoi of Achaeans (which is the migration of Trojan War heroes to other places like Italy) in the context of the Hesiodic lore of the fourth age of men (Works and Days, line 156–175), aka the Heroic Age.

ἔνθ᾽ ἤτοι τοὺς μὲν θανάτου τέλος ἀμφεκάλυψε, There certainly the death’s end enshrouded some [of them],

So many of the Achaeans met their end in two campaigns against Thebes and especially the Trojan War.

τοῖς δὲ δίχ᾽ ἀνθρώπων βίοτον καὶ ἤθε᾽ ὀπάσσας  Ζεὺς Κρονίδης κατένασσε πατὴρ ἐς πείρατα γαίης. While to the others he sent with them a living and abodes apart from men, Father Zeus the son of Kronos, and settled them at the ends of earth.

They were sent to Italy (which is pretty far from the Mainland), for a living, the abodes being the cities they founded there.

καὶ τοὶ μὲν ναίουσιν ἀκηδέα θυμὸν ἔχοντες  ἐν μακάρων νήσοισι παρ᾽ Ὠκεανὸν βαθυδίνην,  ὄλβιοι* ἥρωες, τοῖσιν μελιηδέα καρπὸν  τρὶς ἔτεος θάλλοντα φέρει ζείδωρος ἄρουρα.  And look, they dwell, holding a carefree heart In the isles of the blessed beside the deep-eddying Oceanus, Happy heroes, to whom the honey-sweet fruit Growing thrice a year—the fruitful earth bears them. * tell me I’m not the only one being reminded of this same word used in Teiresias’s prophecy—runs off to prepare for another post

Here, the Isles of the Blessed are depicted at the end of earth where the swirls of Oceanus flow. Note that in Roman mythology, the land of Hesperia (the western end of earth) was associated with Italy, and the colonies of Greeks (where Magna Graecia now lies) were also mentioned in Virgil’s Aeneid. Not necessarily what the Romans had in mind, but it’s an interesting connection nonetheless.

τηλοῦ ἀπ᾽ ἀθανάτων: τοῖσιν Κρόνος ἐμβασιλεύει.  τοῦ γὰρ δεσμὸν ἔλυσε πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε.  Far from the immortals—Kronos reigns over them. For the father of gods and men released him from his bonds.

Isn’t it fascinating that the god Saturn, the Roman equivalent of Kronos, was one of the most important gods in so many Italian tribes back then? Now that these Greeks were far from their homelands, far from the realm of the gods they knew of, and submitting to the reign of Saturn, who was associated with Kronos in the Greeks’ mind?

τοῖσι δ᾽ ὁμῶς νεάτοις τιμὴ καὶ κῦδος ὀπηδεῖ.  And honor and glory attends to these greatest ones equally.

Considering how many heroa (ἡρῷα) there were in Italy, yep.

So personally, I do consider the failed nostoi working well within the Hesiodic context, even though they are later traditions themselves, which are inconsistent with Homeric epics. But that’s my personal view. (And of course you can argue that the Isles of the Blessed here are associated with Elysium fields which means that they’re all sent there after death but hey you guys are even putting the location of Hades in Italy which is literally saying “the hell is right here in Italy” which I’ve been wanting to shout at for this whole time…now just allow me to have fun)

[llamatot]

The EPIC nerd in me cannot handle reading TSoA T^T

Odysseus just barged into Patroclus's room and when I realized who it was I was just like "OOOOOOOODYSSEUS OF ITHACAAAAAA"

And whenever Agamemnon/Menelaus/Diomedes/Tuecer is mentioned, I'm just like "DIOMEDES WILL LEAD THE CHARGE, AGAMEMNON WILL FLANK THE GUARDS, MENELAUS WILL LET OUR MATES THROUGH THE GATES AND TAKE THE WHOLE CITY AT LARGE, TUECER WILL SHOOT ANY AMBUSH ATTACK"

[luminouslumity]

Speaking of Epic, I have thought about this even back when I first heard the opening for The Horse and the Infant; I'm glad I'm not the only one and I'm even happier there's a mashup of it!

[spineless-lobster]

Holy shit okay so I’m listening to the horse and the infant RIGHT NOW and I am HAVING a RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE!!!!!!!

[the-delta-42]

Snippets #4

Telemachus: Diabetes Diomedes: Telemarketing Agamemnon: Arch-hiles Achilles: A game on Odysseus: Nestor, what are they doing? Nestor: Well, Penelope's Bitch, they're going over their code names. Odysseus: *Realises what Nestor called him* Hey! Teucer: He's not wrong, you do ask Penelope's permission to do anything. Lil' Ajax: You didn't build the horse until you got her permission. Odysseus:...That doesn't mean I'm her bitch. Penelope: Yes it does Odysseus: Yes it does

[silvercaptain24]

It's still Wednesday! I would love to hear about your wip :D

:D!!!

I have two!!!

The Epic sickfic I’ve been working on, and The First Father! (An LU AU.)

And so Odysseus did what he did best.

He pushed down his panic, fretted over Polites the best he could, and ignored his catastrophizing mind.

Eventually, Eurylochus sent Little Ajax in with express orders to “kick the captain out for an hour or two, so help me-.” And Odysseus wanted to protest sending in the literal child to take care of a sick person, but he really couldn’t argue with the logic presented to him. Little Ajax was the best fit.

The First Father:

“Here, this ought to help.” The first voice said.

…he knew that voice.

“Aria?” He rasped, voice getting caught in his throat.

“I’m sorry, no. I go by Warriors,” The first voice said.

First forced his eyes open.

His own face stared back at him.

[reach-for-the-horizon]

Update: I have been informed that my precious baby boy fcked around and found out: greek edition and has been smote(TM) so hard that his physical memory has been deleted from existence. I will be lighting a memorial candle for these trying times. @lyculuscaelus you have wrecked me emotionally but I appreciate you, so stay tuned for me attempting not to burn my uni dorm down I guess.

Guys what happened to little Ajax I am losing my mind I need to know

[sera8273]

Random question I have for you all when scrolling through ‘epic the musical AUS’

If there was a Harry Potter and Epic the musical Crossover, who would be in which house?

characters:

Eurylochus, Polites

Odysseus, Penelope, Telemachus

Hector

Odysseus crewmates (names are in tags)

Zeus, Poseidon, Hades

Athena, Aries, Aphrodite

Hera, Aeolus, Circe

Apollo, Helios, Hermes

HOUSES: Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw

Who would be the professors/head of houses?

Who would be Deatheaters?

Who would either take the role of characters in the books/movies or be their own characters?

It’s just something silly I wanted to talk about before going back to writing some snippets of more EPIC!

[gale-gentlepenguin]

(My Epic Headcanons)

Odysseus: Now that I’m back, I wonder what happened to everyone else? Hope they didn’t have as much trouble getting home as I did.

Telemachus: Oh I can tell you.

Odysseus: Great. Let’s start with Menelaus. How are he and Helen doing?

Telemachus: Well he was stuck in Egypt for a bit. But he wrestle Proteus who told him how to get home and break the enchantment on Helen.

Odysseus: Enchantment?

Telemachus: Yea, turns out Paris kidnapped Helen and used some sort of elixir to make her love him. So He and Helen were able to move past that. They explained when I visited… but I left as soon as they started going into detail on their sex life.

Odysseus: Wow, well that does explain a few things. What about little Ajax? Last I remember he was in some trouble but I don’t remember what happened

Telemachus: Died at sea. I don’t know the details just that he pissed off one of the gods.

Odysseus: Yea that tracks, what about Diomedes? I know that guy is probably still kicking.

Telemachus: Yeah actually. He got to Argos pretty quick. No travel problems

Odysseus: Lucky guy.

Penelope: Actually he wasn’t. His wife Cheated on him while he was away. He went to some other land. From what we know, he’s still alive.

Odysseus: I retract my previous statement. Let’s see… Please tell me Agamemnon is dead

Penelope: Yep, Killed by his wife (ex wife) and her lover. Now there is a whole family curse.

Odysseus: Deserved, but sounds like no one got out unscathed.

Telemachus: Nestor was fine. I was hanging out with him during my diplomatic mission

Odysseus: Oh that old bastard still kicking? He’s a funny guy.

Telemachus: He’s actually why I was late coming home.

Odysseus: Well I should let Menelaus know I’m still alive. Maybe he could visit.

Telemachus: We can always visit him.

Odysseus: Son, I’ve done enough sailing for a lifetime.