#epic the Musical

[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!

[sodapanque]

No le pidas que mueva la cama dónde te juró amor eterno, eso jamás

[kdpartworks]

Cloudyseidon, first encounter! And apparently he's with Odysseus and Telemachus D: Ody's design and ofc also Poseidon is in the design of neal-illustrator!

[mushyooms]

silly

[ochiody]

he wants you to look at his son

[tenoart]

Happy early Valentines losers

Also have these doodles

Lil shitpost as a treat

[melodyartist]

What's going on?! I'm seeing so many Poseidons around lately, such an high fishy activity

Especially @messymoonmad @pink-noah and @kamuch-kommando they have been interacting a lot, so I decided to kidnap their guy and made them meet mine mwahahah!

They are just popular girls meeting up with the loser of the bunch, but in reality he may act all grumpy and offended but how can he be??? He just met the popular squad 🔱

He will probably giggle to himself later

In the meanwhile Odysseus is scared to death

[nothing-impt]

Odysseus in Book V of the Odyssey wearing Leucothea's veil

[irunaki]

so your merch thingie had circe as an option, but i don’t think i’ve seen your circe :0 could you perhaps show it :3

smt like this :3

[messymoonmad]

If Telemachus and Amphinomus were to be romantic with each other, how would you portray it? I'm really curious to see they dynamic between the two

(I found your art about 2 weeks ago and been obsessed ever since ❤️)

Something like that

It would work cause canonly amphin was against killing tele

[evanthetrashpanda]

Don’t hide this in the tags you coward

I NEED THIS FIC THO PLSSS

why are all these modern aus for the Odyssey set in a high school. where's the retelling where Odysseus is just a guy lost in an airport who keeps missing his connecting flights home due to a comical series of delays and disgruntled airline employees

[sodapanque]

Hermes: Si corro y salto hacía Ody seguramente me atrapará en sus brazos. ✨ ¡ALLÁ VOY! ✨

Ody: ¡NO! ¡HERMES, ESPERA! Estoy amarrando la bolsa- de viento.

[kdpartworks]

Cloudysseus part 9!

[irunaki]

ur kitty Odysseus bit me!!! >:(

sorry he gets nervous when not with his wife

[thegreatmoof]

Amazing notes on this one.

Was curious how far Ithaca was from troy today while listening to epic the musical and rereading the illiad and I found this map

I think odysseus would have been better just to walk😭