Epithets!
Not exhaustive, of course, I'm not that crazy. But a couple things that might be interesting, maybe! To note first of all is that epithets are partially ruled by metric necessity in the whole line, so they don't always say something in regards to what is used where/when for characters. That doesn't mean, however, they don't say anything, and the use is worthy of a look!
Dios.
One of the most "basic" ones is probably "dios" (literally "divine", translated variously and shining, radiant, glorious, illustrious, etc); it gets used a lot, for a lot of characters. However, the distribution still varies;
Achilles: 57
Hektor: 38
Odysseus: 22
Agenor: 7
Agamemnon: 6
Alexander/Paris: 6 (4 times along with "husband of fair-haired Helen")
Sarpedon: 5
Diomedes: 4
Helen: (as "divine among women"): 3
I've excluded any use below three times, but know there's quite a few people who does get it one or two times! But the way only three people have it applied the most to them is interesting! (Admittedly I might be off 1-2 occurrences or so for Hektor and Achilles especially, I almost lost my place a couple times in the list.)
Theoeides/Areiphilos.
These two are being considered together for of the simple reason that, out of the 12 times this is used of Paris, 6 of them alone are in Book 3. This is complementary to how of the 19 times it's used of Menelaos in the Iliad, 13 of them appear in Book 3.
Whatever other considerations, they're definitely being very pointedly used here.
"Theoeides" is one of the words for "god-like" but very specifically "god-looks"; physical appearance such as the gods'.
Areiphilos is usually translated as "loved of Ares" but a couple times, undoubtedly depending on translator, it can be translated as "warlike" instead. This is about Achilles in Book 2, and in a couple places a probably formular phrase that reads "the Trojans and the [warlike/dear to Ares] Achaeans" in some manner.
Aside from those few instances it's used in the collective and the once to refer to Achilles, Iliad-wise Menelaos basically "owns" this epithet.
Paris isn't the sole individual theoeides is used for, but he's certainly the one it's used the most of. Priam comes next, at 9 times of use. The ones it's used the most for next is Telemachos (6 times) and Theoklymenos (5 times) in the Odyssey. So even taking these two together, they don't quite add up to Paris' total.
Good at the war cry.
This is basically "shared" between Menelaos and Diomedes, though Diomedes edges him out slightly; it's used 19 times for him and 16 for Menelaos.
Xanthos.
Much like areiphilos and good at the war cry, this is basically Menelaos' epithet alone in the Iliad (used 17 times). In other sources/genres, Helen gets this applied to her as well, though! (Hesiodic corpus and by lyric poets.)
Shining Alexander, husband of beautiful-haired Helen.
I have no idea why, but this is, epics-wise anyway, only used of Paris. Nowhere I've found in the Odyssey is it used of Menelaos, and I have no idea if it might be used of him in other sources. If it's not, Paris alone gets this epithet.
It's used 6 times in the Iliad, and four of those six it comes with "dios" in front. It's used when Paris arms himself for the duel, then when he speaks out against Antenor, refusing to hand back Helen; it's then used when he kills Nestor's horse as well as when he injures Diomedes and Machaon (but not, despite the beginning pattern here, when he injures Eurypylus). The last one is when Hektor finds him on the battlefield and then proceeds to - with no cause - insult him.
I think the interesting thing here is that, aside from when it's used in the nightly Trojan council in Book 7, which definitely is probably rather pointed given what Paris is saying, this epithet is pretty clearly war-related.
Not in the way that it describes prowess in war, because it obviously doesn't. Rather, that it occurs when Paris is actively (about to) fighting, and specifically accomplishing something martial.
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MUKU 💥 do u have any cover song suggestions for a character who has a very stressful job & is overworked?? for a friend :3
FELIX 💥 i can try !!!! First song that comes to mind is (Not) A Devil!
(Not) A Devil: "I'm a part-time prize pupil, having another clandestine rendezvous with myself tonight. I'm drained, oh so drained, but ah, I'm in attentive prayer. But really, i perform poorly"
"The maliciousness of the quote 'its for your own good' salaries exploited by the line 'your dreams will come true' ah, highly addictive things always hide a trap, my soul's been reaped"
The Guide: "I dream, but it blurs with longing and envy, like my vision has somehow dropped to the negatives. It was a life of wanting to try my best."
"I'll punt away my favourite reward as I put on a mask and say "no, no!" insisting on modesty. I hate it. It bothers me. My heart is unfulfilled."
those two are probably the only songs that could be explicitly about work, since deco's speciality is relationships... so for the rest of these songs, we'll just assume the person they're dating and directing their feelings to is their job!
Streaming Heart: "An inner voice brutally warped by this relationship. I will aim for a "love-lost" ending to the story, giving rise to a sense of hatred would be a great success"
"Coming to hate the connection which was made, saying 'youre better off alone'. Anyhow, if there was just another of me over there, well then, surely happiness could be found"
Android Girl: "I'm out of my mind. I know I'm yours and yours alone, but do you even like 'me'? You've just been deceiving me the whole time, the whole time, haven't you?"
"I didn't know whether it was okay to have whatever hopes I wanted. Have the end credits still not rolled across the screen? 'We'll always be together wherever we go' seriously makes me wince."
Hedgehog: "Don't be prickly with me! Each time we touch, I throb. If I prick you, you might hate me. Well, there's no way that will happen! ...Atleast, I think."
"I'm sighing because I'm tired of my heart pounding. How irresponsible. We're stuck in a rut. Y'know, maybe we should try to fit in a break here."
118: "Hey, all the effort we put in, hey, it was all a lie in the end. I'm just struggling, aimlessly struggling, to get through the day with those differences gone."
"If it's a finger to make a pinky promise, then sorry, I don't have any left; I used them all to tie our dreams together. I don't even have enough energy left in me to slap you. And I can't scream for help with your saliva lodged down my throat."
Neo-neon: "e.g. I don't know everything about you. e.g. I can't be your ideal person. Does that suprise you? Didn't you expect that? How should I answer to all of what you want to do?"
"It's all a waste if the end comes, I can't say it even if it kills me. Going in circles, neo-neon, I should have told the truth if it was going to be like this, but I wanted to keep on shining to show that I can lie for you"
Theory Of Negativity: "There's no such thing as freedom in the bounds of my hypothesis. It's not like you'd ever understand, so I'll just keep my mouth shut and make a fool of you. As long as people have secrets to hide, I'm invincible."
"I say 'I'll just die', but am I really even alive in the first place? Even if you get fed up with someone and start treating them poorly, since nothing will change, 'I want to change' is the only wish I want granted."
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boss' daughter I ln4
pairing: lando norris x brown!daughter reader
summary: lando is down bad for zak brown's daughter but shes a little hard to get
notes: I know this isn't pt 3 of my other mini series BUT i thought of this idea and had to do it immediately hehe, I really like this one
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user i wanna see her at races shes so cute😭🫶
y/nbrown vegas! ill be there🤭
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user help why's lando in his boss' daughter's likes
landonorris 🤩
user norizzzzz
user is this him shooting his shot AHAHHA
user NO LANDO SHES MINE
user IT GIRL
user landooo👀
y/bff/n pretty girl
y/nbrown love u babes
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y/nbrown college student by day, dj by night😝
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y/bff/n ur so unserious babe
y/nbrown i ate, the people loved me
landonorris as a retired dj maybe you can give me some inspiration to start again
user LANDO???
user he's crushing so hard OMFFFF
user zak brown reading this: 🤨🤨
zbrownceo dont have too much fun!
y/nbrown 🫣
user such a dad reply lol
user y/n brown slaying once again
user so excited to see you back in the paddock soon🫶
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danielricciardo you're perfect for him
y/nbrown who???
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y/nbrown vegas babyyy
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user gorgeous girl
danielricciardo finally reunited with my favorite brown
y/nbrown was too busy girlbossing sorry
danielricciardo what a shame, there's someone who's been waiting to meet you...
y/nbrown hm, i didn't meet anyone new🤷♀️
danielricciardo next race then
user is daniel hinting that lando didn't meet his crush sjsjkskks
user wait he hasn't EVEN MET HER?!?!
user im guessing not, shes been pictured with other drivers but never lando
user here for landos comments
landonorris maybe you should come to a race where I'm not crashing😅
user norizz strikes again
user its the fact that she never even replies and he's still trying HAHA
user hes fr out here risking his seat for her just not to respond back
mclaren 🧡
user shes finally back in the paddock!!!
user im surprised she doesn't go to more gp's, her dad's literally the ceo of mclaren😭
user i think she's mentioned shes very busy with uni so her schedule usually never aligns with the races
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abu dhabi, UAE
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y/nbrown escaping cold new york weather
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user OMG shes gonna be at the gp again this weekend!!
user landos got one more chance to shoot his shot before the season ends😭
landonorris hope to see you at the paddock!
danielricciardo thanks for letting me borrow that $10 mil bro I owe you🤝
maxverstappen1 thanks for saving my cats out of that burning building, you're a true hero🤝
alex_albon thanks for paying off my whole family's debt mate🤝
carlossainz55 thanks for gifting me that mclaren, i love it mate🤝
user ALL THE DRIVERS IN HER COMMENTS IMDEAD
user his rizz was so bad they had to step in omg.
user and she still hasn't acknowledged lando AHAH
user a true girlboss, I love her
user i need to know what zak brown thinks off all of this😭
user next season of dts gonna be craZy
user everybodys focused on the comments and not at the fact that these lyrics sound a little sus...
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dannyyyy🤠
y/n wyaaa
im in the mclaren garage rn
y/n
aren't you suppose to be in umm idk YOUR OWN GARAGE?
dannyyyy🤠
yeah but I need to do something real quick so come
y/n
does this have anything to do with lando?
dannyyyy🤠
maybe...
y/n
im sorry but he's exactly why im not in the garage rn
dannyyyy🤠
WHAT WHY
pls dont tell me I hyped him up just for you not be interested...
y/n
im not NOT interested
but he's my dad's driver danny
this can get messy so fast
and what if he doesn't approve
dannyyyy🤠
oh you americans and your dramatics
hes already talked to your dad dummy
y/n
wait really?
dannyyyy🤠
you really think he would PUBLICLY hit on his boss' daughter without asking first?
y/n
idk never really thought about it
dannyyyy🤠
JUST COME DOWN HERE YOU MUPPET
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landonorris didn't win the race, but i won her heart
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user FINALLY
y/nbrown cheeseball
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user HE ACTUALLY GOT HER
danielricciardo youre welcome
y/nbrown you pushed me in front of him then ran away...not the best wingman
danielricciardo its not like landos rizz was gonna get you together🤷♂��
y/nbrown true
landonorris hey! I wasn't that bad...
y/nbrown whatever helps you sleep at night hun!
user y/n blink twice if you need help
y/nbrown blink blink
landonorris 😔
user obsessed with y/n bullying lando in the comments
user I know I love them already
zbrownceo better take good care of her lando
landonorris sir yes sir🫡
user we can no longer make norizz jokes. sigh.
notes: what did y'all think of this one? I loved making it🤸♀️
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