#literally don’t forget them if you welcome the brainrot of all the Achaean kings
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The difference in popularity when it comes to the nine ἀριστῆες who volunteered to duel with Hector (ten if we’re counting Menelaus) has never ceased to amuse me. Like, despite being specifically listed by Homer to tell you that they’re the best of the best and having a bunch of mentions in the Iliad, Idomeneus and Meriones just didn’t get the popularity as Diomedes and Odysseus got, then Agamemnon and the two Aiantes having the next tier of popularity. Still, I believe the two of them were mentioned every now and then. Meanwhile, do I even need to mention Eurypylus son of Euaemon and Thoas son of Andraemon?
#how are we forgetting Eurypylus urging the soldiers on to aid Ajax after himself being wounded#how are we forgetting the lil convo he and Patroclus had back in the camp in book 11#how are we forgetting Thoas whose father was handed the throne of Calydon by Diomedes when Agrius was dealt with#how are we forgetting Thoas who ordered the rest of the troops to fall back while the ἀριστῆες can still hold their ground against Hector#literally don’t forget them if you welcome the brainrot of all the Achaean kings#that’s all I’m saying#tagamemnon#the iliad#homer’s iliad#trojan war#Eurypylus son of Euaemon#Thoas son of Andraemon#Idomeneus#Meriones#Odysseus#Diomedes#Agamemnon#Ajax the Greater#Ajax the Lesser#lyculī crustula
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