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I had to
#odysseus#diomedes#the iliad#little iliad#<- is that a tag??#tagamemnon#greek mythology#art#digital art
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Forget anime! We have Diomedes rampage, Odysseus stabbing the guy through the heart FROM HIS BACK and Achilles piercing Penthesilea ALONG WITH HER HORSE with his spear! (And the dudes throwing rocks at each other)
#odysseus#greek mythology#tagamemnon#the iliad#homer iliad#the epic poems were fucking brutal!#penthesilea#achilles#diomedes#achilles and penthesilea#epic#epic cycle#heroes of trojan war#sacking of troy#trojan war#imagine an actual loyal adaptation of the epic cycle in 2d!#post iliad technically?#homeric poems#aethiopis#little iliad#iliou persis
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I need an Andromache retelling where she kills Neoptolemus.
#greek mythology#andromache of troy#Andromache#hector#hector of troy#neoptolemus#priam#astyanax#the iliad#little Iliad#euripides
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Introducing, the Telegony's lesser known annoying little brother
#dw I hate them both equally#me and the homies hate the telegony#me and the homies hate the little Iliad#odysseus#the odyssey#homer's odyssey#the iliad#homer's iliad#telegony#little iliad#greek mythology#greek myth#greek mythology memes#greek myth memes#ancient greek memes#ancient greek gods#ancient greek mythology#ancient greek#greek heroes#greek posts#greek gods#greek memes#epic the musical#epic: the musical#diomedes
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Time Travel Question 21: The Library of Alexandria (Miscellaneous III)
I welcome your suggestions for both Library of Alexandria and other lost works of World Literature and History, as there will be future polls.
#Time Travel#The Library of Alexandria#Little Iliad#Trojan War#Nostoi#Cypria#The Epigoni#Seven Against Thebes#Alcmeonis#Iliou Persis#Telegony#Ennius#Aristotle
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Sorry Ajax
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"The horse and the infant"
#I didn't realize it would be so hard to draw this.#epic the musical#greek epic#odysseus epic the musical#menelaus#tagamemnon#agamemnon#epic the musical fanart#Diomedes#little ajax#neoptolemus#homer iliad
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Share with your dead lover who historians will call your bestie>>>
#Achilles#patroclus#Patroclus of opus#tsoa#the song of Achilles#patrochilles#hades achilles#hades patroclus#hades supergiant#hades game#tsoa achilles#tsoa patroclus#the Iliad#fan art#it’s ok guys they just have headaches#this is before they re-united#both r miserable but Achilles refuses to explai his actions even a little bit
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they are comitting Crimes
#this isnt really the iliad but#the iliad#little iliad?#odysseus#helen of troy#thats the last of the new designs yippee
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"Hector was a good man" "diomedes was an honorable man" BZZZT WRONG. Diomedes was there to steal, burn, and wage war same as the next person. In fact, he was pretty adamant about it. Hector had no issue with the greek's actions, merely that they were directed at him—I mean look at what he wanted to do with patroclus's body, only to then cite respect for funeral rites when it was his own turn to die. Hector also owned slaves within his own city walls—people that he likely took from their homes during troy's own conquests. All that seperated him and the greek warriors was which side they were on.
The Iliad isn't a story about morally upstanding men. Sure, it has men who have honor and perform honorable acts, but these are not good samaritans. It's is a story about war and grief and the real victims of fights between so-called-honorable men and gods. The urge to find a "good guy" in this story is wasted. Hector doesn't have to be morally good just because achilles isn't. Troy didn't lose because they were more or less evil than the greeks. It all just. Is. Because of fate? Because the gods said so? Because people will always make disastrous mistakes and it will always end up biting not only them, but everyone else around them? Who knows? In the end though, doesn't it all feel so pointless in the face of the endless amounts of grief and destruction that war leaves behind? Maybe that's the whole point
#who knows if thats the point homer wanted to make#but with our modern lens#thats the lesson that is the takeaway#the urge to create a good and a bad side is useless here#hector being a loving father doesnt change that hes a warrior#in a city state that came to power by trampling and enslaving surrounding regions#diomedes being obedient to athena and brave to a fault doesn't absolve him from the acts of the greeks of which he was a willing participan#its not about good vs evil#its about greeks vs trojans#and about how pointless that really is#achilles#hector#diomedes#the iliad#homer#the song of achilles#odysseus#agamemnon#hector of troy#diomedes of argos#all that being said#despite achilles being my fave i tend to see the trojans side more#they r dirty little conquerors same as the greeks BUT in this instance they are the defenders so I have some sympathy for them#greek mythology
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original @roachcicle @corvigender
#tagamemnon#greek mythology#greek myth#agamemnon#achilles#my art#fanart#iliad#the iliad#whyd no one tell me iliad is spelled with only one L WHAHBAHDBHADHJAGDHAG#achilles: what the sigma#feeling kinda rnagrh art-wise so. Something a little silly
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dionysus and apollo!
i call this mythology studying
close ups under the cut 🫶
#they are my silly little guys#two pretty besties#apollo#phoebus apollo#dionysus#greek myth art#greek mythology#oracle at delphi#the iliad#greek gods#tagamemnon
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I love your style sm!!! Especially how you draw Patroclus and Achilles 💕
AAAA tysmmm anon 🫶🫶🫶 You’re too kinddd :D
Patrochilles are my beloveds I’m glad you like them, I hope you don’t mind some art of them (but they’re young now)
Idea by: @spineless-lobster ,, patrochilles and figs are my guilty pleasure I do love this idea dearly
#this is not Iliad patrochilles#well. the designs are#but it’s from tsoa so I’ll tag it as such#tsoa#the song of achilles#tsoa achilles#tsoa patroclus#tsoa patrochilles#achilles#Patroclus#patrochilles#tsoa fanart#very jarring to draw my Achilles design with green eyes#bcs if i remember correctly that was a huge deal in tsoa#i don’t remember lmao#he is normally my beloved little blue eyed sharp teeth pointy eared freak (affectionate)#I see why people like the green eyes tho it compliments him very nicely#deadbaguettesart#deadbaguettesask
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Golden apple revamped, except this time it's Calypso, Circe, and Penelope. Calypso promises you Paradise, pleasure, and euphoria. Circe promises you power, to have the words of magic pump through your blood. Penelope promises you a home to come back to, a family to love.
Who do you choose?
#This took a little less than an hour lol#honestly#i love how this turned out#MX paint and mouse coming is CLUTCH#the odyssey#odysseus#the iliad#homer#greek mythology#epic the musical#epic the circe saga#epic the wisdom saga#epic the musical fanart#jorge rivera herrans#penelope of ithaca#calypso#circe
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woah, your art is rlly pretty !! looks like a calming tea and vitamin gummies at the same time… have you ever drawn apollo, hermes, and dionysus in one scene?
i present to you
#fanart#my art#art#greek mythology#hades#hades supergiant#apollo#apollo hades#hermes#dionysus#dionysus i love you and your big thighs and mischievous nonchalant-like aura#ares#he's there too ig#and bumblebee!#but it's And Ares!#shitpost#of sorts#the iliad#ALSO TYSM FOR THE COMPLIMENT#tea and vitamin gummies is such a strange way to put it but thank you#i love all of the little comments of feedback#i love all of u#mwah mwah#tysm#tysm guys :(#i love u all my goobies
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TW: Mentions of SA
In my works, and other places, people have been asking me my opinion on Achilles attacking Troilus. I would just preface I’m not an expert on the Trojan War. I was sick the week we did the Iliad in high school and they made me perform as Odysseus when we read the Odyssey and i had no clue what was happening, but I am in the process of reading it now.
I think if you are studying these events from the perspective of the god Apollo, then Achilles kind of loses his Brad Pitt appeal that the movie Troy (which I have never seen) gives him. So if Achilles is your guy, stop reading. I’m thought dumping.
There is something wicked and powerful about Achilles k*lling and r*ping Apollo’s own son on his own altar in his own temple. Because that is the implication of the iconography and artwork.
Achilles drags Troilus by his hair to the altar of his father and the story doesn’t say if Achilles r*pes him, but it is implied. For one it talks about Achilles being overcome with lust for Troilus, who is the image of Apollo in human form. A beautiful golden haired, youth.
Not only is Troilus the son of Hecuba, he’s Apollo’s image. Sources say he is the most beautiful of the Trojans and Greeks. But he has been designated a fate where he represents the city of Troy. Hence the name Troilus. If he reaches adulthood, the city survives. If he dies as a youth, the city will fall.
Athena leads Achilles to Troilus to ensure his death and thus Troy’s fall. She does not account for HOW Achilles kills Troilus.
He sees Troilus on his horse, and he is overcome with lust. I think he probably offers Troilus some sort of deal, come sleep with me and I will let you and your sister go, but Troilus refuses and runs away and hides in his father’s temple. He is a little kid running to his father for help. But, Achilles breaks in, finds Troilus, and enraged kills him either on or near the altar of Apollo.
Troilus is the image of Apollo. He is his son. He is a prince of Troy. I think this is a tipping point for everything—the point of no return.
This seals Troy’s fate, but I think the reason for that are because of Troilus’s death. I think before this point there is the possibility there will be peace. I think Big Bro Hector would have sent Helen back, I think peace would have been sued for and Troy would stand. But Fate has to be accomplished. This is the point where Troy no longer gives a damn—their prince has been m*rdered and r*ped on the altar of their chief god. Priam is upset because he loved Troilus as his own son, and he calls Achilles a child-slaughterer after that. Hecuba is besides herself, and Hector wants to kill Achilles. I think this is the point where they decide that, yes, they are going to die fighting this war, but they have a GOOD REASON to. It’s not about Paris and Helen and Aphrodite and a dumb apple. It’s about a boy being murdered.
But Apollo, Apollo is now vengeance. He is acting as an arm of fate. He’s already peeved at Achilles, who had killed another son Tenes. (A different story about Achilles r*ping someone)
I said this to one of my commenters—an altar is a god’s dinner table. Apollo’s hands are tied by something—either Fate or Thetis or his Father, and he cannot stop Achilles who is savagely attacking his own son on his own table. He has to watch, has to sit there and taste his own son’s blood in his mouth, watch him brutally die.
Achilles’s fate is sealed. Apollo is going to kill Achilles. It’s just nine years later.
In the art, Thetis, Athena, Apollo and Hermes are in the background of this event. Athena and Thetis as support of Achilles, but it makes me curious what Hermes is doing there. Is he holding Apollo back? Has Thetis begged Zeus for Achilles life? Athena regretfully watching as she accomplishes her plan only to realize WHY it worked?
I think in this way you can fashion the Trojan War as a direct conflict between Apollo and Achilles. Everything else is going on around it, but at the heart of it, is Apollo and Achilles. Apollo waiting for his father and the fates to give him the go ahead because Achilles will die, and Apollo is going to take away everything from him in the process. Briseis, Patroclus, and then he’s going to take his life.
Achilles is the villain in Apollo’s story. He’s invulnerable, he’s circumventing fate, he r*pes anything under his power, he disrespects the gods. He is a lesson in what men do when no one can stop them, and the most powerful thing is that the Father wins. He finds and kills his son’s murderer even after all the roadblocks in his way.
Troy is a revenge story, and if I ever get to writing it in my series, it’s going to be written like a revenge story.
#apollo#greek mythology#the iliad#rant post#im open to thoughts#im not an expert#i just have a lot of feelings#but seriously#achilles bothers me#apollo is the only one who should have gotten to kill him and im glad i was not deprived of that#Trojan war#troilus was a little boy#achilles was a young man#troilus was trying to save him and his sister
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