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dilutedh2so4 · 1 month ago

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Oenone had the gift of prophecy, she knew what would happen from the start, and yet she still loved Paris for the time she had with him. The main reason she sent out Corythus (to guide the Achaeans to Troy / to plot against Helen / to seduce her) is because her father had taunted her about having “lost” Paris to a “more beautiful” woman.

It varies with her intent in not healing her husband (Lycophron says his wound was incurable; Parthenius makes her still set out to save him just after rejecting the messenger; Quintus gives her that whole speech wholeheartedly spurning him; Conon has her praying for him to be wounded and forced to come back to her) yet the stories all end the same. After hearing of Paris’ demise, Oenone ends her life - out of grief, or regret, or both. Morbidly, this is the one of the few consistent things about her portrayals.

Oenone loved Paris even after all he had done, that she would go so far as to lose her will to live when he died.

#this is not to excuse paris’ actions #i was just a bit tired of the whole “oenone hates paris” idea circling around which has so little nuance #obviously i dislike the “women killing themselves over their male lovers” trope #and funnily enough i do actually enjoy oenone’s character and all the stories surrounding her #(there’s one where she takes out the messenger before taking out herself.. bonus points for double kill ig)#but i beg for a fuller discussion #one day i’ll make a more detailed post #perhaps going through all the sources (if possible lol)#hopefully for corythus too #he’s got fewer than his mother at least #(well- in the sources where she IS his mum)#this was mostly just a spur of the moment yap tbh #and i fear the tags may be getting longer than the post #anyway #oenone #oinone #corythus #korythus #paris of troy #paris and oenone #posthomerica #lycophron #cba to list em all #tagamemnon #trojan war #mythology stuff #mop

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