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ravenofsilver · 7 months

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Sometimes I see posts wondering if Patroclus and Hyacinthus would be friends in the afterlife.

And I want to assure you that no. They would absolutely not be. Why would Patroclus and Achilles be fond of one of the best-beloved of Apollo, the god who played a most direct hand in both their deaths?

Don’t get me wrong I see the parallels. But still absolutely not.

I do think Hyacinthus chills with Adonis. In some myths, Apollo is listed as one of Adonis’ lovers. I think out of the three, Apollo would have been the one to give that mortal the most freedom, the most room to breathe.

Similarly, in his courtship of Hyacinthus, Apollo took him to new places and taught him new things.

I think if there is anyone who could really appreciate what this means, it would be the two of them. So. Adonis and Hyacinthus are friends in death. But Patroclus and Hyacinthus would absolutely throw hands because they’re both slightly unhinged and very much in love.

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spiralingemptyness · 2 months

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Diomedes is the depiction of ‘it’s on sight’ (meaning if I see you, ima fight or kill you)

it doesn’t matter who you are or what you bleed.

Paris shot him in the foot, and what does he do, not bitch and moan about an arrow being in his foot, he decides to spews insults at Paris, talk about iconic

he throws a spear (guided by Athena) and wounds Ares, a war god, causing him to retreat

he harms Aphrodite just because she interfered in trying to help/save her son. Then later when Apollo was sent to retrieve the son, Diomedes tried to fight him.

Give this boy (he’s a grown ass man, buuut he was one of the youngest in the Trojan war) more appreciation, he can actually survive an arrow to the foot (classically calling out Achilles)

#diomedes #trojan war #greek mythology #greek gods #greek goddess #tagamemnon #ares #athena #aphrodite #apollo #paris #paris of troy #the iliad #got sent to war and made it everyone’s problem

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dhampiravidi · 8 months

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a second chance at death (and happiness)

Achilles had known that he would choose glory over a long life the moment he won his first duel. Granted, that duel had been against Patroclus, who he had already fallen in love with. The two vowed to bathe in the Lethe together once they reached Elysium, so they could have one or more lives together somewhere else. They shared the same heart, so they should share the same adventures.

And then Patroclus died, killed by Hector while wearing Achilles's armor. Achilles had never known grief like that before, and his only comfort was the visit from his beloved's ghost, after he'd tried to bury all his pain with Hector's. When Apollo's arrow, guided by Paris, found its home in Achilles's tendon, he cried out of course, but he was glad. He could tell by the strength of the poison (and how it sapped his own) that it was going to kill him. For a second, he remembered kind Chiron, and his own son Neoptolemus--and he pushed their memories aside. Achilles would be with his missing half as soon as he closed his eyes...

He found himself in the Fields of Asphodel, where he and the other shades, ghosts with hardly any color, wandered aimlessly between plain trees, only able to groan as opposed to talk. With a heavy heart and rage directed at the gods, Achilles sat and wept. Patroclus had gone to Elysium--why wouldn't he?--but Achilles had been damned. It felt like forever before he and all the other shades' attention was drawn to something with an enticing scent that seemed familiar...ah, blood. The thing that landed him in his own personal Hell. But he never expected to see Odysseus, solid and alive in Hades. As soon as he got the chance, Achilles warned the man against dying, explaining his own suffering. Odysseus had always been a person who commanded respect, and yet Achilles did not truly understand why until the hero convinced Lord Aidoneus himself to resurrect Achilles.

The king of Hades would warn Achilles against being impious in any way, but Achilles already knew. He would not mess up his chances at an afterlife (or another life) with Patroclus. And maybe he'd get to see his son after all--according to Odysseus, Neoptolemus should've grown up and married. Achilles had a brief reunion with his mother (a big hug and lots of kisses on his cheeks), then went to join Odysseus.

"I hope I'm not too late," Achilles said, only walking up to the older man once he and his people were done burying their friend. He held out his hand, thankful for the opportunity. Just breathing fresh air felt like a blessing, though it was far from the kind Achilles desired. "You quite literally saved my life. I am in your debt."

@eternaljunkyard

#achilles: thread #eternaljunkyard #lmk if there's anything you want me to change!

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death-before-ilion · 2 months

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Life of Paris (Alexander)

1231 (age 0) Queen Hecabe of Troy dreams that she is about to give birth to a flaming torch that sets her city aflame. Aesacus, son of Priam by his previous wife, interprets the dream and declares the child will bring the downfall of Troy. On the day of Paris's birth, Aesacus further prophetizes that any royal child born that day would have to be killed to save Troy. Paris is born that same day before nightfall. Priam spares the child, unable to kill his own son. Herophile, priestess of Apollo, insists the child must be killed. Priam asks his chief herdsman Agelaus to kill Paris. Agelaus cannot kill the child and exposes him on Mount Ida, where he is suckled by a female bear. Five days later, Agelaus finds Paris alive and adopts him and tells Priam the child is dead.

1216 (age 15) Paris routs a gang of cattle thieves and returns the stolen animals to the herd, thus earning the nickname Alexander. Soon afterwards, Paris becomes the lover of Oenone, daughter of the river god Cebren and oread nymph of Mount Ida.

1214 (age 17) Paris and Oenone get married.

1212 (age 19) birth of their son Corythus on Mount Ida.

1211 (age 20) Paris starts organizing bull fights on Mount Ida, which he wins almost every time.

1209 (age 22) Paris offers a golden crown as a prize for his next bull fight. Ares chooses to participate, transforms into a bull and wins the contest. Paris gives the crown to Ares without hesitation, the honesty of which catches Zeus's attention and leads him to decide that Paris will award the golden apple he has been keeping since the marriage of Thetis and Peleus to the fairest goddess. Judgment of Paris: Paris attributes the golden apple to Aphrodite, earning Hera's and Athena's enmity, but winning the promise of Helen's love, most beautiful of all mortal women.

1208 (age 23) To atone for the supposed murder of his own son, Priam has been organizing expiatory games. Paris's favorite bull is taken to be the prize of this year's games. He decides to participate to win it back. Paris wins all the games, which angers his brother Deiphobus, but his sister Cassandra recognizes him with her seeress powers and Priam welcomes him back to Troy.

1207 (age 24) Paris hires Phereclus to build a fleet, as advised by Aphrodite.

1204 (age 27) Paris and his cousin Aeneas and a contingent of warriors leave for Greece, pretexting to visit and enquire about Hesione, Priam's elder sister. They travel through Greece, and when they reach Sparta, they are welcomed and entertained by Menelaus, husband of Helen who is immediately smitten with love for Paris, as promised by Aphrodite. Menelaus must leave for Crete, for the funeral of king Catreus, his grandfather. As soon as he is gone, Helen embarks with Paris for Troy. However, to avoid being pursued, they detour south of Crete, to Cyprus and Phoenicia. Paris and Aeneas sack Sidon.

1203 (age 28) The fleet reaches Troy. Paris and Helen marry.

1202 (age 29) Birth of Bunomus, their son.

1194 (age 37) Birth of Aganus, their second son.

1193 (age 38) The siege of Troy begins.

1192 (age 39) Birth of Idaeus, their third son.

1191 (age 40) Oenone sends their now adult son Corythus to Paris to participate in the war against the Greeks. He is welcomed by Helen and is stricken by her beauty. Paris does not recognize his son and kills him out of jealousy before he is informed of his identity.

1188 (age 43) Troy is struck by a minor earthquake, but the three sons of Paris and Helen are killed by the collapsing roof of their house.

1184 (age 47) Paris duels Menelaus and is saved by Aphrodite. He wounds Diomedes and later kills Achilles with an arrow guided by Apollo. Philoctetes wounds Paris with an arrow bearing the poison of the Lernaean Hydra. Helen rushes to Mount Ida to beg for Oenone's healing skills. She refuses and Paris soon dies. Oenone commits suicide.

#ancient greece #classical mythology #greek gods #greek heroes #greek mythology #mythology #trojan war #chronology #paris #priam #hecuba #helen #aeneas #achilles #diomedes #philoctetes #menelaus #oenone

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slutcore-starships · 7 months

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Hey you should tell us things about the Trojan Horse... 🥰🥰🥰

alright strap in because i have . Thoughts™️™️

so the way the story gets taught - especially when not actually being told through the iliad and the aeneid - is that the king odysseus built the horse as a trap for the trojans and offered it as a gift; however, the wooden horse was full of greek soldiers who erupted out at night and sacked the city. its spawned its own term, a trojan horse, for something that seems like a gift but is actually a trap - its even its own sort of computer virus!!

AND ITS COMPLETE HORSESHIT

the horse isnt a gift to troy!! its a gift to the gods!! and removing that detail, boiling it down, stripping it of that context, fundamentally robs the story of its meaning!! the /entire point/ of /every/ story of the trojan war is built around the same principle - the same principle at the heart of the majority of stories and folktales from the era - and its fairly obvious from the very beginning!!

the whole thing only begins because the goddess eris throws the goddesses of olympus into chaos by pitting them against each other in a glorified beauty competition, which leads to them seeking out a mortal mediator in the prince paris. hera aphrodite and athena each appeal to the prince to choose them in exchange for an incredible reward, and /this/ is where he fucks up!!

if he just says “i hold the utmost respect for all the gods of olympus, which is why i could never be worthy of judging any of you,” then he probably just gets sent home with an olympian gift basket and the whole thing stops there, but he doesnt!! he’s suckered into the competition and takes sides between the gods, which is an /obvious/ fuck up, and pursues the lust offered to him by aphrodite!! he sacrifices his humility and grace in favor of his boner, and in exchange, he is offered the hand of a /married queen/, helen!!

(btw this is why i think the version of the story where he kidnaps her from sparta instead of just having a hell of an affair is the most impactful and likely canonical . the whole thing starts with him pursuing something that was never his in the first place!! the whole point is about his arrogance and greed and having this woman as an active accomplice, even if under some sort of spell, robs the fall of troy of some weight)

and when the war begins in earnest, arrogance and ego and pride are the defining factors of the conflict!! it is a source of division on both sides, it wrecks the greeks, it underpins the politics of troy, it is the number one reason why the named heroes who fall in battle do so!! hand in hand with that, you have the relationship between the gods and mortals!! the majority of the gods in olympus take sides during the battle - with those closest to aphrodite siding with troy and the rest rallying behind the greeks - and leaving their marks on the battlefield!! the only one who can even begin to compete with them is achilles - the most powerful demigod in the world with several gods behind him in his own right - and even though he manages to best ares (who is, quite frankly, the embodiment of arrogance and hubris in this story), he is still felled by an arrow guided by apollo!! even the man closest to divinity is not above the gods, which gives you a pretty good idea for whats about to happen to troy!!

so, when it becomes obvious that greece isnt going to be able to breach troys walls of their own accord and a few too many of their best heroes have been slain, odysseus comes up with a plan: the greeks will move to pull out and leave behind a cornucopia of offerings to the gods - most notably, a giant wooden horse to athena, goddess of wisdom on the battlefield, personal backer of odysseus, and one of the main goddesses scorned in this entire affair. the greeks gather and burn their dead, set up their shrine, pile up the offerings, and sail away.

and /this/ is where the themes of the entire story collide and bring troy to its need. drunk on hubris and the taste of victory, inflated on an ego that could lift them high above mount olympus, the trojan leadership decides that, actually, if you think about it, they /deserve/ those sacrifices, they deserve those offerings, thats a /hell/ of a horse and it should belong to us!! the priests obviously recoil, you cant just /do that/, what the fuck are you talking about, and they and those closest to them feel the way the winds blowing and dont quite drop their guard

once the trojans have looted the offerings and brought them into the city, they proceed to get absolutely shitfaced and party until they collapse, leaving only those with their faith shaken awake and alert. and we all know what happens next: the greeks spill out, slaughter their way through the troops, call the ships back, and sack troy. those who didnt put their faith in paris flee and depart for calmer waters - eventually going on to help found rome. the arrogance of troy sees it burn and the greeks emerge victorious, though a mistake on the part of odysseus - now himself drunk on victory!! - will see his path twist and turn as he must learn the humility that troy so utterly lacked. the /entire point/ of every story told about troy is that you dont place yourself above the gods - no one is infallible and no one is invincible, not achilles, not paris, not odysseus, and certainly not you!! thats the entire point!! thats the whole point of everything!! and that most crucial of themes is always completely abandoned!! the whole heart of the story is left to rot!! the cultural context is stripped away, and for what??

anyways . just a reminder that its never too late to learn something new and that arrogance and greed will never lead to anything but ruin for everyone around you, i guess

#i have . strong feelings on hellenistic folklore and the way it gets mangled in modern retellings #so many strip away the actual religious and cultural context and the result is always a worse story with nothing to say #engage with the themes of those who came before you #(whether you agree with them or not)#or perish ig

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bexinator · 4 months

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when apollo guided paris' arrow to strike down achilles do u think it was a mercy kill

#maybe he recognized the grief he felt after the loss of his mortal lover #maybe he remembered how he felt after hyacinthus #and decided to end his pain #i mean he is the god of healing #greek mythology

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beautifulbizarremagazine · 1 year

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“I've been wanting to create some classical mythology-inspired artwork for a long time. This new project is about the myth of Paris: he was the son of king Priam of Troy, Greek mythology and legends describe him as responsible for the Trojan war.” This is photographer @julyhendrix’s adventure into the realm of mythology, embodied by @hesalexnardelli. Giulia continues in the caption: “Paris was asked by the gods to donate a golden apple to the goddess he considered the most beautiful between Aphrodite, Hera and Athena; he awarded the apple to Aphrodite since she offered him the most beautiful woman on Earth, Helen, which was already married to Menelaus of Sparta: Paris took Helen to Troy and this lead to the war. Later, during the war, Paris, guided by Apollo's hand, killed Achilles, throwing an arrow at his foot.” — #beautifulbizarre #julyhendrix #photography #mythology #paris #contemporaryart #trojanwar #artphotography #fineartphotography #art #artist https://www.instagram.com/p/CnyGrA9Iab_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#beautifulbizarre #julyhendrix #photography #mythology #paris #contemporaryart #trojanwar #artphotography #fineartphotography #art #artist

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jo-doesdumbshit · 2 years

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Do you ever think about how maybe Apollo guided the arrow Paris shot to kill Achilles because he understood that heartbreak.

Apollo was in love with Hyacinthus (“So fiercely was Apollo in love with Hyacinthus”), a mortal. So when he died Apollo said :

“He would have become mortal and join his lover in death if he were able to.”

So when he watched Achilles weep and fall apart over Patroclus’ death, he was sympathetic.

That maybe he didn’t guide that arrow out of hatred, he guided that arrow because he was able to help Achilles have what he was never able to—to be with the one he loves in death—which is extremely poetic.

Again maybe.

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wisp-exe · 1 year

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a onepager on achilles for you

The Immortal Man

How can someone be both immortal and mortal? According to the Greeks, this story will tell you. Achilles was born mortal but would then become immortal, which is why he’s a fan favorite. There's even a phrase created from his story, “Achilles’ Heel”, used to explain that something is your only, or biggest weakness. He is one of the most well-known Greek heroes and for good reason. He was known as the bravest, most handsome, and greatest in Greece's army (“Achilles”). This was because he conquered much of Troy during the Trojan War. His story is fascinating, and has been told repeatedly by Greek mythology lovers, but how many people know the original?

Achilles became immortal during his childhood. He was born to a human and a sea nymph (“Achilles”). Sea-nymphs are monsters similar to mermaids, but they have been depicted with both legs and a tail. An oracle told his mother, the nymph, that he would die in war (“Achilles”). Quite similar to how the fates cut a string that told Percy Jackson that someone near him would die. After she found out that her son would die, she brought him to the River Styx. She dipped him into it, leaving only his heel untouched, which left his body invincible beside the heel (“Achilles”). She did this because the grief of knowing she would lose her son was too much to bear. She then would send him to the Court of Lycomedes, as the Greeks were told that they would need him to win a war, she disguised him as a woman so he wouldn’t be found (“Achilles”).

Achilles would go on to help fight in the Trojan War, but he died in the process. During his time at war, he would conquer 12 cities within Troy. After his friend, and potential lover, Patroclus died in war Achilles would avenge him (“Achilles”). He did so because of how much he cared about him. Achilles went after the man who killed Patroclus. However, an arrow guided by Apollo would be the reason he died (“Achilles”). The man who shot the arrow was Paris, the prince of Troy. Paris murdered Achilles in the hopes it would help Troy win the war, but it did not.

This is why Achilles’ story is told over and over again. People have always loved tragedies. He died as one of the greatest heroes in Greek history. A man who was practically invincible, but died from his only weakness. The greatest warrior, killed by an arrow blessed by the gods.

Works Cited

"Achilles." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 21 Oct. 2022. school-eb-com.content.elibrarymn.org/levels/high/article/Achilles/272697. Accessed 19 Jan. 2023.

#greek mythology #roman writes shit #achilles

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ct-2345 · 2 years

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An Eternal Duel.

THAT COWAAARD!!!

Paris is the name of that unworthy prince, striking my heel, he couldn't have done it by himself, him of all people should've been the last person who could DARE kill ME, he couldn't even fight Menelaus, but WHO could've helped him?

Aphrodite? No. Ares? Maybe, but he never really hated me or fought me, on the battlefield of the fields of Troy. Wait, it was Apollo, yeah, he even tried to stop me from going inside the walls. HE guided Paris' arrow, so it would hit my ankle, my ONE and ONLY WEAKNESS.

But now I don't have to worry about the war anymore, what I had to worry about is getting into the fields of Elysium, the region of the underworld for the worthy, as I face Charon, I reached for the coin imside my mouth and gave it to him, so I can enter the boat, travelling the river styx.

After some time, the boat stoped with fast halt so Charon says: " We're here. " in a raspy threatning voice, and well I left and looked foward, finaly I faced the beautifull, marvelous and imense fields, a part of elysium, and I starde walking and realised my clothes changed from battle hardend armour to light silky robes, one was white with golden accents on the edges and a cape dashed withe colours blue merging with light green just like the waters of my mother.

I spent hours walking around meeting other great people and warriors, until I noticed a mob wrapping around a place,as I went closer I heard sounds of metal clashing so I ran pushing people around to get to the middle, then I saw my beloved, Patroclus, swatting and hopping gracefully in shiny golden armour against a tall dark skinned man also with shiny armour, Memnom. I was confused, then a voice called out away from the mob: " ACHILLEEEEESSS!!!! " Someone had spotted me, and it seemed the crowd noticed the call too so I got out of the crowd and found a man with trojan like armour, so I remembered, Hector, and I responded: " So, are you ready to continue our duel? ". Hector smiled, around me battle armour formed, a spear and shield in my hands, so we both sprinted towards eachother to continue our duel,to compare our strengths.

As the Fates had written with both of our threads.

I hope you enjoyed this retelling. :)

#TeamTrojans

#achilles x hector #greek myth retellings #one shot

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foxglow-diner · 2 years

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The Iliad Book Five

I think I need to make a tally of how many times I’ve cried while reading the Iliad. So far I know damn well that I cried over Pandarus.

That shit hurted.

He was screwed over by Athena twice. The first, she tricked him into shooting Menelaus. Instead of his shot being fatal, she prevented the arrow from hitting a life threatening area. The second time, Athena guided Diomedes’ spear, thus killing Pandarus. He tried to repair his honor after being the one who was goaded into shooting Menelaus. For that he was killed by the same goddess.

When Aeneas tried to protect Pandarus’ body, he was hit by a boulder that Diomedes began to use. It shattered Pandarus’ hip, tore flesh, and made his vision go black.

This leads to another point I want to discuss. One that I also want to somehow address in my thesis. The Trojans and the gods, versus the Argives and the gods.

It can be summarized as such: While the Trojans are trying to genuinely fight this war–––this statement includes the gods helping them–––the Argives are committing atrocious war crimes.

Aphrodite is a rough topic in the Trojan’s defense as is Paris. That situation cannot really be defended on their behalf. Helen most definitely didn’t deserve what happened to her, and Aphrodite and Paris’ treatment of her is abhorrent.

Diomedes actually mentioned this when he stabbed Aphrodite, but then ended up trickling into how she shouldn’t be saving her son, even though Diomedes himself, was super charged by Athena at the time.

Now, Apollo, Ares, and Hephaestus are trying to provide support to the Trojans without being completely overbearing. Ares only stepped in when Apollo advised. Ares did, however, stay out of battle at the beginning of Book Five because Athena told him to (for her personal gain, I may add). When he stepped into battle, he didn’t advise, he didn’t imbue anyone with power. He gave one rousing speech or two, then helped fight. Hephaestus saved his own child. As did Aphrodite for Aeneas after Pandarus was killed. Apollo solemn appeared at this time, but he still offered aid where and when he could.

Meanwhile, Athena and Hera are going balls deep interfering. Athena super charged Diomedes, and even gave him the order to attack Aphrodite if they crossed paths. She eventually–––when Ares was back in the fight–––lifted that rule, allowing Diomedes to attack any god. Hera prior to this change in rule, went to Zeus, complaining to do something since Ares was ‘participating’, and it would be unfair if she couldn’t.

I know damn well that the only two reasons why Zeus agreed was for two reasons: the biggest is that he had to crush the Argives, so until that time came, he had to appear fair, and the second is that he didn’t want to deal with Hera arguing with him.

In Book Five, there was something peculiar about the way it was written. Now, this might be simply explained by my translation, I’m not sure. Any time an Argive dies, he is provided insight about his life–––such as his lineage, parent’s lives, the dreams, and people he wanted to see after the war–––and was quickly avenged. When a Trojan died, he would be given significantly less. On one page, a Trojan died and got a single paragraph, while two Achaeans died, and received a long block of text, that could be broken into four paragraphs.

I have one large reason to explain the unfairness displayed. Homer himself didn’t want to tell a story that shed the majority of the gods’ favorites, and the gods themselves, in a nasty light. Which can be a front for the actual truth: Homer felt for the Argives, knowing how they were fighting for a multitude of reasons, even losing sight of the main one. Helen was a shoe in reason, and often told as the second reason or the cover reason as to why an Argive was fighting.

From the Trojan perspective, they were fighting to survive the brutal Argives, to protect their remaining city, Troy itself. Hector had brothers, blood brothers, on the battlefield with him, and was trying to ensure his and their royal dignity maintained, even Paris. Hector was doing the most in every military and human department. And he was killed by Achilles. His body was famously mutilated for all the surviving Trojans to see.

For the reason to explain the verses favoring of the Achaeans, Homer was doing it out of pity. He said that this is the fury and unfortunate might of the Argives. No matter how noble you are, they will crush you if they’re determined enough.

It is the rough, meticulous crafting that Homer spent on the details of his characters’ behaviors that draws me into the tale. And again, I’ve expressed interest of this particular area of The Iliad for my thesis. I need to pull it all together after I finish my reading.

#the iliad #apollo #aphrodite #athena #hera #zeus #homer #achilles #hector #hephaestus #paris #diomedes #readathon #ronin talks about the iliad #ronin reads the iliad

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soartfullydone · 6 months

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Aphrodite also

send me a character ask

Oh, man, you're really making me dig into the reaches of my memory here, okay

Favorite thing about them

That she can find so much fresh excitement and intrigue in people, despite her age and immortality. It's that aspect of new love that she embodies.

Least favorite thing about them

I'd say her very human-like pettiness, but that's true of all the gods. So maybe how, with a serene smile on her face, she allows others to willfully misunderstand her. It's not that she can't stand up to the other gods; it's that she doesn't see much point. They're all stuck with each other, regardless of how much they may bicker and side against each other. In that way, Aphrodite feels as distant from the other Olympians as Artemis does, at times.

Favorite line

The way I have not looked at that manuscript draft in [redacted] years. I should really do that.

BROTP

Aphrodite/Persephone because ladies need to support each other getting theirs, know what I'm saying?

OTP

If you're not multi-shipping the goddess of love and beauty, you're doing it wrong. But I'm particularly fond of Aphrodite/Hephaestus, Aphrodite/Ares, and Aphrodite/Hermes, and what if all that was happening at the same time?

NOTP

Aphrodite/Zeus because I just don't want Zeus to have nice things

Random headcanon

Despite Aphrodite's role in helping start the Trojan War and her siding with the Trojans, she came to greatly admire and desire Achilles. That Achilles met his downfall due to a violent love and heartbreak for Patroclus (not to mention an arrow from Paris, Aphrodite's champion) speaks to me. Yeah, sure, Apollo is attributed to guiding his arrow, but was that truly the case? Have we not proven through the entirety of the Trojan War how destructive love and desire can become?

Unpopular opinion

Related to the OTP answer, but Aphrodite should've been allowed to have multiple lovers and polyamorous relationships (including with women) without it being either a big deal or something that ends in humiliation or tragedy. Let my girl be free, and let her change her form every so often.

Song I associate with them

"Mermaids" by Florence + the Machine

Favorite picture of them

i don't have enough money for chickin nuggets :c

#i gotta.... get back to this novel #wip: gods and goddesses

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kairenn-n · 3 years

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Apollo had to throw Patroclus off the wall, twice, and then he had to guide Paris' arrow towards Achilles... Took divine intervention to bring them down indeed

#yeah finally finished tsoa and. im not ok #the hannibal brainrot is Here #the song of achilles #hannibal

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shayyyy · 2 years

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Achilles' fall ; inspired by The Song Of Achilles

Spring crept on the nation of white, painting the city with the petals it brought,

Eyes stinging from the salt waters whose ends were unknown,

Deep blue, stretched forever, tinged with green,

Yet nothing paralleled the depth of the Pelides Achilles' eyes.

Persian blue eyes streaked with emerald,

that put all the seas of Greece to shame.

Eyes like those, with so much value, found only young Patroclus,

With the deepest heart and honey like brown skin.

Oh so young and in love were they,

blind to their doomed from the start fate,

the most powerful love in the world, above all,

would be the one to bring their downfall.

Wild and free like all young hearts should be,

they slept under stars and whispered pretty words,

eyes following only each other in a room full of beautiful princes,

for they were, for now and for ever, the only one for each other.

Then came the mighty battle, destined to bring glory for Pelides,

Days of long fighting, nights of mourning,

Achilles' strong hands, feared by the Trojans, bloody from their fallen mates,

only softened for Patroclus at dusk's end.

Glory seemed easy to reach

Until Prideful Atrides plucked Achilles' prize,

Innocent Briases was stolen, tormented and afraid

And this was the beginning of Achilles' rage.

The Achaean army slaved at war

Dying away without man's greatest warrior,

Prince Hector of Troy slaughtered them all,

While Achilles and his men only watched from afar.

Gentle Patroclus could not bear to see

His friends and kin fall to his lover's rage,

For the first time, he begged Achilles,

Only to receive no heed.

Adorned in Achilles' armor from head to toe,

Face covered with a shield, Patroclus rode out,

With a war cry so loud he even fooled himself,

And bested many Trojan warriors and finally faced Hector himself.

Handsome Hector, the bravest of Troy, was a noble man.

He struck Patroclus because of his excellent guise,

The lover of Achilles fell, courageously yet scared,

all while trying to fix the cracks caused by Pelides' pride.

When Achilles, Greatest son of Greece, heard of Patroclus' fall,

He casted aside his pride to fix the damage he made,

And rode out with a shield forged by Hephaestus himself,

But still, grief was his best shield and his anger his sword.

His name echoed through the field as he rode out to war

So powerfully, the Earth trembled in fear.

He called out to mighty Hector to receive his vengeance

And finally drove a spear through the Brave Trojan's heart

Hector's end was not worse than what followed,

The best of Greek men, the most vicious of them all,

Rode around Trojan's prided walls with Hector's body tied to his chariot

Until King Priam himself, lent his pride, bent the knee and wept for his lost son.

Achilles' grief was so far it echoed through the grounds,

He singlehandedly brought down many of Priam's sons,

So much bloodshed, even Lord Apollo, with the golden hands, who favored Troy,

Wept for all its fallen sons.

The rider of the sun had enough of brave, innocent warriors succumbing to the great War,

He guided young Prince Paris' hand to end it all.

The arrow flew through the field and found its mark

in Great Achilles' heart proving again that Apollo's arrows never fail.

So the Great hero fell in mourning and in pain,

his anger finally subsiding while thinking about his love,

Apollo gave him life by taking it away,

Saving his humanity and reuniting them in their graves.

Troy could not be saved,

the death of Hector guaranteed their fall,

but Achilles' heart was saved and he was once again, young and in love,

And somewhere out there, he was happy with the cause of his fall.

#song of achilles #the song of achilles #greek myth poetry #poetry #achilles x patroclus #tsoa achilles #patroclus

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gracemainblog · 3 years

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I will forever be mad about the fact that Rick decided to take Achilles's curse away from Percy, and then treat it as something insignificant for the rest of the story....

Because, there was a way to keep it in the story, and to not have Percy an "overpowered mess"

Idk if you've read The Song of Achilles, but I absolutely adore the way Madeline Miller treated Achilles and his gift, which was to completely ignore it and follow the og "he was excellent in battle" storyline.

Now, of course, the fact that Rick Riordan decided that the river Styx granting people godlike strength and immortality would be part of the Canon interpretation of the Greek myths on the pjo universe cannot be ignored, and thus, RR couldn't have followed the way Madeline decided to ignore it.

BUT HE DIDN'T NEED TO STRIP PERCY FROM IT!!!

In my opinion, one way the "curse" can be interpreted is not in the literal sense of an impenetrable armour around someone's body, but more like unbelievable luck in the way that every strike from your enemy would fail to hit, the weapon suddenly changing course as it approaches the bearer of the curse, providing a gap in their defence that they can use to kill the enemy.

Not quite making them completely invincible, but make it so that divine intervention is needed to find the "gap" in the curse (the same way Apollo guided the arrow Paris shot through Achilles's heel). That way, the curse wouldn't make Percy "immortal" but just really really hard to kill which is way more feasible both irl and on the pjo universe.

Just imagine the possibilities! (I'm also a die hard fan of dark!Percy because let's be honest, it is what would've happened if Percy wasn't the "pure hearted protagonist" he was made to be bc pjo is a children's story first and foremost); the slow descent to madness, not being able to discern right from wrong, the questioning of his abilities and his right to bear the curse, to enjoy himself with it, because let me tell you, Percy enjoying killing monsters and getting a high with his powers and becoming a "monster" himself, does not mean his fatal flaw is gone...

Percy going on a killing rampage because one of his friends died... Going to the extent of defying the gods...

#Pjo #TSOA #Dark!Percy #percy jackson #Rick Riordan #Achilles curse #Achilles #*clenches fist*#I just really really wish RR could've let us see that....

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karma-likes-his-corner · 3 years

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"Please! Don't do this!" Patroclus cried from beyond the veil. His voice was held back by the spirits as Achilles tied up his sun golden hair again. Somehow Patroclus knew it would be the last time he would do that amongst the living.

Achilles eyes raged with the most brilliant flames. The gods pulled back from the heat, even Apollo was surprised by the harshness of it.

One could only look on as the vengeful man tore flesh from bone. He cast aside his enemies in tens, none with a second thought to their memories. Should you choose to fight a hate this deep, it should kill you.

Yet Achilles didn't fight to win. He fought to die. One lucky shot. That's what he wanted. As he let out fearsome roars he hoped for that one bloody stab to his heart. For nothing could bleed him worse than the loss of his love.

The gods allowed Patroclus to watch. They'd let him watch the love of his life in silence. Hades was never pleased at the sight of death without form or purpose. Yet it was his obligation as each soldier looked around in the underworld with bleak weary faces. Gone far too soon.

Hades knew it wasn't long for Achilles. He'd promised Patroclus to take dutiful care.

They watched on. Finally, among the sky Apollo lets out a sad sigh. He'd warned the price of vengeance and hate. He'd sworn by his prophesies and everyone knew it. Some shielded their eyes.

To loose such a beautiful thing.

To rip it from this earth seemed a sin.

Apollo dipped his head to Patroclus as he guided the arrow of a young man. As Achilles cuts down another, Paris' arrow finds his heel un-dipped of immortality. Achilles feels it rush through his bones. He could feel the very snap of his life as a delicate string was cut.

The golden figure seems to crumble before the world's eyes. Yet he feels no real pain. Or at least not pain any bolder.

As everything slips away he would laugh had he the ability. The tears couldn't even come to his eyes. He let the earth take him as his soul pulled from his chest.

First before his gaze were the soft guise of Patroclus. There was a moments pause as Patroclus wondered if Achilles had truly feathered that veil which seperated them.

When Achilles let out a choking, hoarse noise it became very obvious that he had.

Patroclus was released to take Achilles into the soft embrace of death. A feeling that felt much softer than death had been described.

Achilles let out a soft laugh as the smaller man seemed to coddle him. He stroked the blonde locks now unstained with blood. He took in a deep breath of him and sighed to push down the tears.

Death gave them a moment. Their enemies felt a small sense of light. Even in the absence and destruction of a hero. The end seemed much kinder to the man than life had been; as they began to argue over his armor once again. Such a petty grievance of course.

The two begin to walk. After all the underworld awaits.

Hades welcomes the two men personally who laugh the entire way down.

"I told you I wouldn't last a day without you" Achilles muses while playing with Patroclus' hair. Patroclus didn't find the comment amusing.

"You're a fool, and tempered poorly" Patroclus still softens to kiss the side of Achilles mouth. "You've stolen luck that I love you anyhow."

Achilles melts with a sigh. The cold of death still hasn't touched him yet when compared to the warmth of Patroclus' adoration.

"Gentleman" Hades greets.

Both men bow and when they rise again Hades leads them further down. Though eternal in it's empty shallow, the two are promised that they shall suffer death together.

Together in eternity.

A dream by another name the two remain.

[Always loved the boys so^^]

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