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mothmanismymainman · 1 year

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the iliad as those bird memes (sorry for weird formatting at the end)

achilles:

patroclus:

helen:

diomedes:

hector:

odysseus:

andromache:

calchas:

paris:

bonus! clytemnestra:

#achilles #patroclus #patrochilles #odysseus #hector of troy #andromache #helen of troy #helen of sparta #clytemnestra #tagamemnon #iliad #odyssey #oresteia #diomedes #paris #calchas #greek literature #greek myth memes

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alporquia · 10 months

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Etruscan bronze mirror of Calchas the Seer Reading a Liver. Late fifth century BCE.

#haruspicy #haruspex #calchas #kalkhas

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adriles · 4 months

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t he most pompous warrior kings have stooped to contracting Apollo’s plague just to own the augurs. Grow up

#book 1 #chryses #calchas #agamemnon #apollo

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littlesparklight · 1 year

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Some thoughts on Iphigenia's sacrifice and the Iliad...

The Iliad obviously suppresses that it happened - I don't actually think one can categorically say it didn't happen in the Iliad's presumed version of things. Partially because unlike some other things that get presented differently if not outright denied that they happened at all (Troilus, say), the Iliad speaks, mostly, from silence on this matter. Probably because the topic/situation isn't fitting with the tone it wants to take, and it will, no matter what one tack one takes with Agamemnon for it, have implications for him.

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I'd say it still happened, because Agamemnon's attack on Calchas sets Calchas' prophecies as being specifically "evil" TO HIM, as a precedent for the new "evil" Calchas has spoken involving Chryseis. Sure, you could go with that he's presenting the whole war in general and thus Calchas' reading of the snake-and-sparrows omen as specifically aimed to bring grief, personally, to Agamemnon, but again... Wouldn't it be more reasonable that Agamemnon is referencing, in the most briefest and vaguest manner possible, an actual prophecy of "evil" that led to personal grief and evil for Agamemnon?

(And I don't think Agamemnon's accounting for his daughters as possible wives for Achilles say anything. He's counting up the alive ones, since, whatever the name of the daughter sacrificed (the Catalogue of Women, after all, uses "Iphimede", which is neither Iphianassa nor Iphigenia), she's certainly not available for marriage either way.

#trojan war #agamemnon #calchas #iphigenia #greek myth thoughts #the iliad

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piristephes · 2 years

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Prayer for Ornithomancy/Augury (Bird-Watching Divination)

Calchas, friend, guide me to see The feathered beasts above Whose portents the Gods send And interpret well what is to come By Phoebus whom to all omens belong.

portuguese:

Calcante, amigo, guie-me a ver As bestas emplumadas acima Cujos portentos os Deuses mandam Para que eu interprete o que virá Por Febo, a quem os presságios pertencem.

#prayer #hellenic polytheism #divination #ornithomancy #apollo #apollon #devotional text #helpol #calchas #calchas hero #kalkhas

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foxglow-diner · 2 years

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We’re kicking off my readathon with some Book One fun.

We get this little paragraph:

“Rage–––Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus’ son Achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses, hurling down to the House of Death so many sturdy souls, feasts for the dogs and birds, and the will of Zeus was moving towards its end. Begin, Muse, when the two first broke and clashed, Agamemnon lord of men and brilliant Achilles.”

It’s a fucking banger. And then we proceed to steadily get context for this paragraph. It’s revealed that Agamemnon screwed over the Greeks because he refused to give up a woman. Not just any woman, but the daughter of a priest of Apollo, Chryses. This man prayed to Apollo, who responded with nine days of a plague on the Argives.

Agamemnon ignores this threat. Greeks die. He is confused. Why was Apollo mad? Who knows? On the tenth day, Achilles is upset that so many comrades are dying. He goes before Agamemnon, suggesting that before the Greeks leave the area, they get a seer, to figure out why misfortune befell them.

You see, this is quite hilarious. We all know damn well that Agamemnon was responsible. Achilles (or anyone else for that matter) couldn’t tell Agamemnon outright, running the risk of his anger. A seer was naturally the best response. This is where the icing on the cake comes in. The seer, Calchas, comes forth in his mystic awe. He prefaces his prophecy with a request: Achilles needs to protect him on Apollo’s name (Calchas’ main deity) because the cause is unfavorable.

This low rate seer knew it was Agamemnon. And he felt the need to make such a request because it would piss of Agamemnon so much. No one wanted to put up with Agamemnon. The Greeks resorted to divine explanation from a con seer instead of telling Agamemnon that he is an ass to his face.

I love it.

#the iliad #ronin reads the iliad #ronin talks about the iliad #readathon #senior thesis #achilles #tagamemnon #calchas #apollo #greek mythology #agamemnon

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comparativetarot · 2 years

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The Magician. Art by Chance Kony-Fouletier.

#Chance Kony-Fouletier #The Magician #Major Arcana #Tarot #Folklore #Greece #Literature #The Iliad #Calchas

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dilfaeneas · 2 years

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Imagine this came out yesterday. Calchas laughing at the knowledge that the prophecy about his death was wrong only to laugh himself to death

#tagamemnon #classics #ClassicsTober #greek mythology #greek heroes #calchas #post the fall of troy #trojan war #the iliad #prophets

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ywmn5yuvxtxedu · 1 year

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ancientgreekheroes · 1 year

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Calchas v1 - Poetry Aloud

Calchas v1 – Poetry Aloud

Listen to some original poetry aloud!

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d-lude · 5 months

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thought i should introduce the other two most important characters in the paper trail au comic (other than rue)

^ calchas, the great sage

^ thorn, the main hero

#randys random ramblings #miitopia - the paper trail #my stuff #oc: calchas #oc: thorn #btw calchas uses they/them pronouns and thorn uses he/they pronouns

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i-spilled-my-soup · 2 years

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rare rachel drawing from user at i hyphen spilled hyphen my hyphen soup

#me browsing through the greek women plates #they had rad fashion #asklepios au #soup art #rachel elizabeth dare #also i am pretty sure ancient greeks pierced their ears #since hera puts on earrings to woo zeus in book x or smth of the iliad #oh maybe rachel has like. triple piercings #au lore i think she works as the camps prophet #like calchas in the iliad #all i know abt ancient greece is from wikipedia the iliad and overly sarcastic productions #do i trust herodotus

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15055034455 · 1 year

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new reading of brba/bcs in which Mike has narrative awareness which makes his arc both more sad (because he knows he cannot save his sons but will try anyway. because he knows that the bad choice road will always be taken and where it will end) and simultaneously weirdly more hopeful (because if he knows it will all inevitably repeat, then what he does for Kaylee actually isn’t meaningless. as long as she’s happy and innocent and provided for within the confines of the story, it doesn’t matter what happens to the money after, because there is no after). this does not conflict with canon because Mike simply would not feel bothered to mention any of this to anyone

#this has nothing to do with calchas robertickeoresteia #*mike voice* 'look. you pay your money you make your choice'#'the road is about to split. an action is coming you either make or you dont. make that judgement'#he literally does say that tho #the inherent human connection of 'this play from 2500 years ago reminds me of my shows :) '#mike ehrmantraut #brbabcs

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adriles · 10 months

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If you ever in your life had this thought:

"Hmm, Today I think I will not heed the warnings of seers and augurs."

me and my men will NEVER fight with you!!!!

#agamemnon #book 1 #calchas #chryses

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incorrecthomer · 2 months

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Odysseus: Can we stay with you tonight? Achilles: Both of you? What happened? Diomedes: Someone was playing with an ouija board and cursed our tents. Odysseus: Calchas wasn’t any help. He doesn’t know how to banish erinyes, so he’s just throwing salt at them yelling “does this look like a hotel to you!?”

#greek mythology #incorrect greek mythology #greek heroes #incorrect greek heroes #iliad #incorrect iliad #incorrect greek quotes #incorrect quotes #achilles #odysseus #diomedes #odysseus&diomedes

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transbutchbluess · 5 months

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iphigeneia is so precious to me (i’m 1500 words into writing the scene of her sacrifice, from her pov. i need to read iphigeneia at aulis again tomorrow because i’ve been writing from memory and i know i made mistakes/forgot to include some ritual steps)

(also i know euripides says calchas is the one who holds the knife but for me it’ll always be agamemnon, it might not make sense but idc)

#i’m always so obsessed with child sacrifices in myths #like i think about the binding of isaac everyday too #helpol #yes i’m dedicating this writing to artemis #iphigenia #ancient greek mythology #ancient greece #greek myth retellings #greek myths #greek mythology #iphigeneia #writing #writers on tumblr

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