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[nikoriis]

Rhesus (the play) is so funny. Like,

-"Hector rhesus is here to aid us" "oh NOW that we're winning everyone comes to help us 🙄"

-Aeneas looks at Hector fully armored, ready to fight, and not subtly goes "ah if only men were skilled at both fighting and thinking. if only."

-Hector: dolon what do you want as a reward for your mission?

Dolon: achilles' horses.

Hector: NOOOO BUT I LOVE HIS HORSES.

-Hector saying "listen my only goal is to get out of this alive"

-Odysseus and diomedes night raid ft. athena

-odysseus calling hector "our hector" ("he's becoming very daring, our hector!")

-Diomedes: Odysseus it'd be very disappointing to leave without inflicting some pain upon our enemy

Odysseus: what are you talking about we've caused GREAT pain to our enemy!

-Athena: Are you two disappointed that the gods didn't let you kill hector and paris?

*odysseus and diomedes nod* :((

-Athena: here comes paris

Diomedes: oh great, here's the man to kill!

Athena: DIOMEDES NO

-Hector, breaker of horses, saying "may the gods never let me desire horses so much that i would be willing to kill friends for them!" once he was accused of killing the trojans

[theodysseyofhomer]

i can’t fucking believe no one told me about euripides’ rhesus. it doesn’t really have a plot. it’s iliad book 10 in the form of a bugs bunny cartoon. odysseus’ last line in the whole play is “i saw the murderers! they went that way!” (is the murderers. gets away in the opposite direction.) a page later the trojans are like “wait, fuck, was that odysseus?” “based on past crimes it has to be” “who’s talking about odysseus i HATE odysseus” meanwhile the surviving thracians are going What The Fuck Is An Odysseus while hector wishes desperately that he could get a full night’s sleep. diomedes is also in this play, stabbing sleeping men and rustling horses. no one cares

[sarafangirlart]

Athena is NOT Odysseus’s conscience or a manifestation of his guilt, she’s literally this:

[sarafangirlart]

I think Nolan’s Odyssey is yet another example of why color blind casting is a bad idea and how it can straight up circle back to being racist. Like Nolan casts a black Helen, then has her getting her face scarred by her white husband as punishment (mind you NONE of this happens in mythology), is that not insane? Is that not racist?

Same energy with ​retellings that make Andromeda black only to make Perseus an abuser, yet that same retelling would still get praised for its racial representation.

[smokey07]

Menelaus???

THE Menelaus who was remembered by being Helen fucking husband???? Who got deified because he’s Helen’s trophy husband??????

[ulises-aithon]

Menelaus seeing scarred Helen would send him into a killing frenzy. WHO DARES TOUCH HELEN AND DEFACE HER!?

[a-bottle-of-tyelenol]

With the new Odyssey movie coming out, I feel the need to remind people that EPIC was an artistic passion project made by a one (1) guy who loves the Odyssey/Iliad. It was never meant to be a faithful adaptation and comparing its so-called “shortcomings” to a mega Hollywood production with an over 200 million dollar budget and acting like it’s somehow more offensive or just as bad of an adaption is insane

Dislike EPIC if you want, I really don’t care, but the way y’all treat artists (especially indie ones) just because something they made isn’t to your taste is really gross imo

[sparkskun]

inspo!!

[ithacantrickster]

would NOT trust Odysseus with pulling out an arrow like that 🏹

commission for @michellesaturm <3

[lesbodysseus]

I'm so tired of people saying “oh Odysseus only cared about Penelope and Telemachus and no one else”

Because like Odysseus cared about Penelope and Telemachus a lot, but they were definitely not the only people he cared about, Odysseus did care about his crew(I'm also so tired of people primarily epic fans saying that he DIDN'T care about his crew which is a rant for another day) and he cared about some of his other companions during the trojan war like Diomedes, Menelaus, Agamennon etc etc and even got along with Achilles too, he also obviously cared about his parents Anticlea and Laertes, Odysseus cares about a lot of people that aren't Penelope and Telemachus. You can say he cares about them the most but they are not the only ones And it's a misunderstanding of his character to say they're the only ones he cares about

[emmikay]

(about the Trojan Horse)

Agamennon: This plan is stupid. 

Odysseus: Hey, nothing I’ve done so far has been un-stupid, and we’re still alive, aren’t we? 

Agamemnon:...  

Menelaus: I can’t really argue with that, but I feel like I should.

[yennishadows]

I'm in Athens rn and this afternoon I went to the Museum of Ancient Greek Technology and there was a room dedicated to armors, so I'm here to show you all Odysseus's armor.

Ody's the one on the right, the one on the left is Achilles's.

And I personally think it's funny. Like, how can you take seriously someone with all that color on his armor. It looks like a carnival costume (not that Achilles's with that helmet with 4 horns isn't funny too). And I know I'm probably biased bc of course we don't see this type of armor on a daily basis, but still.

There were also Agamemnon, Menelaus, Hector and a few real ones (like Alexander the Great) and these things were HUGE (and all of them with weird helmets). This is probably why the the Trojan war lasted 10 years. Cus it took longer to put on armors than to fight actual battles lmao

[katerinaaqu]

What I love to point out when I am comparing the two apart of course from the intricate patterns is the protection.

Odysseus wears his armor long. Making sure he is covered as much as possible. Which is characteristic of his prudent nature and he makes a good combo for stealth and speed but he values more stealth

Achilles wears his armor shorter. Valuing speed over stealth. Characteristic of his that he is a warrior who values heroic battle more than protection or that he has more faith in his skills in battle.

Very good job in conveying that

[thetiredprometheus]

Athena and her little (and big) wolf <3

[a-french-coconut]

Odysseus and Diomedes just be doing all the side quests in the Iliad

[a-v-j]

new au idea 😭 long text warning?????

The AU begins with the windbag disaster near Ithaca. Odysseus got knocked overboard and got washed up to the shores of ithaca, but his crew got stirred somewhere. He made it home but HAS to go back to the sea to retrieve his men. Bonus new crew(including stowaway son, Telemachus and Young Antinous and Eurymachus :D)

Ahem

Odysseus and his crew are very close to home

The windbag opens

The ship is destroyed by the released winds

Ithaca witnesses the disaster from shore, making it public trauma

Telemachus is around 10 years old

There are no suitors yet

Odysseus is war-worn but not yet shaped by later canonical trials

The crew is lost or missing at sea

Odysseus is the only survivor who returns to Ithaca

Odysseus refuses to accept the loss as final

He stays in Ithaca briefly but is consumed by survivor’s guilt

He believes his men may still be alive somewhere at sea

He decides he must return to search for them

Odysseus initially plans to go back to sea alone

This comes from guilt and refusal to risk more lives

Ithacan elders intervene

Instead of Odysseus choosing a crew, fathers volunteer their sons

The boys join the voyage as a search and rescue cohort, not soldiers

The motivation is honor, duty, and proving themselves

The boys are enthusiastic about serving under Odysseus

Antinous is 14 and joins the cohort

Eurymachus is 16 and joins the cohort

Future suitor figures are included in this group

Penelope becomes the emotional anchor of Odysseus’ departure

Odysseus explains he must search for his lost crew

Penelope is devastated but understands

Odysseus gives Penelope a “permission clause” to remarry if he does not return by the time Telemachus has a beard

This creates emotional suspension once Telemachus later sneaks aboard

Penelope and Anticlea support each other in Ithaca

Anticlea is alive in this AU

Both are grieving mothers in different emotional directions

They stabilize Ithaca during uncertainty

Anticlea gives Penelope hope by saying Odysseus has survived the sea once before

She believes the sea has already failed to claim him

The departure voyage begins at dawn

Odysseus sails with the volunteer cohort of boys

Antinous and Eurymachus are part of the crew

The ship leaves Ithaca to search for the lost crew

Telemachus sneaks aboard the ship

He is about 10 and a half years old

He refuses to be left behind again

Antinous discovers Telemachus below deck

The crew realizes the prince is onboard

Odysseus is immediately informed

Odysseus reacts with tactical panic and emotional shock

He realizes the mission is no longer just a search operation

It is now a voyage with his son onboard

Odysseus confronts Telemachus

Telemachus says he refused to be left behind again

Odysseus warns him about the danger of the sea

Telemachus insists Odysseus is not invincible either

Odysseus orders that Telemachus stays within sight at all times

The crew reorganizes around his presence

Antinous adjusts into structured planning and watch systems

Eurymachus reacts with chaotic but functional energy

Odysseus becomes a father-figure to the crew of boys

Each boy takes on a role within the ship’s structure

Antinous becomes observant and strategic

Eurymachus is brash and unpredictable

Telemachus is emotionally driven and determined

Odysseus begins actively teaching Telemachus seafaring skills

He teaches knots, ropes, sails, navigation, and survival

Telemachus falls asleep mid-lesson

Odysseus carries him across the deck

The moment mirrors infancy memories

The ship becomes a symbolic cradle

Odysseus reflects on holding infant Telemachus years ago

He realizes he is finally acting like a father again during the voyage

[si-siwrites]

Some fanart for @fictionforlifenz 's frayed feathers au!!!

The First Time

Because I was thinking about how terrible it must have been before he got used to it, which then of course just makes it horrible in a whole nother way.

Was getting kind of worn out on another high detail project, so i decided to make this! Anyways the frayed feathers au has me frothing at the mouth, I love wing fics, especially ones thst are whump heavy!!! Something about wing care.

Edit: Whoops forgot the ankle wings were mostly white, just fixed that up

[halfinsihedthings]

Imagine Odysseus and Athena, maybe

(Let’s pretend the lines aren’t all over the place shhhhhhhh)

[a-thousand-ships]

No one talk to me ever again

[eminainvicta]

So how about that olive oil