this-sapphic's-iad

greek mytho obsessed + other ancient civilizations|I LOVEE ancient history and texts|slight nerd on fashion history|helenistic| also do like my fair share of musicals :D

[echo-loves-flowerboy]

Never getting over Eumelus', son of Admetus - the guy who coasted through his whole life on the good grace of people who just couldn't stand to see him unhappy - one important action in the Iliad being participating in Pat's funeral chariot race, getting help from Apollo, getting absolutely DESTROYED by Athena as collateral damage when she helps Diomedes win, coming in last and then STILL getting a prize from Achilles just because he felt bad for him.

The puppydog eyes are clearly hereditary, the entire line of Admetus is a threat to godly and human integrety because people can just not be mean to them ever

[butchvirgil]

very ironic how hector's horses' names are just epiteths you could use to describe achilles... oh man godlike sprakling swiftfoot blondie's coming for you

[sapocipo]

-Object: Psiché au tribunal de Vénus

I shared this work before but I am going to share again because I just found out something...

I thought that this lady next to Aphrodite was Peitho but according to the description from the British museum this is HERA!

Psyche before the tribunal of Venus: the butterfly-winged Psyche stands at left, before a carved throne upon which Juno and Aphrodite are seated; Cupid stands and mourns at right; three winged female figures hover behind the throne; before title. 1825 Lithograph

hehhehe look at em

[echo-loves-flowerboy]

Lucian's texts truly the gift that keeps on giving bro really predicted the Hades fandom 2000 years ago

[fionaneedsamango]

So supposedly.. Achilles' birthday is on June 7th and Patroclus died on June 6th.

Soo with that logic uhh..

rest in peace hector, breaker of horses, son of Priam.. we're still missing you gng 😔😔

[fionaneedsamango]

I don't understand the portrayal of "evil" Hector (even though everyone was morally grey and-) in Patrochilles fics. Like you know you CAN make him evil without him lusting over Patroclus right?? Because that is probably the last thing he'd do as a super evil, morally black guy?? You know that, right? right??

[fionaneedsamango]

umm who do you think is the top & bottom in Hector x Andromache?

UMMM 😨😨

probably Hector if you think about it 🤔🤔..or maybe you could say they switched

[thecordedbed]

'Troy as it appears after the excavations of 1879'

From Heinrich Schliemann's Ilios the City and Country of The Trojans, 1880

[barbies-favourite-silhouette]

Trying to draw yuri & yaoi in peace but your conservative, homophobic parents see you 🥀🥀

[thoodleoo]

the concept of venus/juno toxic yuri in the aeneid is really good just on its own but it becomes insanely funny when you imagine that the entire time they're on their manipulation grindset 5D lesbian chess game aeneas is out there on the mediterranean sea like

[fionaneedsamango]

WHY DOES HECTOR HAVE TO DIE IN FANFICS AS WELL?? WHAT IS WITH THIS MAN'S OBSESSION WITH DYING AND NARRATIVE DOOM??? STOP IT YOU LITTLE SHIT

[echo-loves-flowerboy]

Do you guys think Apollo watched Cassandra scream and cry to her people that they should throw the wooden horse off the highest cliffs of Troy, get ignored and dragged off into her room and thought for just a second that if he had not punished his priestess so cruelly his city would still be standing the next day?

[page-archived]

Why is my trojan war yuri so much different than my trojan war yaoi like.

Yes, here is my Cassandra/Helen they are very deep in their sorrow and desperately want the war to end. Its toxic at first but they comfort each other, uplift each other, cry for the fallen, and hate Paris. They get drunk together and hold each other while sleeping. Cassandra finds Helen beautiful, mind and body, and Helen finds Cassandra's arms the safest because she knows they can rely on each other.

yes here is my menelaus x paris. i thought it was funny.

[sapocipo]

Ugh this guy is in almost every depiction of couples in mythology, doesn't he gets tired of third wheeling? Who invited him anyways? Where is his mom?

[fionaneedsamango]

This is how i imagined Odysseus & Diomedes in Iliad book 10:

[catchymemes]

everyone: happy pride month 🌈

my brain at 12:00 am on june 1st:

[most-sane-classicist]

me and my co-citizens (moots) staying active in the local economy (reblogging each others posts) to keep money circulating through the small businesses (each other's notifications)