Wouldn’t You Like?

[theodysseyofhomer]

odysseus absolutely does present a threat to penelope if he perceives her as at all unfaithful, and i feel the unfairness of this, and i think people tend to undersell how much tension at least potentially exists between odysseus and penelope. but i'm also like. his reaction, all speculation aside, his actual reaction in the odyssey to her flirting with the suitors is delight, because he immediately ascertains that she is running a con. sorry that they're so in-sync in spite of the forces that try to drive a wedge between them, including their own misgiving hearts. sorry that they invented homophrosyne ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[strinak]

oh, you meant they literally did, ok

[theodysseyofhomer]

would i, tumblr user thee odysseyofhomer, lie to you?

[polyphemusthecylcops]

...

[theodysseyofhomer]

this is the only funny addition to this post

[what-even-is-thiss]

During fight scenes in the Iliad there’s even more lists than usual because every single time that a named character dies (and there’s a lot of them) Homer has to give you the story of his life and who exactly is gonna be mourning for him when he doesn’t come home.

Which is good at showing what the horrors of war look like on a personal level. I kind of like it. But also eventually all of the sad stories just start blending together.

And then in addition to that sometimes when a guy kills someone or is about to kill someone he gloats, retelling the life story of the guy he killed and telling everyone on the other side to suck on his nuts because he killed their friend and now his children and wife (who he also knows the name and life story of for some reason) will have to live without him haha suck on that

Also there’s the long speeches people give to the gods while they’re removing a dead man’s armor. Yelling at Zeus usually. And then you can tell that Homer is stalling for time trying to remember what happened next because he starts listing off the order in which everyone started looting bodies. There’s also extremely detailed, graphic, and gory descriptions of how almost everyone dies, including one guy whose eyes pop out of his skull for some reason.

God, I love this book.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Another thing about the Iliad and the odyssey that always gets me excited because I’m a nerd is that if you pay close attention you can find stuff that’s a remnant from Mycenaean Greece before what we typically think of as Ancient Greece.

For example the Greeks are frequently referred to as “long haired” when everybody knows that by the time that we usually think of as Ancient Greece men usually had short hair.

Something that’s a bit harder to catch unless you know what to listen out for is all the cows. There’s so much cattle in this book but by the time of Homer people were already more into using goats.

And so much bronze everywhere.

[yukilarus]

SCYLLA

[axljoy]

+ POSEIDON ?

There’s a frame from the animation Get in the Water by laritamiauu that was replaced with another angle, but when I saw the sketch, I was just fascinated by the idea. So, I asked my pookie for permission to use their sketch to make a drawing with my design, hehe. It’s not that amazing, but I like it

[laritamiauu]

I did this for the final part of my animatic but i loved it so much i wanted to post it

He would definitely own a Blåhaj and take care of it like it was his son

[kiru-tigrist]

Another art with Neal's Poseidon 👏🏽

Saw a couple of drawings with this aesthetic and decided to draw something similar

(Poseidon's design belongs to: @neal-illustrator)

I was wondering... What does Neal and her fans think of her Poseidon? I mean, like the rock star version. What kind of vibe do you get from him?

To me he has a lone wolf vibe.

He may also suffer from depression, it's 50/50, just knowing his character it's quite possible🤷🏽

Everyone sees it differently. And I'm interested to hear your opinion on this matter...

I also was thinking today "I should start drawing other characters more often" but I just can't, you know, because this armless handsome man with long hair just consumes my mind🗿🚬 And I can't deal with it. I actually don't want to 👍🏽🤣

[neal-illustrator]

Cleaning up the wreckage

[nilo05]

Poseidon and his horses :]

[rustic-space-fiddle]

FRICK ‘IM UP, ODYSSEUS! FRICK ‘IM UP

[parkchanwoohoo]

I love Twitter bc everyone is dumb

[perestroika-hilton]

Just pronouns in general

[deadboytryingtosurvive]

Are- are you trying to tell me "no one" is a pronoun? Is that what this is saying??

[parkchanwoohoo]

Yes

[summerstormsandnoodles]

So if I choose to go by nobody/no one are those nemo-pronouns

[parkchanwoohoo]

i see through your tricks, odysseus

[livepoultryfreshkilled]

[odysseusbagofwind]

Achilles truly does have the smallest list of priorities. Would be a shame if one of them were to die

[odysseusbagofwind]

Why does The Iliad stop to have a Fight Club at the end of the book

[odysseusbagofwind]

So far my opinion of The Iliad is this could’ve been a roll call

Or alternatively, an obituary section

[thebestsetter-deactivated202511]

"Odysseus" showed us how much Ody has truly changed.

He's compared to almost all monsters in the musical during that one song.

His name's chanting is the same as Polyphemus', and he acts a little like him when he decides to kill everyone.

Po - ly - phe - mus ("Enough")

O - dy - sse - us ("I. Have had. Enough")

He aims for the torches just like Scylla.

"Eurylochus, light up six torches"

"Keep your head down he's aiming for the torches"

He rejected forgivness just like Poseidon did.

"Maybe you could learn to forgive..."

"No"

"Old king our leader's dead. You've destroyed the serpent's head. Now the rest of us are no longer a threat. Old king forgive us instead, so that no more blood is shed. Let's have open arms instead!"

"No."

Also, there's an electric guitar in the song. It represents Odysseus' cunning and ruthless nature.

He IS a monster. But that's what got him home. And he'll embrace this side of him.

[veil-of-exordia]

confusing Odysseus and Orpheus is like confusing a liar and a lyre. send post

[abalidoth]

Looking back, Nobody found this funny.

[orpheus-has-lyreizz]

Rumour has it, although the King of Ithaca had returned to his shores, his throne remained empty for the better part of a year.

[sloanslone]

Them