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Penelope during the Ithaca saga:

I love the babygirlification of polities and we act as though he's a sweetheart who couldn't do anything wrong as if he wasn't canonically apart of a war army fleet. He was a MAN in ANCIENT GREECE, theres only so far those open arms can go

solchariot

scylla and telemachus design concepts : )

astrothii

help in epic literally the only time odysseus listens to the gods was when he threw a baby off a wall… bud why was that the one time

you could have killed the cyclops but noooOoo

gotstabbedbyapen

I understand that many people prefer the Odysseus raising Astyanax AU because killing an infant is cruel. But you guys need to remember that cities have been doomed because people didn't dispose of their prophesied-to-do-evil babies correctly.

Oedipus was prophesied to kill his father and marry his mother, so he need to be rid of. The servant who was supposed to kill Oedipus spared and sent him away. Years later, Thebes lost its rulers and was wrecked with plagues.

Paris was dream-prophesied to cause the fall of Troy, so he need to be rid of. The shepherd who was supposed to kill Paris spared and secretly raised him as his son. You see what turned out for the whole city later on.

You see the resemblances with Odysseus' pleas?

"I could raise him as my own

Or send him far away from home

Make sure his past is never known."

Zeus weren't just being an unreasonable jerk for making Odysseus kill Astyanax. That child was prophesied to be the destruction of all surviving Greeks who sacked his city, whether out of his own rage or accidentally through some chains of events.

Odysseus knew the preceeding stories and how it had turned out. So he could only do what needs to be done if he wanted to save his family, his allies, and himself.

It's only one life to take to save thousands of other lives. For once, Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves was the right choice.

ochiody

preparations

based off this post by @letsplaythermalnuclearwar :)

letsplaythermalnuclearwar

I love Suffering animatics/art where Odysseus has a chain or rope around his ankle, connecting him to the mast. not only is it a great reference to the source material, but it implies that someone on the ship was worried that the mere sight of Penelope might convince Odysseus to jump in the water, even though he knows its a siren who will kill him

and that they were so persuasive in this argument that Odysseus actually agreed to it

simpsons-latino

say-prettyy-pleasee

This is Money Marge. Reblog for a miracle of finances to come to you

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plumstreet

WHERE is that poem about that person learning all about their partners hyperfixation before getting dumped the last line is like "love is a stack of books on my nightstand with a bookmark near the end" I need it to feel whole help me please

cielosky

NYT Tiny Love Stories, 2/11/2020

A Bookmark Near the End

He loves history. He wanted to write a biography of John Quincy Adams. I, shamefully, knew almost nothing about John Quincy Adams, so I went online and bought every biography of him I could find. One day, he called me, claiming that we wouldn’t work out long term. He said he loved me but that we had different interests. “What does love mean to you?” I said. “That’s an impossible question,” he replied. I, however, find love to be quite simple. Love is the stack of biographies on my nightstand with a bookmark near the end. — Julia Nicole Camp

zephyr-of-death

how am I supposed to stay sane after reading this smh

crap-userrname16

tlirsgender

I think it'd be pretty funny if the next time an adult tells me I'm being Rude And Disrespectful™ I just went "ya it's because I don't respect you" and watch the gates of hell open before me

tlirsgender

Telling a boomer they're not automatically entitled to my respect just to feel something