#deiphobus

[katzenliebe0]

[adriles]

i see how ti is. i provide a list of all of my weaknesses and vulnerabilities to a trojan princess but when i ask to meet her at the temple of Apollo she leaves me for DEAd

[herb-on-a-stick]

Noone told me about the mirror that has Cassandra swinging an axe at Paris when he first came to Troy because she saw that he'd bring ruin to their city, I love her

Deiphobus is also trying to get him because Paris humiliated him in the games lol

Folding mirror ca. 3rd century BC, Museum der Alten Kulturen, Tübingen

[kassoftroy]

I have this secret HC that I will be posting here and nowhere else, so basically, Deiphobus goes to the underworld with his face utterly ruined by Menelaus and Hermes feels pity for him and restores his face. Hermes also makes him a cat, and he can shape shift into a human when he wants. Idk if I want to make it realistic to Greek myth, he would probably be Hermes’ cat permanently but I like the shape shifting :)

[littlesparklight]

What annoyed me a lot when Antheus got a bit of attention on Tumblr was that, to a one, the "love triangle" of Deiphobos-Antheus-Paris was invariably turned into Paris being the villain who destroyed Deiphobos' (and Antheus') happy little love life and relationship~. Despite that the single source we have on this give on indication at all on the flavour of what's going on, and frankly, since Paris is the accidental killer, that aligns him more in the position of Apollo with Hyacinthus or Hermes with Crocus... which would make him the primary intended love interest for Antheus.

[arwenwenofficial]

what do you know about deiphobus of troy

(demo voice by reed phillips)

[kingbryancroidragon]

Read this in an old magazine called "Cavalcade" while trying to find the article "I Walked With a Zombie" by Inez Wallace. Here are some things I'd thought I'd highlight.

Flocked to Athens? What? Did James Holledge only know Helen was the queen of Sparta and presume she had been born elsewhere? He portrays Menelaus as King of Sparta already, so I presume that is the case, but that is very much not the case originally: Helen was Spartan born and Menelaus Mycenean born, he was King of Sparta by marriage.

To his credit, Holledge does not villainize Menelaus... He just goes ahead and villainizes Helen instead.

Holledge romanticizes Paris like so many do and he describes Menelaus' absence as him going on campaign in Crete. What? No! He went to his uncle's funeral in Crete! Unless there was a civil war going on with his cousin having to defend his throne from a usurper following the funeral that I never heard about, I don't think that is correct.

Agamemnon is mentioned, but besides being identified as Menelaus' brother, there is no reason stated for why he is the leader of the Achaean army. Holledge doesn't mention the fact that as basically the high king, Agamemnon was essentially the supreme leader or the number of ships that he brought. He doesn't even specify that Agamemnon is the elder, so for all we know he could be Menelaus' younger brother in this.

Yeah, sure. That is exactly it, it's not like Helen could have been forced into the marriage against her will or anything.

I will admit I like this bit so the sons are of a rival of Helen. That is a good way to reimagine the son of a slave thing and gives the mother more agency. I don't know, maybe. I personally prefer the version where Nicostratus is Helen's son, but for some reason Holledge does not mention any of Helen's children.

[jamescartoon]

DEIPHOBUS

Unlike Hector, he's more impulsive and arrogant. The way he treated Helen makes me despise that bastard.