#iphichilles

[thhouseofblack]

Iphigenia gifting Achilles a lock of her hair before her death, and Achilles wearing it braided on his wrist till the day he dies

[the-land-of-dreams]

cool relationship tips from the doomed princess of mycenae and her equally doomed not-bridegroom

(not pictured is patroclus taking notes)

[dilutedh2so4]

And she [Helen] will make the fifth husband [Achilles] pine away on his bed, disturbed by dreams of her phantom form. He is the future husband of the Kytaian woman [Medea] who was madly in love with the stranger [Jason].

Lycophron references Achilles' post-death marriage to both Helen and Medea

For a long time he [Achilles] will inhabit the spray-whitened rocks By the marshy delta of the Keltric river, yearning for his wife [Iphigenia], whom one day at the sacrifice the doe shall save from the sword, by offering its own throat instead.

Yet on the White Isle, where he spends his afterlife, he's yearning for Iphigenia (who is also the daughter of Helen and mother of Neoptolemus in this version)

[that-faerie-in-the-corner]

Ranking various women of greek mythology based on whether or not i think they like their men covered in blood:

Cassandra: I don't think cassandra likes men period but if she did she would have no interest in romantic violence Andromache: if anything she would probably like her husband covered in blood less that man gives her heart attacks like every other day. she wants hector safe at home being her weighted blanket where he BELONGS

Aegialeia: if she did she would have probably liked diomedes more (SORRY MAN)

Deidamia: probably not a deal breaker but not really her thing. she fell in love with the artisan in achilles and his girlish charm yknow. she is hosing him down like a muddy dog Dido: not particularly she doesn't strike me as the type but she would be drawn to a guy willing to get covered in blood to protect her or assist in her Initiative if need be Penelope: I don't think she is turned on by the blood or the capacity for violence itself she also prefers her husband safe at home, however i do think she likes that odysseus is so insane style obsessed with her he would commit massive acts of violence in her name. plus tenderly washing said blood off Electra: she needs someone that is rocking with her and her Agenda if that involves getting covered in blood with her fuck yeah baby she's into that! Certified would kiss a guy after he killed someone Medea: honestly given just the like, how she is she would probably consider receiving the severed hand of her enemy as a gift horribly romantic. only reason i hesitate is tbh she might be more into getting covered in blood for someone else than the other way around if that makes sense. i think she does like them a little pathetic Helen: look she yelled at paris for not going to fight, openly wished menelaus killed him in the iliad, and in euripides helen she literally watches menelaus kill a bunch of guys and goes Yay yay yippee!! its canon to me you cannot convince me otherwise. don't they kill deiphobus together in one myth #couplegoals Iphigenia: She literally would have! it's real to me! she has a soldier's heart, she was hoping for achilles to slaughter the trojans swiftly and run right back home into her waiting arms all covered in the results of his labor. this is why fate had to separate them they would match each other's freak too much Clytemnestra: you can't convince me she doesn't that woman is insane. i have a very vivid vision i may or may not draw of agamemnon coming home from some pre trojan war conquest more red than anything and before he can wash off cly like hooks her legs around his waist and pulls him into her and is like "no. like this." and he is like holy shit im so in love with you right now. also cly and aegisthus probably fucked like DIRECTLY after killing agamemnon and cassandra they did not give a FUCK at that point.

[restlesskeychains]

Iphicilles animatic

[katerinaaqu]

Question: could you please provide a list with all of achilles romantic interests? I know about briseis deidamia patroclus( medea possibly)

Oh boy all of them? Hahaha well that will be hard to do with absolute certainty but here goes;

Women: (more clearly stated in sources that he either has feelings for or he simply desires)

Briseis: Spoil of war but also many times mentioned as his love interest by Achilles himself

Deidamia: daughter of Lycomedes according to sources like Statius she was the first time Achilles encounters lust with her and also romantic love for a woman

Iphigenia: In Euripides Achilles expresses his love for Iphigenia for her bravery and expresses his jealousy towards Greece for having her

Medea: his heavenly wife according to Apollodorous in Elysium

Helen: according to some sources Achilles either dreams of her in some sort of wet dream or he sees her on the balcony and is taken over by lust for her

Polyxena: the daughter of Priam sparked love and interest to Achilles and in some sources she was the source of his doom or in others she was the concubine he chose for his afterlife so demanding her sacrifice to him

Penthesilea: queen of the Amazons killed by him. Achilles falls in love with her a little after she dies when he sees her face under the helmet

Diomeda: spoil of war. Not ever stated that he has love interest in her or just pure lust but mentioned in Homer as a bed mate of his

Men: (Male love interests are more nuanced in the sources and many of them are up for interpretation of the text)

Patroclus: Arguably the best known example from post-homeric sources and philosophers

Antilochus: son of Nestor mentioned in the Odyssey to be his second favorite after Patroclus. buried in the same tomb but ultimately not the same urn

Troilus: Achilles is taken over by lust for Troilus and even attempts to rape him (but this is probably attributed to much later sources)

Palamedes and Protesilaus: not really love interests per se but both of these figures have been described very close to Achilles in later sources

Honestly these are the love interests of his that come to my mind currently based on the epic cycle. Not sure if I forget anyone. The sources are much more obvious to his female love interests while there is a certain ambiguity with his male ones but ultimately I love to think of the potential of many of them

Hope it helps^_^

[lesbian-iphigenia]

I've been informed that apparently ppl are getting called homophobic and heteronormative for depicting Achilles being in love with women???

Would it be too petty of me to draw Iphichilles being cute just because of this???

[jesterdocter]

Achilles being Lovely Dovey.