#iphitus

[my-name-is-apollo]

Tell me why I thought Odysseus using Apollo's bow is just a headcanon because that's actually the case. The bow Odysseus used actually belonged to Apollo.

Also if the literal god of archery himself gave me his bow and taught me archery I would never boast of being better than him rip to Eurytus but I'm different

[blue-lotus333]

I honestly find it funny and ironic that Odysseus has met two lovers of Heracles (Iphitus & Philoctetes) and has two different relationships with them

He's friends with Iphitus and even gets a cool bow from him n all, while his relationship with Philoctetes is... y'know😅

It's literally just this with him

ignore my shit hand writing, i'm doing this on a computer

[epic-cycle-ships]

Iphiody ⚓️🍂 (edit)

They genuinely make me so fucking sad, like they probably would’ve gotten closer if Iphitus didn’t get killed..

Art credit: Wolfythewitch, sforzesco

[superscrub323]

This was me when doing research on Odysseus's Bow.

Alright! Let's see about Odysseus's Bow

*Le Googles*

Ah got it from his friend named Iphitus

*Continues Le Googling*

Killed by Heracles...huh...that was sudden...wait it says the bow was from his father Eurytus, what happened to him?

*Continues Le Googling*

Challenged Apollo to an archery contest...I know where this going...and shot dead before he could even get a challenge out...and hey he was even Apollo's grandson so...that's nice...that's just nice...

...

This is why I'll never fuck with Apollo.

[sforzesco]

Not long after, some cattle were stolen from Euboea by Autolycus, and Eurytus supposed that it was done by Hercules; but Iphitus did not believe it and went to Hercules. And meeting him, as he came from Pherae after saving the dead Alcestis or Admetus, he invited him to seek the kine with him. Hercules promised to do so and entertained him; but going mad again he threw him from the walls of Tiryns.

Pseudo Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 2.6.2

Iphitos, Herakles, and behind the scene of the murder: Iphitos gifting Odysseus with a bow, and then Odysseus, alone.

okay, so I quoted Apollodorus first, but what actually intrigues me about it is how it goes against a general narrative by making it seem like the act was against his will

Sophokles, Trachiniae

Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica

Herakles and Omphale, Elmer G. Suhr

I'm also fascinated Odysseus' in this moment of the arc, with rituals of friendships cut short and paths diverging where they might have otherwise continued along side each other. there is a tragedy and intimacy of it and the role it plays in the Odyssey that gets to me. Odysseus strings his bow and its a kind of crescendo of several different threads coming together!! and underneath it all, inescapable, Iphitos. everything's interconnected! we're all made up of the people we met along whichever roads we take!!

Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras, edited by John Marincola, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Calum Maciver

The Odyssey, trans. Fagles

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[loneswaggingranger]

Whoever it was in the greek mythology tag that I accidentally reported I'm SO sorry. I don't remember your username and I can’t find you and your post and I don't know how to undo it but it had a couple of beautifully drawn pictures and a blurb about Heracles and Iphitus that I was about to ssve for later to read but then tragedy striked. I swear I was trying to find the save draft button and my finger slipped i am SO sorry it was such a good post

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[blue-lotus333]

Need Iphitos & Odysseus content, especially when they randomly become friends in Messenia.