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Siding with Andromache was the best thing Peleus ever did actually.

#so I don’t understand thinking he was wrong for this #greek mythology #Peleus #Andromache #Euripides

A series of fortuitous finds sent me into a rabbit hole of search where I discovered Peleus and Thetis's wedding was a more popular subject for theatre and opera than I'd thought Specifically to me it's super interesting how in XVII and XVIII century a more consensual interpretation had developed (from lost source? Italian composers not caring for sources but only to entertain the rich public?) Here's my finds - Francesco Cavalli's Le nozze di Peleo e Teti, with libretto by Orazio Persiani (1639), a delightful comedy of error where Aeacus considers a dishonour Zeus (or better, Jupiter - as per tradition of the time, the Roman gods are always used) decided to marry Thetis off to Peleus after having supposedly laid with her. He so ask Eris to prevent the wedding. What follows is a series of misunderstandings with even a Thetis in shining armour - William Boys's Peleus and Thetis, a mask, a minor piece within a bigger piece. The interesting part of this (and the following) is the presentation of Peleus and Thetis as previous lovers, where Peleus is rival to Zeus until the prophecy of the son stronger than the father is revealed - Pascal Colasse's Thetis et Peléee, with Libretto by De Fontenelle. A tragedy in 5 act. It reprises the theme of Peleus and Thetis being consensual lovers while both Zeus/Jupiter and Poseidon/Neptune aims to conquer Thetis' heart. The tragedy adds a nymph, Doris (to not be confused with Doris as in Thetis's mother), in love with Peleus too and causing trouble between the lovers - Francesco Uttini's Thetis och Pelee, with libretto by Johan Wellander, the first Swedish grand opera, it follows the same subject of Fontanelle's but double the dramatics - Gioacchino Rossini's Le nozze di Peleo e Teti, an opera in one act, simple, focused only on the wedding. As it was commissione to celebrate a real wedding, Eris' intervention is ignored Then there are some more minor theatrical pieces, songs and poems

#greek mythology #ancient greek mythology #peleus #thetis

Who wants to read my Peleus play after my friend finishes beta reading for it 😋

#greek mythology #tagamemnon #classics #the iliad #peleus #anyaswriting #but not really #playwriting

This play writing shit easy

#greek mythology #tagamemnon #classics #hermes #peleus #anyaswriting #but is it really since this is just a joke and will NOT be in my play #anyastandupcomedy

always thinking about this. achilles hasn’t seen his father in almost ten years, he is at war, completely surrounded by death, and still his father is the first person he thinks to grieve

#and then in the odyssey too he asks about his father right after his son #depending on when achilles left for war it’s possible peleus never even saw his son fully grown #the iliad starting and ending with parental grief as well…🚬🚬🚬 (chyrses/priam/hecuba)#and of course thetis’ throughout #peleus #achilles

Your son is killed by your sister's husband, but you relent your vengeance against him because she asked that of you

#for those more aeacidae pilled than me #psamathe #phocus #thetis #peleus #aeacidae #tagamemnon #mop

peleus receiving news of his grandson's death as hermione goes off with orestes when the guy behind orestes starts to look a bit too familiar

#aeacidae #peleus #phocus #pylades #hermione #orestes #greek mythology #tagamemnon #greek myth #euripides #euripides andromache

what even happened to aegina after aeacus died

telamon and peleus are exiled, phocus is dead, alcimache and menoetius (I think???) are both in locris, and actor and his kids are in phthia. i mean damocraetia could've still been there but she wouldn't have any children if we go by the version where she didn't marry menoetius and even if we do she would've be in opus with him