two meads in and i'm asking my knight if i can feel how sharp his blade is 🤦♂️ i'm giggling and kicking my feet too. should i ask him to press it against my neck or is that too forward
Sure Nice Ok heres what i think * Mimes the action of falling to my knees and curling inwards and wordlessly stabbing my self in the stomach with a dagger Over and over and over and over and over and over again*
the most unrealistic part of the iliad & odyssey is actually every single time they talk about a hecatomb of cattle like its nothing. 100 cows? in this collapsing late bronze age economy? Where Are You Getting These. Who’s Your Cow Dealer. Can I Have Their Address
I think this is the most criminally underrated detail in the Odyssey 😆:
so he spoke and the gray flashing-eyed goddess Athena, smiled and she smacked him with her hand; and in a smooth and swift motion she changed her form to a tall and beautiful woman and of deep knowledge to good crafts and she addressed him using winged words;
(Translation by me)
Like...she smacked him. SHE SMACKED HIM! 🤣🤣🤣 (χειρί τέ μιν κατέρεξε) after freaking smiling or smirking (μείδησεν)
Like seriously Athena has no chill! Hahaha I love her! She is such a playful goddess!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yeah everyone remembers how Athena grabbed Achilles by the hair in the Iliad which was hilarious enough but why for goodness sakes don't I see animatics or comics with her literally going like:
when Odysseus finished his fake story thinking she is just a mere mortal?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣