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Made matching pfps for my friend and I 😘

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😃👍 (this is the first time I’ve drawn Agamemnon, Greater Ajax, and Teucer so their designs might be kind of wack but whatever)

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I posted this on TikTok a few days ago but forgot to post it here but FEAR NOT! TIS HERE!

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Diomedes of Argos. That's it that's the post thanks for listening

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if jorge's version of the iliad doesnt have a song for book 10 that's odysseus and diomedes committing war crimes but all the lyrics are euphemisms for gay sex, he can keep the musical

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/64741054

Eat up OdyDio nation

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I’m reading Frankenstein in class (Particularly Gris Grimly’s adaptation) and Henry Clerval was definitely a fruit right? He’s a friend of Dorthy if I’ve ever seen one

Edit: Nevermind. Both Victor and Henry are gay. For each other.

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My favorite sillies

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How about when this whole Trump presidency falls flat we make a department called “Department to Not Fuck Shit Up”?

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I was bored

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I desperately need an Iliad musical that has a song of Diomedes just being his godstabbing self. Like the day where he wounds both Aphrodite and Ares and it’s like heavy metal. I dunno. Just thought of that 😘✌️

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a quick psa to anyone recently getting into greek mythology and is a victim of tumblr and/or tiktok misconceptions:

-there is no shame in being introduced to mytholgy from something like percy jackson, epic the musical or anything like that, but keep in mind that actual myths are going to be VERY different from modern retellings

-the myth of medusa you probably know (her being a victim of poseidon and being cursed by athena) isn't 100% accurate to GREEK mythology (look up ovid)

-there is no version of persephone's abduction in which persephone willingly stays with hades, that's a tumblr invention (look up homeric hymn to demeter)

-as much as i would like it, no, cerberus' name does not mean "spot" (probably a misunderstanding from this wikipedia article)

-zeus isn't the only god who does terrible things to women, your fav male god probably has done the same

-on that note, your fav greek hero has probably done some heinous shit as well

-gods are more complicated than simply being "god of [insert thing]", many titles overlap between gods and some may even change depending on where they were worshipped

-also, apollo and artemis being the gods of the sun and the moon isn't 100% accurate, their main aspects as deities originally were music and the hunt

-titans and gods aren't two wholly different concepts, titan is just the word used to decribe the generation of gods before the olympians

-hector isn't the villain some people make him out to be

-hephaestus WAS married to aphrodite. they divorced. yes, divorce was a thing in ancient greece. hephaestus' wife is aglaia

-ancient greek society didn't have the same concepts of sexuality that we have now, it's incorrect to describe virgin goddesses like artemis and athena as lesbians, BUT it's also not wholly accurate to describe them as aromantic/asexual, it's more complex than that

-you can never fully understand certain myths if you don't understand the societal context in which they were told

-myths have lots and lots of retellings, there isn't one singular "canon", but we can try to distinguish between older and newer versions and bewteen greek and roman versions

-most of what you know about sparta is probably incorrect

-reading/waching retellings is not a substitute to reading the original myths, read the iliad! read the odyssey! i know they may seem intimidating, but they're much more entertaining than you may think

greek mythology is so complex and interesting, don't go into it with preconcieved notions! try to be open to learn!

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Epic AU

Odysseus: How many suitors are there? Servant: 128. Though, twenty of them formed a guard, after Antinous turned out to be a dick. Odysseus: *Thinking* Servant: Ten are away with the prince, the other ten are keeping guard over Penelope. Odysseus: Why? Servant: They're being bodyguards Odysseus: No, why did they come if they're not seeking the Queen's hand? Servant: Oh, they're trying to convince the Prince to marry their daughters. *Meanwhile* Guard #1: *Watching Telemachus with one of his friends* I'm starting to think the Prince might be swinging the other way. Guard #2: That's alright, I've got a son.

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JUMPSCARE, It’s Aphrodite for Valentine’s Day

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If yall talk loud asf while a scene is going on at rehearsal I want you to know you’re one of my biggest ops

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what do you mean elon musk did a nazi salute on live tv at the united states presidential inauguration twice and is now erasing the evidence off the internet by replacing the footage with the crowd cheering instead?

would be a shame if people reblogged this, wouldn’t it?

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Magneto was Right, X-Men: The Last Stand