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It’s odd how Athena is Zeus’s favorite but she doesn’t seem to like him back, not only did she participate in Hera’s coup against him but even in the Iliad she was upset with him.

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Oh yeah, it’s inland. Bro just can’ stand sailing anymore.

Tho he still needs to sail to Aetolia to get to Epirus…

What if:

Odysseus is leaving the Underworld, sobbing and monstering.

Tiresias, deep in the bloody sauce, seems content waltzing and muttering until he seems to remember something. "Wait!" He jumps, "I FORGOT THE OAR! Odysseus you have to go inland and- Oh shoot."

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GUYS EPIC THE MUSICAL IS TRENDING- I DONT THINK IVE EVER SEEN IT DO THIS BEFORE!!!!!

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The (first) moment that truly broke me in the Underworld Saga was

"Mom?"

because holy SHIT HIS MOM FUCKING DIED WAITING FOR HIM TO COME HOME FROM WAR AND HE TOOK TOO LONG AND HE DIDN'T GET TO SAY GOODBYE TO HER

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I expected Polites. I expected Penelope and Telemachus and Astyanax and Eurylochus... But I did NOT expect Anticlea, and SHE"S PLAYED BY JORGE"S MOTHER??????? I'm SOBBING

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YESSS

GUYS EPIC THE MUSICAL IS TRENDING ON TUMBLR. I REPEAT. EPIC THE MUSICAL IS TRENDING ON TUMBLR.

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After the release of the Underworld Saga, I finally understand what it means to be heartbroken…

(What’s with the tags? Mhm just excuse my emotional ranting…)

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Teiresias: Can’t hear you. I’m in the middle of a waltz you know?

Odysseus: WHO?!?!?!

Tiresias, just vibing: I see a song of past romance~

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Okay so i am thinking about my idea that odysseus' voice changed after hearing the sirens. I want to delve further into this in the future,, but for now the idea is that his voice is simply... quieter. Not always - when he yells in triumph, there is an entire chorus at his side. But it's careful, in a way. Sometimes he will trail off, like he just heard something. He always sounds like he is listening, as if someone is whispering in his ear and he cannot focus on the voice and speech at the same time.

There's also a certain note to it all, drawing you in. A gleam to his silver tongue. His words all the more sharp, persuasive, clever. Sometimes, he hums under his breath - a lullaby, a wedding song, a war drum. When people listen, tears well up and drop off their lashes. He does not understand - there was nothing to understand - he has always been humming that melody. It has always been there, in the birdsong, crashing of waves, howling of wind. It was in the laughter, the cries, the blood-curling screams. Has it not?

But then again, he faintly remembers a time where he was not listening intently, where he did not still at any and every rustle and whisper. He remembers a time where he was at peace. But that seemed so far away, a lifetime ago. It was too quiet before, and now there is a wholeness to it. He cannot imagine not hearing... it, whatever it was. At times it haunts him, and at time it eases his mind. But it's a part of him now, it rings through him and he breathes it and bleeds it and weeps it. He lives it.

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From the Contest of Homer and Hesiod:

And that makes zero sense, unless Telemachus lived for three centuries, but that makes the Telegony canon, and we don’t want that to happen, do we?

The myth (?) about Homer being Telemachus' son is kind of wild, because you're not supposed to be that horny about your own grandfather idk

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I’m seeing myself.

A collection of ancient ceramic paintings depicting Achilles in a blanket being miserable and pathetic.

That's the post. Sorry that some of these are mircowave quality.

I can't really pick a favorite, I like them all equally. They're just so silly looking.

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YESSSSSS

Thinking about how Athena lengthened the night for Odysseus and Penelope

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I spent way too long trying to mark out and count all the spirits on The Underworld cover last night lol. Some of the blobs were pretty hard to make out, so my count is probs off a little, but I found 242:

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Hector of Troy…

Im rereading the Iliad so I drew my buddy Hector. HE DESERVED BETTER, FOREVER A HECTOR APOLOGIST

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can u draw apollo holding dead hyacinthus

there you go

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Wine-dark sea?

yep :D

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Yes! Homer’s works are even more splendid when you read it in Ancient Greek!

(And reading it in Ancient Greek is super fun, I tell ya. I could even rant about it if I get the chance.)

Odyssey

Sometimes I think about the fact that I've never read Homer's Odyssey, and I likely never will. Ancient Greek is not a language I know, so much of the beauty will be lost on me. This is not to say that translators are not artist's in their own right - Emily Wilson in particular did a splendid job - but I will never know what Homer really wrote, what the real tone of his work was. Am I familiar with Homer's Odyssey? Certainly. Could I summarise it? Yes. Have I read it? Nope.