#aphrodite and aeneas

[chromyo]

Finally finished it ✌️

"And now Aeneas would surely have lost his life,

if Aphrodite had not been so quick to notice.

She threw her arms around her beloved son."

[sapocipo]

[emmikay]

Aeneas: (to Diomedes) Sorry, but you can’t kill me. Mom specifically instructed me to have a good day.

[greeknerdsblog]

More >:^)

[spineless-lobster]

The first half of the aeneid being reminiscent of the odyssey abd the second half being reminiscent of the iliad is sending me into a frenzy, I knew this shit was good but I didn’t know it was THAT good

[scyllaenjoyer]

Big enjoyer of all those with divine patrons and parents just looking a little odd. Humans tilted slightly to the side. Specifically enjoying this in the context of the Trojan family. Some of them I can picture clearly how those marks show upon them. Troilus is simply too golden, point blank. Golden hair and eyes and skin, just on the edge of not quite fully human. Helenus and Cassandra both have golden eyes because of Apollo's gift of prophecy. Aeneas's face is just too symmetrical and his hair a too unnatural shade of auburn for him to be completely human. Which just makes it more frustrating when I can't figure out how to show the same marks on Hector and Paris with Apollo and Aphrodite respectively. No idea what they have.

[lineaup]

Aphrodite for no reason:

Aeneas: lowkey dying on the battlefield (jk he aint dying until he founds Rome) Aphrodite: Gasp “My son! My so—“ gets a scratch. Aphrodite: “..Bye gotta go get this checked apOLLO WHERE ARE Y-“

[incorrecthomer]

Diomedes: I'm going to kill you. Aeneas: Wait, let me ask my mum. Diomedes: That's not how- Aeneas: She said no.

[kexytimes]

Aeneas and Creusa bc i got an ask to do hecuba and her daughters (which you bet i'm doing), but i only had designs for Cassandra and Polyxena, so i've been doing some skethcing and Creusa has emerged in my vision as a total cutie

[chromyo]

"And now Aeneas would surely have lost his life,

if Aphrodite had not been so quick to notice.

She threw her arms around her beloved son"

I will finish when.. I will have time.. 😔 (maybe in january so... I work too much this month)

[sapocipo]

Sorry I am in a bit of Pyrrhus brainrot latelly...

[brainrotroulette]

Thinking very much about Aeneas today

And Mitski 🤭

[nyxinastris]

aeneas' name meaning grief..... they can't keep doing this to me

his NAME. MEANS GRIEF. THE MAN WHO HAS SEEN IT ALL AND HAS EXPERIENCED GRIEF COUNTLESSLY

THROUGH THE TROJAN WAR

THROUGH HIS 7 YEAR JOURNEY AT SEA

THE ONE WHO WENT TO THE UNDERWORLD

THROUGH THE WAR IN LATIUM

THE MAN WHO KILLED HIS ENEMY BECAUSE OF HIS GRIEF FOR ANOTHER

IS NAMED GRIEF???????????????????????

[dilutedh2so4]

Menelaus mid the inner chambers found at last his wife, there cowering from the wrath of her bold-hearted lord. He glared on her, hungering to slay her in his jealous rage. But winsome Aphrodite curbed him, struck out of his hand the sword, his onrush reined, jealousy's dark cloud swept she away, and stirred love's deep sweet well-springs in his heart and eyes. 

Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica.

[strychninesss]

Something I love about Epic the Musical and some of the things that are different to the actual book is that Aphrodite’s whole thing in god games (not canon to the original book) is she’s upset because Odysseus took too long to get back to his home, and therefore his mother passed of old age. And she then immediately goes to hang out with her boy Aeneas and convinces him to stay on an island for 10 years with a woman while his father dies of old age

absolutely incredible, gotta love Aphrodite for that one

[holy-mother-of-whumpers]

✨ Random Iliad fact ✨

Brought to you by Homer infodumping in book 13, Iliad, lines 425-35 ca

Known fact: Aeneas is the son of Anchises and Aphrodite, he's a character of the Iliad and the main character of Virgil's Aeneid, among other sources of the Epic Cycle.

Context: Homer likes to present us a character and his lineage in the same paragraph they are killed. That is a recurrent formula that I absolutely don't fall for every time developing attachment to soon-dead people 😭👍

So, currently being killed by Idomeneus (and Poseidon), we are presented with Alcathous, son-in-law of Aeneas' father Anchises for having married his eldest daughter Hippodamia or Hippodameia.

So fun fact, Aeneas has an elder sister (unless she's the eldest among the daughters, daughters are often neglected on the genealogies).

I didn't even know Anchises had a wife or other children, thanks Homer.

I might do a post one day about all the mentioned and forgotten female characters 🤔

✨ Bonus fan fact, Anchises spawn!

Brought to you by Pseudo Apollodorus, book 3, chapter 12, section 2.

Here Aphrodite had two sons by Anchises, Aeneas and Lyrus, who died childless.