#greek icarus

[thorns-in-daisy-fields]

Icarus

flung himself

towards the

sun,

-

Orpheus

crossed

the point of

no return,

-

and Achilles

tipped the scales

at the price of his life

for the relief

of his lover's justice.

-

-

And me?

-

-

I sit on

my bedroom floor

with my head

between my knees

knowing love and grief

walk hand in hand

with fear and madness

following close behind.

-

-

I felt Icarus stumble

with clumsy wings

as he chased the one thing

that kept him from

freezing to death

-

He hugs me around the neck.

He whispers into my ear,

"It is worth it."

He squeezes me as if to beg

me to listen.

As if we'll both regret it if I don't.

"It is worth it. It is worth it. It is worth it."

-

So I ignore the warnings.

I ignore the flames.

I ignore the water.

-

Because

according to Icarus

it is worth it.

-

It is worth it. It is worth it. It is worth it.

-

-

I felt Orpheus' life crumble

at the alter

as he lost everything

that made his life

worth living.

-

He taps my shoulder

as I walk through Hades' trial.

I keep my eyes facing forward.

"There are no second chances here"

he warns me, his voice just above

a whisper.

"You might as well gouge your eyes out now

if you still want to stand a chance."

I squeez then shut instead.

-

Though, I wonder if he is right.

-

Before I know it, I'm looking for something to do it with

because Orpheus said

it was my only hope.

-

-

I felt Achilles scream and tear his hair out

when he found

his whole world

gone.

I felt the earth shudder as he

cried.

-

He stands beside me like a soldier.

He leans closer as he speaks,

his voice carrying the calmness

of a broken man.

"I say do what you will..."

-

He is quiet for a long moment.

I watch him for an answer.

He seems annoyed.

As if

his answer is obvious.

-

"...You see, you'll do everything

you can,

and they'll still be gone,

and it will still

be your fault...

And when it's over?"

He pauses again

and his silence weighs my chest down.

"Well..."

He doesn't say anything else.

-

He doesn't say anything else because he doesn't need to.

-

Icarus is a dead man.

Orpheus is a dead man.

Achilles

is

a

dead

man.

-

-

They are dead because love and

tragedy

go hand in hand,

yet they still had the courage

to follow

close behind.

-

-

-is gouging my eyes out really the answer?

[golyadkin]

Sons Of The Labyrinth or The Things Our Fathers Do To Us

[liquidstar]

Yes, Greece still exists, we didn't all die 2000 years ago. Yes, people speak Greek. You people are so fucking stupid for real. So many of you claim to love ancient shit but can't even acknowledge the actual living culture of the people whose mythology and classics you romanticize. You keep leaving annoying comments about how you just forget Greek people still exist, thinking you're being quirky because you love ancient stuff soooo much that you forgot about the people it came from. You think about it so little you don't even realize that an actual Greek person has to read this shit, making it clear how little you actually care about the culture beyond the romanticized (and westernized) mythology. Don't claim you love Greece, don't use our mythology anymore if you can't acknowledge that we're still around without making it about how little you think about us. It's mind boggling that you'd think a Greek person would read this and think you're anything but obnoxious. Explode.

[jamgraphicdesign]

Tragedies of the Labyrinth

Icarus & the Minotaur

[ligbi]

So there was a french animated film about the friendship between Icarus and the Minotaur last year and I was supposed to hear about it on the bird app?

I mean it’s literally not streaming anywhere yet nor does it have a home media release at this time but I would like to get hyped in hopes of one of those things happening eventually.

It has a good style! I would like to see the tragedy! 

[mynabirb]

melting wings were worth it to meet you

[wolfythewitch]

heart like a candlewick

[meanwhilepoetry]

1. This is how the story goes. A boy raised in captivity falls in love with a sun he sees for the first time, flies too close thinking he can possess it, doesn't listen to a father's warning and plummets into the sea. His father grieves, so everyone grieves. The story is immortalised in the boy's blood, a tale passed down with silkdelicate care through eternity. 2. There is another story. In it a boy asks too many questions, lusts too much for more, dares to question his father's authority. He is banished from the skies, sent falling from the heavens but he does not die. Instead he is named ruler of all that is cruel, painful and wretched with the world. No one grieves for this boy, as he is deemed the root of all evil. 3. It is the way of the universe for boys to disobey their fathers, for children to question what they know and want more, more from their lives. 4. The way a father chooses to love after this happens is how the story is told. 5. This is the reason everyone weeps for Icarus. 6. It is also the reason no tears were ever shed for Lucifer.

Icarus and Lucifer, Nikita Gill

[rubydubydoo122]

(PLS DO NOT READ AS BATCEST)

Jason: alright Eurydice, calm down, no need to get stabby

Damian: I WILL— why am I Eurydice?

Jason: because… Bruce went to bargain for your soul? Obviously Orpheus failed, but eh.

Damian: and what would that make you?

Jason: Icarus. Duh.

Tim: does that make me Perdix?

Jason: no, Tim. Not everything is about you. Perdix is Stephanie

Bruce: but I didn’t push Stephanie off of a high building

Stephanie: you might as well have.

[golyadkin]

Why do you get wings?

[medusaspeach]

Classicstober Day 8: Icarus ☀️

[orion-falls]

Details

DRAPER, Herbert James (1863–1920)

The Lament for Icarus, oil on canvas c. 1898

[thewarmthofequallyreturnedlove]

“If there’s one thing the gods love, it’s tragedy. With wings that burn and boys who fall.”

[katy71561]

[leatherandmossprints]

‘Icarus’ by Galileo Chini, c. 1907.

[thelogicofthetrance]

"And though I burn, how could I fall When I am lifted by every word you say to me? If anything could fall at all, it's the world That falls away from me"

~ Hozier, I, Carrion (Icarian)

(Spotify playlist x)