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sarcasticbeanie · 3 months
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scrambled my Achaean designs again,,,, save me. The Iliad save me…
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softly-and-suddenly · 2 years
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The fact that Hector's epithet is “with the shining helm” and his helmet is such a huge part of his identity because he is first and foremost a warrior and then when he goes to see his wife and child, his son is so scared of the helmet that he starts crying and Hector takes off the helmet and lays it in the dirt so he can hold his kid? That’s evil. Homer was evil for that
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katkit-drops-alt · 5 days
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aaaaaaaaaaaa the iliad/odyssey as cat memes aaaaaaaaaaaaa
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catofoldstones · 3 months
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Elia of Dorne and Cassandra of Troy parallels
Daenerys IV, ADWD // The Oresteia- Aeschylus // Tyrion X - A Storm of Swords // Aeneid by Virgil - Book II // Cassandra’s monologue, Agamemnon by Aeschylus //Cassandra by Anthony Fredrick Augustus Sandys - 1864// Ajax and Cassandra by Solomon J Solomon - 1886 // Kassandra by Florence and the Machine
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spocktheestallion · 2 years
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for a tragedy the iliad is pretty funny. compiled some of my favorite things about it (not in chronological order)
- patroclus barely speaks for most of the book but EVERYBODY loves him. like he’s literally the entire greek camp’s precious meow meow. the ORIGINAL sweet little meow meow. even the GODS are sad and feel bad when he dies. even HOMER loves patroclus, always calling him “faultless patroclus” “my patroclus” “gentle patroclus” “sweet patroclus” WE GET IT. achilles, briseis, menelaus, ajax, literally every member of the greek camp is down ATROCIOUS for patroclus all bc he’s just one Really Nice Dude. just one very Sweet and Polite Fella. one Extra Special Guy <3 his whole narrative purpose is simply to be everyone’s special little scrunkly
- in one of the MANY passages where achilles is lamenting about how sad it is that patroclus is dead he promises patroclus’ corpse that he will have many deep-bosomed trojan and dardanian women weep for him. he tells his dead buddy “i will get the absolute THICKEST hoes with the BIGGEST mommy milkers for your funeral” honestly? id be honored
- all the arguments escalate so quickly. an old man very politely appeals to agamemnon to pretty please give his daughter back and offers him a huge fortune for her and agamemnon calls him a crotchety old bitch and tells him he’ll fucking kill him if he ever sees him again
- that same old man is a priest of apollo. you know, the plague god? anyway priest calls in a favor and apollo curses the greeks with a plague
- to address this, achilles decides to resolve it by calling all the greeks together and passive aggressively going “HM! i WONDER what could have caused a PLAGUE! it’s almost like we OFFENDED the PLAGUE GOD somehow. now WHAT could WE (cough agamemnon) done to offend the PLAGUE GOD?????” all in front of agamemnon
- zeus spends most of the book desperately trying to keep the gods OUT of the war. then once he’s finally had enough he just calls them all together and says “go nuts” and then they do
- artemis talks shit on the battlefield so hera calls her a bitch, steals her bow, and beats her with it. artemis then goes back to zeus and cries
- polydamas says to hector “hey you killed patroclus and achilles is gonna be fucking pissed. we should probably go back to the city while we can” and hector calls him a bitch and tells him to stfu. achilles then chases them back to the city and hector decides to stay outside and get killed by achilles instead of going in with the rest of the army bc he didn’t wanna hear polydamas say “i told you so”
- diomedes is about to fight with a guy called glaucus but then they realize their ancestors were friends or something so they decide not to kill each other, and diomedes says “hey! why don’t we even trade armor! :) just as a show of friendship! :))” and glaucus is like “yeah sure!” and gives diomedes his really nice gold plated armor while glaucus gets diomedes’ shitty plain bronze armor
- achilles makes a bitchy comment to his horses about leaving patroclus to die and the horse momentarily gains the ability to talk just to tell achilles it wasn’t THEIR goddamn fault, tells achilles he’s gonna die soon, and then goes back to being a normal horse.
- zeus with his daughters: oh child ❤️ oh my dear ❤️ oh there there i didn’t really mean it ❤️ sweetie why don’t you go help the greeks?❤️
- zeus with his sons: “ares you fucking donkey”
- everyone calling paris a stupid coward bitch every time they see him. all of troy fucking hates him. hector fucking hates him. helen fucking hates him.
- paris getting dressed up in fancy armor and prancing to the front lines going “i’ll fight ANY of you greeks!” and menelaus (the guy whose wife he stole) goes “alright bet” and paris nearly pisses his pants and tries to hide but then his brother hector calls him a piece of shit and tells him he hopes he dies and makes him fight menelaus. menelaus promptly ROCKS HIS SHIT. literally starts dragging him by his helmet like a rag doll, would’ve killed him if aphrodite hadn’t teleported paris outta there (BOO)
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flowersforfrancis · 9 months
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jedi-valjean · 9 months
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Homer: This is my OC Odysseus he’s a trickster
Sophocles: What a compelling villain
Homer: No!! He’s a hero!!!!
Romans: Um, no, he’s totally problematic, he’s definitely evil
Homer: No!!!!!! He’s a good guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Modern readers: Oh so he’s like, an antihero, cool
Homer: Absolutely not. Now you’re just making up words
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querlq · 2 months
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some sketches to help beat my art block hhhhrhh
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kukoshka · 2 years
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Lyrics from ‘Cassandra’ by Florence + The Machine
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poet-by-heart · 7 months
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So today I got personally attacked by the Archeological National Museums of Athens
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boselliart · 6 days
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luciuscaelus · 21 days
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How to Persuade Someone Properly
Odysseus: Achilles, help! Everyone’s dying! And Agamemnon has stuff for you! Achilles: F**k Agamemnon. And you guys should go home.
Phoenix: Remember how I’ve raised you? You should fight for your honor! Now you’re acting like Meleager! Achilles: I have my honor already. And you should stay here for a night, dear old papa.
Ajax: Let’s just go, Odysseus. This man is too selfish and prideful. But before I go—Show some kindness, Achilles! Achilles: Well said, son of Telamon. Now go tell Agamemnon that I don’t give a damn until Hector fights his way here!
*Hector fights his way here* Achilles: I’m still waiting for an apology…you can go if you want to, Patroclus. Just remember to get back safely.
Nobody: Achilles: I’LL KILL HECTOR MYSELF. Agamemnon? Let’s chill.
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talleryn · 1 month
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My classics student brain is getting the urge to do some Iliad fanart
Like that sounds weird as hell but I have a specific scene from Book 21 with Achilles and the burning rivers that I really want to draw
Probably nobody knows what I’m even on about I just thought I’d throw that out there
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katkit-drops-alt · 2 months
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Has your life been rough? Have you found yourself feeling like you’d rather be crawling into a hole and dying? Well no fear, you daily dose of Greek Mythology Memes are here,
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beauteousthings · 8 months
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THAT deleted scene from Troy (2004) featuring Hector, the OG man…and Paris, the OG Himbo
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back on my achilles wearing goofy ass graphic tees bullshit
original under the cut:
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