#iliadpost

[mytho-maniac-108]

Greek army: *breathes*

Nestor: Back in my day-

[shouldertheskies]

these two can have a few father-son moments. as a little treat <3 not many i fear but still

[peggy-sue-reads-a-book]

μήνις/menîs y’all this is “wrath” or “rage” but you know what it sounds exactly like out loud is MENACE ok what if it began like that like yessss muse, yes girl, girl yes please sing of that motherfucking menace, yes, girl, do it, sing of that little bitch’s menîs, as you should, θεὰ, as you truly should.

[janeways-coffees]

Of course he has blue hair. I bet he has pronouns, too

[chryza]

If I was Jason I would simply not abandon my hot enchantress wife who commits murder on my behalf. Rip to Jason but I love when women are terrifying.

[tricky-pockets]

*stares at my prized copy of the Iliad (in the bed) and assortment of edged weapons (beside the bed; includes a machete)* man, queer people just have not changed at all huh.

if you ever feel like you’re too obsessed with something, just remember that, according to plutarch, alexander the great slept with his prized copy of the iliad under his pillow alongside a dagger, presumably so that he could murder anyone who tried to take his copy of the iliad away from him

[mytho-maniac-108]

Wikipedia tells me one of the meanings of the name Andromache is "man-battler".

Andromache is named such that she fights against men. All the men in her family get killed. Her father, her brothers, her husband and even her son. IIRC, in contrast, her mother lives and dies naturally at her father's house. With the exception of Astynax, all the men are killed by Achilles.

I'M TEARING MY HAIR OUT!!!

Homer. Homer I'm shaking you by the shoulders. WHY DOES ANDROMACHE NOT KILL ANYONE WHYYYY??? SUCH HARDSHIP FOR MY GIRL AND SHE CAN'T EVEN KILL PEOPLE IN A WAR??? SHE SHOULD'VE BEEN ALLOWED TO STRANGLE ACHILLES!!!

[hellcatsandcars]

all men do is lie and cry about achilles welcoming priam in book xxiv

[nimi-mi-ala-li-suli-tawa-mi]

i’m iliadposting because homer was so real for that

[tricky-pockets]

additional explanation: if there's anyone who'll always spot a clever Iliad analogy, it's Natalie H. Ironside.

My boyfriend was showing me his cat and I leaned over to kiss the cat on his soft little baby head and he went "meow" and scrambled away because I'd been wearing my headphones and I accidentally jabbed him with the microphone.

And I said "Damn, this is exactly like in the Iliad"

[janeways-coffees]

I think there must have been multiple authors of the iliad because some books go on for like full verses of similes likening people to wild animals in battle "as the lion devours the deer, running her and her young from their nest until they can run no further- so too did agamemnon destroy the trojans" and others are like "menaleus stabbed this guy so hard his eyes popped out. Cool huh?"

[mt-isnothere12]

sorry i havent been iliadposting in a while im really fucking tired

[janeways-coffees]

Like I've said before:

btw Epic did make the baby dropping seem like a huge moral conflict, but the truth his he just basketball that baby immediately. Odysseus is the one who orchestrated the entire sacrifice of Iphigenia so they could go to war immediately. Agammenon was out there going but I do wanna kill my daughter and Odysseus was like but you gottaaaaa omg get over it. Then they wanted to kill Polyxena and her mother told him I love her like you love Telemachus, don't kill her, and he was like new phone who dis. When it's kids not his own that must be killed he starts blasting.

it’s very funny that compared to the original source, epic the musical is basically odysseus propaganda that paints him in the best possible light and he is still just straight up a not good person🥹

he is SO funny and it’s almost worse that he has a moral compass (albeit one that is experiencing a electromagnetic quake) in epic cause the entire middle section of the musical was him going from crippling guilt to psychotic behaviour like 5 times and then being shocked that everyone is mad at him

[angevinyaoiz]

I've been having fun troilusposting and iliadposting but I guess I don't want to spam my medieval blog with reblogs so I made a side @andros-paidophonoio so u can follow or block my evil visions there if u like hfjdjj

[chaosandthe-deadblog]

wait till people who followed me for iliadposting find out im actually a furry sonic fan

[quidam-sirenae]

My iliadposting is always my most popular things I love it :)