#odysseus

[withered-tears]

Athena, bleeding everywhere and covered in electric burns: Do you have any idea what I had to do to bail you out??

Odysseus: uh. Fight zeu-

Athena: I had to DANCE Odysseus!! To DISCO!!

[fandomsandfeminism]

Occasionally I think about Penelope and the ways in which she embodies so many aspects of Athena within the Odyssey

Skilled weaver

Bed carved from a living olive tree

Protector of the homestead

So, so, so fucking smart. Literally outsmarts everyone, including Odysseus at one point and the suitors repeatedly.

I just. I just love her and her whole role within the narrative. I am enthralled by what we are shown, and what we aren't.

Do you think she resented her cousin, Helen, for how men fighting over her forced Odysseus to war, right up until her own home was invaded by suitors pursuing her?

Do you think she wished she, like Circe, could have turned the men in her halls into pigs to keep herself and the girls of the household safe?

Do you think she empathized a little with Calypso at all, knowing how it felt to be trapped on an island, longing for true companionship for years and years?

[insomniphic]

Part 1 (Highly suggested)

Long awaited part 2!

I couldn't fit all 759 voices/circles/squiggles in the last panel :(

Geez Odysseus, if I can't fit all of them in a square box, then just how exactly loud are those screams?

[maybemacdc]

show me that you're willing to burn

[greeknerdsstuff]

⚠️It does not justify their actions and in a culture and period full of war and suffering⚠️

[ardenzia777]

Angel Polites comforting Odysseus on Calypso's Island.

The Jury is still out on if Odysseus knows Polites is with him in spirit right now. Can he feel his friend's touch and presence, or does he only wish it was there, fully unaware...

Was Inspired by this song by Rachel Chinouiri

Also textless version

[carriejack03van]

Odysseus coming home and the suitors IMMEDIATELY try to rizz him up.

They're not only milf Hunters but also dilfs hunters. If they knew Odysseus was such a snack they would have searched the world for him sooner

Telemachus is just so done while Penelope doesn't know when ever to laugh or cry

[kazimir29]

Finally done with this! I planned this around Thunder saga but go to lazy/busy to finish it 🤡 so here it is now.

[sloanslone]

Brown haired Ody version (for those who haven't seen it yet...)

[dootznbootz]

The gates of the Ithacan Royal Palace (R.I.P. Argos)

[alexendree]

Poseidon was waiting for his moment

[foopsie-daisy]

Some OdyDio as a treat. Disclaimer i havent yet read the iliad im just guessing

[fandomsandfeminism]

What do you think Penelope thought of Clytemnestra?

They were cousins. Both engaged as a consolation prize to men who had courted Helen, men who had sworn an oath to go to war to protect Helen's marriage. Both semi-divine princesses of Sparta, married off to foreign kings.

Odysseus, who very nearly killed their son in order to avoid the war, but couldn't. (He nearly avoided his oath by feigning madness, but had to abandon the ruse because it endangered baby Telemachus) In sparing Telemachus, condemned himself to war.

Agamenmon, who made the choice to sacrifice his daughter in order to ensure the war could begin and their oath kept. In killing Iphigenia, he placated Artemis and allowed the fleet to set sail for Troy.

Penelope was left with the memory of a husband who loved their son more than peace, and she stayed faithful.

Clytemnestra was left with the memory of a husband who chose war over their daughter, and she took a lover and planned her vengeance.

Do you think Penelople condemned her cousin, or empathized? Do you think she would have done the same thing, if their fates had been reversed? Do you think she sometimes wondered what would have happened if their husbands had chosen differently, or why such a thing was a choice given to husbands at all?

[insomniphic]

Lore accurate Odysseus study lol

[haley-harrison]

Calypso: The stars are beautiful tonight.

Odysseus: You know who else is beautiful?

Calypso (blushing): Who?

Odysseus: Penelope.

[epicthemusicalstuff]

I’m going to be making a sgraffito mug soon, and I think I figured out the design!!

It’s going to have Odysseus and Penelope on opposite sides! Odysseus on his ship trying to get home, and Penelope at her loom!!

(this will probably take a couple weeks but I’ll share the result when it’s done!!)