#sysyphus

[quill-is-brainstorming]

Here are some completely random fun facts about Odysseus' family from various myths:

His grandfather, Autolycus (meaning "the wolf itself", pretty badass) , was a shape-shifting trickster, also known as "the king of all thiefs", with the ability to change the shape of random objects he stole and was also the direct son of Hermes (originally he was just some dude Hermes liked, post-Odyssey he was changed to be his son. I'd say both versions are equally accepted though the son thing wasn't there from the beginning).

Autolycus was also the sworn rival of King Sysyphus, who you might know as that one guy who escaped death and whose punishment for it was pushing a rock for eternity, or that very nice guy from Tartarus in Hades. Autolycus used to steal Sysyphus' cattle and when the latter finally managed to find tangible proof of his guilt he did the only sensible thing he could think of.

He fucked his daughter.

As one does.

As I'm saying this I really want you guys to imagine the Sysyphus from Hades doing all this. Because I find it fucking hilarious.

Also btw, said daughter is named Anticleia and in her youth she was apparantly a companion to Artemis. Absolutely pop off queen.

So Yada Yada time skip and Anticleia promptly moves on from Sysyphus to Laertes of Ithaca, they get married and soon after a baby boy is born. And by soon I mean, pretty soon after. Suspiciously soon after...I think you know where I'm going with this.

YEP, there are some myths where instead of being the son of Laertes, Odysseus is the son of Sysyphus, yet the absolute gigachad that is Laertes still raised the baby as his own.

Now, myths are everything but consistent, and much like Autolycus beings Hermes' son, this connection with Sysyphus was likely added post-Odyssey, meaning that even if this variation of the myth exists, Odysseus was still widely seen as Laertes' biological son and it's pretty safe to say that he's exactly that in both the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Why did I tell you all this then?

Because it's fanfiction material and I want people to use it.

Sooooo, the baby is born and it's time to give him a name, and the one to do just that is Autolycus, for whatever reason. I mean from what I've read Anticleia actually insisted he named him, so yeah, not super important but I still felt like it was worth mentioning.

So Autolycus cradles his new infant grandson, he looks him in his small baby eyes and says: "You know, I pissed off a fuck ton of people during my life, like really a lot of peeps, so I think I'm gonna name him Hateful."

You think I'm joking but this is kinda how it actually went.

The name Odysseus actually means "To Hate", and yeah, Autolycus specifically chooses it because he himself pissed off a lot of people.

And yeah, that's pretty much it really.

I mean I guess there's the fact that Odysseus got his famous leg scar while hunting with his grandpa, but that's stuff you can read directly on the Odyssey anyway. I just wanted to shine a light on the sheer badassery of this family.

So yeah.

Oh also there are certain myths that say that Homer was Telemachus' son through Nestor's youngest daughter and I think that's kinda neat honestly.

(The girl in question SHOULD be Polycaste, thought some people said it was a different daughter that was apparantly not among the original roster of Nestor's kids which probably means she was written in many years later. Telemachus' love life is actually a bit of a mess really, even putting whatever the hell the Telegony is aside, he's still got at least 3 other possible wives, them being Polycaste, Nausicaa and even Calypso. There is also this one line from the Odyssey where Polycaste bathes him and some people apparantly interpreted it as them banging and it's said she eventually gave birth to a boy named Perseptolis. But yeah, the boy's a womanizer.)

Aaaaand yeah, that's pretty much it.

So what did we learn today? Well, in Odysseus' family the badassery is hereditary it seems.

[booyahpurgatory]

sysyphus got the housekeeping boulder to the top of the mountain for the first time in months and bravely refuses to think about what comes next

[shrimpathizer]

they call me sysyphus the way I’m always pushing myself juuust a little further cuz I think something good will happen it’s juuust around the corner if I do this one more thing

[inneracoustics]

Ver "Slinky Treadmill Stayin' Alive" en YouTube

[Sysyphus on his way back down the mountain to get the boulder again]

[petscopping]

Hm. Rainer playlist

[jessaerys]

how is it that i got groceries on saturday and i already need groceries again -__-

[cosmictapestry]

dream: i mean maybe it wasn’t even that big of a deal. i’m barely mad about it anymore. and i’m a better person now right. so maybe it was like, necessary. i keep forgetting to breathe which makes me panic and i never want anyone to see me naked ever again and i don’t really see myself as important beyond my function anymore but like. whatever yknow?

matthew: fholy shit dude.

[rastronomicals]

12:59 AM EST November 11, 2023:

Pink Floyd - "Sysyphus Part 3" From the album Ummagumma (October 25, 1969)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

From Wright's solo half-side.

[fyeahmeddy]

very pissed off today at not having enough time to do the things I need and want to do, and knowing tomorrow will probably the same

[onceuponaroast]

Every day I wake up and there's a boomer in the work lunch room with their cellphone on full volume no headphones watching videos

[chekovsphaser]

Talking with my therapist today was like: my dad has cancer. Here is a rundown of why a comprehensive family tree of languages is impossible. No I dont know how he feels about it because he didn't tell me. Do you know what an ouroboros is? I wanted to die last week. Granny told me a story of her brother who died of cancer. Here is a description of autistic masking. I havent been to work in 2 weeks and im scared to check my email.

[valence-e]

Mags has so many lingering plot threads/details that they just refuse to ever elaborate on.

First is Santalla who has only been mention once in since she was introduced.

A Personal Relasionship with Muelsyse and Ifrit.

Friends with Emperor

Has a sample of Emperor's Blade's Black Snow

And most egrigouse is this secret 4th drone module.

[pocket-deer-boy]

I think they sgould make sysyphus more gay and woke

[barbthebuilder]

I have something to show you guys

Look

Her full name is Sysyphus Turquoise Shredding Shelly Belinda :3 Totilly Totrellini RollyTurly Scooter Agnieszka Gingerbread Evelyn Venti Poppy Pepermint Aero Tortle the Skateboarding Tortoise Pearl Venus de Milo Gloria Priscilla Emer Isla T U T E L Sophie Terrible Tabitha Puffin Shelldonly Chelone Khelone Tilly Scoots Snappy Cheeseburger Lillian Esmeralda Hans Toodles the Turtle Tiny Hawk Signora Tararuga Trisha Esmerelda Marquis Nibbles Tiana Scooty Sally Rodriguez Beverage A'Tuin Rebecca Tintilante June Kassiopeia.

But you can call her Bea.

[femboyyuri]

one must imagine sysyphus cranking it pankration style

[impossiblesoul13]

The insurmountable task of matching pairs of socks from the laundry. I feel like Sysyphus