#autolycus

[wolfythewitch]

the royal family,,,

#art #digital art #the odyssey #odyssey #tagamemnon #greek mythology #sketch #odysseus #ctimene #autolycus #laertes #anticlea #amphithea

[missagonyy]

Sketches from Xena: Princess Warrior

Ted Raimi did such a fantastic job playing Jace and Jett. It’s sad we didn’t get more development on them.

If you look closely, you can see Jett’s outfit is actually very elaborate. Look at the insane detail on that leather! I don’t think Ares even owned anything that hardcore.

#xena fanart #sketchbook #xena #joxer #joxer the mighty #Jace #Jett #xena: warrior princess #xena and gabrielle #xenaverse #autolycus #Joxer x Autolycus #90s #90s nostalgia #90s tv shows #ink drawing #character art #character study #gabrielle #joxer’s brothers #xena warrior princess #hercules the legendary journeys #ted raimi #lucy lawless #illustration #fantasy art #fanart

[ashyy-slashyy]

happy transgender visibility day to every bruce campbell character because i said so (especially you, ashley joanna williams. you're on here twice for a reason)

(brisco gif is made by @shockyhorror !!!)

#bruce campbell #ash williams #ashley joanna williams #evil dead #the evil dead #renaldo #renaldo crimewave #crimewave #autolycus #xena warrior princess #brisco county jr #brisco county #carl grieg #bruce campbell grieg #icebreaker #icebreaker(2000) #transgender

[katerinaaqu]

According to the 19th rhapsody/book of Odyssey, Odysseus's grandfather Autolycus named his grandson "Odysseus" because he was angry and the entire world (coming from the verb "οδύσσομαι" which means "be angry at")

As it happens with many Greek myths, the name is a self-fulfilled prophecy since Odysseus attracted plenty of anger in his life from the Trojans whose city practically singlehandedly he sacked, Aias the Telamon (aka Ajax the Great) for he defeated him in a battle taking Achilles's armor as a price till the anger of Polyphemus and Poseidon which pretty much sealed his fate and doomed him to wander about the seas for more than 10 years.

However the name is also extremely symbolic given that Odysseus's anger was the reason he committed hubris and bragged his winning against Polyphemus becoming the literal plot starter of Odyssey.

It also means something else; Odysseus in his anger says "I am Odysseus" to Polyphemus. You may also say that he also indirectly said "I am furious"

#greek mythology #odysseus #the odyssey #tagamemnon #odyssey #the odyssey 1997 #homeric epics #homer #homeric poems #the iliad #classicism #classic #ancient greek #mythology #odysseus's name #odypen #polyphemus #epic #autolycus #hubris #odyssey hubris #odysseus angry #odysseus and polyphemus #odyssey cyclops

[possessable]

rough drawings/designs of hermes/autolycus/odysseus/telemachus because they are all Extremely

#doodle #the odyssey #epic the musical #hermes #autolycus #odysseus #telemachus

[rafikecoyote]

Xena: Warrior Princess 3.08 The King of Assassins

#bruce campbell #ted raimi #xenaedit #xena warrior princess #joxer #autolycus #xena #s008 #he took him to cello lessons 😭

[tapeworrmart]

He's stolen my heart 😔

#Everyone shut up I'm drawing stupid 90s TV characters from silly historical comedies #All my art has been bad recently I'm sorry but I had to get him out my head #fan art #art #sketch #character art #autolycus #xena warrior princess #Bruce Campbell #xena: warrior princess #hercules: the legendary journeys #Hercules legendary journeys

[incorrect-xena-quotes]

Gabrielle: Pick a card. Any card.

Autolycus: Okay!

Gabrielle: ‘Any card’ does not include my credit card, put that back in my wallet.

#incorrect xena quotes #incorrect quotes #xena: warrior princess #xena warrior princess #xena #gabrielle #autolycus #source: tumblr

[the-bellhopper]

Full party!! again

#my art #xena warrior princess #xena #gabrielle #joxer #autolycus #teehee trying something new with coloring

[ogromnaya-davilka]

#art #ash williams #evil dead #ash vs evil dead #horror #ashley j williams #bubba hotep #brisco county jr #autolycus

[doob-or-something]

Counsel to the Young Prince of Ithaka

“You see, Odysseus,” my grandfather shifted his weight on the unsteady branches of an old olive tree. We were far outside of the palace, away from the view of the royal guard and my father. He loved these places, trails that wouldn’t necessarily lead you anywhere in particular, and there were many in Ithaka, though it was a small island. He plucked a small bunch of olives from the branches, cupping them neatly in his hand as he came back down towards me. He passed me one — purple, soft and overripe. I grimaced as it fell on my hands, mother always said they were bad for you. “You wouldn’t eat one of those would you? They’re much too old now”, he dropped the rest of the purple olives on the grass.

“Oh don’t make that face!”, he said as he reached into his old leather bag, “Here! You’ll prefer this”. His arm outstretched toward me, holding an apple, an ugly, rotten thing. It seemed to crumble every time he swung his arms around to speak — which he always did. “Appearances are very important, young man, aren’t they?”, he said confidently, Grandpa Autolycus always knew what he spoke of, he had lived a life full of experience. “You wouldn’t eat this, would you?” he held it nearer to me. “No! Eww”, I grimaced, it smelled even worse than it looked. “But what if I…” he held my attention as he passed the rotten apple behind his back, from his right hand to his left, and out came a shining, almost golden, apple. They said it was his gift, as the son of lord Hermes.

“How did you do that!” I was shocked, my eyes filled with wonder at the gleaming fruit in front of me. It seemed to glow as the sun struck it through the leaves of the olive trees that surrounded us. It almost looked godly, like something Lady Athena or the mighty Lord Zeus would dine on. I inched ever closer towards it, its beauty mesmerizing me. The smell of rot and disgust hit my nose the moment the apple was up to my young face, and I darted back as the horrible stench approached me. “Appearances can be deceiving, wouldn’t you say?” he laughed as I attempted to get rid of the smell that had now plagued my nose and would disappointingly remain with me for the remainder of the day.

“But one can change their appearance” I saw the apple transform with a snap of his fingers, crumbling back into the rotten mess it was before “Even the mightiest of men can look poor and wretched if given enough practice. Even you, Odysseus!” He said as he ruffled my hair, laughing as the strands began to cover my gray eyes. In between laughs I stammered, “Stop!”. He managed to pick out some better olives, green ones, which we ate as we watched birds fly over Ithaka. I laid by him as Helios traveled below the Earth and night came. Nights were quiet in the island, only the sound of the crashing waves and the leaves of olive trees being rustled by the wind could be heard, perhaps the sound of a boar if you were unlucky.

“I taught Herakles how to wrestle, you know?” he laughed as he lifted me above his shoulders, “You’re lying!” I shouted with doubt as I laughed along. He stopped for a second, an almost imperceptible second, “I lie to everyone else, young man”, his face turned serious, “but not you. You’re too clever for that”. It was the first time he’d spoken to me without the hint of a chuckle in his voice. “Do not forget this, Odysseus. You are more clever than you know”. I did not understand him then –most of his words fell on attentive, but deaf ears— he spoke to me as though I were an older man, after all. A man such as he, bearded and full of experience. But I was not an old man like him, I was young, spry, and endlessly energetic. Though his words stuck with me even more than the scar that marks my thigh, and I would understand his counsel. 

As we reached the castle, and he ignited my imagination with tales of monsters and gods — how lord Hermes stole the cattle of great Apollo, or how Perseus slayed the terrifying Medusa — until I fell unconscious on his lap and Eurycleia lifted me to my bedchambers.

“He loves you more than anything else in Ithaka,” she said as she tucked me into bed, “You were named by him you know, not your father”. I had heard the story before, my father and Eurycleia had brought the young boy, the heir to the throne of Ithaka, to the lap of his grandfather. He looked at the boy with joy, his young, gray eyes reminding him of adventures of his past. Eurycleia recommended the name Polyaretos, “most wished”, she said with tears in her eyes, “we have prayed much for this young boy”. My father seemed pleased, though my grandfather disagreed. “Odysseus” he told him, “hated one, that shall be his name”. He did not laugh, Eurycleia maintains that she could see tears welling up in his eyes. My father was opposed to marking the next heir to the throne with such a bad omen, yet my grandfather persisted. “Give me this, young man” he said to King Laertes, “this boy will be far more than all of Ithaka, I will assure it”. He stood, holding the baby softly to his chest and walking towards the young king, “name him Odysseus”. 

No one is quite sure why I was called Odysseus, some don’t even believe it is of our native tongue. But it was important for my grandfather, regardless of what it meant for my future. I was important to him, perhaps he saw me as a second chance for the actions he regretted. “He was a haunted man” some would say, but they did not know the beaming, grinning Autolycus I knew. The old man who would run through the rocky hills of Ithaka with an infant on his shoulders who could not contain his excitement, or would involve his grandson in his many mischievous plans, to the delight of the young boy. He was a man who would do anything for his family.

I am older now, 22 years of age, expecting a young boy, Telemachos. I will do all I can to see him grow, to advise him and show him the beauty of our kingdom. I will be there for his first steps, for his first words, for the first time his beard begins to grow. He will be my pride, my joy, my world. I understand now, perhaps, why that young, gray-eyed boy meant so much to the old man.

-Odysseus, father of Telemachos

#the odyssey #the iliad #iliad #odyssey #odysseus #telemachus #telemachos #autolycus #laertes #writing #is this fanfic? #fanfic #fanfiction #greek tumblr #greek mythology #epic the musical #homeric epics #tagamemnon #trojan war #mythology #creative writing #ithaca #ithaka #Eurycleia

[wolfythewitch]

warrior of the mind

#animatic #art #epic the musical #the odyssey #odysseus #athena #autolycus #laertes #digital art #Youtube

[queerhamlet]

sometimes a family can be you, your shepherd adopted dad, his sheep and his bisexual son, the vagabond he has a gay thing with who happens to be the greek god Hermes, your princely bf, his dad, his loyal boytoy who's lavender married to a dykeish witch, her bff and lady aka your mother who's Jesus Christ if she was a statue, your reformed cunt biological father, 12 dancing satyrs and a man eating bear symbolizing justice

#yes. one of my favourite shakespeare plays #winter's tale #og #in order: #perdita #old shepherd #sheep #clown winterstale #autolycus #florizel #polixenes #camillo #paulina #hermione #leontes #12 dancing satyrs #satyrs #bear #the winter's tale

[ligercat]

#i'm dying send help #whose idea was this #...and why am i turned on #bruce campbell #autolycus #gifs #mygifs

[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.

#odysseus #the odyssey #the iliad #greek mythology #myths and legends #autolycus #Sysyphus #Anticleia #laertes #telemachus #polycaste #homer #epic the musical #hades #I'm honestly putting Hades here only because of the Sysyphus bit

[marielle-heller]

Xena: Warrior Princess 3x20: Vanishing Act

#xena warrior princess #xena #gabrielle #autolycus #lucy lawless #renee o'connor #bruce campbell #my gifs #my edit #i love auto i have many thoughts about #what this scene and the kiss says about him <3