#iliad memes

[spocktheestallion]

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)

#the iliad #iliad memes #homer’s iliad #achilles #patroclus

[therealrichardpapen]

The Iliad is about hubris, pride, wrath, meanwhile the Odyssey is basically this dude who wants back home but, on his way, manages to piss off every living creature in the entire existence

#the odyssey #the illiad #uni life #classics #literature #iliad memes #odyssey memes #achilles #odysseus #patrochilles

[badliteraturememes]

Fuck Paris, stan Helen

#book #book memes #books #literary memes #literature #literature memes #meme #memes #bookblr #lit #greek myth #greek mythology memes #greek mythology #iliad #iliad memes #Paris #paris of troy #Paris Iliad

[theoi-crow]

The Iliad was told by a possessed man.

#Homer #iliad memes #the iliad #sing muse of the rage of Achilles #homer's iliad #iliad

[fireheartwraith]

I love how we all collectively decided that Patroclus is poc actually but hmm, I have a question

How did him wearing Achilles' armour fool anyone? It's not like it's a full body suit and swordfight requires you being close enough to someone to notice the highly different skin tone, guys, I just can't stop noticing this plot hole

#i can get why the trojans didn't notice because if they had gotten close to achilles before they would've been dead #but the greeks??? #guys you have no excuse #the iliad #homer's iliad #iliad memes #the song of achilles #tsoa #hades #hades game #achilles #patroclus #achilles x patroclus #patrochilles

[athenas-sw0rd]

Thank me for fixing the Iliad

#this is a joke #the iliad #incorrect greek heroes #greek heroes #paris of troy #helen of troy #helen of sparta #menelaos #menelaus #the iliad incorrect quotes #iliad #incorrect iliad #iliad memes #homer's iliad

[thegodcyclecomic]

Achilles concept art for planned Trojan war arc

#achilles #tagamemnon #greek mythology #the iliad #iliad memes #the god cycle #concept art #greek mythology memes

[godsofhumanity]

achilles moment

#sorry to keep on posting. but this was on my dash and it made me think instantly of achilles lmfaoo #achilles #the iliad #iliad memes #memes #greek gods #greek heroes #mythology memes #greek mythology memes #greek myth memes #original #og #mine

[olympiangods]

tsoa characters as memes from my phone

patroclus

achilles

thetis

odysseus

briseis

chiron

deidameia

agamemnon

i keep finding this in my drafts n im just gonna send it out into the world it's y'all problem now

#i don't know. im baked. i never liked agamemnon. #tsoa #tsoa the memes #i should make more ..... 😌 #the song of achilles #iliad memes #like #only sorta #iliad adjacent memes #that's more accurate

[batrachois]

Swordtember day 1: Spirit of Vengeance

inspiration: - Xiphos, a traditional ancient greek sword; -the Iliad, waves pattern: reference to the vessels that the Achaeans used to get to Ilium; also a reference to Poseidon, one of the Gods that had more influence on the war; eye: reference to ancient greece sculptures; reference to the boats that were supposedly painted with large eyes; reference to Athena, the other God involved in the war; Nemesis: goddess of vengeance; reference to Helen of Troy (supposedly nemesis birthed an egg from which Helen spawned);

#swordtember #design #sword #ancient greece #ancient art #art #patreon #artists on tumblr #mythology #antiquity #tagamemnon #helen of troy #achilles #iliad #the iliad #iliad memes #homer's iliad

[potseluymenya]

Me: I'm done with the conversation now!

Agamemnon: sit back down

Me: ...

#iliad memes #homer's iliad #achilles #patroclus #agamemnon #odysseus #andromache of troy #hector #incorrect tsoa quotes

[greekmythcomix]

To explain my chicken obsession:

* * *

Me: I’m enjoying drawing chickens for this commission.

Husband: ha ha Greek Myth Chickens!

Me: 🤔

I now present to you,

🏺Greek Myth Chickens 🐓

ILIAD EDITION

(drawn and originally posted in May 2021, coloured and reposted Jan 2023)

1) Egg-chilles and Patro-cluck (Achilles and Patroclus)

2) Mene-lay-us and Al-eggs-andros (Paris) (Menelaus and Alexandros [Paris])

3) Egg-amemnon (Agamemnon)

4) Aph-roost-ite and Helen of Spur-ta (Aphrodite and Helen of Sparta)

5) Nest-or (Nestor)

6) Androma-beak, Peck-tor, and Astyan-egg (Andromache, Hektor and Astyanax)

7) At-hen-a and Egg-dysseus (Athena and Odysseus)

8) Preen-am and Peck-uba (Priam and Hekuba [Hekabe])

9) Brood-seis (Briseis)

10) Diom-egg-es (Diomedes)

EDIT: Greek Myth and Roman History chicken MASTERPOST - https://www.tumblr.com/greekmythcomix/725538723329179648/greek-myth-roman-history-chickens-master-post Here Be More Chickens Cosplaying

(See next post for last 3 Iliad chickens- https://www.tumblr.com/greekmythcomix/722218945873051648/iliad-chickens-continued-11-lay-jax-tel-capon )

#Achilles #Patroclus #patroklos #akhilles #greek mythology #greek myth retellings #greek myth #comix #greek myth memes #Iliad #Homer #artwork #my artwork #Greek myth chickens #illustration #pun #fanart #chickens #tagamemnon #the Iliad #classics #classical civilisation

[roseblack12]

Diomedes:Do you ever wanna talk about your son Achilles ? Achilles: No Odysseus:I do Diomedes:I know, Odysseus Odysseus:I am the father of Telemachus Diomedes:I know Odysseus

#odysseus #greek mythology #the iliad #achilles the illiad #achilles #iliad meme #diomedes

[badliteraturememes]

Peak Dramatic Irony

#book #book memes #books #literary memes #literature #literature memes #meme #memes #bookblr #lit #classic lit memes #classic literature #greek myth #greek mythology #greek mythology memes #iliad #iliad memes #iliad meme #Priam #king Priam #Cassandra #cassandra of troy

[peggy-sue-reads-a-book]

Go off, Muse, of unhinged Achilles,

who cost the Greeks like so many Ls,

and yeeted countless souls of dank heroes

into Hades' big dark,

making their bodies into snack for doggos

and all kinds of birbs.*

Begin with the how Agamemnon--

CEO of men--

deadass canceled the main character.

*edit

#greek mythology #achilles #the iliad #gen z memes #gen z post #tagamemnon

[girlcatilina]

me as a parent

#ancient history #classics #iliad #homer #achilles #patroclus #tagamemnon #diomedes #odysseus #just roman memes #classics memes