#king Agamemnon

[athamad]

I don't get why people hate Agamemnon THAT much. Like yeah, he killed his daughter, but the gods wanted him to and he was very traumatized by that. Like ok, he had slaves but l don't think he ever touched them. And don't get me started on his nightmare childhood, So, why do they hate him that much? I hate some parts of him too but, generally l feel bad for him. Can someone explain it to me? (btw if you come here like "in the tsoa..." don't come at all, there's the door 👉🚪)

#greek mythology #odyssey #homer's odyssey #homer #illiad #the illiad #homer's iliad #agamemnon #tagamemnon #King Agamemnon #l feel bad for him genuinely

[illustratus]

The Tomb of Agamemnon by Louis Jean Desprez

#agamemnon #tomb #art #louis jean desprez #greek mythology #mycenae #mycenaean #king #architecture #funeral #ancient greece #ancient greek #history #antiquity #classical antiquity #europe #european #greek #greece #mythology #ancient #ancient world #funerals

[smolandweirdwriter]

Fuck yeah

(Euripides Medea, translated by Robin Robertson)

#medea euripides #clytemnestra #tagamemnon #greek mythology #greek myths #the oresteia #iphigenia #agamemnon deserved it #orestes #greek tragedy #the illiad #the odyssey #patroclus #achilles #diomedes #trojan war #odysseus #king priam #hector of troy #paris of troy #helen of troy #helen of sparta #menelaus #tyndareus #patrochilles #homer #iliad #greek myth retellings

[streets-in-paradise]

It may be absolutely unfaithfull to the true characterization, but I love Troy version of Agamemnon. As a villian he is fucking hilarious, just check on this:

The inside of the throne room of his palace in Mycenae

and now look at the inside of his tent in the greek camp

It looks literally the same, he made it be copied in every detail ... Even the fucking throne.

His throne is right there, i can't get over that. It is unclear if the motherfucker has a replica or may have ordered the original be carried away to Troy with him

#troy 2004 #troy #agamemnon #brian cox #what a fun asshole #is like the writers of the film took two main traits of agamemnon #pride and lack of self awareness #and wrote an imperialist clown of a king with that #they read “dude so ambitious he sacrificed his daughter to get the war” #and were like so... every negative stereotype applied to rancid modern politicians pushing imperialist warfare #he takes the “ fuck agamemnon ” feeling to a whole new level #i do feel sorry for OG agamemnon #he is a complex character #but in the context of the film only #I can't help loving it

[nomilkinmyteaplease]

#practising that Agamemnon walk #for the future #david walmsley #of kings and prophets #sadly sum of all parts (good parts) not equal an amazing outcome with this series #my stuff #my edits #the more I watch the more I think there has been a mistcast here #to have dwalms and not use him #but at least he did have a good chunk to act

[maryoliverdotcom]

i feel like emily wilson's translations are overhyped & overrated. although she does a better job than madeline miller, i think her translation is more of a personal interpretation and her opinions on homers' work & it's kind of like she's trying to fit the epic into her own personal box. the hype is mostly about how she's erased misogynistic language from her translation & while i agree that previous translators may very well have been biased and used misogynistic vocabulary when there was no need for one, it must be kept in mind that when the people of the times when epics were sung (performed?) were also misogynistic. when i read her translation of the odyssey, i felt like her translation of the iliad & odyssey are ideal for middle school readers. in her attempt to "dumb it down" for the general public, she has made quite a few omissions & not explored the dimensions of homeric characters in order to assign them 2D and simplistic roles, suiting their personalities to her personal opinions & interpretation. overall, this is my (strong) opinion on her translation and the trend of dumbing down classical literature for gen z readers she has adhered to.

#translations are not supposed to be interpretations of the translator!!! #& reducing characters to good & bad is a choice the translator absolutely must not take. #what pissed me off was her referring to agamemnon as “cannibal king” & her attempt to fit every character according to her moral compass #characters are more than tiny box-shaped things!! #anyway . very strong opinions on this one

[veronadragon]

Cassandra calls her mother Hecuba and casually mentions her curse put upon her by the god Apollo, while Clytemnestra was out working since she got a job in the criminal career since it was her LTW

#ts2 #sims 2 #hood: euripides bay #household: king agamemnon #round 1

[holding-achilles-fan]

Hi! Welcome to my Holding Achilles blog.

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#patroclus #achilles #patrochilles #reactions and reviews #the link #where to watch #holding achilles quote #peleus #chiron #paris #menelaus #agamemnon #not holding achilles #briseis #helen #king priam #ajax #hector #odysseus #art #nic prior #Montaigne #thetis #dead puppet society #legs on the wall #nicolas paine #david morton #joshua thomson #stephen madsen #lauren jackson

[my-burnt-city]

there is only one king i plan to pledge my allegiance to next saturday

fuck the monarchy, fuck weirdo bootlicking, all hail the tbc double-show day ✌🏻😘

#the burnt city #burnt city #punchdrunk #punchdrunk theatre #immersive theatre #immersive #hades #sam booth #daddy sam #the only king that matters #fuck agamemnon too while we're at it #(but affectionately)

[athamad]

One of the reasons l love Athamas so much is that we don't know much about his personality which sucks but is also great because l can make my head canons about him. He's my favorite king because he marries 3 goddesses, and has like 6 children, all his wives hated the children he had from the previous marriage, so like 3 of his children die, then he kills another one because Hera drives him mad cause he's like Dionysus' babysitter, then he stops being a king all of a sudden and lives in the forest then she returns to one of his previous wives, he's great. I will write fanfics about him after l read every story with the sources that has him in it

#greek mythology #athamas #greek myths #greek myth #ancient greek mythology #tagamemnon #went through all that #only to get back to his ex wife #such a power move #what a slay #Agamemnon who? I only know one king who attempts to sacrifice one of his children #but then the children escape #but one of them dies anyway #lol #ugh isnt he great #poor little meow meow #blorbo #hobo #hobo but also a king #just a little silly

[andromedaexists]

first Greek book report of the year is done...

I can now say that I read the Bατραχομυομαχία, a not-quite-fable that I didn't know exist. Prof also didn't provide us any guidance on what he wanted in the book report or what the format of the book report should be so he got a 1.5 page essay of my comparing the King of the Frogs to Agamemnon and the mouse that dies to Achilles...

ANYWAYS i'm def in the right mind and should be trusted to work on school work rn...

#andi talks #no hear me out HEAR ME OUT #the king is like an ass and lies about his involvement in the death of the mouse right? #seems like a dick move #you know who else is a dick??? Agamemnon #that's it #that's the argument #i hope i get an A for creativity

[swallowtail-ageha]

Mhhh agamemnon sacrificing iphigenia gwyn sending filianore off in the ringed city parallels i am actually going insane

#dark souls 3 #gwyn lord of cinder #filianore #gwyn and agamemnon both kings during an important war forced to sacrifice their beloved youngest daughter despite hating it #(gwyn needing the ringed knights help to win against the dragons and agamemnon having to both because of artemis and because #his soldiers would have mutinied if they stayed in aulis) #both lured said daughter that they sacrificed by giving them false promises (gwyn promising to come back for filianore and agamemnon #taking iphigenia to the altar making her think he was to wed her to achilles) #i do wonder if filianore like iphigenia was ok with that because it would mean that it will bring glory both to her and her peopls

[ravenkings]

it's interesting to me that people overwhelmingly seem to see agamemnon as worse than victor frankenstein. i mean, both are awful, but i guess it comes down to whether you see the betrayal by a parental figure as worse than complete and utter abandonment by a parental figure.

#also victor frankenstein behaved purely out of self-interest vs agamemnon who was def self-interested #but he also had a bunch of bloodthirsty kings and generals breathing down his neck (not to excuse him ofc but it is something) #i also think frankenstein has been ''poor little meow meow-ified'' by MANY factions of this website lmao

[verdantlyviolet]

I'm not trying to stir drama by brining this person up. There is a person in the community who thinks Hellene is an acceptable religious identity, thats how I found their blog. Their worship is of Roman emperors. How do Emperors and Divine Kings play a role in hero worship? By this I mean Emperors and Divine Kings who aren't solely in myths, we know they were real and are historically attested.

I saw that persons reply and promptly blocked them coz I don’t need that on my dash lol

Unfortunately I don’t know anything at all about how the Romans worshipped emperors and such. I might tag @asklepiean if they have anything to say about this?

Worship of divine kings was usually extremely localised and rarely Panhellenic. It’s probably best to look at the likes of Agamemnon and Theseus for a broad (and well-established in research) example. This is where terms such as “tomb cult” come into play as there was significant emphasis on who held the bones of these deceased kings (where they were laid to rest). Greeks would fight over ownership of the bones and would endeavour wherever possible to return them to the “rightful” home - of course this was relative, and in the case of Agamemnon created two main centres of worship. Theseus’ worship tied largely to the identity of Athens and so he would have received offerings at many civil festivals as well as the likes of the Panathenaia which he founded. He was important enough to the Athenians to receive a monthly libation, the only divine-born mortal to do so besides Herakles.

Now … it is my understanding that their worship would otherwise be no different to a (mortal or otherwise) hero’s. Same methods, similar offerings, and completely dependant on their divine heritage and/or larger-than-life deeds to hold real significance. Keep in mind my knowledge is usually focussed on pre-hellenistic eras.

#hero worship #asks #anon #divine kings #Agamemnon #Theseus

[hanzajesthanza]

i watched the pilot of brba the other night and it occured to me then that there is a specific kind of guy that i become obsessed with turning over and over in my head like observing a coin shine in the sunlight:

a tragic adult male figure that ends up hurting those closest to him (and/or) everyone around him, because of his own crumbling to society's expectations and pressures of him as a man, leader, patriarch, or simply as a person, and a slow succumbing to self-loathing, insanity, addiction, curse, evil, or just long-suffering... and the tragic consequences of his instability and harmful behaviors affect his family first, perhaps the ones he loves most, or the only ones which love him, before it finally gets around back to him and he begins to suffer tenfold. sometimes they are dads (biological, or adoptive), or they are something like an unofficial guardian to a child, or they *would* have had a child had it not been for their behavior. sometimes there's a redemption arc or redeemable qualities, and sometimes there's just a slow demise.

#THISSS is what my mind revolves around. this is what i think everyone else should be obsessed with and no one seems to be #from top to bottom beginning with the good guys: emiel regis | geralt of rivia | simon petrikov (ice king) #for 'decent': odysseus | agamemnon | nandor (i put them in 'decent' by their ancient standards. obviously the war + pillaging isn't great) #nandor i gotta be real with you was a last-minute addition to this because wwdits is a comedy but i realized he fits this formula #despite the 'stay dead' mention. i forgot about wwdits #and i also forgot that he fathered a bunch of children soooo i edited it to put him in the father area #the 'awesome / decent / stay dead' ranking is by my own personal judgement of them btw and how much i like them #im sorry to put simon so (relatively) low but who didn't hate the ice king in the first few seasons of AT... #i actually really like odysseus... he's my academic poor little meow meow... but... problematic fave #agamemnon and nandor i like but they are just stupid #and below that i just have hate and contempt in my heart for them. like i hope they die and suffer greatly #i would have put emhyr but the thing is that emhyr was evil (power-hungry and selfish) since the beginning and he didn't really become #corrupted or anything he just continued being a horrible person. like just read a question of price basically lol #i dont need to explain geralt or regis. or do i. maybe i should. idk #basically for geralt i just think about sword of destiny and something more and how he left ciri in brokilon and condemned the both of them #and also how he wouldnt take the child when he went to see calanthe in something more like just real dumbass tragic hero behavior #regis. he's not a tragic hero but he destroyed his life catastrophically. he suffered a lot and made it everybody else's problem #so if you have any recs on other characters that are like this maybe i will become obsessed with them idk. #i think they have to be at least somewhat likable. learn from their past actions and try to make things better. even if they dont succeed #actually if they dont succeed thats even better (see: geralt) #but if they just suck for real then i just don't even want to watch or read more like damn get some help or k*ll yourself #i should honestly make my OC's dad like this. he already 90% is. honestly. #i like it when they are good on the inside :> and try to turn things around and save ppl they love but they meet a tragic end anyways :') #except odysseus i think he should get to live happily ever after on ithaca i'm honestly kind of glad we lost the telegony #men who are thiiiiis close to commiting s*icide from the extreme pressure society places upon them #but instead they chicken out and instead stab their wife or child. OR BOTH #txt #cw domestic violence

[veronadragon]

so when I randomized sexualities, Cassandra and Clytemnestra both rolled bisexual and they are two bolters :0

So I guess Cassandra is having second thoughts on wanting to go back home to her mother Hecuba

Clytemnestra still has left over fury with Cassandra so who is to say she doesn't snap and suddenly fight her

#ts2 #sims 2 #hood: euripides bay #household: king agamemnon #round 1