#peleus and achilles

[amiti-art]

Nobody:

Absolutely nobody:

Me at 1am:

If we take a version of the myth in which Achilles' father, Peleus, is Chiron's grandson

and a version in which Apollo is the father of Chariclo, who is Chiron's wife,

then Apollo is Achilles' great-great-grandfather.

Do whatever you want with this information.

#what if Achilles has blond hair because Apollo is blond #Apollo #Achilles #peleus #chiron #Chariclo #greek panteon #greek myths #greek gods #greek mythology #greek heroes #tagamemnon

[doob-or-something]

I think that one of my favorite parts of studying the Iliad and the Trojan war is how incredible the world building is. The fact that you can research any of the characters and find their life prior to and (in some cases) after the Trojan War, their families and typically fathers which themselves form parts of different epics (Telamon, Peleus and Laertes all being Argonauts who sailed with Jason for the golden fleece) (Depending on the version Herakles, Orpheus, Theseus and Atalanta could’ve also been there with them), and just how much content there is about each figure in the war that you wouldn’t know just by reading the Iliad.

Why was Paris chosen by the gods to pick which goddess was the most beautiful? He proved to the gods on a previous ocassion in a bull competition he hosted which Ares won that he was a fair and honest judge (I guess he lost that fairness in judgement by the time the goddesses appeared before him)

How did Achilles become such an almost undefeatable warrior? He was the son of an Argonaut and a sea-nymph raised by Hera whom both Poseidon and Zeus wanted to bed, and was trained by mighty Chiron who taught heroes like Orpheus and Herakles.

Why are the walls of Troy “impenetrable”? They were built by Apollo and Poseidon disguised as humans due to a punishment from Zeus.

And this is all known with thousands of lines of the Trojan War’s story being lost to time. Imagine if we had more of the Nostoi or Cypria or Little Iliad, if we still had plays like “Myrmidons” or had a better historical understanding of Mycenaean Greece.

And still, with all this content, the Trojan War is just a section of the greater greek myths. The mythologized greek world existed far before Troy, and it continued to push forward far after.

#greek mythology #tagamemnon #trojan war #jason and the argonauts #argonautica #achilles #paris #ares #laertes #telamon #peleus #poseidon #zeus #apollo #ancient greece #homer

[olympushit]

Achilles: Daddy, can you pass me a spoon?

Patroclus and Peleus both grab a spoon and look at each other

Achilles: I should have specified which one I meant!

#greek mythology #incorrect greek mythology #incorrect quotes #patrochilles #achilles x patroclus #achilles #patroclus #peleus

[johaerys-writes]

For centuries, scholars have debated the Embassy scene and what exactly it was that Achilles really wanted. Should he have accepted the gifts, or was he right to reject them? Since Achilles' refusal to be appeased marks the beginning of his tragedy, the usual conclusion is that he made the wrong decision and he will learn his lesson. But the point of the Embassy scene was to establish that Achilles had three options, not two, and it is the third that will break his heart. Achilles' tragic error did not lie in his acceptance or rejection of Agamemnon's gifts; his tragic error was that he did not follow where his thoughts always seem to tend-- to Phthia beyond the sea; to Peleus, his father; to home.

From The War That Killed Achilles, by Caroline Alexander

#achilles #the iliad #homer's iliad #he just wanted to go HOME 🥺 #the way most of his longer speeches feature phthia or peleus or both makes me cry #he misses his dad......... halp #not me rereading this book and getting in my feels first thing in the morning #tagamemnon

[marsdeathdefiances]

Achilles: *after meeting Patroclus* He can fix me

Peleus: You two just met. You need to relax.

#all jokes here #incorrect quotes #incorrect iliad #achilles #incorrect tsoa quotes #patrochilles #patroclus #achilles x patroclus #incorrect patrochilles quotes #incorrect greek mythology #tsoa peleus

[jules-ln]

Sometimes I think about Achilles' family and I want to chew on one of my copies of the Iliad

Because Aegina is a nymph so immortal and non human, and Zeus is a God so Aeacus (Achilles's grandpa) would be 1/2 God 1/2 nymph 0% human

That would make Peleus only 1/2 human, for simplicity let's say he was a demi god; then he had a son with a sea Nymph; that would make Achilles only a 1/4 human so Achilles is barely human!!!

And if you think about the prophecy of Achilles being better than his father that would make it so Achilles was going to be better than a demigod. Achilles is literally so close to being a full God

And I want to scream because the less human character somehow is the one who acts so painfully human and makes so many mistakes

The character who is more God than man is still mortal and doesn't want to die; he's still a young man

The best of the Greeks, the strongest and most beautiful of them all, so close to being a God and still couldn't protect the one person that truly mattered to him; and if he couldn't what hope have the rest of the soldiers that were mere mortals?

In conclusion I want to eat the Iliad

#ramblings #greek mythology #iliad #achilles #tagamemnon #trojan war #patrochilles #I'm going to ignore the version where Peleus's mom is Chiron and a Nymph's daughter because that only confuses me #and that would make Achilles more Nymph than anything else #Patroclus isn't 100% mortal either #but he's more human than Achilles

[gwensparlour]

Chiron: What else is there? She says, "Is beauty all that matters?" And you say, "What else is there?" Peleus: It was dumb. I know. Chiron: You should write a book. "How to Offend Women in Five Syllables or Less".

#the iliad #the song of achilles #peleus #chiron #thetis #incorrect quotes #tsoa

[floralcavern]

Greek Mythology incorrect quotes

Achilles: Bro, I had a dream we fucked. 

Patroclus: Bro, relax it was just a dream. 

Achilles: Huh, gay, I wouldn’t fuck you. 

Patroclus: You wouldn’t? 

Achilles: I mean, unless you want to-

Patroclus: As top in this relationship, I think we should-  Achilles: I can't believe you're pulling rank on me.

Hades: I was going to suggest we do Marilyn Monroe and JFK roleplay, but I’d get way too into it. 

Persephone: What- how? 

Hades: You’d be like “come to bed … Mr. President” and I’d be like, “I need to increase the amount of American military advisors in South Vietnam by a factor of 18.”

Achilles: This bloodline ends with me. 

Peleus: That's the fanciest way I've ever heard someone say "I'm gay".

Apollo, trying his first ever cup of coffee: I am ENERGY! 

Artemis, an avid coffee drinker, on her twelfth cup of the day: Someone slap me awake or I am literally going to fall into a coma in ten seconds.

Dionysus: I’m having salad for dinner! 

Apollo: 

Dionysus: Well, fruit salad. 

Dionysus: Actually, it’s mostly grapes. 

Apollo: 

Dionysus: Okay, it’s all grapes. 

Dionysus: Fermented grapes. 

Apollo: 

Dionysus: 

Apollo: 

Dionysus: It’s wine. 

Dionysus: I’m having wine for dinner.

Athena: Ha! Don't you know the trappers trap can trap the trapper? 

Athena: I must be losing it, I'm quoting Ares.

Zeus: Do you guys hear something? 

Hades: I hear the sound of you shutting the fuck up.

#Greek mythology #patrocolus #Achilles #patrochilles #hades #persephone #persephades #Peleus #Apollo #Dionysus #Athena #Ares #Zeus #apollo #artemis #Incorrect quotes #The Illiad

[babyrdie]

Thetis

I wanted to draw Thetis because I just adore her, so here we are.

Now I'm going to start chatting since this whole thing involving Thetis and Achilles is of great interest to me, so I'll separate this post into topics.

DIFFERENT COSTUMES

I generally design clothes based more on representations in amphorae or descriptions in Greek plays/poems from myths, which means that the clothes are not Mycenaean. However, I decided to try to make Mycenaean clothing (as it would be most accurate with the time of the Trojan War) at least on mortals. The gods will not necessarily follow costumes according to the timeline. For example, Athena will still have peplos and armor if I draw her.

In my drawings I intend to make Thetis in detailed Mycenaean costumes when living in Phthia, and peplos without adornments when not. I decided to make nymphs with a more "free" look of adornments or tied hair because I think it suits them, and this extends to the naiads and, therefore, Thetis. I intended to make this costume change due to the context of Thetis' story.

I'm following Argonautica a lot because I liked the portrait that Apollonius gave to Thetis. In Book IV, Apollonius shows us about Peleus interrupting Thetis as she tries to immortalize Achilles with fire. Because he interrupts her, the procedure doesn't work and she becomes frustrated and leaves [1], never to return. Achilles was a baby then. After this event, apparently she and Peleus find themselves in an even stranger situation judging by the way Hera comments on Thetis letting go of her anger and the cold interaction she has with Peleus despite this (I say "more" because it was already a situation tense from the beginning).

We also know, from the Hera lines, about how Zeus was interested in Thetis and tried to have something, but she didn't want it. And how Zeus was offended by this, declaring that she would never be the wife of an immortal, but still he continued after her. However, Thetis still never wanted anything to do with him [2]. Finally, Zeus is informed by Themis about the famous prophecy of Thetis' son being greater than his father and fears that her becoming pregnant by an immortal will end up giving birth a threat to him, and then forces her into a marriage with a mortal. Hera's part in this is that she steps forward to choose Peleus herself [3] and even holds the bridal torch for Thetis. Hera is an important relationship in Thetis' story.

In other words, Thetis was forced into a horrible situation against her will, which even involved her being a victim of abuse [4], for something she never had fault. Thetis even spent time on the surface with Peleus, apparently trying to come to terms with what reality should be. But the mere fact that she tries to immortalize Achilles shows that, in the end, she was never "ok" about it. And Peleus messing this up (accidentally. He thought Achilles was going to die for obvious reasons: fire) only made her even more frustrated at what her life had become. That was her limit and she returned to sea never to return to live in Phtia. The possibility of making her son immortal like her was what had been keeping her there, day after day discreetly trying to burn away Achilles' mortality. Without that being possible anymore, she left.

In Argonautica, we also know that Achilles is on Mount Pelion, being trained by Chiron and raised by naiads. He must still be a child (instead of a teenager, for example), considering that at the Chiron's wife holds him on her lap and shows him to Peleus before Peleus leaves with the Argonauts in Book I. Hera suggests that Thetis isn't a figure present in this part, so I imagine that Thetis must not have been frequent in Pelion. Still, part of the reason why she helps the Argonauts is precisely Achilles, so I think that even though she was far away [5], she still cared about him.

I think that, while living with Peleus, Thetis was, in a way, already trying to fit into a life that was not hers. The sea was her life. Hence the obvious difference in the way she dresses. While in Phtia, she focuses on dressing like a high-class mortal, as she's married to a mortal king. However, she still wears marine colors, wave patterns, and pearl accessories because I imagine that even though she can no longer be at sea, Thetis still wants to keep part of where she came from with her.

After leaving Phtia, I imagine that she goes back to wearing less detailed peplos and her hair loose like the other nymphs. Because she doesn't feel like she needs to look like a king's wife and prefers the way she was before.

SKYROS

The second drawing is basically the myth in which Thetis, fearing that her son will follow the part of the prophecy that says he will die young, ends up hiding Achilles on the island of Skyros. Thanks to this, Achilles is one of the last to be recruited by the Achaeans to go to Troy. I think that being one of the only moments where it could just be her and her son, I like to imagine that Tethys would be a relatively more frequent presence. Perhaps Thetis was even excited by the idea of having him away from everything and wanted to enjoy it, deep down feeling that the time would one day come. So I like to think that she actively enjoyed arranging his hair into intricate hairstyles and choosing what he would wear. After all, Achilles himself wouldn't know how to do this because he'd never done it before.

She loved Achilles very much. It's evident in every scene of hers in The Iliad. She always listens to him, demands a favor from Zeus to follow his wish, appears with her sisters to console him after the death of Patroclus, and then demands a favor from Hephaestus to make armor for him (Book I, Book VIII, Book XVIII, Book XXIV). In the Odyssey, it's also said that from the sea came a terrifying scream that made the Achaeans, even the bravest, start running in the direction of ships until they noticed that it was Thetis, coming out of the sea after discovering the death of Achilles. After that, she's one of the people responsible for his funeral and is the one who chooses the prizes for his funeral games (Book XXIV)

So yeah, seeing as she's, I think Thetis would enjoy Skyros for as long as she can. Unfortunately for us, there is no Greek play/poem on the subject, at most mentions in other literary works and representations in art. The other sources are Roman, not Greek.[6]

DESIGN

Finishing with the design. Achilles' design has already been explained here and here. The difference is that in those designs he's already in Troy and, therefore older. I'm following one of the versions given by Pseudo-Apollodorus, in which he says that Achilles was fifteen years old at the time of preparations to go to Troy. So I'm giving him fifteen on Skyros too before he's discovered (fourteen at most, but I imagine fifteen). Here he's less tanned because he didn't spend the 10 years in Troy, but he's still tanned because he spent at least part of his life in Pelion. Shorter hair because it hadn't grown as much. He's also shorter in height. My adult Achilles is 1,90 (6'3), and here I imagine he's still tall compared to the other girls on Skyros, but not as tall as he is as an adult.

Regarding Thetis, I imagine her tall because she's not mortal, very pale because it reminds me of the coldness of the depths of the sea, with black eyes since fish usually have black eyes and blonde hair because Achilles' blonde hair reinforces his demigod trait, so I imagine it came from Thetis. The sharp teeth are not fangs, just slightly larger canines, which even humans can have. I imagine her being just over 2 meters tall in her main form, but being able to change her height.

Her having more obvious fish features, like the fin on her ear, isn't accurate with Greek mythology. In Greek mythology, nymphs have the same appearance as others: that is, similar to mortals, just very beautiful. However, I took the liberty of bringing her closer to fish features as I see people doing with various characters in modern interpretations. But I imagine that she when in Phytia's palace, wore a more human appearance. In the first image, she's in the sea, so it isn't a concern.

NOTES (I think...?)

1. Fun fact: a similar scene is in Hymn to Demeter with Demeter (Thetis), Metanira (Peleus), and Triptolemus (Achilles).

Demeter, disguised as an old human woman, receives hospitality from Metanira while searching for her daughter Persephone, who had been forcibly kidnapped by Hades. As a way of rewarding Metanira for her hospitality, Demeter intends to immortalize her son Triptolemus, using ambrosia and fire to do so. Once, Metanira sees her doing this and is scared, thinking that Demeter is trying to kill her son. Metanira's reaction and Peleus's are written in an extremely similar way. Demeter then reveals herself as a goddess and is stressed by Metanira's interruption.

2. One of the reasons cited by Hera, along with her having raised Thetis, which is a detail that is also present in The Iliad, for her to like Thethis. This is mentioned in The Iliad in Book XXIV. Hera raising Thetis is also identified by Pseudo-Apollodorus.

3. In the same book of The Iliad (XXIV), there is a mention of Hera having chosen Peleus.

4. She transformed into different animals to try to escape Peleus, but unfortunately, she couldn't. Examples of them fighting: 1, 2, 3, 4.

5. It's consistent with Euripides' version in Iphigenia in Aulis. Clytemnestra asks Agamemnon if it was Thetis or Peleus who raised Achilles, and he responds that it was Chiron since Peleus gave Achilles to him when he was still young because he didn't want him to learn the customs of wicked mortals.

Apollonius and Euripides give us both Peleus and Thetis as absent parents in Achilles' growth, apparently Chiron being the central figure for Achilles. However, Homer apparently did not. Achilles is still trained by Chiron, just as his father was, and there are signs of the centaur in the narrative (such as the mention of Patroclus knowing how to heal because Achilles, having been taught by Chiron, taught him. And also the ash spear itself having previously been of Chiron. This spear is mentioned that only Achilles of the Achaeans can lift).

But we have Phoenix in Book IX describing how he participated in the education of Achilles, saw him as a son, and he told things in general that happened in Phthia. In turn, Thetis occasionally mentions that she raised Achilles (although, perhaps it's a matter of translation and in the original Greek it's more linked to giving birth? But in the translation I read it's in the sense of being present in the growth). There's the whole thing about Patroclus having grown up in Phtia with him and Peleus knowing him well enough to entrust Achilles to him.

Furthermore, it's said that Peleus sent Achilles to Agamemnon, not that he was found in Skyros (Book IX). But Skyros is still mentioned as the place where Achilles' son Neoptolemus is (Book XIX). So, for Homer, Achilles was still on Skyros and had a son there (I assume Deidameia is the mother since in later versions she is, but Homer doesn't give a name), but he was not discovered in Skyros. I've seen this interpreted as a lie, since the person saying this is Odysseus (along with Diomedes, he's often said to have discovered Achilles in Skyros) and he could be covering up the way Achilles was found, since there were other characters present in this scene. But in the end it's still an interpretation, we can't say for sure.

In addition to Greek mythology, the relationship of Achilles and Chiron is still an important relationship of the character of Achilles present in Roman mythology.

6. The best-known version of the myth is Statius's incomplete epic called Achilleid. But it's a Roman version, so I'll avoid considering it here since I'm only referring to Greek mythology and I prefer not to mix the two too much. Despite this, it's possible to know that it's a myth of Greek origin from a few Greek sources on the subject that have come down to us.

#ik #digital art #greek mythology #tagamemnon #the iliad #achilles #argonautica #peleus #phyrra #hera #thetis

[gotstabbedbyapen]

Demeter: I want to make this kid immortal, but I can't steal Ambrosia and give it to him. Isis: Have you considered throwing him into a fire pit? Demeter: Demeter: Oh my Gods, why didn't I think of that? Thetis: *taking note from afar*

#demeter #isis #thetis #greek mythology #egyptian mythology #incorrect greek mythology quote #incorrect greek mythology #incorrect greek gods #incorrect egyptian mythology quote #incorrect egyptian mythology #incorrect egyptian gods #greek goddesses #egyptian goddesses #some may not know this but Thetis used to burn her children with Peleus to make them immortal #it didn't turned out well for the kids #only Achilles survived

[sonnetsoncanvas]

I’m sorry, but Achilles blatantly flirting with a baffled Patroclus, while his father told a story, will never not be funny to me.😂😂

#i’m suffering from post tsoa trauma #tsoa #the song of achilles #achilles x patroclus #patrochilles #peleus #tsoa achilles #bookblr #greek tumblr #madeline miller #gay love #gay panic #lgbtq characters #lgbt pride

[reignsan]

Achilles’ father Peleus in Fate/Apocrypha chapter 63

#fate grand order #fate apocrypha #achilles #atalanta #peleus

[perroulisses]

so

I've made Achilles an amongusona or something like that at the first half of the year

I don't have a explanation I'm just cringe like that

And them things happen inside of the little amongus guy:

idk abt you but i came here to make the shitpost ig(?

#tagamemnon #greek mythology #there you go #achilles #son of a bitch #i mean son of Peleus #and THE NEREID TETHIS #shitpost #the illiad #among us #sus #someone end me #please #im begging

[marsdeathdefiances]

Peleus: Achilles! Your boyfriend is here!

Achilles: for the last time he’s not my boyfriend.

Achilles: *goes up to Patroclus and gives him a hug and a kiss* how’s my beautiful boyfriend doing?

Peleus: ……?

#Achilles is stubborn about the weirdest things #incorrect quotes #all jokes here #incorrect iliad #achilles #incorrect tsoa quotes #patroclus #patrochilles #achilles x patroclus #incorrect patrochilles quotes #incorrect greek mythology #tsoa peleus #Peleus deserves an award for all he had to put up with

[johaerys-writes]

Hello! A belated WIP Wednesday please, if you don't mind?

Hey anon! I didn’t answer this yesterday when I got it because I was working on the next Fates chapter (which I posted yesterday) and I couldn’t find something to share that wasn't spoilery 🥲 but today I started working on a lil disasters one shot for an anon ask I received a few days ago, so here you go:

Christmas dinners aren't really a thing in the Pelides household. 

It has always been this way. When Achilles and Patroclus were growing up, Peleus was away most of the time, the house ringingly hollow in his absence. Sometimes, Telamon and Periboea would invite them over to their place, and they got to hang out with Ajax and Teucer after stuffing themselves with turkey or pie, but for the most part, it was just them two. There were no fancy dinners, no loud family gatherings, no presents under the tree; they would have some of the take away they'd ordered the previous day, sometimes sneak a wine bottle out of Peleus' extensive collection, then spend the rest of the day playing video games, watching bad movies or roaming the empty town with their bikes. 

And that was fine. Patroclus never saw why some days had to be spent differently from others, simply because of some arbitrary rule or law. Christmas has never held any particular significance for him, no greater than Easter does, or the 15th of August; they are all holidays meant for others to celebrate, family-centred occasions that Patroclus could never truly participate in, or had any deep seated desire to, anyway. It's something he accepted long before.

Achilles has always felt the same as he. Always they would make fun of those boring, stale customs together, and took great pride and enjoyment in doing so; so it is something of a surprise when Achilles informs him that they'll be going back to Phthia for the holidays, and that Christmas dinner is going to be held in their house this year.

"Is Peleus well?" Patroclus asks Achilles in shock, after he has hung up the phone. "His health, I mean."

Achilles simply shrugs. "He sounded just fine to me. A little excited about it as well, if you can believe it. Ajax and Messa are also invited, Teucer too."

It certainly sets off more than a few alarm bells in Patroclus' head. Peleus staying in Phthia during the holidays is a rare occasion in and of itself; expressing any sort of desire to gather the family together is very much unlike him indeed. It makes Patroclus wonder whether Peleus is suffering from some kind of illness he's not told them yet, and is simply waiting to announce it to all of them over dinner.

Patroclus sets down his book, shifting around on the couch to face him. 

"Tell me the truth," he asks Achilles, very seriously. "Is Peleus going senile?"

Achilles laughs and shakes his head. "He's fine. His other plans probably fell through, and he doesn’t want to spend Christmas alone. Happens to the best of us." 

Patroclus nods, but remains thoroughly unconvinced. "I'll get him some crossword-puzzles, just in case," he murmurs. "Heard they help with dementia." 

Achilles snorts and smacks him with one of the throw pillows.

#patrochilles #achilles #patroclus #so basically anon asked how peleus would come to learn about them being together #and what he would do #and i started thinking of an answer but it quickly got away from me #and i decided to write it out instead :') #tsoa #the song of achilles #hades game #disasters au #johaerys writes

[cjbolan]

OK hear me out: Brad Pitt as King Peleus in a Song of Achilles movie

#the song of achilles #fancast #brad pitt #peleus #book #madeline miller #greek mythology #classical mythology #the iliad #fancasting