#read a fascinating interpretation of the board game Ajax plays with achilles

[baejax-the-great]

Re: Ajax

His story is so tragic! I cried hard when he committed suicide. The whole lead up really. Little me was livid with Odysseus but it really wasn’t his fault.

Ajax, who trained with Chiron at the same time Achilles and Patroclus would have been there, who would have known Achilles since he was a toddler, who has been depicted playing board games with Achilles in over 150 ways in antiquity, first carried Patroclus's body back to the Greek camp, protecting him from the Trojans, and then he carried Achilles' body less than a month later in much the same way.

He lost a debate with Odysseus, who had Athena in his ear, over who deserved the armor of his oldest friend. For this he has been mocked throughout history for being "beef-witted" and simpleminded, "weak above the shoulders."

I don't think it was ever about the armor.

#okay I could be wrong on how long it took achilles to die #but Ajax loved them actually #a hill I will die on next to Ajax #who has been done dirty by history #honestly odysseus can get bent #read a fascinating interpretation of the board game Ajax plays with achilles #how it might come from a non-homeric version of achilles wrath #where instead of Chryseas they both were refusing to fight over the death of palamedes #another odysseus joint #anyway yes I've written over 7k words of a novelization of Ajax this past week it's fine I'm normal #like yes I spent last night reading academic interpretations of Ajax carrying achilles art and crying #telamonian ajax