#trojan heroes

[dilfaeneas]

Receiving visions in a temple: colourised

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#tagamemnon #greek mythology #classics #trojan heroes #ancient greek mythology #trojan war #the iliad #helenus #helenus of troy #helenus and apollo #apollo and his prophet #apollo #greek myth art #greek gods #greek pantheon #the aeneid #pre fall of troy

[gotstabbedbyapen]

Patroclus: Any last words? Sarpedon: *chokes on blood* Your daddy never loves you. Patroclus: And your daddy can't even save you. *stabs Sarpedon to death*

#patroclus #serpedon #incorrect greek mythology quote #incorrect greek mythology #the iliad #Patroclus is fueled by the power of daddy issues #in which he commits atrocities by the hundreds #including killing a son of Zeus while laughing maniacally #trojan war #greek heroes #trojan heroes

[the-evil-clergyman]

Ajax and Cassandra by Solomon Joseph Solomon (1886)

#solomon joseph solomon #art #paintings #fine art #19th century #19th century art #academism #academicism #academic art #painting #english artist #british artist #mythology #greek mythology #trojan war #ajax the lesser #cassandra #greek heroes #classic art

[incorrecthomer]

Diomedes: Where's Agamemnon? Odysseus: Don't worry, I'll find him. Odysseus, shouting: Menelaus sucks! Agamemnon, distantly: Menelaus is the best person ever! Fuck you! Odysseus: Found him. "Meanwhile" Lycaon: Where's Hector ? Deiphobus: Don't worry, I'll find him. Deiphobus, shouting: Paris is the best person ever! Hector, distantly: SHUT THE FUCK UP!

#greek mythology #incorrect greek mythology #greek heroes #incorrect greek heroes #incorrect greek quotes #incorrect quotes #iliad #incorrect iliad #diomedes #odysseus #odysseus&diomedes #agamemnon #menelaus #atreides bros #trojan royals #hector of troy #paris of troy #deiphobus #lycaon of troy

[notacluedo]

Doodle of Achilles and Ajax playing dice based on this black figure vase painting by Exekias

#Quality cousin time #Is ajax huge or is Achilles just tiny: the game #The only straight haired Homeric heroes I’ve drawn #Achilles is anticipating dodging the board when Ajax inevitably flips it #Ajax the greater #Achilles #greek myth #my art #greek myth art #achilles art #This vase has such foreboding energy yknow with the full black border and the fact that neither of them live to see the end of the war #And a moment of downtime in the Trojan war between two family members yknow #My doodle does NOT have the same energy lmao #The iliad #trojan war

[rubynrut]

Because i don't know were else to publish this

#Odysseus #the Iliad #homer #Greek mythology #epic the musical #diomedes #greek heroes #doodle #art #My first and probably only tumblr post #tagamemnon #trojan war

[amiti-art]

I posted about Troilus last week so I decided to clean up my old sketches of Tennes, his sister and their father for this week.

Cycnus was the king of Colonae (located near Troy) and the son of Posaidon. (His name means swan btw)

He married the princess of Troy named Procleia (she was either daughter or granddaugter Laomedon) and had 2 childern with her: Tennes and Hemithea. Some versions say that Tennes was son of Apollo and he was only being rised by Cycnus (this is going to be important later)

At some point Procleia died and Cycnus remarried. His new wife Philonome, fell in love with Tennes and when he regected her she told Cycnus that Tennes forced himself on her (or tried to). A flute-player named Eumolpus confirmed her version of events.

Enraged by this Cycnus put both Tennes and Hemithea in a wooden chest and throw them into the sea (some versions say Hemithea shared her brother's punishment willingly).

They made it safely to an island called Leukophrys (it was later renamed Tenedos) and become the new rulers of the land.

Cycuns somehow learned that his wife's accusations against Tennes were false so he buried her alived while Eumolpus (the flute-player) was stoned to death.

After founding out that his childern survived Cycnus sailed to Tenedos to ask Tennes' forgivnes and take them both home.

Tennes however didn't care for his apology and he cut the anchor ropes off the ship with an axe so Cycnus couldn't step on the land.

Tennes ruled his island for some time, he established a law which stated that the folse accusations were punisheble by death by an axe (Tennes really liked axes, didn't he).

Also flute-players were forbided from entering either the temples or the entire island.

Okay remember when I said earlier that Apollo was Tennes' real father and it was important? Yeah we're getting there.

When the Greeks were traveling to Troy they stopped on Tenedos. Thetis told Achilles that he can't kill the king of the Island because whoever kills Tennes will be killed by his father Apollo. Achilles however tried to force himself on Hemithea. Tennes tried to defend his sister but he was killed by Achilles. When Achilles realized who he killed he also killed his servant because the servant (who was sent to him by Thetis to remind him not to kill the king) failed to inform Achilles that he's about to kill the man he's not supossed to.

Some versions also mention a bigger fight and say that Tennes was also protecting his country. Most of the sources don't mention what happened to Hemithea afterwords but one text claim that she was swallowed by the earth which saved her from being violated by Achilles. Another says that she was killed by Achilles but don't mention anything about the assault.

It was forbidden to say Achilles name in the tample build after Tennes death.

Meanwhile Cycnus joined the Trojan forces and fought alongside Hector (who was his first wife's nephew btw, which means that Hector and Tennes were first cousins). Like his childern he was killed by Achilles, on the first day of the war.

#Tennes #Hemithea #Cycnus #Apollo #Troy #trojan war #achilles #greek myth art #greek mythology #Hector #greek heroes #greek gods #my art #character designs #children of apollo

[lenaleviosa]

Okey but imagine what it must have been like for everyone else outside of Achilles and Patroclus in the Trojan war

“Great! We’ve got Achilles here, we’re saved! But who’s that other guy?”

“Right, that’s Patroclus, Achilles’ emotional support human”

~

“Help I’m dying! Achilles help me!”

“Hold on, that guy is standing too close to Patroclus”

~

“Odysseus, Achilles is being unreasonable again.”

“You brought Achilles here??? What did I tell you? We reason with Patroclus and then Patroclus looks pretty and Achilles will listen”

~

“Patroclus died!”

“Ahh, dam it, now we’re gonna loose the war”

#the trojan war #incorrect tsoa quotes #achillesxpatroclus #the song of achilles #tsoa #achilles #patroclus #patrochilles #odysseus #greek myhtology #greek heroes

[mtolympusmemes]

Achilles: Hector, my arch enemy. Agamemnon: … I thought I was your arch enemy? Achilles: I have a life outside of you, Agamemnon.

#achilles #hector #agamemnon #classics #greek mythology #the iliad #trojan war #greek myth #greek myths #tagamemnon #mythology #classics memes #greek mythology memes #mythology memes #incorrect classics #incorrect greek heroes #incorrect greek myths

[bibliophilliqueee]

I hope to be talked about the way Patroclus talks of Achilles.

#tsoa patroclus #tsoa textpost #tsoa madeline miller #incorrect tsoa quotes #love #patroclus #achilles #the song of achilles #patrochilles #romance #greek mythology #greek gods #homers iliad #homers odyssey #greek heroes #trojan war #gay couple #love books #romance books #trending #popular books #bookblr #spilled thoughts #thoughts #desire #madeline miller

[katerinaaqu]

Homer Describing Odysseus: A head shorter than Agamemnon but wider in shoulders and in chest, strong legs and arms

Modern fanart: OK I shall make Odysseus shorter than literally ANY other character!

Like...come on guys! 😆 Agamemnon was also described to be taller than many men around the Greeks hahahaha and okay even if Odysseus could potentially be shorter than many other heroes in the war why the heck is literally EVERY character taller?! Including females?! Hahaha 😆 I mean I get it for goddesses that by n large they are pictured as tall etc but people like Penelope? Hahaha like even nowadays average height for women in Greece is like roughly 165-170 m tall yet alone back then! Hahaha she could potentially be at least at the same height as Odysseus if not shorter like come on!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Like allow some girls be shorter than average or average hahahaha 😆 😂 😆

#a little “runt” #odysseus #greek mythology #the odyssey #odyssey #illiad #the iliad #iliad #homer #homeric poems #homeric epics #odysseus and polyphemus #odysseus and circe #odysseus and penelope #odysseus and athena #the odyssey 1997 #odysseus and other heroes #odysseus wasn't dwarf come on! 🤣 #trojan war #heroes of trojan war #epic #epic circe saga #epic: the musical #epic the musical #epic the ocean saga #epic the circe saga

[dilfaeneas]

Apollo leading Helenus away from Troy

#tagamemnon #greek mythology #trojan heroes #classics #helenus #trojan war #the iliad #the aeneid #dares phrygian #dictis of crete #helenus of troy #helenus and apollo #apollo and his prophet #apollo #greek myth art #greek pantheon

[death-before-ilion]

Fundamental sources

Greek mythology is recorded in numerous texts, covering multiple centuries, locations, traditions and variations. Many of these ancient sources are lost to us, or fragmentary. This leaves us with an incomplete (albeit vast) and oftentimes incoherent collection of written sources on which to base my own work.

The sources which are considered by the ancient Greeks themselves as foundational and central to Greek mythology are essentially : the early Greek epic poets (amongst which is, of course, Homer), Hesiod (author of the famed Theogony, not counted as an epic poet) and the Homeric Hymns (called Homeric because they are written in the same language, style and meter as the Iliad and Odyssey). These texts were written down between the 8th and the 5th centuries BC, and are based on oral material that goes much further back.

Of the early epic poems, only the Iliad and the Odyssey attributed to Homer still survive, considered by the ancient Greeks as the pinnacle of their literature. Of all the other epics, only fragments and (if we're lucky) summaries remain. The Trojan Cycle was made of the following works :

The Cypria, which describes the origin and early years of the Second Trojan War

The Iliad, which tells of the wrath of Achilles and the death of Hector

The Aethiopis, which describes the intervention of Amazons and Ethiopians in the war, and the death of Achilles

The Little Iliad, a dense work that covers events from the funeral of Achilles to the episode of the Trojan horse

The Sack of Troy, which, as its title suggests, tells the events from the Trojan horse to the desctruction of the city and the anger of Athena

The Return from Troy, in which the Greek heroes return home, with tragic developments, such as the murder of Agamemnon and the revenge of Orestes

The Odyssey, tells the return of Ulysses, the longest and most adventurous return of all Greek heroes

The Telegony, that covers further adventures of Ulysses until he is killed by Telegonus, his son by Circe

To this we can add a Theban Cycle (covering the life of Oedipus, both Theban Wars and the revenge of Alcmaeon) and a few additional epics (including a Titanomachy I would have loved to read). Chances are high that there were many more, lost to us even by name.

Hesiod left us three complete works and a number of fragments, the most important of which is the Theogony, which describes how the universe began and the early history of the gods.

Lastly, the Homeric Hymns, of which three may be later additions, are poems or songs that praise the gods, each hymn being dedicated to a specific god.

In the context of my work, these sources will be taken as having the highest authority. Later sources will be accepted if they provide additional material that completes or extends the earlier texts, or if they help resolve an obvious inconsistency or impossibility.

#troy #ancient greece #classical mythology #greek gods #greek heroes #greek mythology #mythology #trojan war #thebes #epic cycle #homer #hesiod #homeric hymns

[godsofhumanity]

[when Cassandra makes a prophecy] Hector: Source? Cassandra: Bro, divine intuition

#real #hector #cassandra #brotp #iliad #trojan war #greek heroes #greek gods #greek mythology #incorrect greek gods #incorrect greek mythology #incorrect greek heroes #incorrect mythology #mythology #s: twitter #queuetzalcoatl

[incorrecthomer]

Apollo: little Hector: Apollo: adopted Priam: lord, this is my son Apollo: now mine Apollo: *give Hector a bow* be free, my child

#greek mythology #incorrect greek mythology #greek heroes #incorrect greek heroes #incorrect quotes #incorrect greek quotes #iliad #incorrect iliad #apollo #hector of troy #priam #trojan royals

[athenas-sw0rd]

6 y/o Achilles: I'm old enough to say frick!

Phoenix: No you are not.

Achilles: I'll say it anyway!

Thetis, from the other room: No you fucking won't!

#achillesandpatroclus #achilles #thetis #the trojan war #the iliad #incorrect greek heroes #greek heroes #achilles and patroclus #tsoa achilles #incorrect tsoa quotes #odysseus #tsoa quotes #classic memes #tsoa memes #tsoadaily #patroclus x achilles #the song of achilles #greek myth memes #classical mythology