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moplopbool · 1 year

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Hecuba and her daughters(+in law)!

#greek mythology #the iliad #trojan war #hecuba #andromache #cassandra of troy #polyxena #laodice #creusa #helen of troy #helen of sparta #women of troy #I know I should've done research #be nice to me #please?

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pelideswhore · 1 year

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petition to change “written by a woman” into “written by euripides”

#no one understands women the way this man understands women and i stand by this #greek mythology #greek myth #euripides #trojan women #clytemnestra #medea #women of troy #aphrodite #cassandra of troy #<- just to name a few. this man is a genius.

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secretceremonials · 1 year

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lieee, tori amos x women of the Trojan war

captive andomache, frederic leighton// helen of troy, evelyn de morgan// cassandra, frederick sandys// the anger of achilles, jacques-louis david// death of polyxena, paul-françois quinsac

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lady-corrine · 7 months

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"....bright-eyed and fair, with a tall and beautiful body. She was modest, wise, chaste, and charming."

Andromache - Princess of Troy and Queen of Epirus

A princess of Cilician Thebe, the daughter of King Eetion, Andromache was the beloved wife of Hector, the famous Trojan prince and warrior, and thus crown princess and future Queen of Troy.

Her father and her seven brothers were killed by Achilles in the sack of Thebe. Her mother was taken as slave, ransomed, but died of illness. Andromache was courted by Prince Hector who, according to the Iliad, brought "numberless gifts to win her".

In the Iliad, Andromache and Hector have a deeply loving and tender marriage. The end of Book VI, the famous scene between Hector and Andromache and their infant son, Astyanax, is considered by most commentators to be the most moving in the Iliad.

Their happiness is doomed to end in tragedy, as Hector confesses that it is not the thought of Troy falling that troubles him, not even the thought of his father, mother and his people dying at the hands of the Greeks; but that of his beloved wife being taken as slave.

Hector's dire predictions were all to come true. He is eventually killed by Achilles, Troy falls, and his infant son with Andromache is slain.

After Troy was sacked, Andromache was taken as a slave and concubine by Neoptolemus, the son of Achilles. Neoptolemus had killed Priam, the king of Troy with the same violent temper his father was famous for.

Andromache bore Neoptolemus three sons – Molossus, Pielus and Pergamus. She was hated by his barren Greek wife, Hermione, who, seeing that Neoptolemus loved Andromache, thought that her husband's concubine was plotting to replace her. Hermione and her father Menelaus planned to kill Andromache and her son Molossus. This attempt was thwarted by Peleus' arrival and Neoptolemus' ultimate murder.

Once Neoptolemus had died Andromache married Helenus, who was a fellow Trojan captive, Hector's younger brother. A free woman once again and married to Helenus, she became Queen of Epirus, and bore a fifth son, Cestrinus. With her new husband, she founded a new city called "the new Troy". Andromache faithfully continued to make offerings at Hector’s cenotaph for the rest of her life.

After Helenus' death, Andromache left Epirus and spent the rest of her days in Pergamum – a new city founded by one of her sons, Pergamus. It was there that she died of old age.

#I love her so much 💙#I need a book based on her story so bad #andromache #hector x andromache #troy #the iliad #women of troy #hector #greek mythology #trojan war #hector of troy #mine*

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totorotori · 1 year

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Yeah Briseis deserves better.

It's sad how much she gets overlooked even in retellings.

#Briseis #song of achilles #tsoa briseis #tsoa #the silence of the girls #women of troy #a thousand ships #the illiad #wicked beauty

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cabotwife · 3 months

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i got Circe by Madeline Miller from a garage sale for 25 cents, so i decided to finally buy The Song of Achilles

i've been meaning to read it

i also bought The Women of Troy by Pat Barker.. sooo 🤷🏼‍♀️

#★彡 𝓬𝓪𝓫𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴𝓼 彡★#i 💗 books #the song of achilles #circe #women of troy #madeline miller #achilles

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lemurious · 1 year

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My Women of the Trojan War ficlet collection is complete! Here on AO3.

Chapter 1: Creusa Chapter 2: Helen Chapter 3: Andromache Chapter 4: Penthesilea Chapter 5: Hecuba Chapter 6: Cassandra Chapter 7: Penelope

#lemur writes #my fic #trojan war #women of troy #women of greece #homer #vergil #creusa #helen of troy #andromache #penthesilea #hecuba #cassandra #penelope #new obsession with classics

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aforcedelire · 28 days

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Les exilées de Troie, Pat Barker

J’ai enchaîné directement avec la suite du Silence des vaincues, et si j’ai apprécié, j’ai beaucoup moins aimé que le premier tome. La guerre est quasiment finie, Patrocle est mort, Hector est mort, Achille est mort, et Ulysse a eu l’idée ingénieuse d’un cheval de bois pour prendre d’assaut la ville de Troie. La suite, on la connaît. La ville tombe, le roi est tué, les femmes sont réparties entre les rois comme autant de trophées de guerre. Et tout le monde devrait rentrer. Tout le monde aurait dû rentrer, si seulement le vent s’était calmé. Au lieu de ça, les Grecs sont coincés à terre, et sur le point de s’entretuer (ah bah ça, sans ennemi commun, et sans possibilité de rentrer chez soi après dix ans, ça commence à chauffer). Et Briséis, dans tout ça, elle essaye tant bien que mal de survivre. Enceinte de l’enfant d’Achille, mariée à Alcimos, la reine déchue s’est élevée socialement. Et elle en profite pour faire de son mieux pour aider les autres femmes et les esclaves (parmi elles Andromaque et Cassandre). Encore une fois, on voit le quotidien de ces femmes à qui on a enlevé toute humanité, ces êtres qui sont devenus rien moins que des objets. On fait la connaissance de Pyrrhus, le fils d’Achille, vindicatif et égocentrique du haut de ses 16 ans.

J’ai bien aimé cette suite. Par contre, certains passages m’ont semblé lourds et redondants, Briséis parlait encore et toujours des mêmes choses, et parfois ça m’a un peu ennuyée. Pour celleux qui lisent ce tome des années après le premier, les massues de rappel (ah c’est pas des petites piqûres hein) peuvent faire du bien. Moi, vu que j’enchaîne les deux… bon. Pareil, le côté « Briséis veut aider les autres » est redondant. Je pensais qu’on verrait leurs quotidiens à toutes sur les bateaux ou carrément rentrées en Grèce, à devoir s’acclimater à cette nouvelle vie et à ces nouveaux endroits, mais pas trop. C’est un peu long parfois — et encore une fois, il faut garder à l’esprit que j’ai dévoré ce roman. Donc : intéressant, un peu redondant mais très cool ! Le premier était quand-même mon préféré.

25/03/2024 - 30/03/2024

#livres #books #livre #book #littérature #pat barker #les exilées de troie #women of troy #mythologie #j’ai lu

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dhart4214 · 4 months

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CROSSTOWN RIVALRY (Women's) BASKETBALL: Watching The Two Best Hoops Teams In So Cal

UCLA’s Londynn Jones (#3) driving on USC’s McKenzie Forbes (#25) during their first Crosstown Rivalry Clash of the season. Photo courtesy of twitter.com ON THE SECOND TO LAST DAY OF 2023, THE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS FROM THE TWO LARGEST INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN SO CAL HELD A HISTORICALLY EPIC CROSSTOWN RIVALRY CLASH AT UCLA’S PAULEY PAVILION. AND I WAS THERE. In case you missed it…

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elmp · 7 months

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Women Of Troy

It is not that I

Miss you so much as I miss

Times you were gentle

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godeaterazathoth · 8 months

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I just read Woman of Troy and I sympathised with the slave owning teenage boy more than the suffering woman

Part of the ship part of the crew

Like I almost cried when he had to kill the fucking horse, what’s wrong with me???

I really must be a man

#what #women of Troy #what’s wrong with me #omg #slay

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liquidatorbruntfca · 2 months

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