Here Have Some Ganymede Angst Or Whatever When He Became The New Cup Bearer.

here have some Ganymede angst or whatever when he became the new cup bearer.

the cool thing about the iliad is that almost everyone in it is a horrible person and/or literal war criminal, so you get to judge characters EXCLUSIVELY by vibes. anyway i don’t blame paris for the trojan war but he IS a little shitheel and i want him out of my city

Cassandra of Troy - some clothing studies

The daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, Cassandra was the princess and prophetess of Troy.

The most common version of the myth states that she was admired by the god Apollo, who sought to win her over by means of the gift of seeing the future. But when Cassandra rejected him, he cursed Cassandra that her prophecies may never be believed. In another version (Aeschylus), she tricked Apollo into granting her the gift of prophecy but refused to lie with him and was cursed by the god.

Yes this is in book 19

And Odysseus doesn't convince Achilles to eat, Achilles wants his whole army to go fight in the morning without eating. Achilles is sad and projects his sadness on all HIS army (the Myrmidons).But Odysseus at least convinced his army to eat. :)

The Iliad is a wonderful epic filled with super cool fight scenes, stealth missions, and gut wrenching sadness, but there’s this one moment that lives in my head rent free for absolutely no reason aside from slight amusement.

Not sure which book(chapter) it is, but there is a scene in which Achilles has completed his mourning over Patroclus, and if I’m not mistaken, Achilles was there for twelve days and did not eat or drink anything. Trust me this is important.

Achilles goes and he tells his mates (Ody, Menelaus, etc) that he’s gonna go out and absolutely rip Hector a new one.

Before he goes out though, Odysseus stops him and I kid you not, for at minimum half a page, our boy Odysseus goes on a whole MONOLOGUE about how important breakfast is, and how Achilles needs to at least have some meat and wine before he tears through the Trojan army and turns Hector into his personal ragdoll.

And if I’m not mistaken, Odysseus actually gets Achilles to eat before he leaves. What a guy, getting Achilles to listen to him.

Now go eat breakfast like Homer intended, dear readers. If the great, swift footed Achilles needs to eat breakfast, so do you.

⚠️ Ok, again they are bad people, BECAUSE SOME people think I don't know.THESE PEOPLE ARE EVIL AND THEIR ACTIONS TOO.DO NOT IMITATE THEM PLEASE⚠️

⚠️Gods are responsible for the war FACT, BUT they are not responsible for the cruelty inflicted on innocent Trojans.⚠️

⚠️It does not justify their actions and in a culture and period full of war and suffering⚠️

Athena, Hera and Aphrodite: choose the most beautiful goddess

me: my girlfriend

Athena, Hera and Aphrodite: what?

me: my girlfriend

Athena, Hera and Aphrodite: she’s not even a goddess

Me: I disagree

Athena, Hera and Aphrodite: so?

Me:

Athena, Hera and Aphrodite:

Me: my girlfriend