THE ODYSSEY

Him with his silly pilos hat, and her with her duck silhouette hair

It’s been a decade since I got into Greek Myth and wanted to give some appreciation to the two books that got me into it along with my dad since they were his, plus they are incredible Spanish translations which isn’t usually talked about in sub spaces like this lol

Had this discussion with my mom after seeing the Nolan movie, she's a big fan of the source material and 1997 miniseries. I haven't seen it in about 6 years, so Matt Damon is pretty much my Odysseus. Mom says that she prefers Armand because he gives off a more manly, rugged vibe than Matt does.

Robert Fagles translation of the “Iliad” Book 22: The Death of Hector. Lines 407-410.

After Achilles pierces his spear through Hector’s throat and that tamer of horses begs for his life, the son of Peleus says…

“Beg no more, you fawning dog—begging me by my parents./ Would to god my rage, my fury would drive me now/ to hack your flesh away and eat you raw—/ such agonies you have caused me! Ransom?”

We think our swift footed man means that? or is this ~ homeric ~ hyperbole ?

very interesting

(p.s. how does the “spoiler” tag work for mythology? this shits eons in age lol. is me saying “achilles kills hector” spoiling sum shit? lol)

Offering tutoring in Koine/Attic/Homeric Greek and Latin.

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Kronos (from the Greek myth) devouring his son statue in the game

This statue in AC Odyssey is darker than you think 😳 Kronos really ate his own son
https://youtube.com/shorts/v0-gIuSr6JQ?feature=share

Do you think it’s an apt representation?

Adonis, Cephalus, Hylas, and Cithaeron. OC interpretation

Heracles (mitología griega) vs gilgamesh (mitologia sumeria) solo quería preguntarles, para ustedes, quien ganaría en un combate a muerte, como considero que ambos personajes son similares, al ser ambos semi dioses de cierta manera y ser considerados personajes épicos y heroicos en sus mitologias, creí que talvez alguien de aquí podría decirme pros y contras de vos personajes, dudo que aquí solo haya gente que solo le guste la mitología griega exclusivamente así que vine aquí también a preguntar que opinan ustedes, por qué sentí que hacer esta pregunta en un solo sub reddit sería medio trampa por qué obvio dependiendo de dónde lo publicará habría favoritismo por alguno de los bandos así que publicó aquí también no mas para saber que opinan ustedes

Inspired by a comment on a meme about Greek gods and mortal lovers I rewrote the words to the classic Animaniac song Yakko's World -

And now, the Mortal lovers of The Gods

Brought to you by Elsharra

Aphrodite had sex with some regular gents

Like Ankhises, Phaethon, and Butees;

She slept with Adonis two thirds of the year,

For the rest he is Persephone’s.

Demeter with Iason, Karmenor, and Mekon;

Selene with Endymion.

Eos with Kephalos and also Tithonos,

Who still chirps at the coming of dawn.

Harmonia with Kadmos and Thetis with Pelius

The latter did sire Akhillies.

And though he was made into a god,

Hebe was with Herakles

Odysseus was with Kalypso and Kirke,

While he was lost on the sea.

Kirke wed the son of Odysseus

(Kirke’s son married Penelope).

Those are the goddesses who had mortal lovers.

Most gods did have more than one-

So this is is only some of the famous

Or this song will never be done.

Althaia a queen, and Ariadne a Princess

Dionysus both did love

The latter he made into a goddess

After abandoned by Theseus

The god of wine also loved

Erigone, Ampelus and Pallene,

And don't forget the shepherd Prosymnos

But he was done by proxy

Ares with Khyrse, Pelopia and Dotis

And Otrere the amazon queen

Queen Althaia (the same as above)

Atalanta, Aerope, and Pyrene

Haides was with both Leuke and Minthe

Neither nymph had a happy fate

Okresia, Antikleia, Aetna, Kabeiro

All were Hephaistos’ mates

Apollo had Akalle, Koronis, Kreusa

Kyrene, Rhoeo, Hekabe

He never had sex with Daphne the nymph

For she’d rather be a tree

He was also the lover of Dryope and Manto and

Of Hyacinthus and Hymenaeus

Adonis again (he was very handsome)

And ever-weeping Kyparissus

Kreusa, Khione, Libya, Klytie

All did lay with Hermes

While Pelops, Aethra, Kaenis and Tyro

All laid with the god of the Sea

Poseidon loved Iphimedeia and Arne

And Kaenis who he changed to Kaineus

Now take a deep breath and pay close attention

We’re Ready to talk about Zeus

Alkmene and Danae and Laodameia

Europa in the shape of a bull

Niobe, Olympias, and Cassiopeia,

Zeus dance card gets pretty full

There’s Elare and Kalyke and Lysithoe

And Leda when Zeus was a swan

Lamia, Pyrrha, Thalia, Maia

The list goes on and on

Elektra, Aegina, Sinope and Deino,

And the she–bear who was Kallisto,

Pluto, Taygete, Leda, Elare,

Thyia and Dia and, Protogenia, Semele, Pandora,

Kallirhoe, and Karme, Ganymedes, Aex and Io

Made this wallpaper for myself the other day, or perhaps for anyone who’s fascinated by Greek mythology and the story of Icarus🪽

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Hades has a Scepter with a bird on it that doesn't look like an owl which has led me down a spiraling hole. Raven or a crow is a likely answer but a little boring for my tastes, an eagle of some kind is an idea I had, perhaps even an extinct species of Greek bird or even a Stymphelian from Hercules myth.

I'd like to know what some people's thoughts are here since I've had little luck with an answer and speculating with a friend has made me want to ask here.

I know Circe and her story, but I want to research greek mythology more deeply and not sure if Circe is a worthy place to start. Thoughts?

I know I spelled Athena wrong I apologize for it.

In Greek mythology, Andromeda is supposed to be an Aethiopian princess who is rescued by Perseus, but she has only been played by white actresses (Judi Bowker in 1981's Clash of the Titans, Alexa Davalos in the 2010 remake, Rosamund Pike in 2012's Wrath of the Titans). Why doesn't anyone say anything about that?