#the aeneid

[agnesandhilda]

pussy so good he forgets about his gods-given quest

#bolo liveblogs #the aeneid #what the fuck is up with book four. #roman mythology

[wolfythewitch]

sketches for today!

#art #sketch #circe #apollo #briseis #cassandra of troy #aeneas #the aeneid #the odyssey #the iliad

[boatmediatourney]

🌊Sad Soggy Boat Men Tournament🌊

Round 4A (semifinals), match 1

Propaganda and image sources under the cut (warning for possible spoilers):

propaganda for Odysseus:

image from Wikipedia

propaganda for Aeneas:

image from here

#odysseus #the odyssey #aeneas #the aeneid #classicsblr #ssbmt polls #ssbmt semifinals

[dnasplicers]

thinking abt patroclus and hektors bodies in the iliad and the aeneid. patroclus appearing to achilles as achilles loved him instead of as he died and hektor appearing to aeneas as mutilated even when we know apollo stopped his body from rotting. thinking abt the effect of the living on the dead

#ik this post has probably been made before but AUGH!!!!!!!! FUCK BRO!!!!!!!!!!!!! #tagamemnon #ilod #txt #hektor of troy #aeneas #patrochilles #patroclus #achilles #the aeneid #the iliad #greatest hits

[quill-is-brainstorming]

I've just re-read the short lived duel that Aeneas and Achilles have in Book 20 of the Iliad and it's actually the most hilarious fucking thing.

So it starts out with Apollo disguising himself as Lycaon, one of Priam's many sons, and telling to have a go at Achilles. Keep in mind that this is post-Patroclus Achilles. Aka: berserk Achilles. Aka: so fucking mad he would fight a literal river Achilles.

Aeneas, who is capable of critical thinking, says he doubts he can actually take him on. He also references a time when he was herding cattle on Mount Ida and Achilles ambushed him, adding that the only reason he survived then was because Zeus gave him enough strength to book it (cracking up the official times that he's been saved by a god from certain death to 3, you go dude!).

However, after a bit of back and forth and a ton of hyping up on Apollo's part, Aeneas decides to try anyway.

Like, what could possibly go wrong?

Achilles notices Aeneas charging at him and he begins to taunt him. It's something among the lines of: "I'm sorry, are you, background trojan character #61, actually gonna try and beat me? And then what? Do you think that Priam will reward you in some way? Maybe making you king after him? Well it's BULLSHIT, because Priam fucked so much that your chances of succeeding him are basically 0. Ahah. Loser."

Now, you'd think that maybe Aeneas got enraged at the comment and attacked him, or maybe he even got scared and backed down, but NOPE. What does Aeneas do?

Well, first of all, he insults Achilles' insults, comparing his bickering to that of a child. Literally, "I heard third graders do better than that." And then he decides to list his and Hector's entire fucking family tree.

You know that part of the Bible that's like "this guy sired this other guy, and this other guy sired yet another guy" and so on? It's basically that.

So after he's done with all that, Aeneas states that while he'd love to have a battle of insults with Achilles, because according to him he's actually very good at insulting people (his words, not mine), they should probably throw hands now. Achilles agrees.

The duel is shortlived and Aeneas gets his ass handed to him. Badly. As expected. And he's about die when ✨️POV shift✨️ we're not on Olympus where Poseidon, Hera and Athena are watching this absolute train wreck go down.

Poseidon, pitying Aeneas, suddenly goes on a rant. It's something among the lines of: "come on guys, look at him, he's just a little guy! He literally has no stakes in this war, he doesn't deserve to die here! He even gives us lots of gifts and sacrifices, he's literally such a nice guy. How can we do this to him!?

...oh and also he's part of some prophecy, Zeus would get mad if he died."

The fact that the way it's worded makes it sound like Aeneas being part of a literal prophecy is an afterthought to him absolutely floors me, Poseidon is literally just attached to a random dude that's fighting on the opposite side to his because he thinks he's nice.

After all that Hera is pretty unimpressed and states that she really doesn't care if our man lives or dies as neither her or Athena have ever saved a Trojan from death, she however adds that Poseidon is free to do whatever he wants.

The literal moment Hera stops talking, Poseidon lunges down from Olympus and onto the battlefield to look for the two combatants. When he does, he saves Aeneas like only he can do.

You know how when Diomedes first tries to kill Aeneas, Aphrodite gently folds her hands around him to shield him? There's none of that here. Poseidon just runs up to him and literally flings the motherfucker.

It literally says that he flies "high in the air". It's like a Looney Toons sketch.

So Aeneas lands and, while he's obviously a bit dazed, Poseidon proceeds to call him a madman and essentially tells him to never do something stupid like that again and just wait until Achilles is dead, then he'll be able to murder Achaeans to his heart's content. Aeneas is fine with that.

Achilles, who just saw his opponent just get yeeted into the fucking sky, just shrugs and goes "welp, guess that guy's off limits, I'm gonna go kill someone else now I guess lol".

This entire scene is pure fucking gold and the fact that I've literally never seen anyone talk about it just breaks my heart.

#tagamemnon #trojan war #the iliad #the aeneid #achilles #aeneas #apollo #poseidon #hera #athena

[illustratus]

The Shadow of Hector Appears to Aeneas or The Dream of Aeneas

by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson

#aeneas #hector #art #anne louis girodet de roucy trioson #virgil #virgil's aeneid #the aeneid #aeneid #sleep #sleeping #dream #trojan #trojans #troy #trojan war #mythology #roman mythology #classical antiquity #mystique #sack of troy #city #fire #europe #european #sacred relics #neoclassicism #neoclassical #romanticism #romantic

[thoodleoo]

if you can't make your own drugged honey cake to feed to triple-throated cerberus, the tremendous beast that guards the underworld, store-bought is fine

#tagamemnon #the aeneid #queueusque tandem abutere catilina patientia nostra

[notacluedo]

Happy new year everyone read Lavinia by Ursula k le guin

#It’s so good genuinely like such an interesting exploration of Lavinia as a character without like #Falling into the traps of more modern ‘feminist’ myth retellings #Imo at least #and the inclusion of Virgil as a storytelling device??? So swag #Also achates is gay for Aeneas so #Win win #the Aeneid #lavinia #virgil #my art #roman mythology #ursula k. le guin

[cerasifera]

pious aeneas

#the aeneid #aeneas #virgil #greek mythology #roman mythology #ish #my art #kind of a redraw of the cover of Shadi Bartsch’s translation #also #turnus pov

[aeneiddaily]

Aeneid Daily: because to my knowledge no one’s done it yet, and if I can get even one more person to read the Aeneid, I’ll die happy!

In the fashion of Ovid Daily and e-pistulae, Aeneid Daily emails you Vergil’s greatest work in daily chunks of roughly 100 lines each. Each post will include the selected lines in English, as translated by A.S. Kline, as well as in Latin, as accessed from thelatinlibrary.com. I’ve also included some links to helpful resources for first-time readers, as I think knowledge of the poem’s historical and literary context really helps it come alive.

The newsletter is scheduled to start on June 1st, 2023, and run until the second week of September. Subscribe for boats, battles, bleeding bushes, journeys to the Underworld, women warriors, unspecified dirty activities in a cave, arms, men, and, of course, pietas.

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#txt #tagamemnon #vergil #virgil #aeneid #the aeneid

[thesarosperiod]

epic poem smackdown! tell me which epic is your favorite (and why! if you feel so inclined). apologies in advance to everyone whose favorite i left off but unfortunately tumblr is stifling my power with this ten option limit

#also if you pick homer tell me which one in the tags! #i didn't feel justified giving him two spots lmao #but i know people have strong iliad vs. odyssey feelings #have not read all of these btw but god i want to #tagamemnon #the iliad #the odyssey #the epic of gilgamesh #beowulf #tain bo cuailnge #the aeneid #mahabharata #ramayana #shahnameh #the divine comedy #classics #epic poetry

[callisteios]

I made a uquiz assigning you kin with an epic Greek hero

#tagamemnon #uquiz #personality quiz #the Iliad #the odyssey #the Aeneid #ok so I took this one and I got NESTOR #i can’t believe I assigned myself!! old man energy #devastating #take this to be devestated #Aeneas #Odysseus #Achilles #patrochilles #patroklos #Agamemnon #diomedes #Nestor #Ajax #love you Ajax #hector #etc

[wolfythewitch]

keeps pace with tripping steps

#we're gonna ignore the fact that he's supposed to be at aeneas' right #art #animation #the aeneid #aeneas #iulus #... #roman mythology #i think? #greek mythology #tagamemnon

[asagisnobody]

I was reading the scenes of the Aeneid where Aphrodite goes to Poseidon to ask him to stop the storms and let Aeneas reach Italy safely.

I just imagine it in this way:

Poseidon: yeah, I like that guy.

*he turns away

Poseidon: and in this way I can keep all my storm for Odysseus in case he escapes from Ogygia ehehehe

#greek mythology #aeneas #the aeneid #the odyssey #Odysseus #epic the musical #poseidon

[t0yearnf0r]

Imagine Aeneas just sailing around, trying to find Italy so that can found Rome, and then as he’s going he just sees Odysseus on his boat with his Greeks trying to get home and they’re just like

#greek mythology #roman mythology #the odyssey #the aeneid #Homer #Virgil #Ancient Greece #ancient time #Odysseus #Aeneas

[what-even-is-thiss]

Aeneas: Hello excuse me where am I

Venus (in disguise): *turns around* I am but an ordinary huntress giving exposition and regional lore I swear

Aeneas: Mother, you could just do this without the disguises you know.

Venus: I’m sure I don’t know what you mean. Now don’t you want to know about…

Aeneas: Mother, you always do this.

Venus: Who is this “mother” you speak of? I am but a humble huntress making a living in this here kingdom by the name of-

Aeneas: Mother, this whole war I had to live through, this whole thing with me being lost at sea, my whole stupid life, is all your fault. I’m really tired. I just want to have like one mother/son moment with you. Without the really bad huntress disguise. You’re still glowing and your hair is done up way too well. Your disguises are bad.

Venus: Look, do you want the necessary exposition to further the plot or no?

Aeneas: *sigh* Okay yeah, fine.

#roman said a thing #mythology #the aeneid