The Cool Thing About The Iliad Is That Almost Everyone In It Is A Horrible Person And/or Literal War

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

Ok,enough of Heracles groping kids

Me, a year ago: oh, greek mythology, i used to love it when I was 10 or so, I think it would be fun to reread some of myths now uncensored, but i really don't think it will be as interesting as it was before, like, i know all the plots and characters, so there is nothing new for me.

Me, now: I'm rereading the illiad and the Odyssey for the third time in a third different translation. I've already downloaded tens of other Greek plays. For over three months by now, I'm lying awake in bad thinking about characters from these texts and coming up with headcanons and scenarios for them. I started to write drafts of the illiad and the odyssey inspired fics on English, which I've never done before. I'm this close to starting learning Greek, so i can read all of the materials in the original. I need to study biology, but now I can't, I'm-

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.

You were lying to me, when you'd jump on my bed and say "When you die, grandma, I will cut my hair for you, and bring all my friends to sing at your grave."

i have tried to go and research the trojan war timeline and am now more confused than when i began. how is anyone the age they are. send help.