𖤓 Athena & Thanatos Liker 𖤓

We’re talking about Matt Damon, a man with pale skin, straight blonde hair, and blue eyes.

Don’t get me wrong, I personally don’t really care about the characters’ appearances in the movie. I already know it won’t be faithful to the original texts, and first and foremost, it’s a Hollywood film, so I’m not expecting a truly accurate adaptation, not even a good one.

What stands out to me is this: why do I only see backlash when Helen or Athena are portrayed as Black women, but not when Odysseus is played by a blonde, blue-eyed man? Have these people actually read the Homeric texts? Because Odysseus is described as “dark of color", with a “dark beard.”

The oddysey, Book 16

And with "Locks that flow in curls like the Hyacinth flower" Knowing that "Hyacinthine hair" is a way to refer to dark, thick and curly hair.

The oddysey, Book 23

Abbie explains the difference between fantasy and mythology, and how mythology is attached to a specific actual culture and norms.

Of course she covers the historical inaccuracies, but as she says later, "This isn't about historical inaccuracy, it's about mega conglomerates taking foreign cultures and dumbing it down into neat little marketable packages."

In a world that knows Greek Mythology mostly due to American productions, it's not hyperbolic to be concerned about the new productions. It is through those that the world learns about our culture! And it's Greeks who get the burden of stereotypes and misconceptions!

Abbie mentions the case of Greek man Dimitris Katsikis who makes Greek Bronze Age armor, and who was rejected / left on read by Nolan's production, after they contacted him first. 

THANKYOU TO 'PROCLUS (WHOEVER HE MAY BE) FOR WRITING HIS CHRESTOMATHY (‘DESIRE FOR LEARNING') AT SOME POINT IN ANCIENT GREEK HISTORY, WHERE HE SUMMARISED MANY OF THESE TEXTS, THUS PRESERVING THEM FOR US.

And guest what... Lyncos was Hades' son before he became son of Thanatos.

Minthe was the bus driver too. Lyncos fought against Triptolemus in retaliation for Persephone's murder of his mother.

In addition to Minthe, Hades, Thanatos, and Macaria, there were also those who thought of Pluto and the unnamed Scythian woman.

Maybe the French really do have a book that contains these strange variations (some like ovidius moralizatus?), otherwise, what on earth are they making up?

He was selfish, and arrogant, yes—but he was also his little brother's keeper.

We see him spiral when Menelaus gets shot with an arrow, and much later on, he kills the sons of Antimachus, a Trojan who had once plotted to kill Menelaus when he was an ambassador in Troy.

They have a brotherhood that survived the flames of war, which makes their falling out even sadder.

The reason? They couldn't agree on whether to leave Troy immediately or stay to appease the gods—resulting in them splitting.

They didn't reconcile and it left a bitter taste on each other.

At the time, it probably didn't feel too bad. It was something trivial between brothers that can be sorted out later.

But later never came.

Because while Menelaus wandered Egypt, Agamemnon made it back home only to be killed by Clytemnestra.

Agamemen survived ten years of war to meet his end in the one place he was supposed to be safe in.

That kind of grief wouldn't sit well for anyone.

His big brother was always there to watch his back, and the one time he needed someone to do the same, Menelaus wasn't there.

And the last thing between them was a petty argument that shouldn't have driven a wedge between them, not after everyone they gone through.

Perhaps that's why Menelaus was invested so in Odysseus's return.

The UB’s archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus has found Homer’s ‘Iliad’ inside a Roman-era mummy - Current events - University of Barcelona https://share.google/F5urjgEpSlgH1uOAW

Classicstober day two: Thanatos 💀🥀

Or Hypnos’ goth sibling because every family needs one 🦇

Do u have any doodles of his brother Thanatos? I would love to see them!!