And Thetis, in tears, said to him:

"I won't have you with me for long, my child, if you say such things. Hector's death means yours."

From under a great weight, Achilles answered:

"Then let me die now. I was no help to him when he was killed out there. He died far from home, and he needed me to protect him."

-The Iliad, book 18.

Ariadne x The Backrooms AU

🌊 My piece for Volume 3 of Sing, O Muse! Across Wine Dark Seas, which covers scenes from the Trojan War and its aftermath. The zine will be available in July and I highly recommend keeping an eye on the account in readiness for its release. There is SO MUCH gorgeous art inside!

I chose to draw the goddess Thetis beseeching Hephaestus to forge armour for her son Achilles. I think the bond between these two is quite lovely, with Hephaestus feeling indebted to Thetis for helping him in his hour of need, and willingly returning the favour.

White people are apparently big mad that a beautiful black woman is playing Helen of Troy.