εἴμ᾽ Ὀδυσεὺς Λαερτιάδης

Some of my work includes creating music such as:

Ballard's Sad Flute

or singing:

Dilla's Songchord (Avatar AU)

Some of the fanfictions that I do write on this fandom do include the below works, mostly one-shots and analysis on the worldbuilding

Hidden Truth Prequel: The Peak of Madness -complete-

(Diego -OC- slowly loses his mind and agony while waiting for his brother Caleb to show signs of life. Believing he truly is abandoned by everything and everyone, Diego uses his magic to do the unforgivable; take Caleb's form and hold his brother prisoner!)

Uneasy Lies The Head -complete-

(Diego is tormented by his guilt for what he did. And so he dreams and his dreams are nightmarish; mix of memory and dream)

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Aditionally this page is also on occasion dealing with Greek mythos and poetry, particularly the homeric epics (Iliad and Odyssey) and the characters involved at them (with some special emphasis on Odysseus and the people who got related with him)

Some of the stories:

Guilt:

(Odysseus is being guilt-stroke and horrified by the success of his plan to take Troy and by the Greek rage upon it and sinks to a series of thoughts and flashbacks) -complete-

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Survivor's Guilt and Survivor's Duty:

(Odysseus loses his last ship and last comrades at the sea, roams about for 9 days helpless and beaches at Ogygia where even more trauma awaits him) -complete-

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Gone with the Wind:

(Odysseus remains awake for 9 days guarding the sack given to them by Aeolus in order to reach his home faster. However soon he finds out that sleepless nights take a toll on him and the consequences are severe...) -complete-

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The Death of Odysseus:

(The final moments of the king of Ithaca, based on the prophecy of Tiresias in the Odyssey. Odysseus has lived a long life and meets his end while finally meeting with an old friend...and his journey to the Underworld begins...) -complete-

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(Extra): The Funeral

Ismarus! Ismarus!:

(Odysseus and his men leave from Troy but are devided from the rest of the fleets by a storm. They find themselves in Thrace to the city of Ismarus where Odysseus decides they should raid the land of Cicones) -complete-

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The Witch's Lair:

(Odysseus's adventure in Aeaea and his bargain with the goddess-sorceress Circe)

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Part 4

Part 5

Sweet Dreams:

(Neoptolemus has built his empire, he is expanding his name and yet his guilty conscious won't let him rest. Plundered by horrific nightmares he desperately seeks help from the gods to release him from his torments)

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The Roar of a Dying Lion:

(Agamemnon returns home after 10 years of war having Cassandra with him. However his most desired homecoming is drenched in blood. At the other edge of the world his brother Menelaus receives the news)

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Great Sorrow:

(Menelaus is left lost and devastated after Helen left and practically an emotional wreck. He finally picks up his places and goes to his brother, the only person he can rely on) -complete-

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The Curse of Beauty:

(Helen travels to Cythera to pay her respects to Dione and Aphrodite where she fatally meets with the Trojan Prince Paris and everything in her life is about to change)

Part 1

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Short Stories

If I never knew you

Odysseus Leaving Ithaca (random Pocahontas inspo)

Odysseus and Helen

Argos (analysis and tiny scene A Tribute to Argos)

Screams and Shadows in the Night (Odysseus and Nausicaa one-shot)

Philoctetes Inspiration (Odysseus and Diomedes one-shot)

Philoctetes Inspiration 2 (Odysseus, Diomedes Philoctetes and Neoptolemus one-shot)

Ruthless Justice (Odysseus and Telemachus one-shot)

The Will to Die The Need to Survive (Odysseus and Calypso one-shot)

Escape from Cyclops Island: Hubris

I Take that Back (Odysseus Menelaus and Diomedes one-shot)

The Why never asked and the Because that never mattered (Helen and Menelaus one-shot)

The Lament for a Life (Achilles and Antilochus short songfic)

It's you; always has been you! (Neoptolemous songfic)

What makes the Heart Beat (Achilles and Antilochus one-shot)

Pomegranate Spell (Patrochilles and Achillochus story)

Guard Dog (a Patroclus and his dogs one-shot)

Kynaeon Asma (Achilles and Antilochus one-shot)

Heart to Heart (Post-Aulis Odysseus Achilles and Menelaus one-shot)

Flower Stained with Blood (Neoptolemus one-shot)

"Penelope" (Πηνελόπη) by Miltos Paschalides (Μίλτος Πασχαλίδης) and my favorite edition so far is this where the legendary Vasilis Papakonstantinou (Βασίλης Παπακωνσταντίνου) is involved!

You tell me you got tired, you do not want to wait and weave the same dress for 20 years And I who traveled the world without a map Take a listen to what I learnt while tied up on that mast * [Ref.] Everyone who is out the sea is being eaten away by sorrow and everyone that traveled feels jealous of Ithaca [x2] * I will be coming back to you always, and if that's not enough for you then you become the ship so I'll become the port Then we'll see, my eyes, who will endure in the end and who will play their role better * [Ref.] Everyone who is out the sea is being eaten away by sorrow and everyone that traveled feels jealous of Ithaca [x2] * And for everything that didn't happen, do not rush to catch up with them since you never managed to understand That you have always been, from the beginning till the end you were my shield my bow and my arrow * [Ref.] Everyone who is out the sea is being eaten away by sorrow and everyone that traveled feels jealous of Ithaca [x2] * And then you tell me you got tired, you don't want to wait and weave the same dress for 20 years

Hahahahahaha 😆😆😆😆😆😆 oh boy that sounds like a small husband-wife fight doesn't it?! Hahahahahaha gosh I love this song! Especially the part where he literally goes like "shall we change positions then and see who does it better?" hahahaha classic! 😆😆

A 1990s masterpiece taking inspiration by various older songs including some greek poems about the myth. Portraying Odysseus addressing his wife Penelope about the life out the sea. I seriously do not need to analyze anything much the song is very clear! Just some small mentions here;

As I said in the past the tender phrase μάτια μου (my eyes) as I said in the past means that someone is as precious to you as your own eyesight. Also known as "light of my eyes" etc. Definitely something Odysseus would call Penelope!

The part where it says "you were from the beginning till the end, you were my shield, my bow and my arrow" is getting me every time!

The phrase I translated as "are eaten away from sorrow" in the original is "τους τρώει το σαράκι" ("they are eaten away by woodworm") the word σαράκι literally means "woodworm" or "wood beetles". Insects that eat the wood from the inside and destroy it. When used in Greek for humans it means something like sorrow or issues you have (usually sadness of being away) that is eating you away from inside out. SO WHAT ODYSSEUS WOULD SAY!!!!!!!!

Overall I think it captures Odysseus's personality to perfection. Yes I think he is the type of guy to say when he is emotionally charged "you do it if you are so good" to someone hahaha and yes even his wife if she is telling him something similar (because yes I love these two imagining them on such terms sometimes!)

"Go back to your disguises"

I said in my story "The Witch's Lair"

I’m a paddle boarder, if you were to get into the sport, where would your dream paddle spot be?

I’m quite excited to go paddling on the Gulf of Mexico early this coming fall!!

Man you have so many interesting outdoor activities! You make the rest of us look like losers my friend hahaha 😆 (and I say that as someone who did do some tiny bit of optimist sailing in my youth and some scuba diving which unfortunately I never truly did for real hahaha) man you make me wish join you and learn some new stuff from you!

Anyways given that I never did do such sports I am not sure entirely but a quick Google thing shows me these

And they are nice places for sure. I think also Plastira Lake is a good place to start with plus Melos Island is a very beautiful place too!

"Now Calliope bore to Oiagrus or, nominally, to Apollo, a son Linus, whom Hercules slew; and another son, Orpheus, who practised minstrelsy and by his songs moved stones and trees"

As far as I know Linus was a son of Apollo, didn't know about his parental connection to Oiagrus or even Calliope, I wanna know what it would mean had it been in a simplify version of English

Hahaha sure dear Anon hahaha

Well it is tragically simple and complicated at the same time hahaha 😆 figures of Greek myth have many possible origins. Linus in particular is actually mentioned to be the son of various muses included Calliope but also Urania, Terpsichore etc. There isn't one particular source about his parentage

Apollodorous seems to give him as a mother Calliope and he debates on whether the father was Oigarus or Apollo. And he makes him brother to Orpheus by same parentage

Like...bro you do know you still quote the same source right? Both the coercion and the one year remaining are both Odysseus!