#achaean

Ah, what a gracious comment. Even though we stand upon opposing sides, it is vital never to lose sight of the humanity that binds us all. I strive to treat every soul with respect and goodwill, and I am glad that even an Achaean is able to see this, so I shall thank you for that.☺️

My designs for them, this will be pt 1 ofc

First will be: Achilles, Patroclus, Agamemnon, Menelaus, Odysseus, Diomedes.

Next will be: Ajax the greater, Ajax the lesser, Teucer, Nestor, Idomeneus, Antilochus.

Achilles of Phthia.

Patroclus of Opus.

Agamemnon of Mycenae.

Menelaus of Sparta.

Odysseus of Ithaca.

An interesting post not just for the fans of the new Nolan's moviez but for the fans of Epic The Musical, by Patrick Robinson Art and Animation.

There has been a lot of discussion online about the new Odyssey film and the recent picture of Odysseus that has been released. I've seen a few artists online who have done historically accurate redesigns, and I thought I'd give it a go too. Nolan's version of Odysseus wears a fantasy helmet, perhaps vaguely reminiscent of Corinthian helmets, it's hard to know if it's supposed to look like leather or bronze

We might often associate the Trojan War with Classical Greece, but the real Trojan War would have taken place much earlier, in the Mycenaean period, roughly around 1200 BC. Homer's Iliad was written down about 500 years after this period.

Here's a possible historically and literally accurate to Original Odyssey of Odysseus' armor.

In the Odyssey, Odysseus is given a helmet made from boar tusks—a type of helmet that was probably an old-fashioned heirloom by the time of the Trojan War, and one that must have been a very distant memory by the time of Homer.

"Meriones gave Odysseus a bow, a quiver, and a sword, and put a cleverly made leather helmet on his head. On the inside, there was a strong lining of interwoven straps, onto which a felt cap had been sewn in. The outside was cleverly adorned all around with rows of white tusks from a shiny-toothed boar, the tusks running in alternate directions in each row." - Homer, Iliad, Book 10

Armor finds from this period are incredibly rare, but we have actually found remains of these helmets, as well as many depictions in Mycenaean art going back as far as the 17th century BC. Mycenaean art suggests all kinds of decorations and a wide variety of extraordinary crests and horns, some of which we have found evidence of.

I've given him a purple cloak—already in the Bronze Age, rich purple was associated with kingship and nobility. Later in the Odyssey, he is given just such a cloak. It's fringed and decorated, based on depictions in art.

Arm protection is quite rare in this period, as large shields were the main form of arm defence. But this vambrace is based on a find from Dendra, and the upper arm ring is based on one discovered on the upper arm bone of a warrior from Shaft Grave V in Mycenae. He wears a quiver of arrows on his back—a common way to carry arrows in the bronze age. Such a quiver is depicted on a seal from Thisbe, Boeotia, dating to 1500 BC.

Other possibilities:

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