#amphidamas

warning for sexual themes down the lines

Odysseus and his men taste the hospitality of Circe Odysseus and Circe have a small more intimate discussion

Finally after so long I tried to fight my writer's block back! A small birthday dedication to @ulises-aithon [man I have at least two more that wait!!!]

Circe greeting Odysseus's men was of course inspired by the Odyssey Circe and Odysseus being so openly intimate during the meal is also something I thought I would play around with "Odysseus cheated" factor. For his men it seems perfectly normal and that Odysseus just decided to have some fun with the beautiful goddess. The dance scene is of course inspired by ancient and more modern/traditional Greek counterparts where people join together to dance or play music. The music part is also given randomly here that some of the men might have been musically trained. In folk dances oftentimes a dancer has a piece of cloth waving in the air. I am not sure if we can assume this is an ancient custom but I am using the anachronism here for the story Odysseus joins the dance first. In Greek dances usually the first and last positions are offered to the best dancers. The first because he sets the pace and the last that keeps it up. Odysseus now joining first can also be seen as a social and hierarchal thing given that he is the king of theirs. so it is a mixture of both Yes Circe is offering her maidens contraceptive drugs and herbs so they can have their own fun if they want to (in ancient myths nymphs and men oftentimes got associated for the better or the worse) During their conversation Odysseus notes she is worried. Circe in Argonautica was worried because of a dream and then the dream came true because murderers Jason and Medea arrived to her house Also me trying to create a more complex psychological background of Odysseus! Do not mind me!

I might edit the chapter in the future see also this image!

So we established I use animals to base designs off of,

Like,

Elpenor: Moth

Lycaon: Wolf

Antilochus: True bug

Alkimos: Bear

Polites: Sheep

Vlassis: Snake

Perimedes: Parrot

Eurylochus: Ram,

but I really need an animal to base Amphidamas and Amphialos on, besides frogs.

Do you have any suggestions?

I absolutely love the animal motifs with all the characters!

Ok but why can’t one of them be a frog? I think the yellow banded poisoned dart frog goes SO hard

I don’t know much about them, but I’m sure one of them fits the vibe!

Odysseus has done the deed and he has the feeling he will have to again Guilt and sorrow weight his heart but also fear for the unknown goddess Circe is asked to release his men Now Odysseus needs to go and fetch them to join them to Circe's hospitality Eurylochus retaliates

Circe bathing Odysseus herself was part of the Odyssey and almost a direct parallel to Helen bathing him in Troy when he entered as a spy Odysseus fearing Circe or for his fate was always prominent in the Odyssey when Odysseus was grieving and also fearing for his men and not touching his food Odysseus being made to decide about whether his men would remain pigs or come back to their human form was greatly inspired by the amazing mini series "L'Odissea" by Franco Rossi The reactions of his men seeing him were mentioned in the Odyssey Honestly Eurylochus speaking against the joining of others in Circe's palace kinda reminded me of those who yelled to people to repent because the last day of the world is close, so the frantic movements and the loud words were inspired by those archetypes.

I need another animal to base Amphidamas and Amphialos after, because I don’t know how to incorporate frogs into their facial/hair design.

Amphidamas — minister of Chalcis. A planet of simple, spiritual people who live in harmony with nature.