#hekuba

I don’t care if it was “for revenge.” Consider that Polymester’s kids were also Iliona’s, and Helen’s with Paris

It’s weird to look at Odysseus situation and go: What a bad person! He got what was coming to him.

And then look at Hecuba’s and go: What a girlboss! She did nothing wrong.

hecuba and that stupid herald who keeps showing up to relay the worst news ever

uh the iliad brain rot is so incredibly bad dude im having DREAMS abt it i cant escape the funny ancient war criminals even in sleep

also talthybius means a lot to me idk every time i get into a piece of media, i find a couple background characters that i fixate on for the next couple months and talthybius is in that group

also eurybates i think they’re boyfriends idk

Apolluba 🌟🌻 (edit/request)

They’re underrated

Domain: Queenhood, royalty, motherhood, transformation, misery, regret, providing, familiars.

Epithets: Queen of Troy, Dear mother, wife of Priam, Queen of misery, Old, beautiful, pious, mother of Paris, generous, mother of Hector, wretched, familiar of Hecate.

Imagery/symbolism: crown, Veil, the sea, libation cup.

Colors: Gold, grey, black, dark blue.

Animal: Dog.

Offerings: Flowers, Candles, incense, art, poetry, lamps, veils, jewelry, crowns, dog imagery, water, wine, gin, milk, honey, goblets, fruit, meat, vegetables, bones, salt, oils, tears, coins, perfume, Laurel, river stones.

i didnt add the more normalized names like helen, penelope, kassandra, or hektor

i didnt add most children of priam bc well…yk why

this is a cordial invitation for anyone who’s well-versed in ghosts/channeling/black dog myths from any culture to