#tetis

Jorge says it's the "first song" from this musical, but I'? not sure if it's actually first first song to start the musical or first song he creates, but of course, my obsession has been turn on.

"Never shall I gaze upon a blazing Troy,

Never would I yeald to such a fate,

Tell me what you saw beyond that hazy void,

the one your gift of prophecy creates."

Wow.

I think we all know that when the word prophecy appears, I think of Cassandra, right? She had this gift, and I immediately thought of someone who could have said it to her, but then again, no one believed she had the gift; they thought she was lying. So if she didn't say it to Apollo... that clue is out. On the other hand, her twin brother Helenus also had the gift of prophecy, and everyone believed him! Even Hector and Priam get advice from him.. And that sounds much more likely. Do you think The Ilium could have started with Priam lamenting the potential fate of his family and all of Troy? With his son or maybe more of his children?

Now three unlikely options. Achilles could be talking to his mother here, because it seems she also had some gift of prophecy, but this line about Troy blazing doesn't fit someone who... well, wanted to bring that about.

On the other hand, we have Zeus, who has a closer connection to Troy, especially through blood. Perhaps he's speaking to Apollo? That's a quick shot, and I think the least likely.

BUT what if Jorge still wants to focus on Odysseus' situation? Helenus will return here. You see, in the canon, Ody kidnapped him and extorted information from from the seer that helped the Greek win the war. Here, this verse could be interpreted as Odysseus saying he never wanted to find himself in the role of a murderer who destroys an entire city and didn't ask for such fate. He is just sorry here.

Thetis and (petit) Achilles sharing a son-mother moment (Achilles is the only one talking)

And bc they didn't specify, I also made a drawing for the other Thetis

Es una de las 50 nereidas (ninfas del mar) y una diosa del mar en la mitología griega. Descrita como rubia y de pies de plata, Tetis era la más prominente de las nereidas (junto a Anfítrite), con el poder de transformarse en diferentes formas.

Las nereidas eran parte de la procesión real submarina de Poseidón, junto con otras deidades marinas y criaturas.

Zeus y Poseidón habían competido por la mano de Tetis en matrimonio. Poseidón creía que como ninfa marina, sería la reina ideal de los mares. Sin embargo, los pensamientos de matrimonio rápidamente dejaron sus mentes después de Temis, la diosa de la ley divina, profetizó que Tetis tendría un hijo que sería más famoso y valiente que su padre.

El rey Peleo de Ftía sabía dónde bailaban Tetis y las nereidas en la orilla y la esperó. Una vez que ella apareció, la agarró y la mantuvo firme mientras se convertía en fuego, un león, un pájaro y un árbol en un intento desesperado de escapar de él. Sin embargo, el rey Peleo se negó a dejarla ir hasta que se transformó en su forma humana. Tetis se dio cuenta de que ella estaba indefensa y aceptó casarse con él.

It's gonna be back on Achilles ( yay! Finally! I was craving for this), but i also want to include a paralelistic exploration of Tetis and Agamemnon through the topic of parenting.