Achilles - Blog Posts
random headcannon
Okay, take it out of nowhere, but Ares totally understand Apollo’s hate for Achilles, cause he was the same whit Heracles. Heracles killed a LOT of Ares’s children (some by accident) . And Achilles murdered a LOT of Apollo’s children ( don’t get me start talking about Troilus).
So, for me, even if Ares and Apollo aren’t the best siblings, they, at least, hold each other’s backs when it comes to children lost. Not like siblings, but like two dads that are both tired of losing their kids, to some so named “ Hero”
Troilus design! (ft best dad Apollo) He's around 12 years old here.
Researching Troilus' story is not an easy task because unfortunately most of the ancient texts focused on him didn't survive and others only survived in fragments.
This story is brutal even for greek mythology standards so please keep that in mind if you want to continue reading this or do more research on your own.
Something that all of the versions seems to agree on is that he was a Trojan prince, son of queen Hecuba and was killed by Achilles. His father was either Apollo or Priam (Apollo fits more with the context of the story though).
Most of the versions also focus on Troilus' young age and he's often shown to be visibly shorter than Achilles on the vase paintings depicting his death.
The most popular version of the myth (which is also supported by ancient vase paintings) states that Troilus and his sister Polyxena (she's not preset in every version though) went outside of Troy on their horses and while they were at a fountain Achilles ambushed them.
Achilles then chased Troilus who tried to hide inside of Apollo's temple (possibly seeking his father's protection) but Achilles caught up to him and murdered Troilus either inside or in front of the temple and then brutally mutilated his body.
There 2 alternative reasons given for the murder:
1. There was a prophecy which said that if Troilus reached 21 years of age Troy would never fall.
2. Achilles fell in love with Troilus, tried to force himself on him and was enraged when the boy refused his advances. (This version seems to have more surviving evidence)
It could also be that the only reason that Achilles killed Troilus was the fact that he was a Trojan prince and therefore an enemy but this does not seem to fit with the brutality of the act.
Here are some vase paintings that show Troilus' death at the hands of Achilles
"Patroclus, he says, Patroclus. Patroclus. Over and over until it is sound only."
-TSOA, Madeline Miller
It is right to seek peace for the dead. You and I both know there is no peace for those who live after.
-TSOA, Madeline Miller
The sun sank below Pelion’s ridges, and we were happy.
-TSOA, Madeline Miller
He smiled, and his face was like the sun.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
We reached for each other, and I thought of how many nights I had lain awake, loving him in silence.
TSOA, Madeline Miller.
He would sail to Troy and I would follow, even into death.
TSOA, Madeline Miller.
I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell. I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
When he died, all things swift and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.
TSOA, Madeline Miller.
There are no bargains between lions and men. I will kill you and eat you raw.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
This and this and this.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
Philtatos.
TSOA, Madeline Miller.
A sly smile spread across his face; he had always loved defiance.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
I am made of memories.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
Pa-tro-clus.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
What has Hector ever done to me?
TSOA, Madeline Meyer
He is half of my soul, as the poets say.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
And perhaps it is greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
We were like gods at the dawning of the world, and our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but each other.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
Someone today will read Shakespeare’s hamlet and say omg he’s just like me fr. Another person will read moby dick and proclaim Ishmael as an adhd king.
A person grieving for their recently deceased lover reads the iliad and they watch as Achilles rages and rages and god how righteous anger fueld by love is so devastating that it’s ramifications still affect the world several thousand years later.
We might one day settle down and read the epic of gilgamesh and watch as a king has to accept the death of the person he loved the most. One of the very first stories ever written and it was about coping with death, and how to grieve.
We don’t read classics because they’re old, we read them because they remind us that we are never alone. That a character created over 500 years ago struggled with the exact same problems we all still have today. That even a king from centuries past had to deal with death just like me. That’s what makes stories so powerful–they prove to us that we are never truly alone in what we are feeling.
Achilles from Hades (the game) 🫶🫶
I have been obsessed with Hades lately even tho im kinda bad at gaming lol the character design is just so good omg and the story 🤌🤌🤌🤌
I have some more hades fanart coming soon teehee
Achilles to thetis: *casually leaning on the side of a rock* hey, so, um, just wondering, hypothetically, can you see me up on mount Pelion?
Thetis: I cannot
Achilles: cool, coolcoolcoolcool, great, thanks. Anyway, I’ll be going now. Bye
(Achilles absolutely sprinting back)
Achilles to Patroclus: hey man, so, my mum can’t see us up here, wanna bang?
Historians, about the relationship of Achilles and Patroclus: They were just good friends! Good bros! Nothing really gay about it!
Achilles: "My Patroclus"
Achilles: *sleeps with Patroclus*
Achilles: *the person he is closest to is Patroclus*
Achilles when his bedwife gets taken: *merely refuses to fight* Achilles when Patroclus is killed: *goes on a slaughter spree*
Achilles, when he finds out about Patroclus' death: *screams so loud he can be heard from the underworld*
Achilles: *demands his ashes be mingled with Patroclus'*
Achilles: *kills a fucking river/ defeats a river god when said god is trying to stop him from murdering Patroclus' killer*
Achilles: *murders Patroclus' killer knowing full well it will result in his death, although he wanted to live in glory*
Achilles: *drags Patroclus' killer around the city of Troy, in the dirt, three times, dishonouring him although he partly admired Hector before Patroclus' murder*
Achilles: *refuses to have Hector buried/sent for burial*
Achilles: *has to have Priam come to him and beg for his son's body for him to return Hector for burial*
Achilles: *prowls the battlefield, wanting death, so that he can be reunited with Patroclus*
Achilles: *smiles when he dies because he's going to be reunited with Patroclus*
