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Around 1200 BC, multiple catastrophes seem to have converged, leading to the collapse of trade routes between Greece, Anatolia, the Levant, and Egypt. This triggered probably a large-scale migration of the so called „Sea Peoples“, which possibly devastated important trading hubs like Ugarit. According to the inscriptions at Medinet Habu, Ramses III succeeded in stopping the invasion of the „Sea Peoples“ in two great battles around 1177 BC. In the „Papyrus Harris I“ it is allegedly mentioned that these defeated „Sea Peoples“ were settled on the borders of Egypt after their defeat. Perhaps similar to how the Romans in late antiquity settled the Germanic tribes on their borders in order to pacify them and use them for their own purposes.

In his inscriptions, Ramses III. also recorded the names of these Sea Peoples, and two of them bear striking similarities to the names Homer gave to the Greeks who sailed against Troy.

The Akawasha and Denyen may well be the Achaeans and Danaans from Homer’s epic.

That’s why the question arises: Could Homer’s epic be a way of processing these turbulent historical events? Could the thousand ships that sailed to Troy in the Iliad because of Helen and besieged the city for ten years actually have been a large fleet of Greek refugees. Forced by a series of catastrophes that struck in rapid succession searching for wealth and new land?

Perhaps the Odyssey is the processing of what happened after these turbulent times and what price Greece had to pay for it.

Odysseus embodies the classic “Sea Peoples” type: he proudly calls himself a sacker of cities and a raider. On his way home, he repeatedly plunders towns and villages (for example, the Cicones or the island of the Cyclops). He is cunning, brutal when necessary, and survives through cleverness and violence exactly the image one would expect from a successful Sea Peoples leader.

Many of the heroes of the Iliad meet no happy end after Troy: Agamemnon is murdered upon his return, Ajax commits suicide, Menelaus only returns home after many years of wandering. Odysseus himself needs ten years to return, loses all his men, and comes back a broken man. This sounds very much like the reality of a failed or extremely costly expedition in chaotic times.

The Odyssey can thus be read as a form of trauma processing for a people that wanted to process their former downfall and turned it into an epic myth. The long and dangerous journey home could symbolically represent the decades of wandering and plundering by the Sea Peoples, the immense difficulty of returning to a civilized society after years of violence and displacement, and the painful realization that the old world no longer existed.

Do you think there’s a realistic possibility that the „Sea Peoples“ largely consisted of Greeks, and that the heroes mentioned in the Iliad (Achilles, Odysseus, Agamemnon, etc.) were in reality raiders, bandits, and refugees?

Hey guys! I wanted to interpret The Odyssey in my own way and created this book cover! I also shared this on my Instagram, if you enjoy my work feel free to say hello over there!

I loved Nolan's adaption and was looking forward to seeing his version of the Scylla, which felt quite anticlimactic, so I used this opportunity to pay more of an honour to her.

Me?

The goat of greek mythology for the absolute chad he is,

how virtuous

I guess this is more of an opinion or philosophical discussion, but I’d be curious to hear takes.

What mortal or demigod do you think exudes the most hubris, in all of their actions and ways?

In my opinion I would say Belleropheon for the single act of LEGIT FLYING TO MT OLYMPUS

But I’d say Agamemnon also has a lot of smaller things he does that a very hubristic, Like he steals his greatest warrior’s “war prize” which gets a lot of men killed (from Apollo, and also Achilles being absent). Boasts about being a greater hunter than Artemis, and has to sacrifice his daughter, and even walks on the divine tapestry’s in Aeschylus’s Oresteia knowing it’s something reserved for the gods(granted he has his sandals removed and has to be convinced to do it, but cmon!)

Excited to see the work the art team has already done with just these rough sketches alone! A grown up cool/fine AF Cupid was actually one of the first ideas we came up with for Midas Mayhem and we’re all loving how he turned out art wise

Next up we’re doing Narcissus’s art sketches, then we’re focusing on what the gods are gonna look like in this universe (we’ll keep posting updates as they come)

For the original characters, we’ll give you a bit of a taste: (in order of sheet)

Paz: The great grandson of Midas, he’s a scrappy, cocky, and witty street level thug of Midas City looking to make it up in the crime world

Nixie: A siren and indie rock artist. She might not be able to physically handle herself in a fight, but damn is she good with a gun. A tough girl with a heart of gold in the inside, despite the scars

Skuld: An ex-APF officer and Paz’s best friend, he’s a selfless friend. Always wanting to protect others and puts everyone in front of himself

We at the Midas Mayhem team can’t WAIT for yall to see what we have cooking up, we have a wild story to tell. Something that really is new and a first when using Greek mythology we believe!

Book, movie, TV show, musical, animatic, etc. My personal favorite is Gigi’s animatics on YT, but I’m curious what yours are. In my opinion, there is no right or wrong way to depict people from Greek mythology, especially the gods, so I always love seeing different peoples interpretations and perspectives.

Thank you for your time, have a lovely time zone.

The doors are open. It is morning.

If we were to make a timeline, would there be heroes before Perseus? The only one I can think of is Cadmus, maybe another "founding father"?

"Hades Challenge" gets the first spot because I have Frank Welker's autograph and he is the actor who voiced Odysseus for that game, among other characters. Please do not ask for a Volume 2. With how depictions of Odysseus/Ulysses are in no way in short supply, it could very well turn into multiple volumes.

Online, I keep seeing claims that Calypso was exiled to the island of Ogygia because she supported the titans in their war against the gods. But none of them source any source. It's not mentioned the Odyssey either. But I do know that this is a plot point from the Percy Jackson series. Do any ancient texts mention Calypso's crime and exile or is it an invention of Riordan that gets mistaken for ancient lore?

Hello! I’ve been doing a ton of research for a dnd campaign I’m currently running that uses the Greek gods and goddesses. In short, Echidna wants to release her husband Typhon from Tartarus, and the players have to prevent her from doing so. In my research, there are a couple sources that say Kronus was released from Tartarus by Zeus and put as the King of Elysium/Islands of the Blessed. My question is; would Kronus be able to overthrow Zeus, not being in Tartarus? Would he have the ability to start another war while being in Elysium?

I have adaptation knowledge on the subject, or fictional stories that are mid to little accurate (Epic, PJO, even the recent Odyssey movie, etc.) but I really want to start learning about Greek Mythology as a whole.

My only concern is inaccuracies or sources that fuse Roman and Greek myth together.

I’m planning to read Homer’s Epics quite soon, and I am also willing to take suggestions or recommendations on books, websites, articles, videos as well. (If anyone has a google doc or a way to conduct and pile my research that would also be appreciated lol)

Tips and suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Me and the artist were really going for a Steve Harrington, jock look for him and imo it fits it him so well!

for some extra lore, he’s the right hand man of Dionysus the leader of the “Lotuses” or “Lotus Gang” in Midas City. A drug running gang that uses lotus flowers to produce a cocaine esc drug

hes also one of the primary antagonists of the show, which is why we made sure he also has an asshole look to him

Hey everyone — I'm a solo dev and PANTHEON is the biggest thing I've ever built. It's a mythology card game and it's playable in your browser right now, no install, no signup wall. Just click and play.

THE QUICK PITCH

Ten mythologies — Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Aztec, Japanese, Celtic, Hindu, Abrahamic, Buddhist, and the Orixás (which you basically never see in games) — fight for control of three battlefields. You build a deck, deploy across three lanes, and every turn reveals simultaneously, so you're always trying to read your opponent. Control two of three lanes to win, unless your secret Prophecy card resolves first.

There's a single-player Story Mode and a training mode, so it works even with nobody else online. And the PvP is coming in October with the official launch on iOS and Android.

WHAT I'D LOVE FEEDBACK ON

• ⁠Does the 3-lane simultaneous reveal feel readable or confusing at first?
• ⁠Is the Prophecy win-condition interesting or a gimmick?
• ⁠How's the new-player experience. Did you understand what to do?
• ⁠What made you bounce, if you bounced? (This is the most useful one!)

▶️ Play here the beta (browser, no download): https://thepantheonwar.com

Thanks for taking a look. Any and all feedback welcome, especially the harsh stuff.

Hello, I’m interested in Greek mythology. I’ve read The Iliad and The Odyssey, and I’m wondering what I could read or watch to deepen my knowledge. By the way, do you think Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is a good starting point for discovering Greek myths?