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Sparrow by PersimmonInk
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), The Odyssey - Homer, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, The Iliad - Homer
18 Jul 2025
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Penelope has always been labeled as the "good wife", and her marriage as an ideal marriage with a "like-minded" husband.
But she was also a daughter in Sparta, where women were trained physically just like the men. She was a daughter of a Naiad, and so was half-divine. She ruled Ithaca without male help for 20 years - an island in an area known for its piracy. She had mean skills and the backing of the divine. She was every bit the hero that her husband was...and her story began before she even met him.
WARNING: The character of Odysseus is morally gray. As Homer says, he was "complicated." Kings of the time murdered, raped, pillaged (Need more livestock? Go steal some!), and were a law unto themselves. I am trying to walk a thin line between not rewriting history and also writing for a contemporary audience. There is reference to rape in Chapter 15. It is not explicit. Violence is not graphic, but is part of this story.
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- Part 1 of The Edge of the World
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31 Jan 2025
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Probably some of the best stuff I have ever read regardless of fandom. 10/10
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Flowers of Skyros by Akaittou
Fandoms: The Iliad - Homer, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, The Odyssey - Homer, EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums)
20 Oct 2024
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"Oh please, finding the prince of Phthia is the easy part." Odysseus waved his hand dismissively. "It'll be a lot harder to convince him to go to war, especially if his mother has shared with him this prophecy about his fate. There's no oath forcing him, after all."
For his crime of trying to avoid being forced to take part in the war, Odysseus has been assigned as the man responsible for tracking down other people Agamemnon and the gathered kings wanted to recruit, with Diomedes as his handler. After collecting Patroclus of Opus, who is just as bound to the Suitors' Oath as them, they've turned their attention to figuring out where they can find Achilles, the Aristos Achaion prophecy states must fight for the Greeks to win the war.
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- Part 2 of Ten Years of War, Ten Years to Come Home
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08 Dec 2024
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Before the Dawn by peanuts_envy
Fandoms: The Iliad - Homer, The Odyssey - Homer, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
23 Sep 2021
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Helen tells her cousin Penelope about her chosen suitor, while Penelope is hiding her own suitor under her bed.
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17 Nov 2024
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We were too close to the stars
I never knew somebody like you, somebody.With the rest of the group members of Exitium gone, Adrien and Marinette are left alone for the night in the studio.
Marinette is just there to finish her lyrics and Adrien is there to keep an eye on her, but will their night just be that innocent?Bookmarked by KexyTimes
12 Nov 2024
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Another one steps up. Penelope is bored, the meaninglessness of this procession of suitors battling for Helen's eyes seeping into her brain, turning it as mushy as a sea sponge. She doesn't let it show.
Or,
About Odysseus and Penelope's first meeting in Sparta, and of the war that looms years later.Bookmarked by KexyTimes
03 Nov 2024