Which hero are you?
In light of the recent find of Ajax's palace (link via Boudicca), I have some more inspired fun for the commenters: which Trojan war hero are you? Why? I'll comment right away to get it started.
Update: Gods and Goddesses allowed, if you so choose.
Update: Gods and Goddesses allowed, if you so choose.
posted by Joshua @ 11:36 AM
11 Comments:
I am Odysseus!
At first I thought I might be Achilles - I like the way I look (a lot!), I think I should be the best, and I wouldn't be above sulking in a tent - but I have to consider the fact that I enjoy strategy and cunning in a way that only can be Odyssean. After all, was he not a man "skilled in all ways of contending"?
Dearest Tacitean,
If you fancy yourself to be Odysseus, then that pretty much makes me your Penelope. However, I do not much cotton to the idea of you shacking up with a nymph while I'm fighting off proposals from other men because I believe you might still be alive and wish to stay faithful. Penelope was clever with that whole "unravel the weaving overnight" plan, so maybe it wouldn't be so bad to be her...
What makes you think I'd shack up with a nymph?
I'll be poseidon, if only to mess with hapless heroes on account of petty slights.
After some research, I've decided that I think I would be best suited as Diomedes. I can keep my cool when it best suits me, but can be a force to be reckoned with in dire circumstances. Plus, he won the chariot race in Patroclus ' funeral games, who was a close second, since I am one who tries not to "sulk in a tent" when there are great tasks to accomplish.
I guess that's about it, since I don't know the details of the Trojan War all that well (thank God for Wikipedia), and I can't remember who I admired from the major motion picture, Troy...
That is all.
Interestingly enough, I assumed you'd have chosen Hektor. Can't quite say why, though... just made sense.
And take sides with the opposing force to that of my oldest friend? Nay!
I actually admire that he "was fighting not for personal glory, but in defense of his homeland." But I wouldn't have wanted to be dragged around the walls of Troy behind Achilles' chariot. That's what pride can earn you. I'm also not an overly prideful person.
That is all.
I would be Odysseus of course but since you think you are up to being me, I would be Aeneas, founder of the greatest nation in history. (no, not the stupid boy with a sword as depicted in your favorite movie!)
Aeneas is pretty cool, I admit it. But, ahem, need I remind you of "The Dido Era"? I trust not.
Odysseus is clearly the choice of a large swathe of people, myself included, and for that reason I'll take you up on your offer of Deities and go for Pallas Athena. Sure, she's the wrong gender, but we're after traits we admire are we not?
Am I the only one that's going to say Hector? Fighting for home and hearth? As badass as Ajax and can only be beaten by the snotty little punk Achilles?
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