The fact that most translations and commentaries I’ve read says that
alius Latio iam partus Achilles, natus et ipse dea
Now/already another Achilles has been born [Latio], and he too is the son of a godess
refers only to Turnus really downgrades the ambiguity in this statement. Because Latio could mean in Latium, in which case it’s Turnus. But it could also mean for/on behalf of Latium. And it’s Aeneas who’s been consistently called the son of a goddess and who will take Achilles’ place at the end when he essentially recreates the Trojan War in Italy.
This is the ambiguity of prophecy where it refers to two people at once. It’s not just Turnus because, in the end, Turnus isn’t the inheritor of Achilles. Aeneas is.
Ares: i want to stab you right now
Athena:
Ares: but my therapist said no
Athena: do it, pussy bitch. i dare you
Look is no one else gonna make a big deal about the fact that in the middle of battle Achilles’ horses stopped in their tracks and started crying over the death of Patroclus? And refused to move despite Automedon begging them and whipping them to try to get them off the field until they were literally compelled to move by Zeus himself?? Because I can’t stop thinking about it.
Norse mythology from A to Z:
[O] - Odin
Greek mythology from A to Z:
[H] - Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) is the winged herald and messenger of the Olympian gods. In addition, he is also a divine trickster, and the god of roads, flocks, commerce, and thieves.
The Judgement of Paris by Walter Crane (1909)
Greek mythology from A to Z:
[E] - Eos (Ἕως) was a Titan goddess of the dawn. She was described as having rosy fingers, a light pink gown woven with flowers, wearing a tiara and having large white-feathered wings.
*1am on Pelion*
Patroclus: *giggling* You’re my moon.
Achilles: *also giggling* And you’re my star.
Chiron: *tiredly* and you’re both getting on my nerves, go to bed!
Patroclus: *complaining to Automedon* my boyfriend is so fucking corny he asked me if I knew how to whistle so ofc I pursed my lips to whistle and then he kissed me???? Him and his dumb flirt tactics I love him
Some Iliad boys in the woods! My thought behind this is that all of them went out on a trip and realized that Antilochus was not trained for this, because unlike Achilles and Patroclus, he was just a prince and was not set loose on a mountain with a centaur grandpa for several years.
(left to right: Automedon, Patroclus, Achilles, Antilochus)