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* AmbiguousSituation: Neither the Iliad nor the Odyssey ever explicitly say why she went to Troy, though it's abundantly clear that whatever the reason was, she now regrets it. Why Helen left for Troy was a topic of much debate in Ancient Greek philosophical circles; the Judgement of Paris myth (which Homer doesn't mention in his poems) implies Aphrodite forced her into an infatuation with Paris as payment for him judging her worthy of the golden apple, but at least some Ancient Greek writers thought she went with him of her own accord (Euripides' ''Theater/TheTrojanWomen'' has Hecuba refute the idea that the Judgement of Paris ever happened on the grounds that the gods wouldn't be that ridiculously petty, and the sophist Gorgias's argument in defense of Helen was that Paris persuaded her to come with philosophical debate, so she wasn't at fault because debates can convince anyone of anything, which is a rather far cry from the common modern interpretation of 'Helen wasn't at fault because she was a victim of date rape via divine magic'), and one tradition (shown in ''Helen'', another one of Euripides' plays) proposed that she never went to Troy ''at all'', instead being spirited away to Egypt and replaced by an illusory double.
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* ThisOneIsNotLikeTheOther: Is one of the very few lovers of Apollo not to spurn, reject or betray the god. He still faces a tragic end though.
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* ThisOneIsNotLikeTheOther: Is one of the very few lovers of Apollo not to spurn, reject or betray the god. He still faces a god, and whose tragic end though. is in no way Apollo's fault.
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* DeityOfHumanOrigin: In some sources he was resurrected and transformed into a god by Apollo.
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* IfICantHaveYou: Was the victim of his trope. Zephyrus did not take Hyacinthus' rejection in favour of Apollo lightly.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Most sources agree that his mother was the goddess Clio, Muse of History.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Most sources agree that his mother was the goddess Clio, Muse of History.
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* ShroudedInMyth: Very little about him is known. What sources agree is that he was royalty, was exceedingly beautiful, was killed via discus to the head and turned into a flower. It is also possible that he was a pre-Hellenic nature god.
* ThisOneIsNotLikeTheOther: Is one of the very few lovers of Apollo not to spurn, reject or betray the god. He still faces a tragic end though.
* WarriorPrince: He was Spartan and loved to play throwing the discus.
* ThisOneIsNotLikeTheOther: Is one of the very few lovers of Apollo not to spurn, reject or betray the god. He still faces a tragic end though.
* WarriorPrince: He was Spartan and loved to play throwing the discus.
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[[folder:Hippolyta]]
Hippolyta, or Hippolyte (/hɪˈpɒlɪtə/; Greek: Ἱππολύτη Hippolyte) was a daughter of Ares and Otrera (the original Amazon queen) and the most prominent member and queen of the Amazons of myth. Her sisters were Antiope and Melanippe. She bore a golden girdle given to her by her father.
Hippolyta, or Hippolyte (/hɪˈpɒlɪtə/; Greek: Ἱππολύτη Hippolyte) was a daughter of Ares and Otrera (the original Amazon queen) and the most prominent member and queen of the Amazons of myth. Her sisters were Antiope and Melanippe. She bore a golden girdle given to her by her father.
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* BestHerToBedHer: This is how most interpret her relationship with Theseus (and occasionally her relationship with Heracles, if it is depicted as consensual).
* SuperStrength: Said to have inherited such from her father hence why Heracles defeating her was such a feat.
* SuperStrength: Said to have inherited such from her father hence why Heracles defeating her was such a feat.
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* BestHerToBedHer: This FloralMotifs: He is how most interpret her relationship transformed into the hyacinth flower upon death.
* LoverAndBeloved: With the sun god Apollo.
* PrettyBoy: Three gods were in love withTheseus (and occasionally her relationship with Heracles, if it is depicted as consensual).
* SuperStrength: Said to have inherited such from her father hence why Heracles defeating her was such a feat.him.
* LoverAndBeloved: With the sun god Apollo.
* PrettyBoy: Three gods were in love with
* SuperStrength: Said to have inherited such from her father hence why Heracles defeating her was such a feat.
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A Naiad Nymph born to the river god Inachus. Infamously goes through a series of trials and tribulations at the hands of both Zeus and Hera after being turned into a cow.
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Hippolyta, or Hippolyte (/hɪˈpɒlɪtə/; Greek: Ἱππολύτη Hippolyte) was a daughter of Ares and Otrera (the original Amazon queen) and the
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: After being turned into a cow, forced into captivity by Hera, stung continuously by a gadfly on Hera's orders and ultimately collapsing from exhaustion, she finally regains her humanity, bears two divine children, marries an Egyptian king and becomes hailed as a goddess in Egypt. Additionally, her bloodline would give rise to some of the most famous Greek Heroes, such as Cadmus, Perseus and Heracles.
* ForcedTransformation: Zeus turned her into a cow to cover his tracks when Hera caught him trying to sleep with her, with the likely intention to change her back ASAP...unfortunately, Hera knew Zeus a little too well and demanded that he give the "cow" to her as a gift.
* HeroicLineage: Io's bloodline would eventually produce many heroes, namely Cadmus, Perseus, Rhadamanthys, Minos and Heracles, as well as Semele, who would give birth to Dionysus. That said, she's also the great-great-great grandmother of the Danaides, who are most well-known for being punished in Tartarus -- although one of them, Hypermenstra, would escape that fate and become a mother of heroes in her own right.
* TheScapegoat: Or scape''cow'' as it were, Hera's response to Hermes killing Argus to free Io is to get angry at ''her'' for it and sic a Fury on her.
* TraumaCongaLine: Maybe not on Cassandra's level, but Io is, in order: impregnated by Zeus, who then transforms her into a cow (granted, he had every intention of changing her back but Hera prevented that), is turned into a pet by Hera under the guard of Argus, [[TheScapegoat gets blamed for Argus' death by Hera]] who then sics a gadfly on her and is finally chased throughout the Mediterranean by said fly, who stings her throughout the chase. Fortunately, [[EarnYourHappyEnding things turn out alright for her in the end]].
* ForcedTransformation: Zeus turned her into a cow to cover his tracks when Hera caught him trying to sleep with her, with the likely intention to change her back ASAP...unfortunately, Hera knew Zeus a little too well and demanded that he give the "cow" to her as a gift.
* HeroicLineage: Io's bloodline would eventually produce many heroes, namely Cadmus, Perseus, Rhadamanthys, Minos and Heracles, as well as Semele, who would give birth to Dionysus. That said, she's also the great-great-great grandmother of the Danaides, who are most well-known for being punished in Tartarus -- although one of them, Hypermenstra, would escape that fate and become a mother of heroes in her own right.
* TheScapegoat: Or scape''cow'' as it were, Hera's response to Hermes killing Argus to free Io is to get angry at ''her'' for it and sic a Fury on her.
* TraumaCongaLine: Maybe not on Cassandra's level, but Io is, in order: impregnated by Zeus, who then transforms her into a cow (granted, he had every intention of changing her back but Hera prevented that), is turned into a pet by Hera under the guard of Argus, [[TheScapegoat gets blamed for Argus' death by Hera]] who then sics a gadfly on her and is finally chased throughout the Mediterranean by said fly, who stings her throughout the chase. Fortunately, [[EarnYourHappyEnding things turn out alright for her in the end]].
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: After being turned into a cow, forced into captivity by Hera, stung continuously by a gadfly on Hera's orders and ultimately collapsing from exhaustion, she finally regains her humanity, bears two divine children, marries an Egyptian king and becomes hailed as a goddess in Egypt. Additionally, her bloodline would give rise to some of the BestHerToBedHer: This is how most famous Greek Heroes, such as Cadmus, Perseus and Heracles.
* ForcedTransformation: Zeus turnedinterpret her into a cow to cover his tracks when Hera caught him trying to sleep relationship with her, Theseus (and occasionally her relationship with the likely intention to change her back ASAP...unfortunately, Hera knew Zeus a little too well and demanded that he give the "cow" to her as a gift.
* HeroicLineage: Io's bloodline would eventually produce many heroes, namely Cadmus, Perseus, Rhadamanthys, Minos andHeracles, if it is depicted as well as Semele, who would give birth consensual).
* SuperStrength: Said toDionysus. That said, she's also the great-great-great grandmother of the Danaides, who are most well-known for being punished in Tartarus -- although one of them, Hypermenstra, would escape that fate and become a mother of heroes in have inherited such from her own right.
* TheScapegoat: Or scape''cow'' as it were, Hera's response to Hermes killing Argus to free Io is to get angry at ''her'' for it and sic a Fury on her.
* TraumaCongaLine: Maybe not on Cassandra's level, but Io is, in order: impregnated by Zeus, who then transformsfather hence why Heracles defeating her into was such a cow (granted, he had every intention of changing her back but Hera prevented that), is turned into a pet by Hera under the guard of Argus, [[TheScapegoat gets blamed for Argus' death by Hera]] who then sics a gadfly on her and is finally chased throughout the Mediterranean by said fly, who stings her throughout the chase. Fortunately, [[EarnYourHappyEnding things turn out alright for her in the end]].feat.
* ForcedTransformation: Zeus turned
* HeroicLineage: Io's bloodline would eventually produce many heroes, namely Cadmus, Perseus, Rhadamanthys, Minos and
* SuperStrength: Said to
* TheScapegoat: Or scape''cow'' as it were, Hera's response to Hermes killing Argus to free Io is to get angry at ''her'' for it and sic a Fury on her.
* TraumaCongaLine: Maybe not on Cassandra's level, but Io is, in order: impregnated by Zeus, who then transforms
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Lamia was a daughter of Poseidon and beautiful queen of Libya who had an affair with Zeus. When Hera learned of this, she stole their children (or killed them, DependingOnTheWriter). Lamia went mad with grief and tore out her own eyes. Zeus then transformed her into a monster allowing her to exact her revenge by hunting and devouring the children of others.\\
Lamia often appears as a bogey-monster, a night-haunting demon which preyed on children. She was sometimes pluralised into ghostly, man-devouring demon Lamiai.
Lamia was a daughter of Poseidon and beautiful queen of Libya who had an affair with Zeus. When Hera learned of this, she stole their children (or killed them, DependingOnTheWriter). Lamia went mad with grief and tore out her own eyes. Zeus then transformed her into a monster allowing her to exact her revenge by hunting and devouring the children of others.\\
Lamia often appears as a bogey-monster, a night-haunting demon which preyed on children. She was sometimes pluralised into ghostly, man-devouring demon Lamiai.
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Lamia was
[[folder:Io]]
A Naiad Nymph born to the river god Inachus. Infamously goes through a
Lamia often appears as a bogey-monster, a night-haunting demon which preyed on children. She was sometimes pluralised into ghostly, man-devouring demon Lamiai.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: After being turned into a cow, forced into captivity by Hera, stung continuously by a gadfly on Hera's orders and ultimately collapsing from exhaustion, she finally regains her humanity, bears two divine children, marries an Egyptian king and becomes hailed as a goddess in Egypt. Additionally, her bloodline would give rise to some of the most famous Greek Heroes, such as Cadmus, Perseus and Heracles.
* ForcedTransformation: Zeus turned her into a cow to cover his tracks when Hera caught him trying to sleep with her, with the likely intention to change her back ASAP...unfortunately, Hera knew Zeus a little too well and demanded that he give the "cow" to her as a gift.
* HeroicLineage: Io's bloodline would eventually produce many heroes, namely Cadmus, Perseus, Rhadamanthys, Minos and Heracles, as well as Semele, who would give birth to Dionysus. That said, she's also the great-great-great grandmother of the Danaides, who are most well-known for being punished in Tartarus -- although one of them, Hypermenstra, would escape that fate and become a mother of heroes in her own right.
* TheScapegoat: Or scape''cow'' as it were, Hera's response to Hermes killing Argus to free Io is to get angry at ''her'' for it and sic a Fury on her.
* TraumaCongaLine: Maybe not on Cassandra's level, but Io is, in order: impregnated by Zeus, who then transforms her into a cow (granted, he had every intention of changing her back but Hera prevented that), is turned into a pet by Hera under the guard of Argus, [[TheScapegoat gets blamed for Argus' death by Hera]] who then sics a gadfly on her and is finally chased throughout the Mediterranean by said fly, who stings her throughout the chase. Fortunately, [[EarnYourHappyEnding things turn out alright for her in the end]].
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[[folder:Lamia]]
Lamia was a daughter of Poseidon and beautiful queen of Libya who had an affair with Zeus. When Hera learned of this, she stole their children (or killed them, DependingOnTheWriter). Lamia went mad with grief and tore out her own eyes. Zeus then transformed her into a monster allowing her to exact her revenge by hunting and devouring the children of others.\\
Lamia often appears as a bogey-monster, a night-haunting demon which preyed on children. She was sometimes pluralised into ghostly, man-devouring demon Lamiai.
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* ForcedTransformation: Zeus turned her into a cow to cover his tracks when Hera caught him trying to sleep with her, with the likely intention to change her back ASAP...unfortunately, Hera knew Zeus a little too well and demanded that he give the "cow" to her as a gift.
* HeroicLineage: Io's bloodline would eventually produce many heroes, namely Cadmus, Perseus, Rhadamanthys, Minos and Heracles, as well as Semele, who would give birth to Dionysus. That said, she's also the great-great-great grandmother of the Danaides, who are most well-known for being punished in Tartarus -- although one of them, Hypermenstra, would escape that fate and become a mother of heroes in her own right.
* TheScapegoat: Or scape''cow'' as it were, Hera's response to Hermes killing Argus to free Io is to get angry at ''her'' for it and sic a Fury on her.
* TraumaCongaLine: Maybe not on Cassandra's level, but Io is, in order: impregnated by Zeus, who then transforms her into a cow (granted, he had every intention of changing her back but Hera prevented that), is turned into a pet by Hera under the guard of Argus, [[TheScapegoat gets blamed for Argus' death by Hera]] who then sics a gadfly on her and is finally chased throughout the Mediterranean by said fly, who stings her throughout the chase. Fortunately, [[EarnYourHappyEnding things turn out alright for her in the end]].
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[[folder:Lamia]]
Lamia was a daughter of Poseidon and beautiful queen of Libya who had an affair with Zeus. When Hera learned of this, she stole their children (or killed them, DependingOnTheWriter). Lamia went mad with grief and tore out her own eyes. Zeus then transformed her into a monster allowing her to exact her revenge by hunting and devouring the children of others.\\
Lamia often appears as a bogey-monster, a night-haunting demon which preyed on children. She was sometimes pluralised into ghostly, man-devouring demon Lamiai.
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* TheVamp: Creator/{{Hesiod}} wrote her as the embodiment of his fears of women. See, [[HeManWomenHater Hesiod]] believed that women were inherently evil and lived to deceive and hurt men; his ideal for a woman was simply someone too passive to act on said villainous desires. Pandora was the ultimate woman, and therefore the ultimate evil; she was beautiful, so she could [[DistractedByTheSexy distract men from her true nature]], she was intelligent, so she could trick men, and she was curious and willful, so she could not be cowed into accepting her place. Later writers who did ''not'' have Hesiod's pathological gynophobia tended to instead see Pandora as an UnwittingPawn whose intense curiosity just meant she couldn't resist the SchmuckBait.
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'Hero' is NOT derived from Herakles, it's from a separate Ancient Greek word.
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* TheHero: As the most important person in Greek myth, he was the TropeCodifier (and technically TropeNamer, since the english word "hero" is derived from Heracles).
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* TheHero: As the most important person in Greek myth, he was the TropeCodifier (and technically TropeNamer, since the english word "hero" is derived from Heracles).TropeCodifier.
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The king and queen of Pherae, Thessaly. Minor players in the Argonautica and the hunt for the Calydonian Boar, they are major characters in Euripides {{Theatre/Alcestis}}.
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The king and queen of Pherae, Thessaly. Minor players in the Argonautica and the hunt for the Calydonian Boar, they are major characters in Euripides Euripides' {{Theatre/Alcestis}}.
* TheGoodKing: Admetus is renowned for his hospitality, kindness and justice.
* HeroicSacrifice: Alcestis volunteers to die so that Admetus can live.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Admetus' parents are understandably less than impressed that [[WhatTheHellHero he expected one of them would be willing to die for him,]] but he has good reason to want to avoid an early death, since his heirs are still children and his death would only bring trouble to Pherae.
* KarmicJackpot: Admetus' kindness to Apollo saves him from dying young. Later, his kindness to Heracles is what saves Alcestis from dying in his place.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Admetus' parents are understandably less than impressed that [[WhatTheHellHero he expected one of them would be willing to die for him,]] but he has good reason to want to avoid an early death, since his heirs are still children and his death would only bring trouble to Pherae.
* KarmicJackpot: Admetus' kindness to Apollo saves him from dying young. Later, his kindness to Heracles is what saves Alcestis from dying in his place.
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* LoverAndBeloved: by some accounts, most notably Callimachus and Ovid, Admetus had this kind of relationship with Apollo.
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* LoverAndBeloved: by some accounts, most notably Callimachus and Ovid, Admetus had this kind of relationship with Apollo. Which of them held which role is up for debate.
* TheMourningAfter: Admetus swears to never remarry after Alcestis dies. Fortunately, she doesn't stay dead.
* TheMourningAfter: Admetus swears to never remarry after Alcestis dies. Fortunately, she doesn't stay dead.
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[[folder:Adonis]]
Most famous for being considered the world's most beautiful man, Adonis was conceived when his mother, Myrrha, [[ParentalIncest fell in love with her father, Theias]], and tricked him into impregnating her, and subsequently had the gods turn her into a tree to escape punishment. When Adonis was born from his tree-mother, his beauty was already so great that he charmed not ''one'', but ''two'' goddesses: Aphrodite and Persephone. When Adonis came of age and chose Aphrodite to be his lover, he was killed by a wild boar sent by Ares (Or the boar was Ares. It's confusing), who was jealous of the relationship between Adonis and Aphrodite. (Though there are versions of the myth that say it was Artemis, or Apollo who was jealous of Adonis' skill with a bow, that sent the wild boar to kill him.) Another myth says that Apollo was angered by Aphrodite blinding his son Erymanthus for accidentally seeing her bathing, and sent the Boar to kill Adonis in revenge.
Most famous for being considered the world's most beautiful man, Adonis was conceived when his mother, Myrrha, [[ParentalIncest fell in love with her father, Theias]], and tricked him into impregnating her, and subsequently had the gods turn her into a tree to escape punishment. When Adonis was born from his tree-mother, his beauty was already so great that he charmed not ''one'', but ''two'' goddesses: Aphrodite and Persephone. When Adonis came of age and chose Aphrodite to be his lover, he was killed by a wild boar sent by Ares (Or the boar was Ares. It's confusing), who was jealous of the relationship between Adonis and Aphrodite. (Though there are versions of the myth that say it was Artemis, or Apollo who was jealous of Adonis' skill with a bow, that sent the wild boar to kill him.) Another myth says that Apollo was angered by Aphrodite blinding his son Erymanthus for accidentally seeing her bathing, and sent the Boar to kill Adonis in revenge.
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* AccidentalMurder: Alcestis isn't always among the daughters of Pelias who are tricked into butchering their father by Medea, but when she is, this is the result.
* BackFromTheDead: Alcestis dies in Admetus' place, but returns to life after Heracles beats Thanatos in a wrestling match for her soul.
* BadassNormal: Admetus ''is'' distantly descended from Prometheus, but he's still an otherwise normal human, who participated in the search for the Golden Fleece and the hunt for the Calydonian Boar.
* BalancingDeathsBooks: Apollo gets the fates drunk and persuades them to let Admetus escape his fated early death, as long as someone else dies in his place. Unfortunately, Alcestis is the only one to offer.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: not as screwy as, say the House of Atreus, but Alcestis' father murdered at least one of his brothers and exiled the others, including Admetus' father, and Pelias' successor Acastus doesn't prove to be a much more moral person, either.
* EngagementChallenge: King Pelias declared that anyone who wanted to marry Alcestis had to [[ImpossibleTask yoke a lion and a boar to a chariot and drive it to Iolcus.]] Admetus accomplishes the task with help from Apollo.
* GodWasMyCopilot: After Admetus treats Apollo well while the latter worked as his shepherd, Apollo helps him to win the hand of Alcestis, protects him from Artemis' anger when he neglects to offer her sacrifices, and even extracts a deal from the fates to let him escape an early death.
* HappilyMarried: completely devoted to each other. Alcestis choosing to die in Admetus' place utterly devastates him.
* KissingCousins: half-cousins, through their fathers.
* TheLostLenore: narrowly averted.
* LoverAndBeloved: by some accounts, most notably Callimachus and Ovid, Admetus had this kind of relationship with Apollo.
* SacredHospitality: possibly Admetus' defining trait.
** He shelters Apollo while the latter was exiled to live as a mortal shepherd, and treats him well while he's in his employ; Apollo rewards him by causing his cattle to birth twins, and by helping him complete King Pelias' ImpossibleTask to marry Alcestis.
** Welcomes Heracles into his home despite being in mourning for Alcestis, and tries to hide that he is in mourning to do his duty as a host. As a result, Heracles [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu fights Thanatos to bring Alcestis back to life.]]
* TakeMeInstead: Alcestis chooses to die in Admetus' place.
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[[folder:Adonis]]
Most famous for being considered the world's most beautiful man, Adonis was conceived when his mother, Myrrha, [[ParentalIncest fell in love with her father, Theias]], and tricked him into impregnating her, and subsequently had the gods turn her into a tree to escape punishment. When Adonis was born from his tree-mother, his beauty was already so great that he charmed not ''one'', but ''two'' goddesses: Aphrodite and Persephone. When Adonis came of age and chose Aphrodite to be his lover, he was killed by a wild boar sent by Ares (Or the boar was Ares. It's confusing), who was jealous of the relationship between Adonis and Aphrodite. (Though there are versions of the myth that say it was Artemis, or Apollo who was jealous of Adonis' skill with a bow, that sent the wild boar to kill him.) Another myth says that Apollo was angered by Aphrodite blinding his son Erymanthus for accidentally seeing her bathing, and sent the Boar to kill Adonis in revenge.
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* BackFromTheDead: Alcestis dies in Admetus' place, but returns to life after Heracles beats Thanatos in a wrestling match for her soul.
* BadassNormal: Admetus ''is'' distantly descended from Prometheus, but he's still an otherwise normal human, who participated in the search for the Golden Fleece and the hunt for the Calydonian Boar.
* BalancingDeathsBooks: Apollo gets the fates drunk and persuades them to let Admetus escape his fated early death, as long as someone else dies in his place. Unfortunately, Alcestis is the only one to offer.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: not as screwy as, say the House of Atreus, but Alcestis' father murdered at least one of his brothers and exiled the others, including Admetus' father, and Pelias' successor Acastus doesn't prove to be a much more moral person, either.
* EngagementChallenge: King Pelias declared that anyone who wanted to marry Alcestis had to [[ImpossibleTask yoke a lion and a boar to a chariot and drive it to Iolcus.]] Admetus accomplishes the task with help from Apollo.
* GodWasMyCopilot: After Admetus treats Apollo well while the latter worked as his shepherd, Apollo helps him to win the hand of Alcestis, protects him from Artemis' anger when he neglects to offer her sacrifices, and even extracts a deal from the fates to let him escape an early death.
* HappilyMarried: completely devoted to each other. Alcestis choosing to die in Admetus' place utterly devastates him.
* KissingCousins: half-cousins, through their fathers.
* TheLostLenore: narrowly averted.
* LoverAndBeloved: by some accounts, most notably Callimachus and Ovid, Admetus had this kind of relationship with Apollo.
* SacredHospitality: possibly Admetus' defining trait.
** He shelters Apollo while the latter was exiled to live as a mortal shepherd, and treats him well while he's in his employ; Apollo rewards him by causing his cattle to birth twins, and by helping him complete King Pelias' ImpossibleTask to marry Alcestis.
** Welcomes Heracles into his home despite being in mourning for Alcestis, and tries to hide that he is in mourning to do his duty as a host. As a result, Heracles [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu fights Thanatos to bring Alcestis back to life.]]
* TakeMeInstead: Alcestis chooses to die in Admetus' place.
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[[folder:Adonis]]
Most famous for being considered the world's most beautiful man, Adonis was conceived when his mother, Myrrha, [[ParentalIncest fell in love with her father, Theias]], and tricked him into impregnating her, and subsequently had the gods turn her into a tree to escape punishment. When Adonis was born from his tree-mother, his beauty was already so great that he charmed not ''one'', but ''two'' goddesses: Aphrodite and Persephone. When Adonis came of age and chose Aphrodite to be his lover, he was killed by a wild boar sent by Ares (Or the boar was Ares. It's confusing), who was jealous of the relationship between Adonis and Aphrodite. (Though there are versions of the myth that say it was Artemis, or Apollo who was jealous of Adonis' skill with a bow, that sent the wild boar to kill him.) Another myth says that Apollo was angered by Aphrodite blinding his son Erymanthus for accidentally seeing her bathing, and sent the Boar to kill Adonis in revenge.
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* KarmaHoudini: A very notable example in the famously punishment-happy Greek myths. Medea is a mass murderer, and as if that weren't enough, she's a kinslayer, considered one of the most unforgivable crimes of all. Yet despite all that, she never loses the favor of the gods--if anything, it's when she kills her children and burns down half a city that the gods seem to favor her most, with her being handed the same symbolism normally reserved to them. Medea doesn't face death at the hands of some other hero, either; she faces some setbacks here and there, but as far as mythology is concerned, she might as well be immortal. ''Why'' she's allowed to get away with all this is a matter of some scholarly debate, with one of the more common appraisals being that Medea has stopped acting as a person and started acting as a divine agent, where PayEvilUntoEvil is seen as entirely acceptable.
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* HundredPercentHeroismRating: Everybody liked Perseus and those that didn't were usually [[HateSink Hate Sinks]]. Even Hera–who is infamous for hating Zeus' bastards–liked Perseus and was willing to help him.
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* HundredPercentHeroismRating: Everybody liked Perseus and those that didn't were usually [[HateSink Hate Sinks]]. Even Hera–who is infamous for hating Zeus' bastards–liked Perseus and was willing to help him.him (being a mommas boy and good husband probably helped endear him to her).
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** [[HatOfFlight Winged sandals that let him fly]]
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** [[HatOfFlight Winged A pair of winged sandals that let him fly]]
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* HundredPercentHeroismRating: Everybody liked Perseus and those that didn't were usually [[HateSink Hate Sinks]]. Even Hera–who is infamous for hating Zeus' bastards–liked Perseus and was willing to help him.
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* ComboPlatterPowers: In addition to his demi-god abilities, Perseus is gifted weapons and items by various gods to aid him on his journey that make him damn-near close to an Ancient Greek ComicBook/{{Superman}}. These include:
** [[AbsurdlySharpBlade An unbreakable sword]]
** [[InvisibilityCloak A helmet of invisibility]]
** [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe A mirror shield]]
** [[HatOfFlight Winged sandals that let him fly]]
** [[BagOfHolding And a magic satchel]]
** [[AbsurdlySharpBlade An unbreakable sword]]
** [[InvisibilityCloak A helmet of invisibility]]
** [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe A mirror shield]]
** [[HatOfFlight Winged sandals that let him fly]]
** [[BagOfHolding And a magic satchel]]
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* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: Repeatedly. He persuades Death to put on the handcuffs that were meant for him, talks Persephone into letting him to return to life to haunt his wife, exposes Zeus' secrets...this guy was a a one-man Cthulhu-conning operation.
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* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: Repeatedly. He persuades Death to put on the handcuffs that were meant for him, talks Persephone into letting him to return to life to haunt his wife, exposes Zeus' secrets...this guy was a a one-man Cthulhu-conning operation.operation. This backfired when Hades pulled a BatmanGambit on ''him'' after he died of natural causes, by seemingly leaving an obvious loophole in his punishment that would allow him to con the gods once again... only for the "loophole" itself to become the trap, so the only way to escape his ''real'' punishment is to admit that the gods conned ''him''- something he's too prideful to do.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Subverted. Hades told Sisyphus he’d let Sisyphus have a chance to avoid Tartarus and go to the Elysian Fields if he could push a boulder up a hill, it fails but Sisyphus notes Hades never said how many times he could try and it keeps falling every time he tries, but Sisyphus just can’t admit defeat, so he keeps trying over and over; Naturally the rock being a part of The Underworld will obey Hades’ will and keep rolling down. Most tellings imply Hades deliberately choose his words assured Sisyphus would take the wording as ShmuckBait.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Subverted. Zig-zagged with his eventual punishment. Hades told Sisyphus he’d let Sisyphus have a chance to avoid Tartarus and go to the Elysian Fields that if he could push roll a boulder up a hill, it fails but he could go to Elysium. Sisyphus notes noticed immediately that Hades never said how many times he could try only had one chance and it keeps falling every time he tries, but Sisyphus just can’t admit defeat, so he keeps kept repeatedly failing and trying over and over; Naturally again... which itself was the rock being a punishment. The boulder was of course subject to Hades' will as part of The the Underworld will obey Hades’ will and keep rolling down. Most would ''never'' reach the top of the hill, condemning Sisyphus to spend eternity performing backbreaking and meaningless labor. The ''real'' loophole is that Hades ''also'' never said Sisyphus ''had'' to push that boulder, so he could stop at any time... but in order to do that, he'd have to admit he fell for the SchmuckBait, which in most tellings imply is [[BatmanGambit what Hades deliberately choose his words assured Sisyphus would take the wording as ShmuckBait.was counting on]].
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** In some interpretations, this is his downfall even in death; there's nothing actually ''forcing'' him to roll the rock, and he could just chill out on the side of the hill for eternity. But he just can't admit that there's something he can't do.
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** In some interpretations, this is his downfall even in death; there's nothing actually ''forcing'' him to roll the rock, and rock up the hill; if he wanted to stop, he could just chill out on with no consequences. However, since he sees it as another attempt to outsmart the side gods, he'll never willingly stop because admitting that that boulder would never reach the top of the hill for eternity. But he just can't would be to admit that there's something he can't do.Hades had got one over ''him'' by tricking him into a wild goose chase after a loophole that didn't really matter.
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* BlasphemousBoast: He's cited in Euripides' play ''Bacchae'' as being devoured by his own hounds as a punishment for saying he was a better hunter than Artemis.
* CosmicPlaything: The most commonly cited version of his story has him be eaten by his own hunting dogs because he happened to accidentally see Artemis naked.
* ForcedTransformation: Some versions of his story state that Artemis turned him into a deer before his hounds got to him.
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* BlasphemousBoast: He's cited in Euripides' play ''Bacchae'' as being devoured by his own hounds as a punishment for saying he was a better hunter than Artemis.
* CosmicPlaything: The most commonly cited version of his story has him be eaten by his own hunting dogs because he happened to accidentally see Artemis naked.
* ForcedTransformation: Some versions of his story state that Artemis turned him into a deer before his hounds got to him.
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* DependingOnTheAuthor: Her personality: {{Creator/Homer}} depicts her as weak and submissive while {{Creator/Aeschylus}} portrays her as ruthless and manipulative. Her motives also change: Most commonly she's said to have wanted revenge for Iphigenia, but Homer never mentions Iphigenia and merely has Clytemnestra become morally corrupted by Aegisthus, and in some versions of the myth, she had a previous husband whom Agamemnon killed.
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* DependingOnTheAuthor: Her personality: {{Creator/Homer}} depicts her as weak and submissive while {{Creator/Aeschylus}} portrays her as ruthless and manipulative. Her motives also change: Most commonly she's said to have wanted revenge for Iphigenia, but Homer never mentions Iphigenia (though he might have mentioned her by the name Iphianessa; in any case, Homer didn't have her sacrificed, as she's one of the daughters whose hand Agamemnon offers to Achilles) and merely has Clytemnestra become morally corrupted by Aegisthus, Aegisthus (who had his own grudge against Agamemnon- it's a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegisthus very long story]]), and in some versions of the myth, she had a previous husband whom Agamemnon killed.
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* ExtremeDoormat: She mostly just resigned herself to her fate after Theseus abandoned her. However, some versions state the gods answered her prayers to punish Theseus by making him forget to change the black sails on his ship to white ones to signify that he survived; when his father Aegeus saw the black sails, he threw himself into the sea out of dea. Thankfully, Dionysus "found" her.
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* ExtremeDoormat: She mostly just resigned herself to her fate after Theseus abandoned her. However, some versions state the gods answered her prayers to punish Theseus by making him forget to change the black sails on his ship to white ones to signify that he survived; when his father Aegeus saw the black sails, he threw himself into the sea out of dea.despair. Thankfully, Dionysus "found" her.
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** The story of him impregnating the Scythian Dracaena/Echidna has it that the youngest of the three sons (Scythes) from their union started the line of kings of Scythia, Scythian Dracaena/Echidna following Heracles' instructions to only keep the sons that can bend his bow and wear his belt after they reach adulthood. The other two sons' (Agathyrsus and Gelonus) are who the Agathyrsi and Gelonians are named after.
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** The story of him impregnating the Scythian Dracaena/Echidna has it that the youngest of the three sons (Scythes) from their union started the line of kings of Scythia, Scythian Dracaena/Echidna following Heracles' instructions to [[StrengthEqualsWorthiness only keep the sons that can bend his bow and wear his belt belt]] after they reach adulthood. The other two sons' (Agathyrsus and Gelonus) are who the Agathyrsi and Gelonians are named after.
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The first King of Crete. He and his brothers Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon were the sons of Zeus and Europa, and had been raised by Asterion of Crete. After Asterion died, Minos ascended to the throne and banished his brothers, before marrying Pasiphaë of Colchis and having eight children with her, though [[ReallyGetsAround he already had relationships with other women and had many other children too]]. When he refused to honor Poseidon by killing a precious white bull, Poseidon cursed Pasiphaë to fall in love with the bull and give birth to the Minotaur ("Minos' bull"). Minos then invaded Athens and demanded them yearly sacrifices of young boys and girls to the Minotaur, which was eventually put to an end by Theseus. Later, the architect whom he employed to design the labyrinth, Daedalus, double-crossed him by manipulating his daughters into killing him. After his death, Minos became one of the judges of the Underworld.
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The first King of Crete. He and his brothers Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon were the sons of Zeus and Europa, and had been raised by Asterion of Crete. After Asterion died, Minos ascended to the throne and banished his brothers, before marrying Pasiphaë of Colchis and having eight children with her, though [[ReallyGetsAround he already had relationships with other women and had many other children too]]. When he refused to honor Poseidon by killing a precious white bull, Poseidon cursed Pasiphaë to fall in love with the bull and give birth to the Minotaur ("Minos' bull"). Minos then invaded Athens and demanded them they send yearly sacrifices of young boys and girls to the Minotaur, which was eventually put to an end by Theseus. Later, the architect whom he employed to design the labyrinth, Daedalus, double-crossed him by manipulating his daughters into killing him. After his death, Minos became one of the judges of the Underworld.
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* OutOfCharacterMoment: In one version of his myth, he tosses the Graeae's eye into a river for no apparent reason, which runs counter to his usual NiceGuy portrayal.
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* OutOfCharacterMoment: In one version of his myth, [[JerkassBall he tosses the Graeae's eye into a river for no apparent reason, reason]], which runs counter to his usual NiceGuy portrayal.
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A princess of Joppa in Palestine (then a part of Aithiopia, not be confused with Ethiopia), who was ChainedToARock as a sacrifice for a sea monster, Cetus, sent by Poseidon when her mother Cassiopeia [[DoNotTauntCthulhu boasted that her daughter was more beautiful than the Nereids]]. However, she was saved from Cetus by Perseus, who she married.
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A princess of either Aithiopia (in older versions) or Joppa in Palestine (then a part of Aithiopia, not be confused with Ethiopia), Judea (in Roman versions), who was ChainedToARock as a sacrifice for a sea monster, Cetus, sent by Poseidon when her mother Cassiopeia [[DoNotTauntCthulhu boasted that her daughter was more beautiful than the Nereids]]. However, she was saved from Cetus by Perseus, who she married.
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* AdaptationalBadass: While as usual with Greek Mythology, there are many versions, the myth usually despicts Athena as turning Arachne into a ''normal'' spider, small size included. Practically all the adaptations since then have despicted her post-transformation either as a GiantSpider or SpiderPeople.
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* AdaptationalBadass: While as usual with Greek Mythology, there are many versions, the myth usually despicts depicts Athena as turning Arachne into a ''normal'' spider, small size included. Practically all the adaptations since then have despicted her post-transformation either as a GiantSpider or SpiderPeople.
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* {{Transflormation}}: They were both turned into trees so they would always be together.
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* FounderOfTheKingdom: He founded Thebes, one of the most important cities in Greece.
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* IGaveMyWord: He and his friend Pirithous once swore oaths to help each other get new wives. Theseus wanted Helen, but [[TooDumbToLive Pirithous decided to abduct Perspheone]], wife of Hades. This was ''not'' a good idea, and Theseus [[ThisisGonnaSuck knew it]], but could not break his oath.
* StrengthEqualsWorthiness: Theseus proved he was King Aegeus's son by lifting the boulder Aegeus had placed over his own shield, sword, and sandals when he left Theseus's mother, and showing up in Athens wearing them.
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A fierce Greek warrior and king of Argos who fought at the Trojan War.
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A fierce Greek warrior and king of Argos who fought at the Trojan War. Not to be confused with the other Diomedes, owner of the man-eating horses that were one of Heracles's Labors.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Her entire story is about her rape and suicide inspiring her male relatives to overthrow the Roman monarchy.
* SinsOfOurFathers: For her blasphemy, Apollo and Artemis killed her children, not her.
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* ActuallyIAmHim: He disguised as a tramp.
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* ActuallyIAmHim: He disguised himself as a tramp.
* SoleSurvivor: He's the only member of his crew to survive the Odyssey.
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Tantalus' son. Tantalus killed and cooked Pelops in a meal he served to the gods. They discovered what he had done, and Zeus had Pelops restored to life. Pelops later became a lover of Poseidon and a king in his own right, fathering the cursed House of Atreus.
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Tantalus' son. Tantalus killed and cooked Pelops in a meal he served to the gods. They discovered what he had done, and Zeus had Pelops restored to life. Pelops later became a lover of Poseidon and a king in his own right, fathering the cursed House of Atreus. The Peloponesse peninsula in Greece was named after him.
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!! Castor and Pollux/The Dioscuri
Twin brothers and siblings to Helen of Troy, and subjects of the constellation Gemini. While the stories about them are contradictory (like pretty much everything in classical mythology), the best-known version of their tale is that Pollux was the son of Zeus and immortal, while Castor was the mortal son of Leda's husband Tyndareus. After Castor died during a misadventure, Pollux begged Zeus to be allowed to share his immortality with his brother. Zeus obliged, with the result that the brothers are half-immortal and have to spend half of their time in Hades but spend the rest of their time on Olympus. The Dioscuri were associated with horsemanship and worshipped as rescuers of sailors, appearing in the form of St. Elmo's Fire.
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* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Completely identical despite, according to most writers, being ''half''-siblings. Scholars also think that the Dioscuri are the Greek version of the proto-Indo-European Divine Twins/Horse Twins, a pair of gods associated with horses, healing, and rescue who are always identical; other gods suspected to originate from the Horse Twins include the Hindu Ashvins and the Mesopotamian Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Rescued their sister Helen after Theseus decides to kidnap and marry her.
* BigDamnHeroes: Essentially the gods of this trope.
* DependingOnTheWriter: The only real consistent things about them are that they're twins, Helen's siblings, and associated with Gemini.
** In Homer's writings, they're both the sons of Tyndareus, mortal, and have died prior to the ''Illiad'' but apparently after Helen left Sparta, as she expects to see them among the Greek commanders. The ''Odyssey'' states that Zeus then resurrected them and gave them immortality on alternate days.
** Hesiod states that they're both sons of Zeus. The Homeric Hymn to the Dioscuri also takes this tack.
** Pindar is the first writer to say that the twins have different fathers and that only Pollux was a demigod.
* DeityOfHumanOrigin: Whatever the source, it's generally agreed that they weren't always full gods, whether they were demigods, mortals, or one each, but Zeus deified them as gods of rescue.
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!! Castor and Pollux/The Dioscuri
Twin brothers and siblings to Helen of Troy, and subjects of the constellation Gemini. While the stories about them are contradictory (like pretty much everything in classical mythology), the best-known version of their tale is that Pollux was the son of Zeus and immortal, while Castor was the mortal son of Leda's husband Tyndareus. After Castor died during a misadventure, Pollux begged Zeus to be allowed to share his immortality with his brother. Zeus obliged, with the result that the brothers are half-immortal and have to spend half of their time in Hades but spend the rest of their time on Olympus. The Dioscuri were associated with horsemanship and worshipped as rescuers of sailors, appearing in the form of St. Elmo's Fire.
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* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Completely identical despite, according to most writers, being ''half''-siblings. Scholars also think that the Dioscuri are the Greek version of the proto-Indo-European Divine Twins/Horse Twins, a pair of gods associated with horses, healing, and rescue who are always identical; other gods suspected to originate from the Horse Twins include the Hindu Ashvins and the Mesopotamian Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Rescued their sister Helen after Theseus decides to kidnap and marry her.
* BigDamnHeroes: Essentially the gods of this trope.
* DependingOnTheWriter: The only real consistent things about them are that they're twins, Helen's siblings, and associated with Gemini.
** In Homer's writings, they're both the sons of Tyndareus, mortal, and have died prior to the ''Illiad'' but apparently after Helen left Sparta, as she expects to see them among the Greek commanders. The ''Odyssey'' states that Zeus then resurrected them and gave them immortality on alternate days.
** Hesiod states that they're both sons of Zeus. The Homeric Hymn to the Dioscuri also takes this tack.
** Pindar is the first writer to say that the twins have different fathers and that only Pollux was a demigod.
* DeityOfHumanOrigin: Whatever the source, it's generally agreed that they weren't always full gods, whether they were demigods, mortals, or one each, but Zeus deified them as gods of rescue.
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Achilles' cousin and/or lover, and in either case the soldier he was closest to among the Achaean forces. Tried to help rally the Achaeans by pretending to be Achilles, only to be slain by Hector.
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* AesopCollateralDamage: He's the collateral damage for Achilles' aesop about how a) you shouldn't let petty slights rule you and b) there's no such thing as 'not my problem' in war. Achilles thought the war had nothing to do with him after Agamemnon stole his share of the loot, but in the end, this only made it ''become'' personal when Achilles' inaction ended up getting Patroclus killed.
* BadassNormal: A mortal and a skilled soldier. Sadly, he was a bit ''less'' of this trope than Hector.
* MoralityPet: He's the only human who Achilles consistently shows consideration and kindness towards.
* NiceToTheWaiter: He was apparently quite kind to Briseis and promised to get her and Achilles married for real after the war.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: The whole reason he donned Achilles' armor was because, ''unlike'' Achilles, he cared about his fellow soldiers and didn't want to see them slaughtered because Achilles was off having a sulk over being personally insulted by their commander. This ended up helping nothing (everyone could tell he wasn't Achilles) and just getting Patroclus killed.
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Achilles' cousin and/or lover, and in either case the soldier he was closest to among the Achaean forces. Tried to help rally the Achaeans by pretending to be Achilles, only to be slain by Hector.
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* AesopCollateralDamage: He's the collateral damage for Achilles' aesop about how a) you shouldn't let petty slights rule you and b) there's no such thing as 'not my problem' in war. Achilles thought the war had nothing to do with him after Agamemnon stole his share of the loot, but in the end, this only made it ''become'' personal when Achilles' inaction ended up getting Patroclus killed.
* BadassNormal: A mortal and a skilled soldier. Sadly, he was a bit ''less'' of this trope than Hector.
* MoralityPet: He's the only human who Achilles consistently shows consideration and kindness towards.
* NiceToTheWaiter: He was apparently quite kind to Briseis and promised to get her and Achilles married for real after the war.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: The whole reason he donned Achilles' armor was because, ''unlike'' Achilles, he cared about his fellow soldiers and didn't want to see them slaughtered because Achilles was off having a sulk over being personally insulted by their commander. This ended up helping nothing (everyone could tell he wasn't Achilles) and just getting Patroclus killed.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: One of the most common examples of this. Was Helen kidnapped by Aphrodite/Paris, or did she go with him willingly? Did she go with him out of love, rebeliousness, stupidity, malice, or all of the above? Did she even love Menelaus in the first place? One philosopher has even argued that Paris ''persuaded'' her to come with logical debate while some more recent minds believe Paris might've actually threatened to murder Menelaus to force her to go with him.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: One of the most common examples of this. Was Helen kidnapped by Aphrodite/Paris, or did she go with him willingly? Did she go with him out of love, rebeliousness, stupidity, malice, or all of the above? Did she even love Menelaus in the first place? place (''The Odyssey'' suggests she did, as they have a happy life together post-Troy)? One philosopher has even argued that Paris ''persuaded'' her to come with logical debate while some more recent minds believe Paris might've actually threatened to murder Menelaus to force her to go with him.him.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: {{Subverted|Trope}} in some cases -- his sacrifice of his daughter to appease Artemis' anger gets him murdered by his wife's lover and her (who definitely cheated and killed him out of anger) upon his return, but in some versions he actually never succeeds in killing her through the mercy of Artemis, who whisks her away and leaves a deer/goat.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: {{Subverted|Trope}} in some cases -- his sacrifice of his daughter to appease Artemis' anger gets him murdered by his wife's lover and her (who definitely cheated and killed him out of anger) upon his return, but in some versions he actually never succeeds in killing her through the mercy of Artemis, who whisks her away and leaves a deer/goat.deer/goat, and in Homer's version, the sacrifice of Iphegenia is never mentioned at all and he gets killed by Aegisthus as part of the CycleOfRevenge the House of Atreus was caught in.
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* AntiHero: Bordering on VillainProtagonist. Achilles performs many acts of douchebaggery throughout ''Literature/TheIliad'' and is one of the biggest jerks in ancient literature. This makes for a good foil between him and Hector, who is arguably much more heroic than his Greek opponent.
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* AntiHero: Bordering on VillainProtagonist. Achilles performs many acts of douchebaggery throughout ''Literature/TheIliad'' and is one of the biggest jerks in ancient literature. This makes for a good foil between him and Hector, who Hector (who is arguably much more heroic than his Greek opponent.opponent) and Patroclus, who ends up at the wrong end of Hector's spear because he, unlike Achilles, cared enough about his fellow soldiers to dress up as Achilles to rally them.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Some stories have Achilles going to throw down with the ''entire Greek army'' (given that Achilles is a OneManArmy himself, not an empty threat) to protect Iphegenia, disgusted at both the human sacrifice and how Agamemnon used Achilles as an UnwittingPawn (by saying that Iphegenia was to be married to Achilles) to trick Clytemnestra into sending Iphegenia over.
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* {{Narcissist}}: Has a great deal of trouble caring about anybody other than himself.
* NighInvulnerability: In later versions of his story, he has this as a result of his mother dunking him into the River Styx or literally burning away his mortality in a fire. This doesn't appear to be the case in ''Literature/TheIliad''.
* NighInvulnerability: In later versions of his story, he has this as a result of his mother dunking him into the River Styx or literally burning away his mortality in a fire. This doesn't appear to be the case in ''Literature/TheIliad''.
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* {{Narcissist}}: Has a great deal Displays several symptoms of trouble caring the disorder:
** He has a very high opinion of himself and his capabilities, though to be fair he really ''is'' the WorldsBestWarrior.
** His ego is very fragile, and when Agamemnon insults him by taking Briseis he responds by throwing a tantrum and not only withdrawing from the battle, but outright asking his divine mother Thetis to sabotage his own side.
** He really couldn't care less aboutanybody anyone other than himself.
Patroclus and Thetis, something underlined when the far more empathetic Patroclus tries to get him to come back to help on the grounds that his fellow Acheans are dying in droves without him there to turn the tides, with Achilles refusing due to his wounded pride. When Agamemnon tries to resolve their feud by giving Briseis back, Achilles refuses, making it clear that he never cared about Briseis personally (despite Patroclus having apparently promised to get her and Achilles married when they returned to Greece), just the offense to his pride.
* NighInvulnerability: In later versions of his story, he has this as a result of his mother dunking him into the River Styx or literally burning away his mortality in a fire. This doesn't appear to be the case in''Literature/TheIliad''.''Literature/TheIliad'', as he does get wounded once before the whole heel thing.
** He has a very high opinion of himself and his capabilities, though to be fair he really ''is'' the WorldsBestWarrior.
** His ego is very fragile, and when Agamemnon insults him by taking Briseis he responds by throwing a tantrum and not only withdrawing from the battle, but outright asking his divine mother Thetis to sabotage his own side.
** He really couldn't care less about
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Depending on the writer, either a son of Selene and Endymion or a river god and the nymph he raped. Narcissus was a beautiful hunter so proud and self-absorbed that he rejected all suitors. When one ended up dying as a direct result of his brutal rejection (either Echo suffering a DeathByDespair or Amenias [[DrivenToSuicide killing himself]] -- sources vary on the suitor's identity), Nemesis takes notice and makes Narcissus suffer the same as his suitors by cursing him to fall in love with the only thing he considered good enough for him -- himself, in the form of his reflection on a nearby pool. Narcissus pined away looking at his reflection until he died (either [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]] when he realized he couldn't actually interact with his reflection, or wasting away because he was too enamored with his reflection to eat), with the Narcissus flower sprouting in that spot.
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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: There are two different stories on whose death pushed things over the edge and caught Nemesis's attention -- in one, it's the nymph Echo, and in the other, it's a man named Amenias. This was Ancient Greece, so it was expected that a young beauty like Narcissus would have suitors of both genders. What made him unusual was his careless attitude towards their feelings.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Narcissus was so gorgeous that EvenTheGuysWantHim, but he was a careless and cruel person who left broken hearts and wrecked lives behind him.
* FatalFlaw: [[{{Pride}} Vanity]]. Narcissus was so self-absorbed and proud of his own beauty that the only thing he could love was himself.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Narcissus is the gold standard for selfishness in Greek mythology. He never cared that his cruel treatment of his suitors lead to at least one death -- in fact, in the Amenias version, he actually ''encouraged'' Amenias to kill himself.
* JerkJock: His two main character traits are 1) that he's a hunter, and 2) he's a JerkAss who drove at least one person to suicide.
* LaserGuidedKarma: As doled out by Nemesis, the goddess of karmic punishments. Narcissus forced all his suitors to pine for him without any reciprocation (or even an attempt to let them down nicely), so his fate was to fall in love with his own reflection, forcing him to experience what his suitors did when he ignored them.
* {{Narcissist}}: The TropeNamer, although we only get to see him display traits 1,2, and 3 (with no real opportunity in the myth for him to show [[CantTakeCriticism trait 4]] and [[AmbitionIsEvil trait 5]]). Narcissus firmly believes that he is in a class above his suitors (trait 1) and couldn't care less how he hurts them (trait 2). And in some versions of the myth, he commits suicide when he realizes that his reflection can't have a positive opinion of him since it's just a reflection (trait 3, to an extent, though like traits 4 and 5 we don't get to see him in situations where other humans think poorly of him).
* PrettyBoy: Gorgeous enough to get men, women, and some divine entities pining after him.
* SpurnedIntoSuicide: He's the one doing the spurning. With Amenias, he even encouraged it by sending Amenias a sword.
* SuicideDare: He gave Amenias a sword with the clear implication that Amenias was to use it on himself.
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Depending on the writer, either a son of Selene and Endymion or a river god and the nymph he raped. Narcissus was a beautiful hunter so proud and self-absorbed that he rejected all suitors. When one ended up dying as a direct result of his brutal rejection (either Echo suffering a DeathByDespair or Amenias [[DrivenToSuicide killing himself]] -- sources vary on the suitor's identity), Nemesis takes notice and makes Narcissus suffer the same as his suitors by cursing him to fall in love with the only thing he considered good enough for him -- himself, in the form of his reflection on a nearby pool. Narcissus pined away looking at his reflection until he died (either [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]] when he realized he couldn't actually interact with his reflection, or wasting away because he was too enamored with his reflection to eat), with the Narcissus flower sprouting in that spot.
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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: There are two different stories on whose death pushed things over the edge and caught Nemesis's attention -- in one, it's the nymph Echo, and in the other, it's a man named Amenias. This was Ancient Greece, so it was expected that a young beauty like Narcissus would have suitors of both genders. What made him unusual was his careless attitude towards their feelings.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Narcissus was so gorgeous that EvenTheGuysWantHim, but he was a careless and cruel person who left broken hearts and wrecked lives behind him.
* FatalFlaw: [[{{Pride}} Vanity]]. Narcissus was so self-absorbed and proud of his own beauty that the only thing he could love was himself.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Narcissus is the gold standard for selfishness in Greek mythology. He never cared that his cruel treatment of his suitors lead to at least one death -- in fact, in the Amenias version, he actually ''encouraged'' Amenias to kill himself.
* JerkJock: His two main character traits are 1) that he's a hunter, and 2) he's a JerkAss who drove at least one person to suicide.
* LaserGuidedKarma: As doled out by Nemesis, the goddess of karmic punishments. Narcissus forced all his suitors to pine for him without any reciprocation (or even an attempt to let them down nicely), so his fate was to fall in love with his own reflection, forcing him to experience what his suitors did when he ignored them.
* {{Narcissist}}: The TropeNamer, although we only get to see him display traits 1,2, and 3 (with no real opportunity in the myth for him to show [[CantTakeCriticism trait 4]] and [[AmbitionIsEvil trait 5]]). Narcissus firmly believes that he is in a class above his suitors (trait 1) and couldn't care less how he hurts them (trait 2). And in some versions of the myth, he commits suicide when he realizes that his reflection can't have a positive opinion of him since it's just a reflection (trait 3, to an extent, though like traits 4 and 5 we don't get to see him in situations where other humans think poorly of him).
* PrettyBoy: Gorgeous enough to get men, women, and some divine entities pining after him.
* SpurnedIntoSuicide: He's the one doing the spurning. With Amenias, he even encouraged it by sending Amenias a sword.
* SuicideDare: He gave Amenias a sword with the clear implication that Amenias was to use it on himself.
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Handsome giant gifted with the ability to walk on water by his father Poseidon. Actually he has three fathers. He was born from the urine of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hermes. Yeah... Orion is most notable for being the only man Artemis ever loved. This didn't go down well with her twin brother Apollo, so he had him killed, using methods that vary depending on the writer.
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Handsome giant gifted with the ability to walk on water by his father Poseidon. Actually Actually, he has three fathers. He was born from the urine of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hermes. Yeah... Orion is most notable for being the only man Artemis ever loved. This didn't go down well with her twin brother Apollo, so he had him killed, using methods that vary depending on the writer.
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[[folder:Narcissus]]
A beautiful hunter so proud and self-absorbed that he rejected all suitors. When one ended up dying as a direct result of his brutal rejection (either Echo suffering a DeathByDespair or Amenias [[DrivenToSuicide killing himself]] -- sources vary on the suitor's identity), Nemesis takes notice and makes Narcissus suffer the same as his suitors by cursing him to fall in love with the only thing he considered good enough for him -- himself, in the form of his reflection on a nearby pool. Narcissus pined away looking at his reflection until he died (either [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]] when he realized he couldn't actually interact with his reflection, or wasting away because he was too enamored with his reflection to eat), with the Narcissus flower sprouting in that spot.
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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: There are two different stories on whose death pushed things over the edge and caught Nemesis's attention -- in one, it's the nymph Echo, and in the other, it's a man named Amenias. This was Ancient Greece, so it was expected that a young beauty like Narcissus would have suitors of both genders. What made him unusual was his careless attitude towards their feelings.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Narcissus was so gorgeous that EvenTheGuysWantHim, but he was a careless and cruel person who left broken hearts and wrecked lives behind him.
* FatalFlaw: [[{{Pride}} Vanity]]. Narcissus was so self-absorbed and proud of his own beauty that the only thing he could love was himself.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Narcissus is the gold standard for selfishness in Greek mythology. He never cared that his cruel treatment of his suitors lead to at least one death -- in fact, in the Amenias version, he actually ''encouraged'' Amenias to kill himself.
%%* JerkJock: An avid hunter and consummate JerkAss.
%%* LaserGuidedKarma: As doled out by Nemesis, the goddess of karmic punishments.
* {{Narcissist}}: The TropeNamer, although we only get to see him display traits 1,2, and 3 (with no real opportunity in the myth for him to show [[CantTakeCriticism trait 4]] and [[AmbitionIsEvil trait 5]]). Narcissus firmly believes that he is in a class above his suitors (trait 1), and couldn't care less how he hurts them (trait 2). And in some versions of the myth, he commits suicide when he realizes that his reflection can't have a positive opinion of him since it's just a reflection (trait 3, to an extent, though like traits 4 and 5 we don't get to see him in situations where other humans think poorly of him).
* SpurnedIntoSuicide: He's the one doing the spurning. With Amenias, he even encouraged it by sending Amenias a sword.
* SuicideDare: He gave Amenias a sword with the clear implication that Amenias was to use it on himself.
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A beautiful hunter so proud and self-absorbed that he rejected all suitors. When one ended up dying as a direct result of his brutal rejection (either Echo suffering a DeathByDespair or Amenias [[DrivenToSuicide killing himself]] -- sources vary on the suitor's identity), Nemesis takes notice and makes Narcissus suffer the same as his suitors by cursing him to fall in love with the only thing he considered good enough for him -- himself, in the form of his reflection on a nearby pool. Narcissus pined away looking at his reflection until he died (either [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]] when he realized he couldn't actually interact with his reflection, or wasting away because he was too enamored with his reflection to eat), with the Narcissus flower sprouting in that spot.
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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: There are two different stories on whose death pushed things over the edge and caught Nemesis's attention -- in one, it's the nymph Echo, and in the other, it's a man named Amenias. This was Ancient Greece, so it was expected that a young beauty like Narcissus would have suitors of both genders. What made him unusual was his careless attitude towards their feelings.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Narcissus was so gorgeous that EvenTheGuysWantHim, but he was a careless and cruel person who left broken hearts and wrecked lives behind him.
* FatalFlaw: [[{{Pride}} Vanity]]. Narcissus was so self-absorbed and proud of his own beauty that the only thing he could love was himself.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Narcissus is the gold standard for selfishness in Greek mythology. He never cared that his cruel treatment of his suitors lead to at least one death -- in fact, in the Amenias version, he actually ''encouraged'' Amenias to kill himself.
%%* JerkJock: An avid hunter and consummate JerkAss.
%%* LaserGuidedKarma: As doled out by Nemesis, the goddess of karmic punishments.
* {{Narcissist}}: The TropeNamer, although we only get to see him display traits 1,2, and 3 (with no real opportunity in the myth for him to show [[CantTakeCriticism trait 4]] and [[AmbitionIsEvil trait 5]]). Narcissus firmly believes that he is in a class above his suitors (trait 1), and couldn't care less how he hurts them (trait 2). And in some versions of the myth, he commits suicide when he realizes that his reflection can't have a positive opinion of him since it's just a reflection (trait 3, to an extent, though like traits 4 and 5 we don't get to see him in situations where other humans think poorly of him).
* SpurnedIntoSuicide: He's the one doing the spurning. With Amenias, he even encouraged it by sending Amenias a sword.
* SuicideDare: He gave Amenias a sword with the clear implication that Amenias was to use it on himself.
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* AdaptationalNationality: When Pausanias visited Thebes, Greece, he was shown Hector's tomb and was told the bones had been transported there according to a Delphic oracle. Moses Finley observed that this meant there was an old Greek hero named Hector whose myths predated Homer's poems and even after he was turned into a Trojan the Thebans held onto their hero. A shame he was made Trojan, Achilles and Hector fighting on the same side would have been quite the team.
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There are two characters named Galateia: one is a sea nymph from Ovid's ''Metamorphosis'' that has an ill-fated romance with the satyr Acis. The other is a statue created by a stone carver named Pygmalion, who came to hate women and their flaws so much that he decided to create a perfect woman with his own hands. After falling in love with his own creation, he prayed to Aphrodite and she breathed life into the statue, who then became his wife.
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There are two characters named Galateia: one is a sea nymph from Ovid's ''Metamorphosis'' that has an ill-fated is involved in a romance with the satyr Acis.human Acis and the Cyclops Polyphemus. The other is a statue created by a stone carver named Pygmalion, who came to hate women and their flaws so much that he decided to create a perfect woman with his own hands. After falling in love with his own creation, he prayed to Aphrodite and she breathed life into the statue, who then became his wife.
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* DependingOntheWriter: Whether or not she returns Polyphemus's affections.
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* DependingOntheWriter: Whether or not she returns Polyphemus's affections.affections varies by writer.
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Man-eating cyclops son of Poseidon, most famous for being blinded by Odysseus. One less well-known story has him fall in love with the nymph Galateia, who turned him down for love of the beautiful youth Acis. The jealous cyclops discovered the couple lying together, and crushed Acis with a boulder. [[DependingOnTheWriter In other versions, Galateia
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Man-eating cyclops son of Poseidon, most famous for being blinded by Odysseus. One less well-known story has him fall in love with the nymph Galateia, who turned him down for love of the beautiful youth Acis. The jealous cyclops discovered the couple lying together, and crushed Acis with a boulder. [[DependingOnTheWriter In other versions, GalateiaGalateia returns his affections]] and they eventually marry.
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* BeastAndBeauty: The Beast to Galateia's beauty.
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* BeastAndBeauty: The Beast to Galateia's beauty. DependingOnTheWriter, the beautiful Galateia either isn't interested in the monstrous Polyphemus or returns his love.
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* DependingOnTheArtist: Polyphemus is either drawn with one eye under his brow, or one eye in his forehead and two empety sockets under his brow.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Polyphemus's relationship with Galateia varies a lot; sometimes she has no interest in him whatsoever, othertimes his affections are more reciprocated. In one story, they even had a son.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Polyphemus's relationship with Galateia varies a lot; sometimes she has no interest in him whatsoever, othertimes his affections are more reciprocated. In one story, they even had a son.
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* DependingOnTheArtist: Polyphemus is either drawn with one eye under his brow, or one eye in the middle his forehead and with two empety empty sockets under his brow.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Polyphemus's relationship with Galateia varies a lot; sometimes she has no interest in him whatsoever,othertimes other times his affections are more reciprocated. In one story, they even had a son.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Polyphemus's relationship with Galateia varies a lot; sometimes she has no interest in him whatsoever,
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The King of Phrygia, and the [[TropeNamers origin of the phrase]] "MidasTouch".
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The King of Phrygia, and the [[TropeNamers origin of the phrase]] "MidasTouch". While we all know his wish to turn everything he touched to gold and how it backfired on him, in a lesser known myth, he judges a contest for Apollo and again shows poor judgement.
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* ClassicalCyclops: Polyphemus is the TropeCodifier for the stupid and evil man eating Cyclops in popular culture. That said, Polyphemus is still treated as a sapient being.
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* ClassicalCyclops: Polyphemus is the TropeCodifier for the stupid and evil man eating Cyclops in popular culture. That said, Polyphemus is still treated as a sapient being.being, and once Poseidon learns what Odysseus did to him, he makes an already bad voyage home even worse.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Unlike the other royals of Troy who stay behind it’s walls Hector instead rides out and fights among the soliders of Troy and their allies and is a formidable opponent for the Greeks despite being a BadassNormal. In fact it takes Achilles himself to bring the prince down to stop him in a one-sided battle; Hector’s funeral actually briefly halts the war so that both sides can pay their respects as Homer actually describes his funeral ceremony in detail which shows just how much admired and respected Hector was especially in comparison to Paris’s own pitiful murder of Achilles followed by him being KilledOffScreen in the Odyssey.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Unlike the other royals of Troy who stay behind it’s its walls Hector instead rides out and fights among the soliders of Troy and their allies and is a formidable opponent for the Greeks despite being a BadassNormal. In fact it takes Achilles himself to bring the prince down to stop him in a one-sided battle; Hector’s funeral actually briefly halts the war so that both sides can pay their respects as Homer actually describes his funeral ceremony in detail which shows just how much admired and respected Hector was especially in comparison to Paris’s own pitiful murder of Achilles followed by him being KilledOffScreen in the Odyssey.
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* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Was weaving when she was assaulted.
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* SacredHospitality: Part of the reason the Romans were so furious with Sextus, aside from the obvious, was that he was a guest of Lucrecia and her husband when he raped her.
* TextileWorkIsFeminine:Was The Romans thought so, hence why she wins the 'best wife' contest by being occupied weaving when she was assaulted.she's visited.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: One of the few members of the House of Atreus who isn't a revenge/power-hungry madman.
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* BlindIdiotTranslation: It's widely accepted that the whole 'box' thing got started when Erasmus mistranslated ''pithos'', a large storage jar, as ''pyxis'', a woman's jewelry box.
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* EndOfAnAge: Her story serves as a conclusion to the Roman monarchy and, by extension, the age of mythology as a whole.
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* RapeAsDrama: Her rape and subsequent suicide prompt the Romans to turn against Sextus.
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* RapeAsDrama: Her rape and subsequent suicide prompt the Romans to turn against Sextus.Sextus and his father Tarquinius.
