2023-02-09 22:43:40 ¶ ● ⬈

basketghost:

> Rotating something new in the ol’ Locked-Tomb-rotted melon.

> Sarpedon is a ruler of Lycia famously killed by Patroclus during the Trojan War, and there is a struggle for his body until it is rescued by Apollo and conveyed to Hypnos and Thanatos (sleep and death) for burial.

> I’m like well huh, maybe someone’s gonna kill Sarpedon, who’s our Patroclus.

> Well, if we have a Patroclus, who’s our Achilles?

> Gideon’s death is what undid Harrow, the way that Patroclus’s death undid Achilles.

> Here’s the kicker: Harrow’s mother Pelleamena is named for Achilles’ father Peleus, according to the gtn name notes. a fun detail that seems incredibly specific for a character we never see alive. Tamsyn Muir, what the fuck are you up to.

> Will Kiriona kill Sarpedon? I guess we’ll just have to see.

> (though to be fair, Harrow’s father is named for the Trojan king Priam, who was on the side of the people Achilles and Patroclus killed, so who knows, this is just a fun little idea I’ve been rotating in my head). How much of this is gonna end up Iliad-based? We already obviously have the Dios Apate.

I have a Locked Tomb-specific blog now!

I’m a little rough on my *Iliad* knowledge, so I’m gonna have to actually go back and familiarize myself with it, but here are some other Iliad parallels that I’ve noticed so far! (Please feel free to add any I’ve missed, like I said I’m a little rusty).

1. Palamedes was originally going to be named “Diomedes,” who is, to quote TM, “Athena’s favorite goodboy in the Iliad.”

2. Protesilaus was the first hero to die at Troy, and the first person to die “during”/because of the Lyctor trials.

3. Rhodes, where Dulcinea is from, is a Greek Island said to have participated in the Trojan War.

4. Priamhark and Pelleamena are named for Priam, the last king of Troy, and Peleus, hero, king, and father of Achilles.

5. The Erinyes are mentioned, at least briefly. The Erinyes also being known as the Furies, of which Alecto is one. She is specifically the Fury named for “Unceasing Anger,” meant to punish moral crimes, especially if they were committed against other humans.

The Aenid, which also kind of deals with the Trojan War, sees the Goddess Juno command Alecto (spelled “Allecto” in that text) to essentially wreak havoc on the Trojans. She takes over the body of a queen (Queen Amata) to make a big fuss and convince all of the Latin mothers to riot against the Trojans. She also disguises herself as a priestess and appears in a dream, persuading Turnus, Roman King of the Rutuli to begin a war against the Trojans, which he mocks her for.

Do these bits have *anything* to do with Juno Zeta, Alecto, Ianthe “going to see a man about a queen,” or Harrow being a priestess replacing Alecto in John’s Dream?

I guess we’ll just have to see. This is just what I’ve got off the top of my head at the moment. I am at work lol.

(Also wondering if Corona joining BoE makes her the Helen of Troy in this Iliad, also making “Ianthe went to see a man about a queen” relevant)

EDIT: just thought about Ianthe and her apples. Is Ianthe seeding chaos with her apples of discord??? I mean it *is* Ianthe. Probably not. I’m picking at the loosest threads at this point.