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Unwoven - Pingoodle (ThatAloneOne)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/35777620

<blockquote>Penelope, and her nights undoing her weaving. Athena has a special interest in clever Odysseus, but weaving is her domain just as much war is.</blockquote>

#about-mythology #about-rarepair #by-thataloneone #fandom-grecoromanmythology #fandom-odyssey #focus-femslash #length-0-2k #note-commented #note-downloaded #ship-athena/penelope #type-fanfic

3 years ago | View Shared by soph

Medusa Gets a Haircut - Theodora Goss

https://uncannymagazine.com/article/medusa-gets-a-haircut/

<blockquote>On the one hand, they had been her friends for so long, whispering in her ears, telling her stories, reciting poems, not just the sorts of things you would expect, Sappho and Hesiod, but Auden, Eliot, Yeats—they liked the modernists— and Sylvia Plath, Adrianne Rich— they were eclectic in their tastes.</blockquote>

#about-mythology #by-theodoragoss #char-medusa #fandom-grecoromanmythology #focus-het #note-downloaded #type-fanfic #type-poetry

4 years ago | View Shared by soph

Commando Bats, by Sherwood Smith

https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-decameron-35310826

<blockquote>When I was young, aging women were interchangeable. Ugly, slow, annoying with their unwanted opinions. It seemed impossible that I’d ever be one. The first proof that the universe has a sense of humor? I’m half of one. Since the stroke that wiped out my livelihood, I’d taken to tooling my electric scooter along the Venice boardwalk, or out to the Santa Monica pier. I was on the pier that day when the second proof happened.</blockquote>

#about-mythology #about-superpowers #by-sherwoodsmith #char-hera #fandom-grecoromanmythology #fandom-profic #focus-gen #length-2-10k #note-downloaded #type-fiction

4 years ago | View Shared by soph

The Arc Towards the Sun - ViaLethe

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21827488

<blockquote>Andromache would be prepared for a husband who tries to tame her. Hektor is anything but.</blockquote>

#about-mythology #by-vialethe #fandom-grecoromanmythology #fandom-iliad #focus-het #length-2-10k #note-downloaded #ship-andromache/hektor #type-fanfic

5 years ago | View Shared by soph

Dingir - shukyou

http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/dingir/

<blockquote>She drew herself to her full height when she saw me, setting her chin at a regal angle, announcing without words what she thought about herself and where she stood — or at least, what she wanted everyone to think she thought. “Well met,” she said, drawing the back of her hand hastily across her heat-warmed cheeks, rendered pink by sunlight. She took three sharp, shallow breaths, then squared her shoulders again. “I am come for audience with the Great Queen Ereškigala, ruler of the worlds below and mistress of souls.”</blockquote>

#.to-reread #about-mythology #by-shukyou #fandom-mesopotamianmythology #fandom-originalfic #focus-femslash #length-20-30k #note-downloaded #ship-ereskigala/inanna #type-fiction

5 years ago | View Shared by soph

Rollercoaster - JetpackMonkey

https://archiveofourown.org/works/14039937

<blockquote>Marvel at the magic of Harryhausen.</blockquote> ➤ I don't know the original source (I mean other than the myth obs) but this is somehow really charming

#.to-reread #about-mythology #by-jetpackmonkey #fandom-grecoromanmythology #fandom-jasonandtheargonauts #focus-gen #note-downloaded #type-vid

6 years ago | View Shared by soph

i swear by all flowers - Edonohana

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11067891

<blockquote>A fairytale of New York.</blockquote> ➤ based on a literal interpretation of "April Come She Will" where the woman really does fall in love every April and die every August.

#.to-reread #about-mythology #about-rarefandom #by-edonohana #fandom-aprilcomeshewill #fandom-grecoromanmythology #focus-femslash #length-0-2k #note-downloaded #ship-persephone/oc #type-fanfic

7 years ago | View Shared by soph

Her Choice - DesertVixen

http://archiveofourown.org/works/6844960

<blockquote>Persephone makes a choice.</blockquote>

#.to-reread #about-drabble #about-mythology #by-desertvixen #char-persephone #fandom-grecoromanmythology #focus-gen #length-0-2k #note-downloaded #type-fanfic

8 years ago | View Shared by soph

Not in this town! - Jo Walton

http://www.jowaltonbooks.com/poetry/new-myths-for-old-gold/not-in-this-town/

<blockquote>Did anyone wonder why he came this far, To this town with one exit, one stop light, one bar, Four neon churches, one high school, one park Full of unspoken things taking place in the dark?</blockquote> ➤ a modern retelling of Euripides' "The Bacchae"

#.to-reread #about-mythology #by-jowalton #fandom-bacchae #fandom-grecoromanmythology #note-downloaded #type-poetry

9 years ago | View Shared by soph

The Family Business - raspberryhunter

http://archiveofourown.org/works/784144

<blockquote>Minerva navigates the family politics of Olympus Worlds, Inc. as she investigates a promising developer who may have something very interesting to add to the company's shared-world virtual reality systems.</blockquote>

#.to-reread #about-au #about-mythology #by-raspberryhunter #char-arachne #char-diana #char-minerva #fandom-grecoromanmythology #focus-gen #length-2-10k #note-downloaded #type-fanfic #➤good

9 years ago | View Shared by soph

Eurydice - Carol Ann Duffy

http://thelichqueen.tumblr.com/post/11548075965/eurydice-by-carol-ann-duffy-girls-i-was-dead-and

<blockquote>It was an uphill schlep from death to life and with every step I willed him to turn. I was thinking of filching the poem out of his cloak, when inspiration finally struck. I stopped, thrilled. He was a yard in front. My voice shook when I spoke - Orpheus, your poem’s a masterpiece. I’d love to hear it again…</blockquote> ➤ AMAZING

#.to-reread #about-mythology #by-carolannduffy #fandom-grecoromanmythology #note-downloaded #type-poetry

9 years ago | View Shared by soph

Climbing Mount Kunlun - salifiable

http://archiveofourown.org/works/140704

<blockquote>"Not all over the table, venerable sir!" cried Xiao Zhen, but it was already too late.</blockquote> ➤ A charming and delightful Chinese fairy-tale type story

#.to-reread #about-fairytale #about-mythology #by-salifiable #fandom-chinesemythology #fandom-originalfic #focus-het #length-10-20k #note-downloaded #ship-oc/oc #type-fanfic #➤delightful

9 years ago | View Shared by soph

Easy the Descent - Zdenka

http://archiveofourown.org/works/780465

<blockquote>Eurydice chooses.</blockquote>

#.to-reread #about-mythology #by-zdenka #char-eurydice #fandom-grecoromanmythology #focus-gen #length-0-2k #note-downloaded #type-fanfic

10 years ago | View Shared by soph

Unstitching By Firelight - Dolevalan

http://archiveofourown.org/works/140225

➤ fic about Penelope being a good match for Odysseus in tricksiness etc

#.to-reread #about-mythology #by-dolevalan #fandom-grecoromanmythology #fandom-odyssey #focus-het #length-0-2k #note-downloaded #ship-odysseus/penelope #type-fanfic

10 years ago | View Shared by soph

Last Nickel in the Nation Sack - fresne

http://archiveofourown.org/works/601359

<blockquote>Sometimes there ain't nothing for a walking man to do, but play the sweet Delta Blues.</blockquote> ➤ the story of Eurydice and Orpheus retold with actual historical person Robert Johnson playing the part of Orpheus

#.to-reread #about-mythology #by-fresne #fandom-grecoromanmythology #focus-het #length-2-10k #note-downloaded #ship-eurydice/orpheus #type-fanfic

10 years ago | View Shared by soph

Bakcheios - emilyenrose

http://archiveofourown.org/works/141915

<blockquote>When I was a very small child my Aunt Semele was struck by lightning and died.</blockquote> ➤ HOLY CRAP this fic is good. also I don't have the right feelings tag for it and don't know what the correct feeling is to describe how the fic made me feel. Feelings are hard. ➤ also bonus A+ commentary: http://amo.dreamwidth.org/228448.html

#.podficpermission #.to-reread #about-mythology #about-rarefandom #by-emilyenrose #fandom-bacchae #fandom-grecoromanmythology #focus-dudeslash #length-2-10k #note-downloaded #ship-actaeon/pentheus #ship-dionysus/pentheus #type-fanfic #➤excellent #➤favourite

10 years ago | View Shared by soph

Hear the Little Songs That Echoed Through My Soul - nonisland

http://archiveofourown.org/works/1169654

<blockquote>“You will always love the wrong men,” Cassandra breathes. “And that will bring you nothing but sorrow.” It’s Helen’s oldest darkest fear, and as Cassandra’s words draw it into the sunlight it melts away like smoke.</blockquote>

#.to-reread #about-mythology #by-nonisland #fandom-grecoromanmythology #fandom-iliad #focus-femslash #length-2-10k #note-downloaded #ship-cassandra/helen #type-fanfic #➤excellent

10 years ago | View Shared by soph

Silence Is the Speech of Love - lady_ragnell

http://archiveofourown.org/works/1150355

<blockquote>Grantaire's life has a pattern: he pays his respects to Aphrodite, he goes to work, he loves Enjolras and provokes him because he can't bring himself to do otherwise. That seems unlikely to change, at least until Enjolras speaks out against the gods and ends up cursed. Grantaire does his best to help him, but it turns out it's just as hard to love Enjolras up close as it is from afar.</blockquote> ➤ I found the worldbuilding stuff interesting for this one.

#.to-reread #about-au #about-modern #about-mythology #by-lady_ragnell #fandom-grecoromanmythology #fandom-lesmiserables #focus-dudeslash #length-40-100k #note-downloaded #ship-e/r #type-fanfic