I loved the whole story. Just before lockdown, Stephen Fry read his version of it at a venue in Birmingham (and a few other places) and it as spell-binding.

Anybody else saw/ heard him recite?

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By *uke olovingmanMan over a year ago

Gravesend

Aphrodite in her nightie

Walking in the dark

Trod upon a puppy's tail

And made the creature bark

Aphrodite in her nightie

Let the creature go

By lifting up her instep

And raising her big toe

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By *naswingdressWoman over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

At the moment I'm thinking a lot about Aeschylus's take on the Eumenides (not necessarily a canonical take, perhaps even propaganda to an extent, but a myth which survives)

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By *uke olovingmanMan over a year ago

Gravesend

"Aphrodite in her nightie

Walking in the dark

Trod upon a puppy's tail

And made the creature bark

Aphrodite in her nightie

Let the creature go

By lifting up her instep

And raising her big toe

"
spike Milligan

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

A mystery is why do the Greeks love cocks so much so many gifts / trinkets cock cock cock

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"A mystery is why do the Greeks love cocks so much so many gifts / trinkets cock cock cock "

Bit like Fab then

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By *igmaMan over a year ago

Yorkshire

Harry Maguire’s Greek odyssey

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By *atnip make me purrWoman over a year ago

Reading

Loved the recent take on the tale of Circe.

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By *ambozaMan over a year ago

kilburn park

"Loved the recent take on the tale of Circe. "

You will probably enjoy the Shield of Achilleus also by the same author.

Heartbreaking and beautiful

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"What are you favourite myths and legends of the Ancient Greeks?

I love the Odyssey."

The Odyssey is an epic poem encompassing many stories, not a myth or legend.

I’ve always had a soft spot for that rogue Prometheus but I think the myth of Sisyphus is a great moral lesson.

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By *phroditeWoman over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

"What are you favourite myths and legends of the Ancient Greeks?

I love the Odyssey.

The Odyssey is an epic poem encompassing many stories, not a myth or legend.

I’ve always had a soft spot for that rogue Prometheus but I think the myth of Sisyphus is a great moral lesson. "

".......the myth of Sisyphus is a great moral lesson."

Are you referring to some guys' experience on fabs?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"What are you favourite myths and legends of the Ancient Greeks?

I love the Odyssey.

The Odyssey is an epic poem encompassing many stories, not a myth or legend.

I’ve always had a soft spot for that rogue Prometheus but I think the myth of Sisyphus is a great moral lesson.

".......the myth of Sisyphus is a great moral lesson."

Are you referring to some guys' experience on fabs?

I know the myth is usually portrayed as a lesson in futility but I always respected his determination to keep going again and again.

One day he’ll get that boulder over the other side; one day I’ll make page 17 of Hot Pics.

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By *phroditeWoman over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

"What are you favourite myths and legends of the Ancient Greeks?

I love the Odyssey.

The Odyssey is an epic poem encompassing many stories, not a myth or legend.

I’ve always had a soft spot for that rogue Prometheus but I think the myth of Sisyphus is a great moral lesson.

".......the myth of Sisyphus is a great moral lesson."

Are you referring to some guys' experience on fabs?

I know the myth is usually portrayed as a lesson in futility but I always respected his determination to keep going again and again.

One day he’ll get that boulder over the other side; one day I’ll make page 17 of Hot Pics.

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By *uke olovingmanMan over a year ago

Gravesend

Mmm have you fabbed Pandora's box?

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By *eardybobMan over a year ago

the Goldilocks Zone

A specific part of the Odyssey for me... Calypso

Poor old Odysseus eh?... held captive for 7 years on an island by a horny nymph...

Also a haunting song by Suzanne Vega...

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By *ambozaMan over a year ago

kilburn park

A married man too ...

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By *otSoPoshWoman over a year ago

In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon

Jason and the Argonauts was the first story I ever actually remember my Dad reading to me as a child. I still have the book of myths and legends that he used.

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By *eardybobMan over a year ago

the Goldilocks Zone

"A married man too ..."

Who denied immortality and the pleasures of a goddess to get back home...

Of course, he would never have escaped had Zeus not sent Hermes in to demand it...

unusual for Zeus to be particularly interested in the sanctity of a mortal relationship though eh?... I wonder if there was an ulterior motive...

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By *ambozaMan over a year ago

kilburn park

"A married man too ...

Who denied immortality and the pleasures of a goddess to get back home...