Hello! I'm Si or Simon depending on which you'd prefer. I use he/they pronouns.

I'm an aspiring writer who has a genuine love for the epic cycle and Greek mythology. The Cypria, Aethiopis, Little Iliad / Iliupersis, and the Nostoi projects I'm working on come from a place of genuine love (and research), unlike some other retellings I could name. It's not intended to be a western media cash grab.

Current focus writing focus is on the Little Iliad / Iliupersis project, though I will happily answer any questions / post snippets for the other portions of the epic cycle if requested!

I also write fanfics in my additional spare time. You can find me on ao3 at loresung (ignore that I only have one published atm. It'll be expanded into a series here shortly).

If you operate on the tri-king ruling of Argos, it's actually so funny that Sthenelus and Amphilochus, both likely older than Diomedes, went "you take that one" to Diomedes and made him the "king of Argos" for purposes of war councils because they were NOT dealing with every other king there. Sthenelus inherited some of Capaneus' rage issues and he would absolutely lose his cool on the regular. Amphilochus is simply plagued by the horrors and doesn't want to be harassed like Calchas is by the Atreidai.

Euryalus who actually isn't the best boxer among the Epigoni. His friends are just assholes (not entirely, they didn't want to hurt his feelings initially and it went downhill from there) that now think it's funny to take bets on how long he'll last before he gets taken out.

i have made my own sweeping, simplified statements about paris and his family before, for sure. but in all seriousness, his relationship with his family is complicated. they do hate him for bringing ruin to their doorstep. that is a very clear sentiment, and one that is talked about far more, even in jest, by the fandom than the fact that his family also loved him. they never gave helen back to menelaus and rarely showed any belief of wrongdoing within earshot of the achaeans because they loved him. and doesn't that make it all worse? it's their love for paris that dooms them all. because how could they stand idly by and hand him over to death when he has just returned to their family? he was spared out of love, and they died for him because of that same love.

Genuinely, not a joke, I don't participate in April Fool's Day on my blog.

Diomedes/Sthenelus but it's actually unrequited. Diomedes is all in. Sthenelus is not. He'll take care of Diomedes when he asks because why not? It's a fun way to pass the time. But he doesn't want Diomedes. Sthenelus has Deipylus, his own like-minded comrade that he values above all others.