Iliad Stories

He expected to become the forgotten god. Instead, he inherited the greatest kingdom in creation. A man from the modern world awakens as Hades, moments after Zeus frees his siblings from Kronos. Armed with modern knowledge of civilisation, governance, architecture, and history, he quickly realises mythology got one thing wrong. The Underworld isn't the worst realm. It's the most valuable. While Zeus celebrates atop Olympus and Poseidon dreams of Atlantis, Hades quietly transforms an empty wasteland into the greatest civilisation in creation. Cities replace barren caverns, justice replaces arbitrary judgment, reincarnation replaces endless stagnation, and libraries, universities, industries, and thriving societies give every soul purpose after death. Long before the Olympians recognise humanity's potential, Hades teaches the first mortals how to read, write, build cities, create laws, and govern themselves. Cave dwellers become flourishing civilisations centuries ahead of their time, while temples dedicated to the Chthonic Gods spread across the world through respect rather than fear. As worship empowers the gods and every mortal soul ultimately belongs to the Underworld, Zeus slowly realises the truth: the quiet brother everyone pitied, the commander who truly won the Titanomachy, and the king who smiled when given the "worst" realm had planned everything from the beginning. Sometimes the greatest victory isn't winning the throne everyone wants. It's recognising the value of the throne everyone else overlooked. What to Expect Kingdom-building • Competent SI Hades • Greek Mythology • Politics • Architecture • Civilization Building • Long-Term Planning • A Reimagined Underworld This is an original work; any ideas are either mine or inspired. In the latter case, an acknowledgement will be given.

This is heavily inspired by the Iliad and Odyssey, but it won't be just a copy-and-paste of it. It's INSPIRED. It's more so a royal AU of sngy. Idk if anyone still reads on WattPad, but I might upload this on AO3 sometime, this is more of a demo. Yes, it has an OC sneak in, HOWEVER, I'll rly try to add her as little as possible. Since most people don't like OCs. I just needed her because no other character could portray her role.

Althea, Princess of Troy and Ithaca thought she had escaped the shadows of her past. But the Kings of Greece have not forgotten. Orestes, son of Agamemnon, has gathered a council of Kings in Mycenae, all united in their desire to destroy the last remnants of Troy. Everything Althea holds dear and has fought to protect is now in jeopardy. Her brother is hunted. Her husband is held hostage in all but name. And the council will not rest until every drop of Trojan blood is spilled. But Althea has not made it this far to surrender now. She must outmaneuver the most powerful men in Greece, face old ghosts and walk straight into the lion's den, knowing that one wrong step could destroy everyone she loves. ▸ Princess of Troy: Book #3 ▸ Ongoing ©Fleur-DeLys

"You cannot die before me". He says it like an order because asking would expose how afraid he is. --- Kleon grows up marked by fire, shame, and a hatred of Sparta he does not know how to survive. Xanthos is everything he is not: beautiful as Apollo, beloved, and seemingly destined for glory. First his rival, then his closest companion, and eventually the only man who can look at Kleon's fury and still see the burnt child who loves the fire that lies beneath the feared warrior. When the Sacred Band of Thebes is formed, they swear to fight side by side. It should have been simple: love one another, defend Thebes, survive. Or so Plato said. But love cannot undo what their fathers made of them. It cannot bring back the dead. And it cannot stop Philip of Macedon. From Leuctra to the field of Chaeronea, Phyros is the story of two boys growing up among the shadows of Heroes and the expectations of a whole city, and of two men who find salvation neither in virtue nor in glory, but in the imperfect, stubborn act of choosing one another again and again. But the price of glory was always going to be them. They were taught to die for Thebes, but no one taught them how to survive loving each others.

What if the Narrators also had a story to tell? What if they were telling us the story of the ones who survived? What if we weren't just privileged spectators?

( 𝕿 ) ───── 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 ᵗᵉˡᵉᵐᵃᶜʰᵘˢ ❛❛ my greatest sin is loving you ❜❜ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 laessa, an ares-blessed trojan, and telemachus, an athena-blessed ithacan, embark on a journey together to search for his legendary father, all while she's burning with vengeance for her father. ━ enemies to lovers ━ slow burn ━ opposites attract ━ found family 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗗: 4.26.26 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗗: tba 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧: tba 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 // @leyley_mj 𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘷 // @leyleymj 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘢𝘥 // @leyley_mj 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 // @leyley_mj 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 // @leyley_mj

"You'll go somewhere else in September," she said. This meant, You will not finish your freshman year. It was April. I nodded, mutely, and that was the end of it. (In which there are girls' boarding schools, Achilles' truest flaw is wrath, and Greek tragedies are not allowed to be anything but.) (Basically, the Iliad, but what if everyone was a girl, and also, it's modern times, and also also, it's set at a girls' boarding school?) (Crossposted from AO3)

The (disjointed) story of Homer's The Iliad, told in 26 paragraphs. In each paragraph, every word begins with the same letter, starting at A in paragraph 1, Z in paragraph 26. So sorta-kinda like a lipogram? Previously published in Zoetic Press's Nonbinary Review, Issue 4, "Bullfinch's Mythology". VERY inspired (and a bit derivative of) Christian Bök's Eunoia.

Before You Read: This is a fanfiction retelling inspired by Epic The Musical and The Odyssey, but it takes creative liberties with both the plot and the characters. One major change: Diomedes is reimagined as the antagonist-and as a love interest. If you're expecting a faithful adaptation, this version will surprise you. ────────────────────────────────── No Oaths Between Us Diomedes is a warrior with one burning desire: to be remembered. Isolated, hardened, and overlooked, he dreams of glory before death. But no matter what he does, it's Odysseus-the cunning, celebrated hero-who wins the praise of history. Resentful and desperate to claim a legacy of his own, Diomedes sets out to kill the man who overshadows him. But fate intervenes. The assassination fails, and Diomedes ends up entangled in Odysseus's long, dangerous journey home to Ithaca. Forced to travel together, the two clash constantly-Diomedes cold and self-serving, Odysseus warm-hearted and loyal to his men. Yet somewhere between battles and betrayals, longing begins to bloom. What starts as rivalry slowly unravels into something deeper-conflict giving way to connection, hatred turning into something far more complicated. As both men face gods, monsters, and the ghosts of their pasts, they're forced to ask: Can love survive a war-torn world? And can two enemies learn to rewrite their fates-together? This is an ongoing, reimagined tale of rivalry, survival, and forbidden romance at the heart of an epic.

PJO AU Achilles and Patroclus in the Trojan War. They reunited in Elysium. Now, they're back in the realm of the living, reborn with new names and lives, but with a vow to each other to meet again. The fateful day comes when the boys both happen to be at a mythological summer camp for demigods--which both boys happen to be. But with threats of war, death, and destruction on the rise, they must face their true reality: their lives and love are destined for tragedy. ** Most of this is very much inspired and/or taken from pieces of literature. Characters belong to Homer and the setting to Rick Riordan. Only the characters of Tristan Arista and Leo Skops (and their families) belong to me! **

High school drama club patrochilles AU inspired by a prompt by @MountainMoth

A contemporary story based on the triangle love story between Paris, Helen, and Menelaus of "The Iliad", an alternate universe.

IDK how to describe this either. It's just a bunch of scenarios I thought of while reading the Iliad. I *tried* to stay as close to cannon as possible but my brain don't brain that way. Enjoy.

A brief glimpse in the life of Patroclus and Achilles, probably after they returned from mount Pelion to prepare for the war. ( hi this is bad )

Meet Dante Kiteseeds, a computer pirate, the former piracy emperor of Beaktown. And also meet his bestfriend Kate Sadie- a simple beautiful girl who uses the internet to attack the evil doings of the government in their country. Then the CPA came, giving them trouble and whatever. But the CPA isn't their greatest enemy... it is something- yeah... something. This would be the greatest crossover I have ever known by the way Created by: KeithLSidro OH HECK YEAH!

but brainrot. (Homer is dead asf, so he probably won't mind)

Enroute to wed his fiancée, the fair maiden Lily Elône, on a road trip with his best friends, the peasant Wanderer is advised by news reports that his homeland has been invaded and taken over under the false pretense of a peace treaty - and that he, his loved one and his family, have been slain at the hands of the enemy. To gather the strength needed to uncover the truth and reclaim his homeland, Wanderer and his loyal companions must overcome a series of challenges in a spectacular open world - that is filled with larger-than-life creatures, amazing wonders, diverse cultures, and treacherous foes. [Please Note: Scenes are currently out of order and are written as the author seems so at the particular time.]

Achilles is bitter, the death of Patroclus has left his sorrow incomparable, and his anger scalding. Achilles would do anything to get Patroclus back, and he will. Watch as Achilles shatters the battlefields of Greece and Razes the belly of the underworld. He will not stop until he rescues Patroclus from the clutches of Thanatos, and if he doesn't, he will run down the realm of Hades.

Here is my shot at an epic narrative. Follow me on Instagram and Facebook @OnlyJoshuaBelcher Twitter @OnlyJoshuaB