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1. palintonos by formerstingray

   Fandoms: The Odyssey - Homer, EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), Ancient Greek Religion & Lore  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   08 Sep 2024

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Odysseus/Penelope
   • Odysseus/Penelope (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Odysseus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Penelope (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Telemachus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Eumaeus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Agamemnon (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Menelaus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Fluff
   • Angst
   • Married Life
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Hunters & Hunting
   • Pregnancy
   • Scheming
   • Death of Animals
   • odysseus is trying to dodge the draft
   • he just loves his wife and kid dude
   • Madness

   Summary

   An animal will tend to notice just before you shoot it.

   Odysseus draws the arrow back. The bow fits in his hands like an extra bit of his body. He is as attuned to the fine hum of its string in the way anyone comes to learn the thrum of their own nerves. Palintonos is the word for what his bow is. An instrument that stretches backwards.

   /

   Every step away from a prophecy is a step toward it, like walking on a backward map. Odysseus tries to get out of going to war.

   Series

   • Part 2 of again, even though we know love's landscape

   Language:

   English

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