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Penelope travels the ocean to find her husband accompanied by the God of the Sea, who has unresolved matters with Odysseus.
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Punishment by ScarHollow
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), Epic the musical - jorge
30 Jul 2025
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After Odysseus - the king of Ithaca- returns to find 108 men loitering his home, threatening to kill his son and rape his wife, Antinous is in for something special.
Instead of killing the leader of the suiters like the king intended, he let him live, slaughtering everyone he knew in a blink of an eye. Odysseus proposes a request to Athena. Since her father is still upset about the whole scandal of letting Odysseus leave Calypsos' island, the man offers Antinous to be sent to live with her as punishment for his crimes. A fitting one, the king would say.
Athena gets the God of Thunder to agree, the only suiter left blacking out unconscious only to awaken on a strange beach, a woman with darker skin looming over him, beads decorating her hair. Where was he?
And how the fuck did he get here?
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Telemachus Thinks More Than he Talks by ImJustAsConfusedAsYou
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, The Trials of Apollo - Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types
30 Jul 2025
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The ocean waves brushed against the shores and his grandmother turned to look at him. Her eyes were not as deep now, no longer a rich green but murky and faded.
A lump formed in his throat, every thought leaving him at the sight of her face. Serine was the only way to describe it, a peacefulness he had never seen.
Their calm evening now felt too much like a goodbye. The setting sun an omen for events yet to come.
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Telemachus was not having a fun time while his father was away for twenty years. Twenty years without his dad, almost eight of them spent dealing with 108 suitors trying to marry his mom, not a fun time. This is a story about Telemachus, what happened in their home while Odysseus was away and how life changed when he returned.Series
- Part 3 of Apollo/Telemachus
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- English
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- 1,193
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- 1/?
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- 2
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- 25
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Ambition's Waiting By The Door (Finally Returning From The War) by Celaelin125
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), The Odyssey - Homer
30 Jul 2025
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Being woken up in the middle of the night sucks. Especially when you're woken up by a goddess with no patience, demanding for you to get on a ship and go. No one tells Diomedes anything. Definitely not Athena when she's panicking.
Menelaus never stops crying, does he?
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Apollo Has Fallen, Now Apollo Will Rise Once Again by ImJustAsConfusedAsYou
Fandoms: The Trials of Apollo - Rick Riordan, EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), The Odyssey - Homer, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types
30 Jul 2025
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The Fates watched as the sun fell out of the sky. Without his light, the world would fall too. They turned towards their tapestry; the golden thread was turning black. Soon, the sun would be snuffed out and even the Fates would join him in death. Six long, pale hands reached out and unspool the thread. A restart was needed, one that would ensure this never occurred again. The three had the how, where and when figured out, they simply needed to drag the sun along with them. Suddenly the hands fell still. The Fates began to fade but that was no matter. For Apollo would have the second chance he needed. The sun would rise again, it always did.
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- Part 1 of Apollo/Telemachus
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Whatever it Takes by lyraonyx for SerenaEW
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums)
29 Jul 2025
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When Hermes is pulled away from his guardianship over Telemachus and Penelope to rescue Odysseus and bring him home, Antinous gives Telemachus an ultimatum. If Penelope doesn't decide on a suitor that night, then they will choose for her. Terrified for his mother and hoping to buy his father time, Telemachus gives up everything to protect his mom. He expects Antinous to make him suffer for his sacrifice, but Telemachus' honesty with an enemy instead reveals there was more hiding under Antinous' scars than Telemachus ever dreamed.
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‘The Tapestry Of The Fates’ by RoosjeM
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
29 Jul 2025
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“Odysseus.” Odysseus did not startle. He also did not greet Diomedes despite having known of his approach. “Odysseus?”
Perhaps this was some sort of battle related trauma. Diomedes ended up sitting down besides Odysseus and let his shoulder bump against the sullen King. “Talk to me, friend.”
“...About what?”
“What’s going on? Polites is concerned, so are your men. Was it the blood? Or the men who fell? Rest assured, friend, none of yours fell today.”
“Do you think King Sisyphus fights against his punishment? Do you think the Fates would allow him, if he did?”
Flinching, Diomedes observed the change in Odysseus’ eyes. Instead of the colour of the sea, Odysseus’ eyes were taken over by a hue of red– only noticeable when observed in a certain angle but definitely present. Diomedes knew what caused a hue of red like that.
Odysseus had been touched by Ares’ Rage.
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In which Odysseus is dropped back in time into the Trojan War and chooses to mess with everyone until it gets him killed or gets him back to Penelope. Others take notice.
Or, Odysseus is soooo done.
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- Part 5 of Mar's Writes Rare Pairs
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The Fates Of Athena by Dork_vio7
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
29 Jul 2025
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After God Games, Goddess Athena is no longer held in high regard for her wisdom. She has lost her place as Zeus' favorite and forgotton her true purpose. She journeys in paths of self discovery, half-blind and alone. Was she ever any more than Zeus' favorite child? Would things be fixed between her and Odysseus?
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All We Need is Each Other by strawberri_skies
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums)
28 Jul 2025
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Everyone always looks at the main character of a story. The hero. The one at the front. The one everyone knows. But what about those who hide in the background? What about the characters who don't get much spotlight? What about the characters that everyone forgets?
Follow Perimedes through the story of the Odyssey as he figures out all that he ever needed to be happy during a difficult, heartbreaking, and bittersweet journey.
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Tiresias, despite his intense guilt for not doing more for Odysseus and so many others, has somehow become precious to the messenger god, Hermes. Zeus though, has never liked their friendship. Neither has Athena, or Apollo, or Hera…
Ok, fine. The list goes on for actually quite some time. One day, when Hermes was discovered sneaking off to go visit the prophet, Zeus has had ENOUGH. Frustrated by the god's antics, which he had previously ignored, Zeus decides to give Hermes his first punishment; he is now stuck in the Underworld until Zeus needs him. He could still fly, and the gods could visit him as they pleased, but that's the thing... none of the gods would even know what happened to the beloved messenger. Also angered by the prophet he was often visiting, Zeus decides to put some salt in Tiresias's already painful wounds; he could no longer see the future and the past until Hermes leaves the Underworld. Now stuck without the only reason he didn't let himself rot away, Tiresias must face all the guilt he had pent up from the past. But, how can he do that when the one thing keeping him from not having to is the one thing he doesn't want to lose?
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as i make myself acquainted with the saint of never getting it right by nambi
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), The Odyssey - Homer, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
28 Jul 2025
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“So you are ready to fight properly,” he said, stepping forward again, facing Odysseus where he had fled a few paces backward. “What stopped you before?”
There was a goading to his voice, barely sheathed; Odysseus thought Zeus was not so patient as he had been mere moments ago, an edge to his words that could have caused birds to plummet from the sky. But there, in the spaces between words, shining in the darks of his eyes, Odysseus saw something else. The place where he had opened Zeus’ skin was already sealed over, given away only by the line of shining ichor left behind. A mortal had landed a hit on him, spilling his precious blood, and their very beings had clashed with how wrong the action had been, a testament to their unlikeness.
And yet, Zeus’ knees were not bent to charge, his shoulders were not tense, and he held himself bare as though being struck was not a concern of his. Or, as though he was inviting it. As if he was daring Odysseus to do it again.
Odysseus thrust his sword toward the floor once, flicking the gold off of it, and braced himself for what was to come.
“Certainty.”
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Odysseus comes to retrieve his belongings from the temple. Instead, he gets a revelation.
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- Part 12 of but it's no longer you
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Brothers by Risky_Biz
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
28 Jul 2025
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Hermes gets his first taste of Zeus's wrath
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- Part 1 of EPIC Works
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,681
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 19
- Hits:
- 105
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Little Thunder Bringer by FandomwhoreExtraordinaire
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), The Odyssey - Homer, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
26 Jul 2025
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Nax and Telemachus find a baby in a golden basket, floating on the ocean. The infant is all alone, so they bring her back to the palace and decide to raise her as their own. They quickly discover that the child is no mere mortal but a demigod. Not only that, but a daughter of Zeus himself. Shenanigans ensue as Tele and Nax navigate life as new parents to a rambunctious little one, whose tantrums can cause thunder storms.
Ody and Pen love being grandparents. Hermes is a terrible influence. Athena must admit, the babe is very cute and Nax and Tele clearly need help.
Self-indulgent TeleNax sequel to my other fic The Last Trojan. Less plot more fluff.Series
- Part 2 of Astyanax Lives AU
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Silent Wars- "Littlest Owl" by Mer_acle
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
26 Jul 2025
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Hera meets her husband's exwife and daughter for the first time. Two of the three adults in the room are actually good with kids and it's not Zeus.
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The bulk of this Modern Human AU is actually about grown-up Athena but I sort everything chronologically so we start here. No context needed but I'll talk about it a little in the notes :DSeries
- Part 1 of Silent Wars - Greek Mythology Modern AU
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Zeus was wandering around, before getting sidetracked. Peaking on his son and boyfriend in the shower and getting quite the show. Zeus pov! Also, sorry it's short. Writers block-
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don't forget how dangerous the gods are by TheGrammarHawk
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums)
25 Jul 2025
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As tensions continue to rise between Zeus and Poseidon, it is decided that the other Olympians should choose a side.
Ares makes his own.
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Odysseus barely agreed to two gods in Ithaca.
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- Part 8 of we could be kind
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The gods are a lot more similar to humans than most would think. For example, they feel. And as much as the mighty Goddess of Wisdom would like to claim otherwise, she has likely felt the most amongst all the gods.
Athena has felt many things. She has felt emotions, touch, pain. But Zeus's lightning bolts are a completely new feeling.
Athena fears it is the last time she will feel anything.
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Hold Me Together (I’m Falling Apart) by Aracney, Drakamos
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums)
23 Jul 2025
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Poseidon is still haunted - dreams of - the mortals who managed to break his walls down. Even if everything isn't perfect, even if his family could not care less for him, he knows someone, somewhere, does. Or so he hopes. And he needs that reassurance.
But a comment rips open hurts he would rather bury deep and forget about. If only these damn mortals would let him.Series
- Part 4 of The Hardest Skill to Learn is Kindness
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Everything burned, searing hot. Nothing but painfully bright darkness surrounded him, and he tried to move, to say something, anything, but his body couldn’t, wouldn’t move, wouldn’t respond.
The worst part, he couldn’t do anything. He couldn’t just try harder, be faster, smarter, better.
He was trapped.
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What if Zeus decides not to let Odysseus free?
What if Hermes goes anyways?
Zeus is pissed.
Like, really pissed.
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That one candle becomes a blaze by insonniacaotica
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), The Iliad - Homer, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
22 Jul 2025
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"You never swore to fight for my marriage," Helen began.
Patroclus's hand twitched before his gaze returned to where it was. "No, I didn't. Achilles did."
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Achilles, brave Achilles, dropped his sword and ran to him. No one dared move as he grabbed his shoulder and a moment later Achilles's lips were on his and Patroclus was home.
"Oh, no," Polites muttered at the edge of his vision.
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"It's fine," said Odysseus, surprising even himself. "It's fine, I want to see Telemachus. He and his mother are all I've fought for."
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The story where a prophecy leads Achilles to Patroclus, Menelaus to Helen, and everyone else into a ditch.
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- Part 8 of Epic: The Solitude Saga