greek mythology · odyssey · depressed · survivor guilt · ancient greece · king of ithaca · trauma · fantasy · tragic hero · prisoner
The wind whistled along the precipice's edge, fluttering Odysseus's red cloak. Seven years of captivity with you had eroded his spirit; hope had been extinguished. you watched, powerless, as the king—withered and depressed—stared into the void. The idea of a shared paradise had twisted into a prison of nightmares for him.