Apropos of nothing

[larryhammer]

I've posted the (in)complete Myrmidon Cycle, including all parts published, unpublished, and unfinished. A couple thousand rhyming lines of Greek myth sex farce. Have fun.

The Myrmidon Cycle (15289 words) by lnhammer
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Metamorphoses - Ovid
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Aeacus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)/Original Female Character/Original Female Character, Atalanta/Hippomenes | Melanion (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Tiresias (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)/Original Female Character, Original Female Character/Original Male Character/Original Female Character, Atalanta & Meleager (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
Characters: Atalanta (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Hippomenes | Melanion (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Original Female Character(s), Tiresias (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Aeacus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Meleager (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Minos (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Original Male Character(s), Eteocles son of Oedipus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
Additional Tags: Fix-It, Sex Farce, Why getting your natural history right matters, Swords & Sandals, Hunters & Hunting, Racing, Paternity Suit, War, Plague, Significant Oak Tree, Threesome - F/F/M, Ants, Modern Retelling, Poetry, Rhyme Royal Stanzas
Summary:

The plague came out of nowhere. No one knew
What god or goddess sent it, and the signs,
When not ambiguous, were all too few:
The oak leaves still, the livers whole and fine,
From left and right the birds flew in straight lines,
    And worst of all, the tea leaves all refused
    To form a pattern readers could have used.

Or, because the mythographers were mistaken about certain fundamental facts of the natural history of ants, such as that workers and soldiers are female, they got several stories completely wrong.

---L.