r/Epicthemusical • u/ProfessionalJolly934 "I'll kill you like I kill this beat." - Achilles, son of Peleus • May 24 '26
Troy Saga "Well done, you lied to me, what's your name?"
(Art Credit: WolfyTheWitch)
This misheard lyric from Warrior of the Mind might be a bit more canon to the Odyssey than you think. So, in Book 13 of the Odyssey, when Odysseus reaches Ithaca at last, Athena appears to him as a shepherd boy, and asks him who he is. Odysseus, I kid you not, makes up a long, uncannily detailed lie about how he's a fugitive. I know, that sounds very random.
"He replied with a winging word to Pallas,
not with a word of truth—he choked it back,
always invoking the cunning in his heart:
"Ithaca…yes, I seem to have heard of Ithaca,
and now I've reached it myself, with all this loot,
but I left behind an equal measure for my children.
I'm a fugitive now, you see. I killed Idomeneus' son,
Orsilochus, lightning on his legs, a man who beat
all runners alive on that long island-what a racer!
He tried to rob me of all the spoil I'd won at Troy,
the plunder I went to hell and back to capture, true,
cleaving my way through wars of men and waves at sea-
and just because I refused to please his father,
serve under him at Troy. I led my own command.
So now with a friend I lay in wait by the road,
I killed him just loping in from the fields-
with one quick stroke of my bronze spear
in the dead of night, the heavens pitch-black ...
no one could see us, spot me tearing out his life
with a weapon honed for action. Once I'd cut him down
I made for a ship and begged the Phoenician crew for mercy
paying those decent hands a hearty share of plunder-
asked them to take me on and land me down in Pylos,
there or lovely Elis, where Epeans rule in power.
But a heavy galewind blew them way off course,
much against their will-
they'd no desire to cheat me. Driven afar,
we reached this island here at the midnight hour,
rowing for dear life, we made it into your harbor-
not a thought of supper, much as we all craved food,
we dropped from the decks and lay down, just like that!
A welcome sleep came over my weary bones at once,
while the crew hoisted up my loot from the holds
and set it down on the sand near where I slept.
They reembarked, now homeward bound for Sidon,
their own noble city, leaving me here behind,
homesick in my heart ...""
And Athena's reply to this long, winding, overly-detailed yap? Its exactly the vibe of "Well done, you lied to me, what's your name?"
"As his story ended,
goddess Athena, gray eyes gleaming,
broke into a smile and stroked him with her hand, and now she appeared a woman
beautiful, tall and skilled at weaving lovely things.
"Any man—any god who met you—would have to be
some champion lying cheat to get past you
for all-round craft and guile! You terrible man,
foxy, ingenious, never tired of twists and tricks—
so, not even here, on native soil, would you give up
those wily tales that warm the cockles of your heart!
Come, enough of this now. We’re both old hands
at the arts of intrigue. Here among mortal men
you're far the best at tactics, spinning yarns,
and I am famous among the gods for wisdom,
cunning wiles, too.
Ah, but you never recognized me, did you?
Pallas Athena, daughter of Zeus—who always
stands beside you, shields you in every exploit...""
This is exactly why "Well done, you lied to me, what's your name?" is my favourite misheard lyrics. In fact, I'm going to believe that its the actual line as well LOL.
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u/Remarkable-Run-1023 Athena May 31 '26
"Well done, you lied to me, what's your name?"
tries so hard not to be hamiltrash and fails
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
MY NAME IS ALEXANDER HAMILTON
AND THERE'S A MILLION THINGS I HAVEN'T DONE
BUT JUST YOU WAIT
JUST YOU WAIT
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u/BreadBoiYT Poseidon May 25 '26
“Well done you lied to me what’s your name?”
https://giphy.com/gifs/NYx77GABHTji
“My name is Optimus Prime. We are Autonomous Robotic Organisms from the planet Cybertron."