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In honour of me finally figuring out Dionysus claimed me here is something I drew for him
Odysseus: *gently hands Athena baby Telemachus*
Athena: …you were PREGNANT AND YOU DIDNT TELL ME?!
Odysseus: what?- no-
Athena: DO YOU KNOW HOW DANGEROUS THAT IS?! I WAS TRAINING YOU!
Odysseus: no I wasn’t the one-
Athena: THAT POOR BOY WAS PROBABLY SO SQUISHED IN YOUR HELMET! LOOK AT HOW SMALL HE IS!!
Poseidon: For you! Nephew!
*a fleet of ships can be seen across the ocean at the foot of mount olympus*
Ares: Damn! That’s a lot! Thanks uncle:D
Poseidon: Of course, anything for my dear nephew
Ares: how’d you get them? Pillaging? WARFARE? BLOODSHED?
Poseidon: Bingo!
Ares: you are the best!
I love your drawings so much!!
Powerful Telamonian Ajax, bulwark of the Achaeans, son of Telamon
Girls don't want boyfriends. Girls want an expensively made Medici-styled historical drama HBO show about Alexander the Great
One of the most obvious arguments in favor of a romantic relationship between Achilles and Patroclus is simply that it makes sense from a writers perspective. Want to absolutely destroy your main character? Bring them to their breaking point? Punch your reader in the gut? Kill the love interest.
I mean, come on, the greeks were the inventors of the tragedy for a reason. What's more tragic? The death of cousin/comrade or the death of the person you are irrevocably and maddly in love with?
It happened.
“I do like Greek mythology. I love Percy Jackson.”
Please if you’re reading Percy Jackson it’s not very accurate to historical mythology.
One of my favorite pieces 👍
On today's episode of Greek History:
Man digs up random graves on obscure islands until he finds a suitable one to loudly proclaim as Theseus
ancient greek word of the night: νυκτόμαντις (nyktomantis), one who prophesies by night
I Drew Eros in my own style for Valentine’s Day (sorry this post is late)
I drew Ares in my own style
Greek/Roman Inspired Clothing: 2nd dress by Hana Touma, 3rd dress on ebay, 4th dress found here, 5th dress by Madame Gres ,6th dress by Kaufman Franco , 7th dress by J.Mendel, 8th dress by Madame Gres, 9th dress by Jean Desses, 10th dress by Marchesa, 11th dress by 33Jewls, 12th (last) dress by Samuelle Couture
So I am bored and midterms are happening right now for me so I have decided to distract myself by sharing some random Greek Mythology facts. These might have some NSFW facts so I’m putting the facts under the cut
Fact #1: the word that is translated as virgin (ex: the virgin goddess like Athena, Artemis, and Hestia) is actually more like the word maiden. Basically the “virgin” goddesses aren’t forced to be virgins, they just can’t/don’t want to marry. The best example I can think of to demonstrate this is the muses, since they have several children (like Orpheus) but they are considered “virgin” goddesses.
Fact 2: the underworld in Greek Mythology is also known as Hades, like the god that rules it. Hades is also not the god of death, that would be Thanatos, Hades is the god of the dead meaning he decides what happens to them after they die.
Fact 3: despite the fact that incest and rape was common among the gods it was actually majorly frowned upon in Ancient Greece. Mortals were held to different standards than the gods and there are several myths that show how the Ancient Greeks found incest/rape between mortals taboo and wrong.
Fact 4: the depiction of gods/goddesses would vary depending on the city-state that was depicting them. One of the best examples is Athena, in ancient Athens they typically focused more on her relation to wisdom and crafts but Sparta focused more on her role in battle strategy and warfare.
Fact 5: Hestia was actually very important to the Ancient Greeks but she is not very well known because she’s only in maybe three myths. She was believed to stay in Olympus so she was never really shown during myths which makes it difficult to find information on her.
Fact 6: the actual way that Cerberus is spelled is Kerberos but Kerberos is also a computer system so Cerberus became the more common way to say the name so that people wouldn’t get confused.
Fact 7: the most common myth about Medusa (the one where she was assaulted by Poseidon and was turned into a Gorgon by Athena) is actually a Roman myth, not a Greek Myth.
Fact 8: the Phoenix did exist in Greek Mythology but instead of being red and orange like fire it was believed to be purple, because it was associated with Phoenicia which was famous for a purple dye that was produced from conch shells.
My friend and I are having a debate about how to pronounce her name so I want to know how others pronounce it as well :)
Clay loom weight decorated with an owl, Greek, 5th Century BCE
From the Acropolis Museum
Pheadrus Zi!
Our two main characters of our story!!
The Rabbit Warrior and his Protege, of course it wasn’t by choice 😅
A future webcomic.. made by me!
A tale about a young Orphan named Zi and a legend of the past named Pheadrus going on a journey to discover the secrets of the world! And proof Greek mythology isn’t such myth after all
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Eros! The god of love❤️💫
Thank you all so much for the likes on my Hera drawing!! It means so much to me💙
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WHAT THE HECK GIGI!! I JUST WATCHED YOUR LOVE IN PARADISE ANIMATIC AND ITS SO GOOD!!! Oml calypo is so cute 🥰
Cassandra, the Oracle of Troy
This is a very old drawing but I still love it so much.
afraid of losing you
i ran fluttering
like a little girl
after her mother
afraid of losing you, sappho
I think about his story at least once a week, my Greek mythology hyper fixation is worming itself back into my brain
Hermione of Sparta holding the vase of her husband!!! It took me all day to draw but I'm really happy with how it looks!!!