#meleager

[moplopbool]

Jason and the argonauts as requested!

I know Atalanta isn’t a part of the argonauts in most interpretations, but I needed an excuse to draw her…

[tylermileslockett]

Atalanta #6 "the Hunt for the Calydonian Boar"King Oineus of Calydon makes the egregious mistake of not sacrificing and offering the first fruits of the Season to Artemis (Homer). The wrathful goddess unleashes the giant Calydonian boar to trample the citizens and ravage the crops of the kingdom. The king sends out a summons and Atalanta, Theseus, Jason, Peleus and many other great heroes answer the call to fell the beast. It is Atalanta's arrow that draws first blood (Ovid) but the King's son, Meleager, who strikes the deathblow. Meleager, having fallen in love with Atalanta, offers her the Boar's hide as trophy. But this causes a rift with the royal uncle who deems a woman unworthy of such an award, and when the argument comes to blows, Meleager kills his two uncles, Prothous and Cometes, by the sword. Meleager's mother, and sister to his uncle, Queen Althaea, enraged by the murder, throws a wood log magically tied to Meleager's lifespan into the fire, killing him instantly.This most famous hunting episode in Greek mythology was said to have taken place a generation before the Trojan war. I find this aspect of the wooden log which was supernaturally linked to Meleager's lifespan to be quite fascinating. The playwright Euripides wrote a play based on the character called "Meleager" of which only fragments remain. The first mention of the Calydonian boar hunt occurs in Homer's ||iad with no reference to Atalanta's involvement. It's Ovid and Apollodorus who include Atalanta into the hunt.The motif of a king sending out heralds to plead for help from worthy heroes brings to mind the epic of Beowulf (6th century C.E.) who answers the plea of a kingdom suffering from the attacks of Grendel. No doubt this tale held special importance for ancient Greeks, emphasizing the dangers of neglecting the gods and goddesses, and the potential for brave individuals to overcome impossible oddsLike this art? It will be in my illustrated book with over 130 other full page illustrations coming in Aug/Sept to kickstarter. to get unseen free hi-hes art subscribe to my email newsletter

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[elianzis]

As the ashes fell like stars

let's hope that i'll finish it

[godsofhumanity]

Meleager: It’s too dangerous to go alone! Take this!

Atalanta:

Atalanta: You are just holding out your hand.

[pariskim]

atalanta and meleager 🏹

[sergeantsporks]

Hello! It me, person from comment under chapter 26 on AO3. Tumblr is a new thing for me and it took me quite a long time to understand how it works. 

Anyway, I’m sending you mentioned drawings.

I hope you like them.

Have a nice day!

[sarafangirlart]

Atalanta didn't deserved the punishment she got, all because Hippomenes negleted Aphrodite, the goddess that helped him in the race for Atalanta to marry him

Neither of them deserved that shit.

I like to think that Atalanta, Hippomenes and Meleager where a polycule while sailing with the Argonauts (I could’ve sworn I read somewhere that Hippomenes was part of the Argonauts but I can’t find the source rn Arrrggg), when they returned to Greece and Meleager was killed by his own mother it took such a toll on Atalanta bc she blamed herself for his death and separated from Hippomenes, hoping to protect him. So Hippomenes loses contact with Atalanta for several years only to find out that she has reunited with her shitty father (bc she wants to get her son by Meleager a comfortable life) who is trying to get her married. So Hippomenes goes to visit her, only to realize he’s not allowed and that the only way he’ll get to talk to her is if he joined the foot race, when he realized the predicament he was in he begged Aphrodite for help and she gave him the golden apples.

I like to think that while Atalanta is usually pretty chill she goes absolutely feral when it comes to food (like Sasha from AOT) bc she was raised by a bear. So anyway, Hippomenes wins and he finally gets to speak with Atalanta and reconcile. In my version they don’t get turned to lions and live happily ever after bc fuck that shit Atalanta deserves to be happy.

[whencyclopedia]

Atalanta

There are several versions of Atalanta's story in Greek mythology, and Jennifer Saint, known for writing mythology-based novels, chose to build her story around the most compelling elements that make for a very engaging story to a modern audience of general readers. In Saint's version, Atalanta is abandoned in the forest by her parents. She is then found and raised by Artemis, who teaches her survival and archery. When Jason's quest to steal the Golden Fleece from King Aeetes in Colchis is announced, Artemis asks Atalanta to join the quest as her champion.

Continue reading...

[anniflamma]

So I just listened to the podcast Live from Mount Olympus, and at first, I thought, 'Hey, this is for a younger audience, right?' So I could accept the removal of all the disturbing stuff that happens in Greek myth and sometimes the use of modern phrases. Then I listened to the Atalanta season, and WTF, Meleager's death was nightmarefule!

Alright, another audio piece added to my 'I have to turn this into an animatic' list.

[ardent-reflections]

"Night hid the sun. Your face consumes my dreams."

Meleager

[tylermileslockett]

Atalanta #6 "the Hunt for the Calydonian Boar"

King Oineus of Calydon makes the egregious mistake of not sacrificing and offering the first fruits of the Season to Artemis (Homer). The wrathful goddess unleashes the giant Calydonian boar to trample the citizens and ravage the crops of the kingdom. The king sends out a summons and Atalanta, Theseus, Jason, Peleus and many other great heroes answer the call to fell the beast. It is Atalanta's arrow that draws first blood (Ovid) but the King's son, Meleager, who strikes the deathblow. Meleager, having fallen in love with Atalanta, offers her the Boar's hide as trophy. But this causes a rift with the royal uncle who deems a woman unworthy of such an award, and when the argument comes to blows, Meleager kills his two uncles, Prothous and Cometes, by the sword. Meleager's mother, and sister to his uncle, Queen Althaea, enraged by the murder, throws a wood log magically tied to Meleager's lifespan into the fire, killing him instantly.

This most famous hunting episode in Greek mythology was said to have taken place a generation before the Trojan war. I find this aspect of the wooden log which was supernaturally linked to Meleager's lifespan to be quite fascinating. The playwright Euripides wrote a play based on the character called "Meleager" of which only fragments remain. The first mention of the Calydonian boar hunt occurs in Homer's ||iad with no reference to Atalanta's involvement. It's Ovid and Apollodorus who include Atalanta into the hunt.

The motif of a king sending out heralds to plead for help from worthy heroes brings to mind the epic of Beowulf (6th century C.E.) who answers the plea of a kingdom suffering from the attacks of Grendel. No doubt this tale held special importance for ancient Greeks, emphasizing the dangers of neglecting the gods and goddesses, and the potential for brave individuals to overcome impossible odds

Like this art? It will be in my illustrated book with over 130 other full page illustrations coming in Aug/Sept to kickstarter. to get unseen free hi-hes art subscribe to my email newsletter

Follow my backerkit kickstarter notification page.

Thank you for supporting independent artists! 🤘❤️🏛😁

[elianzis]

But his lover watched their suffering

And she couldn't bare the pain

[rgraves1]

Meleager Killing The Calydonian Boar by Peter Paul Rubens (17th century). Source: Collections-Get Archive website

The Calydonian Boar

Meleager grew up to be a bold and invulnerable fighter, and the best javelin thrower in Greece as he proved at Acastus’s funeral games. He might still be alive but for an indiscretion committed by Oeneus who, one summer, forgot to include Artemis in his yearly sacrifices to the twelve gods of Olympus. Artemis, when informed of this neglect by Helius, sent a huge boar to kill Oeneus’s cattle and labourers and to ravage his crops; but Oeneus despatched heralds, inviting all the bravest fighters of Greece to hunt the boar, and promising that whoever killed it should have its pelt and tusks. (The Calydonian Boar, The Greek Myths by Robert Graves pp 263-268).

Heroes came from all over Greece for this boar hunt, including Theseus, Castor and Polydeuces, Jason and Telamon. Also among the group was the fierce archer-huntress Atalanta, whose presence caused immediate disruption amongst the men on the hunt either because they did not think a woman should engage in hunting or because many of them secretly desired her. In fact even before the hunt had begun Atalanta had killed two satyrs who attempted to ravish her. When the boar was run to ground, it came out fighting, slaying several hounds, two hunters and chased young Nestor up a tree. In the competing chaos of the hunt, two heroes were killed by their fellows by accident whereas the overconfident and axe wielding Ancaeus found himself disembowelled by the enraged charging animal in mid-swing. Finally, Theseus and Meleager brought the beast to bay and Meleager killed the boar with his spear. Even then, blood still flowed. Meleager had fallen in love with Atalanta and when he attempted to present her with the pelt for drawing first blood, his two uncles objected so Meleager killed them both.

Graves explains the catastrophic loss of life on the boar hunt as due to its probable origin as an heroic saga of clan warfare in Bronze Age Greece, later softened into a disorganised hunt.

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Jacques Louis David - Death of Meleager.

[copper-dust]

We’re not even ready for the Argead dynasty murder memes.

[sergeantsporks]

Weird question, but would any of the Grims like surfing?

What about Caleb and Evelyn?

[This is assuming that the whole family is on a vacation in the human realm, not risking life and limb via having a beach day by the boiling sea. Lol.]

I think Joseph would enjoy it. Meleager would like it. Maybe Cyrus. Matt would prefer to stay on the shore, thank you, he CAN go out on the ocean without immediately having a panic attack, but it makes him uneasy and he doesn't like it. Caleb and Evelyn both fall off the board a lot, but they have fun anyway.