#Atalanta

[nerdasaurus1200]

An incorrect quote based on an ETM au that me and a friend have

Hermes: From now on we’ll be using codenames, darlings. You can address me as Eagle 1.

Hermes: Circe, codename- Been There Done That.

Circe:

Hermes: Aeolus is Currently Doing That

Aeolus: *high fives Hermes*

Hermes: Eurylochus is It Happened Once In a Dream

Eurylochus: What???

Hermes: Atalanta, codename, Precious Baby Can Do No Wrong.

Atalanta: I’m an adult, Hermes.

Hermes: Polites, codename- I’d be Lying If I Said I Hadn’t Thought about it.

Polites: Awww!

Hermes: Penth is If I Had to Pick an Amazon.

Penthesilea: *winks*

Hermes: Odysseus is…Eagle 2.

Odysseus: Oh thank gods.

[thecollectibles]

Atalanta by Tyler Miles Lockett

[yourlokalescholar]

Oh my god wait. What if the blessings of the gods manifested physically? Like if a god takes an interest in you, EVERYONE is going to see it, for better or worse. And if you lose their favour? Everyone can see that, too

Jason with a peacock tail and feather-crest, both of which go faded and limp when he turns on Medea, so that they drag on the floor and get in the way

Pollux with eagle wings instead of arms, so Castor acts as his hands and that’s why they’re inseparable. When Castor dies and Pollux splits his immortality with him, they each get one arm and one wing, so one can’t fly without the other

Odysseus with a forked tongue and fangs—a subtle feature that he can hide when he needs to. When Athena feels like being helpful (like when she disguises him as a beggar) she’ll cast an illusion over it, but Penelope immediately recognises him by his lisp

When Athena gives Diomedes the blessing of seeing through the gods’ disguises, he also gets owl eyes and the ability to turn his head 180 degrees. This helps when Odysseus tries to stab him in the back on the Palladium heist

HERACLES WITH BULL HORNS. I have nothing to add I just think that sounds sick as hell

Helen grows beautiful golden feathers instead of hair. Nothing useful, just an obvious sign of her heritage that adds to her appeal to the suitors: whoever wins her hand gets to walk around with a physical symbol of Zeus’s favour

Atalanta with antlers that snap when she gets married, leaving jagged shards behind that won’t go blunt and can’t be sharpened down. She can have her husband, but he can’t touch her head without risking badly cutting himself. This can either be one final blessing or a curse depending on how consensual you interpret the marriage

Hector has pristine white raven wings, making him even more terrifying to the Achaeans, flying into battle like divine intervention, and a symbol of hope for the Trojans. Achilles plucks the feathers off his corpse, but they won’t stop growing back. Still, Achilles has a cloak made from them and wears it into battle, turning Troy’s symbol against them

Paris gets dove wings, but he tells everyone they’re too small to fly with because he’s a coward and doesn’t want to have the same responsibilities as Hector. Then he flies away from the duel with Menelaus in front of the entire army, and that’s when Troy finally loses what’s left of their respect for him

[cestacruz]

the argonauts og post:

[gae-bolg-alternative-dot-exe]

by 黑糖夜夜 (mushiro_(nijie728995))

[medusaspeach]

Classicstober Day 17: Atalanta 🐗

Hanging out with Artemis.

[vesperosy]

illustration of atalanta and the calydonian boar i did for the dames anthology

ko-fi

[thereinart]

This is the heartwarming story of Atalanta being adopted by two lesbian disaster godesses

[roabe]

atalante

[callisteios]

would you like to find out which tragic greek lady you are most like?

[flaroh]

Classicstober day 17: Atalanta🏹

[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…

[dummy-dot-exe]

evil cat by Boa@ardent_knight

[animepopheart]

★ 【Issei】 「 Healing 」 ☆ ✔ republished w/permission ⊳ ⊳ follow me! insta • x • bsky

[cestacruz]

K now to post all requests cuz the other two where made in dms thank u

[tylermileslockett]

Atalanta #1 "The Mother Goddess and the she-bear"

In the kingdom of Arkadia, the King Lasion, preferring a boy, orders his newborn daughter to be taken into the forest and left to die from exposure. The attendant takes the baby into the hills of Mount Parthenium, leaving the child near a cave spring, sending up a prayer for the child. The wild hunter goddess, Artemis, ever the protector of children, sends her sacred she-bear, who, having recently lost her own cub, comes upon the child, offering the nourishment of her milk.

Although the Atalanta myth has its roots in Arkadia (south west Greece) and Boetia, with the themes of motherhood and protection, I have also included the more exotic statue of the Mother goddess of the “Artemis of Ephesus” (west coast of Turkey.) I have had the pleasure to see this statue in person, and it is truly breathtaking. The statue, representing a goddess who protects fertility, has spherical objects placed around her lower torso, once thought to be breasts, but now believed to be bull’s testicles or gourds, which were symbolic for fertility in ancient times in Asia.

Unwanted children being taken into nature to die from exposure is a reoccurring theme in Greek myths. The Trojan Prince Paris was abandoned to die in the wilderness, and was also suckled by a she-bear. Oedipus mother Jocasta, agreed to have the child pinned down with a stake through the ankles, and left to die upon the mountainside, but the attendant couldn’t go through with it, giving the child to a poor shepherd. Even Heracles mother, Alcmene left the child in a field, fearing Hera’s wrath.

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