#Classical deities

[ivettaflowerblooom]

Eros and Psyche by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1889.

[hades-bat]

Apollo served by the Nymphs, by Girardon and Regnaudin, 1666, Versailles 🌞

[dopechaossea]

The Triumph of Amphitrite by Hugues Taraval, 1780.

[thewhisperofzagreus]

The Triumph of Bacchus, 1875 - oil on canvas.

— Gustave Moreau (France, 1826–1898)

[apollomes-supremacy]

Getting used to drawing on my new iPad and decided Apollo would be my first victim

[thedivinecove]

Temple of Helios/Apollon on the Rhodos Acropolis

The purpose of these stairs is to show the devotee the beautiful sunrise all over again. As you can see, you cannot see the temple until the very top. There used to be a statue of Helios at the top. This is one of my favorite temples ever.

[dennitsastar]

Autumn angel — oil on canvas

— Viktor Nizovtsev (Russia-America, 1965)

[amicus-noctis]

[hornyforpoetry]

... Sing on! sing on! and Bacchus will be here Astride upon his gorgeous Indian throne, And over whimpering tigers shake the spear ...

... With yellow ivy crowned and gummy cone, While at his side the wanton Bassarid Will throw the lion by the mane and catch the mountain kid! ...

”Bacchus” // Michelangelo // Bargello Museum // Florence, Italy ”The Burden of Itys” // Oscar Wilde

[ivettaflowerblooom]

Ares and Aphrodite, an allegory of peace by Angélique Mongez, 1841

[academic-vampire]

This is literally how I act when I’m in love. Help

Art: “Adoration,” by Stephen Abel Sinding

[h0bg0blin-meat]

Hermes: Ah, Hello again. We really need to stop meeting like this.

Dionysus: Maybe we would, if you would sTOP BREAKING INTO MY FUCKING HOUSE!!!

[my-name-is-apollo]

Speaking of coins, I think it's neat that we have a trinity of Apollos with uncommon characteristics:

Apollo Karneios with ram horns and ram ears, Apollo Soranus with a star diadem and a pick-axe and Apollo Vejovis with winged head, a trident and a dagger. (The last two are the results of his syncretism with Roman deities)

What's more fun about the coins of Apollo-Vejovis is that some of them put a thunderbolt under his bust or straight up show him holding it:

And I can't help but think of this being equivalent to a girl wearing her mom's makeup for the photo day

[illustratus]

Jupiter Verospi in the Pio-Clementino Museum, Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Rome.

[dopechaossea]

Le Triomphe de Neptune et d'Amphitrite du peintre viennois Christian Griepenkerl, 1874

[hades-bat]

no thoughts head empty, only him ❣️💖🪽(from today and yesterday's museum trips)

this post is a special gift for @travelingthief :3