#Diana&Acteon

[enchanted-keys]

Fumi Kaneko and Roberto Bolle in the pas de deux “Diana and Acteon” (Danza con me 2023)

[less-ismore]

Antonio Tempesta, Actaeon killed by his own dogs (Actaeon a proprÿs canibus discerpitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', 1606.

The hunter who became the hunted too.

[hanssloane]

Detail from Eugene Delacroix’s painting Diana surprised by Acteon

1856-1863. Oil on canvas

See the painting at Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo

A young hunter named Actaeon, encounters chaste Artemis, known to the Romans as Diana, goddess of the hunt. The latter is enjoying a bath in a spring with help from her escort of nymphs when the mortal man unwittingly stumbles upon the scene.

The picture depicts the moment a nymph screams in surprise and attempts to cover Diana, who, in a fit of embarrassed fury, splashes water upon Actaeon.

In the story he is transformed into a deer with a dappled hide and long antlers, robbed of his ability to speak, and thereafter promptly flees in fear. It is not long, however, before his own hounds track him down and kill him, failing to recognize their master.

[stastrodome]

Acteon never intended to see Diana naked but still was torn to bits by his own hounds. Among the high gods, even accidents call for amusement: when deity’s outraged, mischance is no excuse. 

Ovid Tristia II.504-07

[barbararosillo]

La venganza de Diana

          “La mitología griega está plagada de venganzas, más o menos merecidas, aunque en la mayoría de los casos terriblemente crueles. Los dioses imponían castigos por conductas que consideraban impropias, a veces, para toda la eternidad. Hoy nos vamos a hacer eco de la historia de Diana y Acteón. La diosa virgen, hija de Zeus y hermana gemela de Apolo, vivía en los bosques y se dedicaba a la…

[elcomunero]

La venganza de Diana

          “La mitología griega está plagada de venganzas, más o menos merecidas, aunque en la mayoría de los casos terriblemente crueles. Los dioses imponían castigos por conductas que consideraban impropias, a veces, para toda la eternidad. Hoy nos vamos a hacer eco de la historia de Diana y Acteón. La diosa virgen, hija de Zeus y hermana gemela de Apolo, vivía en los bosques y se dedicaba a la…

[artemis-potnia-theron]

YES

It's about unwanted attention and violation and CONSENT

It's such a powerful, potent metaphor and reducing it to Men Bad is missing the point completely. Not to mention heinously oversimplified.

I don't think Artemis was mad about a man watching her when she was naked.

I think she was mad about the fact that she was being observed while naked without her consent.

[pheonix-from-the-trashes]

*to the tune of andrew in drag*

his hounds have torn him all apart, they thought he was a stag

diana put her curse on thee, acteon in drag

[lunarphoria]

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This is just gonna be a little introduction since i started to be a little more active on here and i want to try to keep my account as clear & organized as possible!

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- 🌙 my name is Phoebe ^^

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- 🌙 i'm an aroace sapphic

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[enchanted-keys]

Riho Sakamoto and Victor Caixeta performing Diana and Acteon pas de deux (Ibstage stars gala 2024)

- photos by @albertorodrigalvarezsr

[artemis-potnia-theron]

Orphic Hymn 36 to Artemis 🌙🏹🦌

Diane Chasseresse by Jean Souverbie

"To Artemis, Fumigation from Manna. Hear me, Zeus' daughter, celebrated queen, Bromia and Titanis, of a noble mien: in darts rejoicing, and on all to shine, torch-bearing Goddess, Diktynna divine.

Diana's Bath by Louis Devedeux

Over births presiding, and thyself a maid, to labour pangs imparting ready aid: dissolver of the zone, and wrinkled care, fierce huntress, glorying in the sylvan war: swift in the course, in dreadful arrows skilled, wandering by night, rejoicing in the field: of manly form, erect, of bounteous mind, illustrious Daimon, nurse of humankind:

The Hunt (previously known as Diana and Her Nymphs) by Robert Burns

immortal, earthly, bane of monsters fell, 'tis thine, blest maid, on woody mounts to dwell: foe of the stag, whom woods and dogs delight, in endless youth you flourish fair and bright. O universal queen, august, divine, a various form, Kydonian power, is thine.

Diana and Acteon by Joanna Chrobak

Dread guardian Goddess, with benignant mind, auspicious come, to mystic rites inclined; give earth a store of beauteous fruits to bear, send gentle peace, and health with lovely hair, and to the mountains drive disease and care."

[hhmhdv]

● OC x Idia Shroud – first meet.

POV oc-CÓRA●

«– That day... It was PE classes, right? I don't remember properly... I don't remember dates or another unless things, only your golden eyes full of ichor. You ignored everything and everyone. You were in a cranky mood. Your flames glowed silent, they seemed unexpectedly cold...

Yeah, it wasn't a great idea to sneak out of my new "pretty" work and go round and round the college, but the library turned out to be a terribly boring place. So, I couldn't stay there any longer – wanna run away. I decided: if they had fired me, I would be fine with that.

Yet it was a lucky day: I wasn't fired. And I found you around the ash trees.

Don't know why, but... when I saw you, I suddenly felt like poor enchanted Acteon, who've seen Diana's naked immortal body. To see the goddes... Yes, it was something like that.

But you – you the azure flamed boy – wasn't a lunar child, right? You were not Diana's blood. You was – and you are – someone deeper.

Exuse my brave insolence, but since that day I decided that you would become mon petit dieu de la mort~»

• art – by MAries, art – bought by me.

[ballet-symphonie]

Which are the 10 most technically and physically demanding variations in the classical ballet repertoire?

A fun question! There's certainly not a definitive list, although there are certain variations that are easier than others. The 10 below are difficult, to put it mildly...

Grand Pas Classique

2. Sugar Plum/Princess Masha from the Nutcracker (Grigorovich/Bolshoi version)

3. Odette from Swan Lake

4. Odile from Swan Lake

5. Paquita "Etoile"

6. Sylvia Act III

7. Aurora Act I from the Sleeping Beauty

8. Paquita "Tribli"

9. Medora Act II from Le Corsaire

10. Diana Variation from Diana and Acteon

Honorable Mentions to Raymonda Act III, Aurora Act II and III and Swanilda Act III

[oz-posts]

Hera nickname possibilities part 2

Still focusing on Aimsey sorry, I have decided to delay the Guqqie one until we know what the hell is going on with A! Guqqie.

So... Some stuff happened, and it caused me to rethink several of the names and the importance of some themes, so here are a few I think things have changed for.

Required traits

Knowledge(curiosity as a fatal flaw preferably)- this is difficult, because it's actually surprisingly rare in myths, and often in different contexts as to what we're after.

Violence- this is self explanatory and fortunately very common in myths (in fact in even gcse level Greek and Latin there are at least 7 words for kill/die)

Space association- preferably with the moon, but that's a bit specific, and as most nicknames for Aimsey variants are masculine a bit difficult with Artemis/Diana's whole mainly female hunter group

Asterion

I still quite like this one, though for different reasons.

As I mentioned last time, Asterion is the Minotaur's birth name giving him an obvious link to violence, and as the stepson of king Minos he would have been a prince. There is also perhaps a knowledge connection with the labyrinth, although that one is perhaps a bit of a stretch. Also as the most popular translation of Asterion is literally " little star we have a convenient space connection as well.

Similarly, many people ( even in ancient Greece) felt that the Minotaur may have started off innocent but was warped by his father's rage and his imprisonment in the labyrinth. Which could perhaps mirror how little control A! Aimsey seems to have even in their own curiosity, which instead of reclaiming their own past and fate appears to be amounting to little more than a desperate grab for understanding and control.

Penthius

I hate Penthius.

He is such a a fucking perverted tyrannical foolish asshole and he deserved every bit of what he got " slave to my slaves" (δουλεύοντα δουλείαις ἐμαῖς) Penthius dear those are your people, as king caring for them is your duty you little shit.

But anyways

Firstly, as the main - mortal- character in the bachea he is part of a literal tragedy and we all know these idiots are doomed in every universe so unless they feel like being nice to us for once that's perfect.

If you don't know the story of the bachea I shall leave a summary of the plot at the bottom.

Despite Penthius's overall shittyness the themes fit perfectly. Firstly, as the cousin of Acteon he has a lovely little link with the moon - a very negative one, Artemis killed him, but so what- and with his constant war-mongering with violence as well. He is also royalty, and if you reinterpret his all around pervyness as curiosity that fits too.

He sought knowledge, and it killed him

Narcissus

This is a bit of a stretch here and I know it, but doesn't it just seem like the perfect, very derisive nickname for an alternate universe version of your ex who stabbed you?

Firstly, oh my God the knowledge association, Narcissus was cursed to die when he truly " knew himself" (A! Aimsey's urge to find out what happened to them?) and let's be honest that's probably the best case scenario for our lovely prince. He was literally killed by knowing too much, in this case about himself. Also, as much as we go on and on about the whole " narcissus rejected echo and she died because of his selfishness boo hoo!" Their deaths were very similar, if anything being simply an extension of the cycle of suffering cause by Zeus fucking around and someone else finding out. Oooh cycles... Could be parallel with A!Aimsey following in Tud's footsteps perhaps.

Again a bit of a stretch but I still kinda like it.

Bachea summary

First Dionysus arrives in Thebes and asks everybody to accept and worship him. Nearly everybody is fine with this but the king- Penthius- objects and refuses to believe in his godly power. In response, Dionysus mind controls all of the women of Thebes and they run off to the mountains and literally just sit there, not being a problem or anything.

Dionysus comes to talk to Penthius who tries repeatedly to threaten and insult the completely calm Dionysus. And reveals his preoccupation with sex and completely unfounded belief that the women are having a giant orgy on the mountain.

Penthius decides to attack the women but Dionysus "convinces" him otherwise ( oh look it's our good friend mind control again ) using his desire to be a voyeur to the non-existent mountain orgy. Dionysus then dresses Penthius for slaughter and parades him to the mountain where he is torn apart by his family.

Yay! I love happy endings.

[michael-svetbird]

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[namesarelikeshinythings]

Hunting related names :

(I don't support hunting or harming animals in any way)

Tw : mentions hunting, harm done to people/animals

Acteon (masc, hunter in ancient greek, the name of a hunter that was turned into a stag by Artemis and eaten by his hounds)

Archer (neutral, bowman in latin)

Arrow (gender neutral, english word)

Artemis (fem leaning, greek godess of hunting, the woods and the moon)

Buck (masc, male deer in english)

Caine (masc leaning, hebrew for spear hunter)

Chase (neutral, hunting in french)

Connor (masc, hunter or master of hounds in irish)

Diana (fem, roman version of Artemis)

Harley (fem leaning, hare's wood in english)

Hawk/Falcon (masc leaning, a bird of prey in english)

Hunter (masc leaning, english word)

Hyde (masc, hide of land in old english)

Pan (masc, greek god of nature and hunting, it's also the french version of "bang")

Robin (neutral, old germanic for famed, bright, like Robin Hood)

Talon (masc, french for large claw of a bird of prey)

Wolfgang (masc, old german wolf+path)