#greece (probably)

[alexandriad]

minoan mermaid fresco

[kurj]

doodle doodle (minoan mood)

[whatifwekilledgodandwebothgirls]

I really and trully want people to understand that socrates was a CUNT . You know that whole " i know one thing that i know nothing"? Yeah that was because he got a litteral prophecy saying hes the smartest man in the world by GOD HIMSELF . God himself said " youre so clever " and socrates imidiet responce was " no actually fuck you im stupid as shit " JUST SO HE CAN HAVE THE FINAL WORD with and i cannot stress this enough GOD HIMSELF . He wanted to talk back to god so he made this elaborate plan to find ways to call himself stupid . They were right i would have killed him over that too

[jules-ln]

When people say "the Greek gods should be ethnically Greek in Hades" they mean white.

Like they literally mean that they want all the Greek Gods to be white in the game

No, they don't mean culturally, if they wanted to talk about culture they wouldn't have brought up the word "ethnicity" and equal that to race (ethnicity doesn't mean just race, it can also mean a shared tradition or shared language, so yes, POC can be ethnically Greek if they had lived all their lifes there)

And it's so silly because like, oh, then Chaos isn't "greek" either because they're Grey and there aren't any actual Grey Greeks?

Also they're Gods! They can be anything they want, like sure, Zeus can be a swan and that's fine, but if he was a man with dark skin, that's too much?

They aren't criticizing the cultural hegemony the US has, they're just being racist and then masking their racism with "progressive" language

And then people here go and be like "Oh, poor little white people!! They have a right to demand a game without POC because it's their culture!!!"

Like what?

I'm sorry but you do remember that Greek mythology has been used, and is still being used as far right propaganda?

Like do you remember that the protagonists of the games are white and green eyed (on one eye) and the only POC are on secondary roles!?

(There can be a valid criticism about cultural hegemony in Hades, but this, isn't that)

[ophii]

hmm.

[ratsnu]

@hamevents2024 March Same Prompt Party

Prompt: Blossom

[dootznbootz]

I saw this and immediately thought of Dionysus. The girl on the left is Ariadne and the girl on the right is Apollo or Hermes minding their own gd business.

[fluentisonus]

if I ever got time portaled to dark age/archaic greece I would be so insufferable about aeneas in the iliad he'd show up & I'd be cheering & sobbing & the bard would be giving me dirty looks & unfortunately explaining why I'm so attached to mr random side character would probably cause temporal damage so I'd be stuck as the local ye olde red stringboard deranged about a minor character guy & if I'm lucky maybe get a job that let me paint him on pots

[profoundmakerdreamerss-blog]

Guys, I can't get out the Marauders + Lily + Snape road trip with baby Harry around the world to run from Voldemort AU (after reading that glorious what if this happened post by @overlord-of-fantasy; which is just a great idea I swear)— bc it's such A FUN concept like😭 and the bestest crackiest fix it ever — LIKE IMAGINE ALL OF THEM ON A ROAD TRIP. Together. And Harry? Baby Harry who gets his parents and his uncles and gets to see the world as he grows up? Chef's kiss.

[enlitment]

Okay while I absolutely adore the ending of Plato's Symposium with drunk Alcibiades confessing that he didn't manage to pull Socrates (despite putting his whole... mind into it), the description of the pretty flowers and ribbons, the insane gay love triangle that's hinted at between him, Socrates and Agathon --

-- my favourite part is actually the fact that Socrates admits having been taught everything he perceives to be true about Eros by Diotima. She's described as 'wise' and Socrates not only listens to her but also gives her full credit for making him understand the concept of desire -- he respects women!!

I know, I know, low bar, but it made me really happy. Further proving that Socrates & Plato are the superior philosophers, unlike a certain someone.

[alexandriad]

ancient greek ladies but this time make them mermaids

[gemsofgreece]

“Torment her spirit and her heart, Károsa, daughter of Theló, until she jumps to her feet and comes running to Apalós, son of Theonilla, now, now, full of desire and love…

Make her forget her husband and her child and run melting from her desire for love and sex, especially sex, with Apalós, son of Theonilla, now, now, quickly, quickly.”

- Love spell performed by super chill Greek man, ~ 50 BC *, Papyri Graecae Magicae

Fun fact: the man’s name Apalós (απαλός) means “soft to the touch”.

*There is apparently a typo in the date, because it says “from the 5th (5ο) century BC”. Papyri Graecae Magicae date from 100 BC to 400 CE, so the correct date must be 50 BC and not 5th century BC.

[disgustinggf]

What’s your perfect getaway vacation?

six feet under

[loraliewritesthings]

Reverse isekai Idea that Im obsessed with #1

Ancient Greece reverse isekai but it's Odysseus and his crew ( and maybe his family and/or athena, I'm not sure yet) in a urban fantasy setting. A member of the crew proceeds to immediately stab a siren thinking she would try to eat them (not knowing that sirens don't do that anymore) the rest of the show is the criminal lawsuit, with Odysseus insisting on playing lawyer(hubris) while his crew member digs himself deeper and deeper into the hole he's in with his comments.

[blondephil]

i respect them not telling us where they’re going on holiday but i also desperately want to know

[mossmanismoss]

Redesigned Callisto for the 8th time