#interesting read anyway

[theoihalioistuff]

"[In Megara] there is a temple of Aphrodite, with an ivory image of Aphrodite surnamed Praxis [Πρᾶξις, Action; i.e. Intercourse]. This is the oldest object in the temple. There is also Peitho (Πειθὼ, Persuasion) and another goddess, whom they name Paregoros (Παρήγορος, Consoler), works of Praxiteles." – Paus. 1.43.6

This passage is so heartwarming in my opinion, imagining Consolation as one of Aphrodite's attendants.

— Sitting Venus with attendant (Peitho?) and Cupids - Punishment of Eros - Pompeii (VII 2 23) - Napoli MAN 9257

Also regarding Peitho, I recently found out she's fitted into early argive genealogy, either as the wife of Phoroneus (schol. Eurpides Or. 932 and 1248) or Argos (see below, schol. Eurpides Ph. 1116 quoting Pherekydes fr. 22):

"Argos, the son of Zeus, married Peitho, the daughter of Okeanos. From them came Krios, from whom Ereuthalion descended, and from whom the city of Ereuthalion in Argos is named, and Forbas. From him came Arestor, and from him came Argos, to whom Hera placed an eye on the back of his head and took away sleep, appointing him as the guardian of Io."

According to Persuasion in Greek Tragedy: A Study of Peitho by Richard Buxton, this, in addition to the sanctuary of Artemis Peitho in Argos (set up by Hypermestra in thanks for her acquittal, after she was tried by her father for not killing her husband like her sister Danaids), might offer tantalising tidbits about a relationship between the goddess and the city (perhaps akin to that of Harmonia and Thebes, as personifications who both belonged to Aphrodite's erotic retinue, and genealogical figures who were also concerned with the public sphere). Maybe a stretch but who knows!

— Fragment of a terracotta skyphos, attributed to a follower of Douris, Attic (MET, 07.286.51) - Peitho, Aphrodite and Eros

[unsung-idiot]

don't show him modern technology; it won't end well

bonus under the cut:

[mangozic]

archivist be upon ye

[ale-arro]

been going a little bit insane about this sentence from Ace by Angela Chen for the past week

[majunju]

"girlfriend" (more ab rielle here)

[welcometogrouchland]

[ID in ALT] I've made posts before about Talia/Dick co-parenting Damian moments (will never happen but let me dream) and this came to me in a vision. Took me ages to finish for some reason 😭 and then even longer to post

[polite--cat]

heart-wrenching & beautiful excerpts from the article on esteban ocon

[obsob]

despite, despite, despite!!

[newttxt]

he’s here!!

from ch 7 of utilities included

masterpost

[tatretot]

hellooo danandphilgames buddies!! happy belated 10 year (more like 5 but shhh) anniversary :-)

[doctorsiren]

things didn’t work out with the Mothman

I don’t think the siren mentioned in Lost Legends that Ford had dated ever had a name, so I’ve decided to call her Penelope because silly Epic reference

I found those deleted storyboards from A Tale of Two Stans where it showed the siren and so I’ve decided to draw her my way based on those boards and do some sillies (5th drawing features my friend @pinkhibiscustea ‘s mermaid OC)

[katabay]

WOW this has been ROUGH in the Life Events category of things, but. slowly crawling out of that. hopefully

this was the opening scene for a something I started writing after watching the Manben inverview with Nishi Keiko and thinking back to all the classic shoujo manga I stayed up reading back in the day, like damn that's so true Urasawa Naoki

it's partially a love letter to all the greats of the genre that I read, and also to the late night teleseryses that captivated me over the years lmao. it'd be nice to find the time to tackle it properly as a comic, but I'm having fun working on it recreationally :)

✨but since it's recreational, some character info✨

the first character seen is lawrence 'law' valenciano (late 30s), the one with the glasses is cris volante (mid-later 20s). law works at a karinderya, cris is an extremely broke university student.

⭐ places I’m at! bsky / pixiv / pillowfort /cohost / cara.app / insta / tip jar!

[kristybluebird]

My answer to the "who pulled Kanae's sword?" question.

[extantodyssey]

tell me how to feel about you now

oh, let me know, do i suffocate or let go?

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my first time ever making a comic like this! very far from perfect but i’m satisfied

this came about as part of me thinking a lot (too much) about the psychic 7 and their relationships with one another and what those look like/how they develop after the events of the second game

[chiropteracupola]

c. 1540 CE: a young man from Chalco, and his dragon.

[itmightrain]

the worst part of dracula daily is that now that ive actually read dracula im annoyed at 90% of all dracula adaptations for doing the book so dirty. I got so excited bc my town was going to have a dracula ballet and i couldnt wait to see how they did the cowboy but then i read the reviews and it was a made up dracula story about dracula falling in love :/