#narcissus Ancient Greece

[fabledfoxglove]

TIL that the Ancient Greek flower Narcissus is a daffodil.

[hornyforpoetry]

Achilles and Patroclus // Apollo and Hyacinthus

Ganymede // Hylas

Narcissus // Orpheus

Artemis // Tiresias

LGBTQ+ Icons in Greek Mythology

- in the honour of Pride Month 2024

In order: ”Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus” by Gavin Hamilton // ”The Death of Hyacinthus” Nicolas-Rene Jollain // ”The Abduction of Ganymede” by Peter Paul Rubens // ”Hylas and the Nymphs” by John William Waterhouse // ”Narcissus” by Caravaggio // „Orpheus” by Paul Duqueylar // „Artemis” statue replica after Leochares // „Tiresias” by Johann Ulrich Kraus

[prettydeeryess]

the OG situationship

[skelecha1rs]

Narcissus, Caravaggio, 1597–1599

Oil on canvas 110cm × 92cm (43in × 36in)

[tragediambulante]

Narcissus, Benvenuto Cellini, 1548-1570

[itsnotsafetofallasleep]

My ancient Greek figurines!

Made from clay. Apollo and Athena are my old work so they're not so elegant haha. Narcissus and Hermaphrodite (with vase) are relatively new

I wish I could make realistic faces...

[icons-characters-and-gifs]

From: Dior Autumn-Winter 2020-2021 Fashion Film

[ghostsandmirrors]

"Hey Buckster... Fun fact! I mean, maybe not fun, but I kinda like knowing where shit comes from. The bad luck of breaking a mirror came from wwaaaayyy back in the day when mirrors were extremely expensive. We're talkin' like kings and queens and knights kinda shit. If you broke one, it was 'bad luck' because they were worth so much and hard to get. If you had one and someone broke it? Oh their ass was GRASS. Eventually it just grew into a myth about it being unlucky.

"Hey its not like I know a lotta things. So when I ACTUALLY knew a thing, thought I'd share it."

"I got bad news, kid; it's probably older than that."

"Lotta superstitions are, what? A few thousand years old and mostly 'cause of religion? S'probably older than glass front mirrors."

[intergalacticsodatab]

Finished my mythology art pieces! Was super excited to do these since JCLs over for the year lol.

[charmyesucks]

*staring down at my reflection in a stream like Narcissus*

"Why do sexy people (me) have to suffer so much?"

[ginsouscompany]

Reflections of Narcissus: Exploring the Beauty of Self-Admiration amidst Stunning Landscapes

[principiumindividuationis777]

This is whence, of course, the word "narcissism" is derived. As for Caravaggio, he is the greatest painter ever to live. Whoever is second (likely someone either Dutch or another Italian) is a distant second.

Caravaggio. (1599). Narcissus.

Portrait of Narcissus, the vain young man in love with himself who drowns, but is transformed into a flower.

[multi-bookworm]

Why does nobody in this universe want to learn Greek like me :( making me sad, and bored, so I've made a list of all THE BENEFITS TO LEARNING GREEK:

1. The writing is really sexy. For example, even saying "you are a fish with a large forehead" looks beautiful

είσαι ένα ψάρι με μεγάλο μέτωπο

(even insulting someone is now gorgeous)

2. You could read Homer's odyssey or iliad with much less confusion since it will make more sense in the original language. Also you seem smarter reading the iliad or odyssey.

3. You seem really cool, this honestly comes with learning any new language, but Greek is connected to English, making it easier to learn, often, despite its complexity.

3. Understanding English itself will be easier since a large amount of the english language stems from Greek, as well as Latin, but Latin writing isn't quite as sexy (my own personal opinion, this is probably just because it is so similar to English, which is boring to me)

4. It is still spoken, as opposed to learning Latin, a dead language, making it easier to learn since you are more likely to have a conversation in it with somebody else.

5. The alphabet is interesting, as all foreign languages are, but the use of certain letters, how there are two different s's, three different i's and two different o's.

6. Interesting etymological origins from words. Some words came from myths, such as the man Narcissus, and particularly my favourite is when something is καλλίπυγος (Callipygious) which originated from an association with Aphrodite calling her Aphrodite Kallipygos, as well as roman reference of callipygian Venus. Callipygian means "one with/of beautiful buttocks," which I find to be quite hilariously accurate in addition to the common reference to Aphrodite in this manner.

7. If none of this enticed anybody and you dont think youll even go to greece so why bother, here are many things in Greece worth seeing:

A) THE MUSEUM IN ATHENS: multiple museums in Athens houses more history than the British Museum (that's saying a lot) with 11,000 artefacts in just the Natural Archaeological Museum in Athens alone (the British Museum has only 2,000 artefacts). Unlike many societies, they docked down much of what they did very early on so we have so much unscripted and crazy history from the Greeks alone in writing, and even moreso in their abundance of beautiful, detailed art. Even if you hate the Greeks (every country has done some bad things) it's still worth checking out the museums there just for historical knowledge and context, it will teach you a lot, i promise you that.

B) THE COASTAL WATERS: just look at the Mediterranean water, does that NOT make you want to jump in??

C) there are cats everywhere, particularly in Crete.

D) there are thousands of sites related to greek myths such as: the cave and temple of the Oracle of Delphi, which actually existed, and are still sometimes praised to Apollo today; Mount Olympus, the largest mountain in greece and worth a climb; the site where the Spartan Society thrived (my favourite society of all time, whom you should seriously check out here if you do not know already, if you do know... you should check it out also bc Weird History in yt really explains it accurately and in such a cool way).

E) greek culture. An ancient custom is to be kind to travellers, which was a belief that the traveller could be a God in disguise, so one always must treat them like a king and invite them into their home. (Again, this was an ancient custom, I'm not sure how prominent it would still be but it is a nice thought and the general public say that Greeks, particularly rural, are the loveliest people you will meet, for they have the strongest connection to this culture.) If you see blue roofs in greece this was a cultural belief as well, thought that rhat particular shade of blue would ward off evil spirits and protect the home from disease and impurity. Greece's long history of celebrated gods which are now well known worldwide through the many tales told about them and worship in their names.

If you still aren't enticed, that's okay, I am not offended, I'm just passionate I hope I didn't hurt anybody's feelings, and pls tell me if i have offended anyone who is greek themselves, because I am not greek, just heavily in love with your culture, so pls do correct me. Have a lovely day everybody :>

[albonoooo]

george russell: narcissus

associated with new beginnings, uncertainty and unrequited love; in the west, a symbol of vanity and in the east, a symbol of good fortune

other common names are daffodil and jonquil

white narcissi are associated with death and often planted near tombs in ancient greece

in ovid's metamorphoses, the beautiful hunter narcissus falls in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. he rejects the cursed nymph echo and stays by the water, unable to look away from himself. after he eventually wastes away, the mourning echo's body fades and her bones turn into stone until all that is left is the sound of her voice. the young beauty narcissus is often claimed to be the origin of the flower's name.

f1 drivers x spring flowers

[sweetnnaivete]

Greek black family makes sm sense tho! Constellations??? Stars?? Even narcissa!narcissus?? (Pardon my spelling if incorrect) Greek! Greek! ANCIENT GREECE?? NOBLE AND MOST ANCIENT CUZ THEY TRAIL BACK CENTURIES BACK TO ANCIENT GREECE!! Also the black family just makes me think of hecate, medea, and circe so... greek black family (or atleast half greek)

yessss greek black family is so canon to me!!!!

[i-shatter-mirrors]

That was basically the gist of our life, it was sweet, but my existence in his life was sad.

So... figured I would try to get to know you better... *awkward silence* You don't seem as insufferable as your dad.

- @littlest-sunbeam-of-hermes

I don't repeat mistakes. He made many that I have learned from.