#okeanos

[theoihalioistuff]

Favorite obscure myth?

Don't really have a favourite. But I was recently thinking about Rhea wrestling against Eurynome, and that almost entirely lost myth sounds dope as hell:

"Pherecydes, again, who is much older than Heraclitus, relates a myth of one army drawn up in hostile array against another, and names Kronos as the leader of the one, and Ophioneos of the other, and recounts their challenges and struggles, and mentions that agreements were entered into between them, to the end that whichever party should fall into the ocean should be held as vanquished, while those who had expelled and conquered them should have possession of heaven". (Origen. Contra Celsusm 6.42 = DK 7B4 = Pherecydes fr. 4 Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers)

"And he sang how first of all Ophion and Eurynome, daughter of Okeanos, held the sway of snowy Olympus, and how through strength of arm one yielded his prerogative to Kronos and the other to Rhea, and how they fell into the waves of Ocean; but the other two meanwhile ruled over the blessed Titan gods, while Zeus, still a child and with the thoughts of a child, dwelt in the Dictaean cave; and the earthborn Cyclopes had not yet armed him with the bolt, with thunder and lightning; for these things give renown to Zeus." (Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1. 503)

"As he [Helios] shines on the Ophionides [descendants of Ophion] . . . ((lacuna)) the older gods [Titanes?]." (Callimachus. Aetia fr. 177)

"And thou, O brother, most beloved of my heart, stay of our halls and of our whole fatherland, not in vain shalt thou redden the altar pedestal with blood of bulls, giving full many a sacrificial offering to him who is lord of Ophion’s throne [Zeus]. But he shall bring thee to the plain of his nativity [Crete], that land celebrated above others by the Greeks, where his mother [Rhea], skilled in wrestling, having cast into Tartarus the former queen [Eurynome], delivered her of him in travail of secret birth, escaping the child-devouring unholy feast of her spouse; and he fattened not his belly with food, but swallowed instead a stone, wrapped in limb-fitting swaddling-clothes: savage Centaur [Kronos; reference to his union with Philyra], tomb of his own offspring." (Lycophron Alexandra 1191) he's worse than Nonnos

"For before Kronos and Rhea, Ophion and Eurynome, daughter of Okeanos, ruled over the titans. But Kronos overcame Ophion and Rhea overcame Eurynome, casting them into Tartaros. They ruled of the gods until they themselves were cast into Tartaros by Zeus when he took power." (Tzetzes on Lycophron 1191)

The most convincing theory I've read, in my opinion, is that Ophion and Eurynome are parallels of Okeanos (Ogenos for Pherekydes) and Tethys. Okeanos and Tethys are sometimes fitted into genealogies preceeding Kronos and Rhea as parents of the titans (Plato Tim. 40e), similarly to how Ophion and Eurynome are fitted into the succession myth. They are always banished to the river Ocean (save in Lykophron), to which Eurynome is always connected, being classified as an Okeanid by both Hesiod and Homer, who also makes her dwell there (Hom. Il. 18.394-405). Her watery association is also present in her sanctuary in Arcadia, where her xoanon had the form of a mermaid (Paus. 8.41.4-6). Nonnos still pictures Ophion inhabiting the ocean (Dio. 8.150-160), and the world-encircling river being imagined as a world-encircling serpent isn't too far-fetched, considering the orphic propensity for world-encircling serpents, and Okeanos' appearance in vase art. Perhaps a myth existed where Kronos and Rhea battled Okeanos and Tethys for the throne, but who knows. In any case all of this is just conjecture (fun conjecture though).

[koishiarts]

mythology stuff im prolly doin nothin with. here's some titans

[toadinthechest]

WARNING! LONG POST WITH LOTS OF DRAWINGS!

First thing first! Some context:

Last year I've been introduced to Epic the musical which reignited my childhood obsession with greek mythology. Since then a lot of my themed drawings have been piled up. I don't think I will draw anything related anytime soon due to some "in real life stuff". So I decided to post most of them here dividing in two.

And this is the first post, which mostly contains drawings with Iris!

Why Iris? Let's just say I have never heard of her before, but after reading the Illiad I LOVED the idea of two Olympic messengers who counterpart each other.

As you can see in this take on their designs I wanted to give Hermes rather dusty and faded color scheme, while Iris is the burst of colors! However *headcanon!* their character is completely opposite to their appearance. So while Hermes is very lively, energetic, outgoing and chaotic, Iris on the other hand is collected and composed, calm, kinda a withdraw person (brooding even over something *cough* Titanomachy *cough*).

Speaking of the Illiad, while reading I've noticed that Homer used an interesting adjective to describe a brunete person: violet haired. So here's random portrait of young Zeus:

But let's get back to Iris. Her origins are also very interesting. I wouldn't ever guessed that she's rather sea goddess than anything! You see, her parents are Thaumas (sea god who personified the wonders of the sea) and Elektra (cloud-nymph of the amber-trim), and grand parents accordingly: Pontos, Okeanos and Tethys.

Btw I already talked how different scanners affect your drawing. It took me several days to convert next two pieces into digital format... Because I literally needed the SUN to do that. Why? Because the first scanner "ate" the colors from drawings and i couldn't restore them. And the second one made them incorrigibly dark. So I waited days for sunny weather and make a photo with phone. I have no idea what am I going to do in winter. But I hope I will come up with something!

I'd like to tell more about these two drawings. On the first one I pictured several celestial gods: Hemera, Helios, Selene and Eos. Looking at them now I realize I actually want to change Selene's design (it's just waaay too simple) and maybe I'd like to make Eos a little bit chubby or curvy. By now you must have already realize that Helios's design is basically humanization of sun in sunglasses (I know it doesn't really fit his character in myths, I just thought it would be more funny and interesting). As for Hemera... I will explain hers and few other gods designs in second post.

The second picture is... Well... Iris and her twin sister Arke the traitor. Look now... I know that there is only one literary source where this character is mentioned, which dates back to the 1st-2nd century AD. So I'm not entirely sure that it can be considered part of ancient Greek mythology. Basically, I just like the idea of ​​such character and how her existing would affect other characters.

Anyway. Iris is also a sister to harpies! (I will show their designs in next post) So I was thinking what Iris would look like if she herself were one?

Congratulations! You made it till the end of the post! Here's some scribbles of Olympic messengers:

[kafkasgirlhood]

hi guys !! i'm trying something out

so !!! i decided as a fun little activity i would allow people to flood my ask box about specific deities i have interacted with and i can provide a little post about my own experiences with those deities !

just head over to my ask box and plop any deity name that's in my intro under the cut ^_^

psst , this is also an opportunity to ask questions about any specific deities if you want !

[that-guy-in-the-chiton]

Random thought: Okeanos and Tethys as Bogan parents.

[lostpeace]

Thetis, Leucothea, and Palaemon.

Leucothea and Palaemon were originally the humans Ino and Melicertes, whose family fostered Dionysus as a child, until they were doomed by Hera's curses.

[abwatt]

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[melusineisthebestest]

The next installment of my FGO Nuzlocke! What hell awaits me now!?

[fgo-main-chapter-tournament]

Round 1, Match 10: Traum vs Okeanos

[liveblogfgo]

Euryale and Asterios can have all of my money for all I care

[lookslikethatsallthetimewehave]

What are your Poptropica ocs?

I had to look through my stories just to remind myself XD

Fauna: Half nymph, half satyr from Mythology Island. Her personality is actually similar to Rumpelstiltskin, now that I'm thinking about it!

Willie the Steamboat: A talking cartoon steamboat from Rubber Hose Island. (At the end of The Parent Trapped he gains the ability to turn into a submarine and back)

Merboy: No, that's not his actual name XD The humans just call him that (the way Bambi called the skunk Flower). He comes from the Merpeople world. He likes to turn humans into Merpeople.

Kronos: The evil little baby pulling all (well, most) of the strings. Is the embodiment of Time and the Nexus.

Terra Strail: Terra Strail is actually this lady. I just gave her a name. I also made her take the identity as the Crystal Crusader.

Crystal: An Ice Giant that Terra Strail befriended on Ice Giant Island. 

Okeanos: Kronos' older brother, and one of the few Titans who didn't participate in the Titanomachy. Back in the day he tried to keep the islands separated, since it would help prevent Kronos from finding a way to escape.

Dark Astro-Knight: An Astro-Knight from a different timestream whose island was sent to the Void. They are actually this costume, I just added a character and convoluted backstory to it XD

Myson, Olivia, and Jordan: Gender-bend Terrible Trio basically :)

Rhea: Kronos' honey. She saved Zeus from being eaten by him! She is trapped in Tartarus with the other Titans, but can appear to humans in a spirit form: a lioness.

[kafkasgirlhood]

coming to the realisation that i thought i was building bonds with and communicating with zeus and poseidon but in reality it was ouranos and okeanos is such whiplash and makes a surprising amount of sense. and the fact that i only found this out because i just communicated with ouranos for what i thought was the first time...

[that-guy-in-the-chiton]

Often in the course of the boy's training Okeanos would have a pretty game, lifting Phaethon on his midbelly and letting him drop down; he would throw the boy high in the air, rolling over and over moving in a high path as quick as the wandering wind, and catch him again on his arm; then he would shoot him up again, and the boy would avoid the ready hand of Okeanos, and turn a somersault round and round till he splashed into the dark waters, prophet of his own death. 

Nonnus, Dionysiaca 38. 108 ff 

[dessertgeek]

OKAY! Geeking out time!

So for those of you who are all 'what is this?' the E/V Nautilus is one of several ROV mission ships doing underwater research around the world that also has livestreams during active missions. (There's also the Okeanos Explorer, which is run by NOAA, and a few other smaller boats, but the big two you'll see on YouTube are Okeanos and Nautilus.)

And they're livestreamed nearly all day during their mission seasons with scientist commentators, both on the boat and a team of scientists who'll call in to do specialized identifications.

And they're all geeks, the lot of them, and the livestreams are basically all Like That. It's fantastic.

I love them both, but the Nautilus team often does collaborations with Hawaiian cultural experts, and I think they're worth a check out just for that. They're both inactive as I write this, and will post their missions probably in May/June? I'd definitely check them out if you can and love learning about the ocean!

Content warnings though (just in case) for both deep ocean everything and dead animals. The staff will 100% get those cameras up close and uncomfy with dead animals, especially whale falls, but that's relatively rare.

Nautilus expedition live streams (+ their commentary) 2020 / 2021 / 2022