#read mythologies and all that

[kenchann]

meli finds out something

[gotstabbedbyapen]

It's always "Hades isn't bad or cruel, his deeds are just metaphors of the inevitable death" or "Hades kidnapping Persephone represent the premature death".

But when the argument "Zeus has numerous affairs and many children because he represent the fertile rain" is brought up, all nuance is suddenly out of the window and Zeus is just a womanizer who can't keep it in his pants.

[red-moon-at-night]

okay the whole vase is great but something about Helen sitting on Aphrodite's lap as she wraps one arm around her shoulder and brushes her leg with her hand, staring into her eyes like that... as she is persuading Helen to go with Paris (while Peitho aka persuasion stands behind them) is so incredibly iconic.

and gay. toxic yuri, if you will.

[doctorsiren]

Some recent epic / odyssey doodles

[seasicksilver]

reading the Iliad is an experience

[mushyooms]

athena's favourites (they are war criminals in several countries)

[timetravelingtoamess]

Im reading the iliad for this first time and im going to die priam is out here like "who is that short, hairy man" and helens like "thats odysseus" and hes just like "damn thats right he was at my house"

[notacluedo]

odyssey ladies

[restlesskeychains]

Lmao a scene from the iliad (either book 7 or 8? I’m not sure 😭😭😭) and I thought it was funny so I decided to draw it

[catsushinyakajima]

the man who can’t be moved

[plutosfruit]

Pavlova was in love with sugar fly (and the feelings could’ve been returned)

“Had the two Cookies met somewhere other than the Garden, they might have hoped for a different kind of Happiness.”

This, the interaction between Pavlova and Sugarfly, and the ending bit in best-yeast 10 sorta implies that Pavlova loved/cared deeply about Sugarfly

[mcsiggy]

To Dionysus:... so... i know this will probably... not be easy to answer... but... how did.... Ariadne deal with... Staphylus' death... since he was her first child and you most likely had multiple demigod children that died by then so you where probably a bit numb to it but... he was her first child... her little baby...

[bashieashie]

Happy Pride Month ya'll

[red-moon-at-night]

After doing some research on the types of pets people had in ancient Greece, I'd like to imagine that Helen is the sort of person who has a whole menagerie of birds — and she loves each and every one of them very, very much.

It fits well with her being good at mimicry, you know. Talking and imitating and singing with her beloved birds 💜

Close up under the read more:

I had to include that one necklace from the minoan 'saffron goddess' fresco because it's my favourite thing Ever

[coruscatingdust]

Sophocles: The Three Theban Plays

[the-cassandriad]

i've not written poetry in years (i'm more of a novelist) but i allowed myself some cassandra thoughts (as a treat). i actually had a lot of fun with this and i'm desperate to do more with the idea in the future so we will see.

inspired obviously by my own muses, @two-bees-poetry for the brilliant contrapuntal poems about greek myth, and anne carson, specifically when she talks about cassandra's speech being split in two and her bridging of past and future!

more of my logic in the tags because i'm annoying!