The Horai were the goddesses of seasons and natural portions of time.
Chose to portray them as triplets this time. Of course, It would be fun to depict them as more "elemental", but I went with simple human designs for this. I plan to have them printed on my new thank-you cards soon. ✨
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Marble. Roman copy (117—130 CE) from a Greek original (4th century BCE).
Apollo is depicted in slight movement, with the left advanced leg, the pick in his right hand and the cetra held by the left and resting on the shoulder and on the side; the belt of the zither, which crosses the bust transversely, is decorated with a thin and sinuous plant shoot with volutine.
some pic I drew on February...I always post them on LOFTER and forgot I have Tumblr...(little dumb)
my Apollo looks like a mortal man cause now he's healing, he'll be much more big if he want show the power of a god.(maybe tall as 3 meter, even more. :)
λέγουσι δ᾽ ὥς τις εἰσελήλυθε ξένος,
γόης ἐπῳδὸς Λυδίας ἀπὸ χθονός,
ξανθοῖσι βοστρύχοισιν εὐοσμῶν κόμην,
οἰνῶπας ὄσσοις χάριτας Ἀφροδίτης ἔχων...
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And they say that some foreigner has arrived,
a sorcerer, an enchanter from the land of Lydia,
with sweet-smelling hair in tawny curls,
the wine-dark charms of Aphrodite in his eyes...
Entre as brumas e o mar cerúleo
Sobe a espuma e o vento gentil
Reclinada em lisas conchas
Vem a divina Ciprogênia
Afrodite de doces dons, amplos sorrisos
De busto firme e feição suave
Um sorriso se forma em bela face
O horizonte se ilumina, os céus se abrem
Ó Afrodite, o mundo inteiro fascinas!
english:
Between the mists and the cerulean sea
The foam and rise the gentle wind
Reclining on smooth shells
Come the divine Kyprogenea
Aphrodite with sweet gifts, wide smiles
With a firm breast and soft features
A smile forms on a beautiful face
The horizon lights up, the skies open
O Aphrodite, the whole world you fascinate!