Big inspiration from @allbeendonebefore. The designs for Athens and Thessaloniki were based from her work!

Recently, I came across a post from the talented @margaretartstuff, which inspired me to do my own take of the "myth of the mermaid".

The human is Thessalonikia (that's how Thessaloniki was called in ancient times) and she converses with the person whom she was named after, Thessaloniki.

I don't know how popular this myth is outside of Greece, but I still wanna share it due to how tragic it is. It goes that when Princess Thessaloniki, Alexander the Great's half-sister, learnt about her brother's death, she jumped from a cliff to drown. She didn't die, but instead, she turned into a mermaid. Ever since that day, she stops every ship passing by and asks "Is Alexander the Great alive?". The captain must answer "He lives, and he reigns, and he conquers the world" if he wants to keep sailing safely, or else, the mermaid will send a fierce storm to crash his ship. This dialogue is depicted above. So, if you ever find yourself in Greece and a mermaid asks you about Alexander the Great, you know what you should answer. ;)

World Watercolour Month: 20. Olive

i thought I'd challenge myself and try to draw an ancient olive press and I got frustrated, haha. Here is the horrible man himself who has also just collapsed in defeat having dropped his sun hat and lost all his helpers?

Sparta C6 and Athens A7 please ;w;

i am LOVING the chaotic energy of this one, thank you :D

pick your preference:

Athens imagining Sparta doing this because his mind is a bit detached from reality

Sparta imagining this because it's the inner self he can't express or he'll die

Corinth imagining this because she needs to entertain herself somehow

Angola recebe conferência das companhias aéreas da África Austral

Angola é o país anfitrião da 53ª edição da Assembleia Geral da AASA-Airlines Association of Southern Africa, um evento de referência no setor da aviação e que vai refletir sobre o desenvolvimento da aviação comercial em África. Este certame, anual, realiza-se pela primeira vez em Angola, reunindo companhias aéreas, reguladores, fabricantes, provedores de serviços, investidores, representações diplomáticas e entidades governamentais. Este evento é uma plataforma privilegiada de networking e de reforço de relações entre os players da indústria, proporcionando ao ecossistema da aviação angolana, e ao país, a oportunidade de promover as suas valências junto da comunidade internacional. O dia 06 de outubro, em particular, está reservado para a realização do ciclo de conferências/debate que vai juntar mais de 200 delegados e decisores de topo da indústria da aviação, com várias temáticas em agenda, nomeadamente: ambiente concorrencial, conectividade, financiamento, supply chain, custos operacionais, aspetos regulatórios, crescimento e sustentabilidade das companhias aéreas africanas. Read the full article

poster for ‘boiled doyle on the toil trail / frozen holiday’

Does anybody else ever feel like bass Bhaagna hai ab? Like I'm done I would like to run away and live in the mountains now

Maybe even change my name, cut off my hair and get a few tattoos

Bhaag jaungi ek din

Not to be dramatic but I want to cry

from omattchaa on twitter

Oof. That's it. I have to cum. But I'm good girl. You know what it means. I have to take your next orgasm away. That way my denial count stays unmoved, because its your orgasm, not mine. I just take it from you. It's fair, right? You can thank me. Thank for making even me an orgasm stealer. I was such a good girl and then I realised I can use you. You're so helpful💋💋💋💋

f u c k I n g hell

I edged three times to this yr so so mean ,, so measaaan 😭

good pups r thankful so 🥺 thank you for taking my orgasm and using it properly for someone who deserves it more thn me 😭

If you feel down for it, I would love to see a small crossover between your Canadian and Ancient Greek characters

since you asked so nicely p:

occasionally i think about how they're actually contemporaries today, but it's hard for me to say anything significant about Canada-Greece relations from here because most of them are based in Eastern Canada (Montreal and Athens are the only sister cities between the two nations, which certainly would make an interesting dynamic! but one may have to ask @randomoranges)

so the primary connection I know is from the University of Alberta; we have a dig site near the modern village of Kallithea (in Thessaly, south of Larissa). I do regret not going to field school when I had the opportunity; I did hear secondhand that the post-dig ice cream was excellent. Since Edith is the representative for the university, she's standing in for Ed here. If I remember correctly, which nationalities can dig where is strictly controlled by the Greek government, so I think Canadians typically work on sites in northern Greece.

The only other connection I can think of off the top of my head would be the torch lighting ceremony for Calgary's Winter Olympics...

I've had such a craving for writing OC fics but it's so hard having ideas for those :( or having fic ideas in general

wait shit i gotta resub to xiv or else ill lose my hOUSE

Big inspiration from @allbeendonebefore. The designs for Thessaloniki were based from her work!

As I was scrolling Tumblr today, I stumbled across this lovely pair of earrings from the Byzantine period.

I immediately recalled Thessaloniki, thinking that these earrings would fit her extravagant style and I drew her wearing them. Plus, she was an important centre in the Byzantine Empire, so it makes sense she would wear them. Here she is!

And here are the so-called earrings.

"Fabric" - Opus Daily Practice 15

of course fabric reminds me to draw some draped classical fashion hohoho. And what better subject than a happy Corinth, who I never draw happy...

Athens and Sparta Adventures: Chapter 8: Book of Ships pg. 18

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Quick Ref:

Eureka: Lit. in Greek “I have found it!”, this exclamation was made famous by Archimedes (who this chapter predates). I drew an oil lamp because I think I’m hilarious.

Rhapsode: A professional performer of epic poetry. An example is the titular character in Plato’s Ion, who has his victory crown verbally trampled by Socrates who claims his “talent” is being used as a mouthpiece by the gods and little more.

Comments:

Athens is definitely helping! He’s helpfully giving Sparta something other to concentrate on than sea sickness! We should all applaud his altruism.

naa aasa nee snehame.. 

naa swaasa nee kosame..

aasa (and one saki) sketch dump