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hecatesdelights · 1 year

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Mighty Aphrodite Rising Out Of The Sea FoamHenry Courtney Selous (1803 – 1890, English)

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eclipsenightsky · 7 months

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Amphitrite

Greek mythology doodle

Coloring practice

#fanart #drawing #doodle #sketch #sketchbook #greekmyth #greekmythology #amphitrite

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tylermileslockett · 2 years

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Theseus 9: The Tragedy of Phaedra and Hippolytus

Later in years, Theseus, wanting to strengthen the ties to Crete’s kingdom, remarries to Princess Ariadne’s sister Phaedra. During these years, Phaedra gives birth to two sons, and Theseus quashes a usurpation attempt by his uncle, Pallas. But tragic machinations begin when Theseus son, Hippolytus, from his previous marriage to the Amazonian Antiope, visits the kingdom. Hippolytus, in the service of Artemis, has made a vow to chastity, which angers Aphrodite. Seeking to punish the man, Aphrodite bewitches Phaedra to fall in love with her step son. When Hippolytus refuses the queen’s lustful advances, either from heartbreak, shame, or fear of Theseus’, Phaedra commits suicide; but not before leaving a note accusing Hippolytus of rape. Theseus, believing his dead wife’s allegation, curses his son and prays to his father Poseidon for revenge. Poor Hippolytus, fleeing the kingdom in his chariot, is beset by Poseidon’s giant bull erupting from the sea. The horses spook, the chariot overturns, and Hippolytus is dragged to his death.

The version of the tale I recount here, where Aphrodite seeks to punish the chaste hero, (similar to her role in Atalanta’s myth) is based on Euripides’ play, “Hippolytus” (428 B.C.E.) In the play, the final scene has Artemis appearing before Theseus to inform him of Phaedra’s deception, and Hippolytus, dying, forgives his father, leaving the king to process the tragic turn of events. In earlier versions of the tale, Aphrodite’s presence is absent, and Phaedra’s lustful actions are her own.

Certainly Greek myths contains many instances of male gods and heroes abducting and raping helpless female victims. But here we have the rare ancient literary example of the flip side of the token; an innocent man suffering the consequences of a false rape allegation. There are other tales which share this motif. An ancient Egyptian tale of two brothers and a lustful wife, ends with the younger accused brother decapitating his own penis in renunciation of the allegation. In the Iliad, Homer tells of the hero Bellerophon, and the assassination attempt on his life by the king Proteus, after refusing the queen Anteia’s advances. In Genesis of the Old Testament, Joseph refuses Potiphar’s wife, and is thrown into prison as a result of the false rape allegations.

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pannapoopa · 1 year

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Guess who just read song of Achilles

Yes I did cry.

#song of achilles #achilles #patroclus #patrochilles #greek myth retellings #greekmyth #patrochilliesfanart #ifinishedthisat4ameverythinghurts

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xphaiea · 1 year

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PYTHIA 🌿 Oracle of Delphi by xphaiea

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droptheguillotineplease · 2 years

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Icarus..

#myart #paintings #portfolio #icarus #greekmyth #myth #mythology #greek mythology #schoooool pantings once more #acrylicpainting #gold leaf

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sebastian-louis · 6 months

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Hyacinth by Louise Glück

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Is that an attitude for a flower, to stand

like a club at the walk; poor slain boy,

is that a way to show

gratitude to the gods? White

with colored hearts, the tall flowers

sway around you, all the other boys,

in the cold spring, as the violets open.

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There were no flowers in antiquity

but boys’ bodies, pale, perfectly imagined.

So the gods sank to human shape with longing.

In the field, in the willow grove,

Apollo sent the courtiers away.

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And from the blood of the wound

a flower sprang, lilylike, more brilliant

than the purples of Tyre.

Then the god wept: his vital grief

flooded the earth.

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Beauty dies: that is the source

of creation. Outside the ring of trees

the courtiers could hear

the dove’s call transmit

its uniform, its inborn sorrow—

They stood listening, among the rustling willows.

Was this the god’s lament?

They listened carefully. And for a short time

all sound was sad.

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There is no other immortality:

in the cold spring, the purple violets open.

And yet, the heart is black,

there is its violence frankly exposed.

Or is it not the heart at the center

but some other word?

And now someone is bending over them,

meaning to gather them—

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They could not wait

in exile forever.

Through the glittering grove

the courtiers ran

calling the name

of their companion

over the birds’ noise,

over the willows’ aimless sadness.

Well into the night they wept,

their clear tears

altering no earthly color.

#hyacinth #apollo #apollon #hyacinthus #apollo and hyacinthus #poetry #louise glück #greekmyth #greekgods #greekmythology #classical studies #classics #ancient greek

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b-e-l-l-a--l-u-n-a · 10 months

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("Someone" gave me this here)

😉 🌹 😁 ✨

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moncher-pierrot · 4 months

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#literature #selfie #brazil #me #books #Sofocles #greekmyth

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hartfabrications · 1 year

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My last myth-inspired post is another look at Medusa, one of the most notorious female figures of Greek mythology. Medusa, daughter of the goddess Ceto, became famous both because of her deadly serpentine hair, and because her monstrous fate was a punishment from the goddess Athena for having sex with Poseidon in the former's temple. And in some interpretations of the story, Medusa was take by force. This makes her story even more important for contemporary feminists, as one of the earliest instances of victim-blaming in mythology. This piece is full of emotion any way you slice it. The carved bone of Medusa's lovely face comes from the talented hands of @indobonecraft. And her setting of textured copper is made with recycled copper wire and sheet. #medusa #medusamyth #recycledcopper #mythology #greekmyth #electroformed #electroformedpendant https://www.instagram.com/p/Co6GcTnLIvE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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hecatesdelights · 4 months

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Sirens

#sirens art #sirensong #sirencore #greekmyth #vintage mermaid #mercore #oceancore #ocean vibes

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blockforest · 8 months

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Close up of my Aetos Dios vintage stamp inspired reduction print. Fun one to work out as I'm starting to experiment with colour and layering more now. Always takes a bit of brain power to get there 😅

#print #linocut #mythology #folklore #greekmyth #greekmythology #gods #eagle #lightning #yellow #gold

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tylermileslockett · 2 years

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Hey friends, I'm having a HALLOWEEN SALE! for the next 10 days all prints on my etsy shop are 15% off. To get the discount at checkout, use the promo code: MYSTERYCULT.

Happy Holidays! 👹💀☠👻🕷🎃

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kain-nine · 3 months

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#ancient greek mythology #greek gods #greekmyth #greek mythology

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moonyartsblog · 1 year

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Today Marcus as...

Series 6 Post 21: He is very often identified among the twelve Olympians as the god of war in a general sense, but this is an inaccuracy because in reality Ares is the god only of the more violent aspects of war and of the struggle understood as bloodlust.

🌸 The word "Ares" until the classical era was also used as an adjective, meaning enraged or warlike, for example we recall the forms Zeus Areios, Athena Areia, or even Aphrodite Areia. Some inscriptions dating back to the Mycenaean era report Enyalios, a name that survived into the classical era as an epithet of Ares.

🌸 Ares was the son of the king of the gods, Zeus, and the queen of the gods, Hera. His sisters were Hebe and Ilitia. According to Homer and Quintus Smyrnaeus, Ares had a twin sister: Eris. According to another myth, reported by Ovid and the First Vatican Mythographer, Eris and Ares were conceived by Hera simply by touching a lotus flower, without the goddess lying with Zeus.

🌸 Ares had a quadriga pulled by four immortal horses with fiery breath named: Ardente, Flaming, Strepito, Horror. Of all the gods he was distinguished by his gleaming bronze armor and in battle he habitually wielded a spear and shield. His sacred birds were the barn owl, the woodpecker, the eagle owl and, especially in southern Greece, the vulture. Is often represented on stone with the red color, red like blood, symbol of the ferocious acts that are carried out in war.

🌸From his fiery relationship with Aphrodite were born two sons, Deimos and Phobos, who personified the spirits of terror and fear. Usually Ares went to war accompanied by Cidoimo (the demon of the noise of battle), the Makhai (spirits of battle), the Hysminai (spirits of murder), Polemos (a minor war spirit) and his daughter of Polemos Alalà, personification of the war cry of the Greeks and whose name Ares decided to use as his own war cry. Even the god Eros was and is considered the son of Ares and Aphrodite.

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yellowmyths · 11 months

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Melinoe: goddess of ghost, nightmares and madness from Greek myth(non Hades game version)

Melinoe the goddess of ghost, nightmares, madness and fear, sister of Zagreus and Macaria and daughter of Persephone and Hades(or Zeus), from Greek myth

#Melinoe #greek mythology #greekmyth #greek gods #greekgoddess #greek mythology fanart

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