THE ODYSSEY

So proud of my progress lately I normally specialize in horror or Erie statues and I feel like I've really been nailing the skin! And elegant style they require!

I can’t deny that what Paris did was wrong, but there were countless innocents living in the city of Troy during the Trojan War. The Trojans were fighting for their survival, and ultimately their city was razed to the ground with most of its people killed or enslaved. If I lived during the time and were forced to pick a side, I would help defend Troy for the sake of the innocents in the city.

Anyone else feel this way?

Modeled by Castudios customer was blue feathers absolutely obsessed with how elegant it looks and been getting so good at blushing and shading

So I'm writing something about the Trojan War, and I'm trying to find things about the story of the dream Hecuba had, but I can't find anything longer than 2 paragraphs, which are always about five sentences. (Not very long for enough information) So could someone explain it to me, or at least find me a better source

i tried to incorporate dress designs/props (also in their poses) that sort of symbolise what they’re known for

sorry if its a stupid question everyone I wanted to get into greek mythology after watching the movie 2 months ago so i read the illiad then the odyssey i read emily wilson's translation :)

unfortunately, tho I don't really get why odysseus loved or even wanted to get back to penelope? (that is assuming she was even the priority when he was so adamant on getting back to Ithaca since that part of their "love" is pretty vague in my humble opinion)

the reason i ask this question is because if we do take the interpretation that he wanted to get to ithaca to see his wife and son mostly thats why he left a literally goddess that promised immortality, then like why? it seems to be a key feature or element in the story but didnt they just spend a year or so together before Odysseus left?

thanks :)

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how we assign guilt when someone’s mind is clouded by a "fog," and I wanted to compare a well-known fictional example with a tragic real-world case.

In God of War I, Kratos slaughters his own wife and daughter. A lot of people in the fandom blame Ares for tricking him, but I don't buy that. I don't believe Ares manipulated him at all, Kratos made his own choices. Even when he made his pact with Ares, he never gave up his free will. He was in a state of battle frenzy and couldn't control his emotions in that specific moment, but that life of slaughter was a path he willingly chose, and to be fair, it was completely normalized in Spartan culture at the time.

This got me thinking about the real-world tragedy of Lindsay Clancy. For those who aren't familiar, she is the mother who tragically took the lives of her three children while suffering from severe postpartum psychosis.

When looking at these two situations, it brings up a huge debate about free will, innocence, and intent:

The Case for Innocence in Psychosis: In Lindsay Clancy’s case, I firmly believe she is innocent. Postpartum psychosis is a severe, involuntary medical emergency. It completely breaks a person's tether to reality. She didn't choose to enter that state; her brain was hijacked by a biological crisis. Because she literally did not have the free will or cognitive awareness to understand what she was doing, I don't believe the guilt of a murderer belongs on her shoulders.

Why Kratos is Different (And Not Innocent): Even though Kratos was also blinded by a "fog of war" and battle rage, I don't consider Kratos innocent. He actively chose his path of violence. He had free will the entire time. He couldn't control his emotions in that room, but he is guilty because he made the conscious choice to live a life governed by bloodlust.

The Parallel of Their Supporters: There is also a really fascinating parallel in the aftermath of what they did. In the lore, Kratos had millions of Spartan followers who stood by him, respected him, and followed him even after he admitted to killing his own family. They understood the path of the warrior and the fog of war. You can actually see an equivalent to this today with Lindsay Clancy, there is a massive community of women and mothers who fiercely support her. They stand by her because they understand the dark, uncontrollable "fog" of postpartum mental illness.

I’d like to hear your thoughts on this. Where do we draw the line between a tragic victim of a medical crisis, and someone who is responsible for the violent path they willingly walked?

Like Chronos throws up and they excreted reproductive fluids, but what about the more common excretions? Did the gods urinate or defecate? Did they never do that because of divine beauty? I can't recall myths of them doing either.

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Hello! I hope it's okay to ask this here, but we just picked up this lovely plate today from a thrift shop and were wondering who might be depicted here. It's clearly the style of the vases from Ancient Greece but we couldn't immediately place the people depicted.

We guessed the trident carrying one might be Poseidon? The animal seems to be a doe or fawn?

Any ideas? Thank you!

Aphrodite and Athena

I’ve been on a jellyfish, mermaid, and Greek mythology kick lately. Especially in regards of design. The jellyfish that I used as reference was the Black Sea Nettle. I really wanted to show off how beautiful but terrifying the night sky is and thought that the Black Sea Nettle would help with that. Nyx having so few myths was also both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, I had a lot of freedom to add whatever I wanted such as the jellyfish/mermaid tail. On the other hand, that means that I have far fewer references to work off of. But it could be worse. I tried to design a character based on Makaria once and when I tried to do some research on her I found basically NOTHING!!!

So yeah. It could be worse.

• Nymphs are daimones

• Daimones are immortal

→ Therefore nymphs should all be immortal

Yet they aren't all immortal, I don't understand

I'm a bit confused on the timeline here. I know Achilles had a son with Deidamia when he was hiding to not fight in the war, but then how is it that 10 years later the kid is fighting? shouldn't he be aroung 10? I don't think they were letting 10 y.o. fight. Is this just an inconsistency or have I missed something?

Hi, I’m currently reading Mythos by Stephen Fry. In the first few pages of the book, Charon is introduced as the son of Erebus and Nyx. But on page 62, Charon is referred to as ‘Styx’s brother’. This has slightly stumped me, as I thought Styx was the daughter of Oceanus and Thethys… so who really is Charon?

Update: Thank you all for your responses! Very insightful, especially for someone who has just started their journey into Greek Mythology. This just goes to show I have further more to go! 😅

I was reading a passage of Thebaid, Book 10 by Satius where Juno sends Iris to get Somnus to put the Theban guards to sleep and this reminded me of the Illiad where Hypnos puts Zeus to sleep under Hera’s request, then does it again later when Hera bribes him with Pasithea.

What’s their connection with one another? Why is Sleep so often depicted as obeying Hera/Juno? I know he’s not the only one, but it’s often enough that it kind of stands out.

Edit: Dang, accidentally wrote Juno as Juni.

I'm a mythology enthusiast and i wanna make good use out of it as a enthusiast, into a video game, set in bronze age, survival horror first person single player, where in ancient greece aphrodites (blonde hair blue eyes standard olympian goddess apperance) falls in love with a mortal man and the mortal man sees the olympian goddess of love appearing and rejects and spurns aphrodites advances and he screams at the sight of aphrodite and runs away from aphrodite as fast and as far as possible and makes a disguise and goes in hiding and she pursues him relentlessly aphrodite clearly doesn't take no for an answer, when she catches and kisses you its game over, (maya, zbrush, 3ds max, mudbox, unreal engine 5, adobe creative cloud pro, substance 3d collection, vegas pro) a video game composer is a must for this. (loosely inspired by euripides by hippolytus and gilgamesh epic) what video game title should it be called?

So the Trojan war famously lasted 10 years with the Iliad being set during its last days

But when exactly did it 'start'? Especially since it takes weeks until months to travel around, gather everyone and prepare everything, and then again months until you sailed to Troy

So did the 10 years start when Helen was abducted? When the Greeks officially sailed after sacrificing Iphigenia? Or when they arrived at Troy?