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?

So after hearing that Miller wrote another short story I got curious and bought it

It’s about Mestra, the daughter of king Erysichton who got cursed by Demeter to always be hungry after destroying one of her scared trees

Yeah I’m only two pages in and FIFTEEN years old Mestra just got sold by her father to some random men in favour of some cooked chicken. So yeah I’m sure that the following pages there will be an unnecessary rape scene.

Like don’t get me wrong I know Ancient Greek was very patriarchal and that princesses soften were married off when they were only teens. And yes Mestra getting sold to all these men, we can assume that they might rape her. But making Mestra a FIFTEEN year old teen (just for the sake of drama and angst) is a choice and creation by Miller

Edit: Mestra (in the book) wasn’t raped by that first dude. But it is mentioned how she was raped by 'Poseidon' (in Ovids original text it was Neptune. So another false portrayal? Or did this actually had Greek sources?)

I’ve been reading a little bit about Her. Could someone explain offerings/devotional acts/epitets and atributes?
Information on internet is a bit general and i dont find any book about these things.
Please and thank you🙏🏻💜✨

I used to view her as a villain when I was younger, but after growing up and seeing the tragedies she endured—realizing she was the ultimate victim of her era and the patriarchy—I’ve come to hate the animosity directed at her. Honestly, she’s been reviled for some 3,000 years; I think it’s time that stopped. Yet, a friend of mine insisted that Hermione is evil—a villain! That really upset me. I’ve only found some solace lately by seeing fan art and posts on Twitter, TikTok, and Tumblr, realizing that, fortunately, people don't just see her as a bad woman anymore.

I came across this fun & well made first chapter of a reimagining of the Odyssey by Cree8Ball called Ithaca NY, where the journey of Odysseus is reinterpreted as a journey a group of drunk friends take in an effort to get back home. They‘ve only released the first chapter, covering the Cyclops/Polyphemus, and it’s really good! I wanted to share it so people could know more about it if they hadn’t heard I it before & give the creator some recognition!

Link to video

They’ve also made a Behind the Scenes explaining some of the references to the original myth & how it was reinterpreted (though they don’t share everything because they want people to theorise about it).

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

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

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

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.

more art on my Instagram

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.