#greek hero

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Homeric mind is ingenuity, practical intelligence. There is no Rodin-like deep thinking, no mathematical or philosophical speculation. Odysseus thinks with his hands.

- Camille Paglia

#paglia #camille paglia #quote #classics #greek #odysseus #character #hero #greek hero #trickster #ancient greece #myth #trojan war #the odyssey #the illiad #literature #homer

[charlesreeza]

Meleager - early 2nd century CE Roman copy of a Greek original of the 4th century BCE, attributed to Skopas from Paros

Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli

Photo by Charles Reeza

#ancient art #marble sculpture #Greek hero #hunter #Calydonian boar hunt #Meleager of Skopas #Naples Italy #italy

[solmints-messyocdiary]

More old sketches from 2020

I tend to think of Achilles and Penthesilea once in a while...

Taken from Quintus Smyrnaeus' Fall of Troy:

Took some artistic liberties, I apologize~

#solmuse art #my art #greek mythology #greek myth #the illiad #achilles #penthesilea #messy sketches #wip #greek hero #amazon queen #quintus smyrnaeus

[edswordsman]

Summoned a new Caster-class Servant:

Asclepius! 👨‍⚕️

#fgo #fate grand order #fate/grand order #fate go #heroic spirit #fgo usa #lasengle #fate/grand order: cosmos in the lostbelt #type moon #asclepius #Fate/Grand Order Asclepius #Fate Grand Order Asclepius #FGO Asclepius #God of Medicine #greek mythology #Greek myth #Fate Grand Order Cosmos in the Lostbelt #Anime #Argonauts #リザレクション•フロートハデス #リザレクション フロートハデス #Caster-Class #Caster Class #アスクレピオス #Asukurepiosu #Greek Hero #FGO Servant #Arugonautai #アルゴナウタイ #Asclepius Caster

[solivagant-muse]

C-Cadmus... the first Greek hero.

He was originally going to be a fanservant for FGO. He might still be! But I love his design a lot, so I'll use it for personal storytelling, too.

Below for Ares interaction + FGO outfit.

#cadmus #greek hero #greek myth #greek mythology art #greek myth art #greek mythology #digital art #traditional art #FGO #fate grand order #fanservant #messy sketches #my art #solmuse art #ares #greek god

[nums-bird]

I fucking love this.Stan Pluto(doing my own research as I continuously procrastinate on the illiaid bcuz I am not ready to see an Achilles who is not in Patroclus' perspective)

Plato literally called him a twunk.Achilles is bottom confirmed by one of the world's greatest philosophers.It's canon

#plato #plato's symposium #the illiaid #homer's iliad #homosexual tendencies #Achilles #greek hero #greek myths #hellenistic #stan Plato

[infernothechaosgod]

demeter gave iasion a little gift in form of flowers <3

#iasion #demeter x iasion #art #greek mytology #greek hero #greek myth #ancient greek #iasion art #demeter godness #demeter

[wtaffy]

PERSEUS-

#Idk if it's actually meant to be funny but I CACKLED #percy jackson #persassy #pjo #greek mythology #percy jackon and the olympians #cabin 11 #books #pjo series #pjo tv show #pjo spoilers #pjo fandom #annabeth chase #grover underwood #heroes of olympus #My cousin Percy does not give one f two fs red fs blue fs #Titans curse

[the-evil-clergyman]

Ajax and Cassandra by Solomon Joseph Solomon (1886)

#solomon joseph solomon #art #paintings #fine art #19th century #19th century art #academism #academicism #academic art #painting #english artist #british artist #mythology #greek mythology #trojan war #ajax the lesser #cassandra #greek heroes #classic art

[incorrecthomer]

[at Achilles's funeral] Agamemnon: *places his hand on the pyre and sobs* Agamemnon: How could you do this to me? We are so understaffed.

#greek mythology #incorrect greek mythology #greek heroes #incorrect greek heroes #incorrect greek quotes #incorrect quotes #iliad #incorrect iliad #agamemnon #achilles #achilles&agamemnon

[awesome-shoes-with-wings]

Do any of you ever wonder if Camp Half-Blood accidentally brought in a demigod of a different pantheon before?

This would be especially hilarious if it happens sometime after The Last Olympian/Heroes of Olympus, where the gods are required to claim their kids quickly.

A whole day passes, and the new demigod needs to sleep in the Hermes Cabin and Percy is furious. Meanwhile, the Greek Gods are pointing at each other and shouting, contacting the most obscure of mini gods. Chaos erupts on Olympus as every deity in Greek Mythology is called upon and interrogated. Hermes hasn't run around so much in centuries.

Hecate sits in silence, fully aware of what's happening, but enjoying the show too much to intervene.

#does anyone want a fanfic of this? #idk if the norse and greek gods are even aware of each other's existence #but it's funnier to imagine that they aren't really #hecate keeps them secret from each other to avoid zeus having a power struggle against odin #or something similar like that #this would be absolutely hilarious #especially if the kid turns out to be a child of a norse sea god #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #magnus chase and the gods of asgard #magnus chase #norse gods #greek gods #pjo #pjo tv show #pjo series #pjo books #heroes of olympus #percy is threatening the gods aka it's wednesday #the poor lost demigod is confused

[wonderciaaan]

Our Percy

#percy jackson and the heroes of olympus #percy jackson #heroes of olympus #annabeth chase #greek mythology #rick riordan #percy jackson and the sea of monsters #disney+ #groover #zeus god #poseidon #artemis #athena #jason grace #hera #percy is innocent #percy series #percy pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo #demigods #halfblood #camp halfblood

[charlesreeza]

Achilles and Chiron, Fresco painted plaster, 1st century CE, Herculaneum

Photo by Charles Reeza - National Archaeological Museum of Naples

In Greek mythology, Chiron is a wise and disciplined centaur who mentors Achilles and teaches him to play the Lyre along with many other skills needed to be a hero in ancient Greece.

#ancient art #fresco painting #Italy #Roman Empire #centaur #Homer's Iliad #Greek hero #Trojan War

[solmints-messyocdiary]

Bellerophon, the forgotten hero.

The original rider of Pegasus and killer of the Chimera.

My dear hubristic, misotheist <3

#my art #solmuse art #messy sketches #greek myth #greek mythology #greek heroes #greek hero #bellerophon #pegasus #hubris #tw hubris

[solivagant-muse]

Oedipus

My baby boy who deserved better :(

#my art #solmuse art #Oedipus #oedipus rex #greek myth #greek mythology #greek hero #traditional art #messy sketch #messy sketches #monochrome #sphinx #sophocles

[brother-emperors]

something. about. the horror of being sent on an impossible (death) quest and obligations and hospitality politics. the trauma of not having a home, and then the trauma of being in a house that becomes actively hostile to you, one that would swallow you whole and spit out your bones if you step out of line. all of this is conditional, your existence continues to be something men want gone.

it's about going back as far as I can with the perseus narrative because there's always a version of a myth that exists behind the one that survives. the missing pieces are clearly defined, but the oldest recorded version of it isn't there! and there's probably something older before that!! but it's doomed to forever be an unfilled space, clearly defined by an outline of something that was there and continues to be there in it's absence.

and love. it's also about love. even when you had nothing, you had love.

on the opposite side of the spectrum, this is Not About Ovid Or Roman-Renaissance Reception, Depictions And Discourses On The Perseus Narrative.

edit: to add to the above, while it's not about Ovid, because I'm specifically trying to peel things back to the oldest version of this story, Ovid is fine. alterations on the Perseus myth that give more attention Medusa predate Ovid by several centuries. this comic is also not about those, either! there are many versions of this story from the ancient world. there is not one singular True or Better version, they're all saying something.

Perseus, Daniel Ogden

Anthology of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation, edited & translated by Stephen M Trzaskoma, R. Scott Smith, Stephen Brunet

#it's all greek to me #perseus #danae #komiks tag #long post #every other week i start to say something about how greek heroes are a good case study in diaspora and exile trauma #but man perseus makes me so sad. so does danae. she loves her son :( #perseus turning a whole island to stone is a huge mood. i would also do that if i were him #anyway (salutes) take care everyone i gotta watch yunho's new video it looks like a fucking movie im so excited #(i singled out ovid bc i remember the fucking shit perseus discourse that ran through this site. i remember #im preemptively loading a gun and pointing at it before it can touch this post #it hasn't died out either i see it on twitter all the time in the most ANNOYING ways possible i am TIRED #esp bc they're actually doing medusa a narrative disservice like congrats! you made it worse! stop telling me it's better!!!!)