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I did a Danaé mini comic cause my heart aches for her

Hope you like it :3

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“i fear what i am”

Little drawing i did because i love the Minotaur based on my all time favorite album (it’s my favorite myth)

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if my husband left to go fight a boywar then go on a boyquest with his boys id make him take a buzzfeed am i gay test asap (come home, penelope and telemachus miss you babe)

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Death of Achilles.

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My reinterpretation of an illustration from a cup by the Sosias painter (circa 5th c. BCE) depicting Achilles bandaging Patroclus. The Trojan War is said to have taken place in the late Bronze age, so I wanted their armor to reflect that aesthetic.

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Let me only slay Hector, and I do not care how soon death comes to me.

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Hector and Astyanax :)

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minoan mermaid fresco

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Paris and the Nymph Oenone race light-heartedly through the woodland wilds of Mt. Ida fresh with springs.

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Two blokes slacking off at work :p

Cretan diplomats based on a painting of the tomb of Rekhmire, Luxor. I was intruigued by the leopard skirt thingy one of them is wearing and drew a more or less realistic interpretation of it! The other guy's there so he can have a buddy.

While i usually draw people looking as average as possible, it's not the case here. It's fair to assume that within the "PR" context of the painting (representing their people in front of a foreign king) these would be the ancient aegean's hottest boytoys, so I kept them snatched and smooth shaved.

Originals under the cut!

Mural with my chosen duo highlighted

Cropped closeup, leopard skirt guy on the left (and the two arms of jugs guy!)

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|| Birds of War

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btw homer spoke to me directly and told me to draw iliad yuri

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illustration commission for @pandaexpressyourself!

[id in ALT]

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very hypothetical take on the fragment of Minoan fresco known as "La Parisienne". Original under cut

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The Bull of Minos, the Minotaur.

“the starry one” Asterion, Prince of Crete

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Rhyton in the shape of a dog's head, Greece, circa 480 BC

from The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

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Bull’s head rhyton from Knossos

1550-1450 B.C.

Made from limestone, serpentine, and crystal

Used as drinking vessel - liquid poured into the head and out of the mouth.