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Persephone sketches

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Apollo looks so done with Artemis here lol

He's just standing there like

What did she even do LMAO

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orestes by euripides, a summary:

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Oh theyre gonna make an "Ilium" musical

Enjoy the Hektor, Andromache etc tags while you can

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What is this bow-looking hairstyle on the Apollo Belvedere? Is there some sort of historical context or did they just think “this fucks” and move on?

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Summer Solstice

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Apollo 🌟

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My little hyperfixation

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This might sound like an goofy question but it's something I can't stop thinking about whenever I see rennacense art.... Why is Odysseus always depicted wearing what looks like a beanie? Was it something cultural or just.... He was drawn/sculpted like that

Hahahaha not at all! It is actually a pilus hat or pilaeus hat (Greek πῖλος felt).

Typically expected to be made out of wool but also leather and other simple materials, was a hat associated with worksmen, sailors and travelers. It is rather simple to its making and conception, keeps the hair intact under it and can keep the head warm if working outside or sailing. Later it became also a helmet when made out of material like bronze. Generally associated with Odysseus because of his attributes as a sailor and a traveler but also, daresay, for his association with certain hand labors as well such as craftsmanship or carpentering. Also associated with his aliases as someone fallen from grace that now lives among the classes of worksmen or beggar-travellers.

Another hat associated with Odysseus is the Petasos hat (πέτασος)

This broad-rimmed hat was also made out of wool, felt, animal skin or most typically out of straw and was shown to be kept in place with a piece of string that would allow it to hang from the person's neck. Also associated with travelers and moving merchants hence also being associated with Hermes.

Both hats seem to indicate the identity of Odysseus as traveler and sailor.

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Anytime people say Apollo can’t lie I die inside. I fully believe Apollo can lie. The gods might just believe what he says since he’s the god of truth but he can lie.

Unless he’s faced with Hermes god of lies but also it goes both ways because Hermes can’t lie to Apollo for he knows it’s not the truth.

But also hear me out. Everyone believes Apollo lies. But no one believes Hermes truths.

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Did anyone ever explain the phenomenon of people getting so defensive when you bring up historical accuracy in myths or simply mythological accuracy. Like the video has a spongebob song in the background, its supposed to be funny. why are you mad

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Has been a while since I drew my redesing for Lore Olympus’ Apollo, so here’s the icon!

I designed him around 2022, and back then I had a whole rewrite of the comic in mind. But at this point I’m so over H/P retellings that I can’t even bother to think of a way of making it good lol. I first thought of him as an academic rival to Persephone, but I don’t think that’s very interesting now. Overall, he’s still an antagonist. Not a r*pist, just a slightly evil twink. And I like drawing him because he’s cunty

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Kid dionysus figuring out his divine shape shifting abilities so he runs up to Silenus one day with one satyr leg and his face half-bear or something because he's been messing around with his friends and making them laugh and Silenus nearly has a stroke.

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I’ve been listening to Epic and I def enjoy it but it’s making me think more about how I wish there were better depictions of the gods in media. There are so many aspects of them that go unnoticed and instead of giving those parts of them a spotlight we keep replaying the same narratives over and over again. Cruel, indifferent, petty, tyrannical, predatory, etc. I don’t know those gods. They aren’t the divine beings that have loved me and guided me through all my many lives. And I know that for most people the gods are just characters or archetypes but even through that lens there’s still so much more of them that’s left to discover and grapple with. There are so many more stories to tell but no let’s keep pumping out HadesxPersephone, Medusa, and the gods being awful to mortals retellings. 😑

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Apollo & Hyacinthus 🌞🦢💏

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Pretty sure its called an Aphrodite Knot!

I havent found much info on it but it was apparently a very popular hairstyle for women in antiquity. Im guessing in Rome to be exact, since I havent seen any greek art with anything similar, only roman and neo classical sculptures/paintings. As people mentioned in the notes, could also have been a style for young boys or archers, but I honestly don't know.

While its named after Aphrodite, I think most people associate the style more with Apollo bacause hes depicted wearing it so much! It's by far not exclusive to Apollo Belvedere! Allow me to show my personal collection of Apollo rockin' it ☝️

If my line of thinking is correct, then Apollo is probably depicted with this hair so often because he's a youthfull god and the protector of young boys, and we know that in ancient times there was this association of  youthfulness with a kind of femininity, which has been present in Apollo since ancient Greece. Apollo has always been a feminine god!

I have also found this video of an archeologist recreating this hairstyle. It was apparently better done in long, curly and... dirty hair... (side eyeing Apollo on that last one). The examples she shows in the video seem a little different to the ones seen here, but I believe its the same hairstyle still.

What is this bow-looking hairstyle on the Apollo Belvedere? Is there some sort of historical context or did they just think “this fucks” and move on?

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Happy Father's day to the men of greek mythology who gave their life to provide, protect, raise their children with love and care 💞

"The greatest blessing for mortals is good fathers" -Euripides