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⋆* –♕; greek myth / modern aphrodite ▸ imagined in summer pastels ❜

sometimes she returns to the sea, even now. in the passenger side of lovers’ cars or gazing from the balconies of bright motels, she watches the beach grass sway and the waves roll to the shoreline in cycle. you’ll find her at the boardwalk waiting to be kissed at the the peak of the ferris wheel, or beneath canted umbrellas, tilting her shades down the bridge of her nose as someone just as lovely passes by. the world may change -- but she does not. 

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greek mythology → icarus

Attempting to escape from Crete by means of wings; his father warned him to not fly too high or fly too low. When he ignored his father’s warning, he flew too close to the sun, where his wings melted, and he fell into the ocean and drowned

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@camphalfbloodnetwork’s quest 8: gods and goddesses → h e r m e s

Hermes gazed up at the stars. “My dear young cousin, if there’s one thing I’ve learned over the eons, it’s that you can’t give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. It doesn’t matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don’t appreciate your genius for inventing the Internet-” “You invented the Internet?” It was my idea, Martha said. Rats are delicious, George said. “It was my idea!” Hermes said. “I mean the Internet, not the rats.”

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⋆* –♕; greek mythology / modern persephone ▸ imagined in summer yellow ❜

bright enough to rival the S U N !

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greek mythology → apate

greek goddess of deceit, guile, fraud & deception 

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⋆* –♕; greek mythology / a casual aphrodite ▸ imagined in pink ❜

soft petals. love letters received. silk beneath her. diamonds above her. 

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⋆* –♕; MERMAIDS ▸ maidens of the sea ❜

❝ . . .a strange marvel. It is woman for half its length; but the other half, from thighs to feet, stretched out in a fish's tail. ❞

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Greek Myth:            Selene

Selene was a Titan goddess in Greek mythology, daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. She had two siblings, Helios and Eos. She was the goddess of the moon, which she drove every night across the skies. Selene was linked to Artemis as well as Hecate; all three were considered lunar goddesses.

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⋆* –♕; Α φ ρ ό ς ▸ of the foam ❜

Aphrodite had no childhood ; but the sea was her beginning. 

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Aesthetic: Aphrodite | Greek goddess (1/…)

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⋆* –♕; greek mythology / a cunning persephone ▸ imagined in red ❜

she who bloomed in lowlight, in shade ; she who thrived in dying autumn and longed for dead winter. 

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mythology edits: calliope — Καλλιόπη (“beautiful-voiced”)

goddess of eloquence, music, song, and dance  muse of epic poetry

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moodboard: rose gold

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Aesthetic: Persephone | Greek goddess (3/…)

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@camphalfbloodnetwork: quest 8: gods and goddesses ares - the god of war

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mini moodboards • the muses [ 1/9 ]

calliope is the eldest and most distinguished of the nine muses. she is the muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry.