#Immortal Aphrodite

[fever-pitches]

We're in our pretty gorl era

[fortnite-headcanons]

Aphrodite's normal appearance is the form she takes around mortals to be more approachable. Immortal Aphrodite is her true appearance.

Fortnite Headcanon #282

[namedvesta]

— unknown, Conversation between Athena and Aphrodite.

— Max Nonnenbruch, Junge Schönheit (𝟣𝟪𝟫𝟤)

[legendaryfugitives]

Calypso: Last I checked, goddesses can't die!

Me: Remind me how Athena's first best friend, Pallas, died?

Calypso: Okay, that was a miserable thing that happened. Nymphs' aren't immortal, so they can die despite her father being a God.

Athena cries at a corner.

Me: Right... But how many times did Dionysus die again?

Calypso: At least he was able to come back to life.

Dionysus starts drinking to wash away the pain.

Me: But did Chiron have some crazy death?

Calypso: (sweating) Oh! He gave up his immortality and is now part of the stars as the constellation! Isn't that AMAZING!

Chiron in the stars gives Calypso a death glare.

Me: Did Diomedes prove during the Trojan War that by injuring Aphrodite and Ares, it is possible to kill a God or Goddess? What if humans and defecting Greek Pantheon Gods go to war with the entire Greek Pantheon, and it ends similarly to the French Revolution?

Calypso:

[gingermintpepper]

hi I love your tags so so much! they were so sweet and so interesting and creative and the whole Aphrodite type of beauty thing sounds really interesting do you have any articles and recommendations to read further into it??

-hogoflight

Hello my fine feathered (I am assuming possession of feathers if you are, indeed, capable of flight) @hogoflight! I'm always always happy to hear that people appreciate my frenzied rambling in the tags :D! I have a lot of articles and recommendations :D!! Ancient Greek notions of beauty and representations of it in their art and sculptures is a pretty well studied topic! There isn't any way for us now to know definitively what the beauty standard was (it varied widely from region to region and culture to culture after all) but here are a couple of my favourite reads about Aphrodite and what her representations tell us about idealised beauty!

Probably the most empirically extensive one I can list is Krönström's thesis which compares statues of Aphrodite and literary text referring to both the goddess and mortal women to determine physical ideals for women in five specific eras of Grecian antiquity. Including measurements of the statues there are many descriptions of Aphrodite as 'curvy' with a 'voluptuous figure' and with 'ample buttocks and bosom'.

"When the beauty traits are described in the texts, they are never extreme or anything that could not be found in normal people just that they are more beautiful in every aspect. Furthermore, the sculptures’ physical forms look healthy, they are tall and have distinct curves. Great examples of this are the Knida sculpture and de Milo (the Melian) sculpture."

Of course, these images are still idealised, and there was still a concept such as 'too fat' or 'too skinny' found in written records (and this thesis even includes analysis of pornographic writings and descriptions of the fashion and stylings of pubic hair of women from different regions!!) but from an interpretational standpoint? There is absolutely no reason why these can't refer to a fuller figure. Height was also a very important factor after all and over the course of many eras, it seems like being well proportioned in addition to the length and appearance of one's hair were the most important factors (and, like Apollo, greater beauty was given to those with curlier hair)

Mireille M. Lee's 'Other Ways of Seeing' essay which talks about the forgotten female viewers of Knidian Aphrodite which is also extremely illuminating on how Aphroditic sexuality and sensuality was perceived totally differently from the well documented male voyeuristic gaze (which was overly preoccupied with the statue's nakedness and therefore over-sensationalised the statue's physical appearance) vs women's perspective on the statue which is more centered on the beauty of simplicity in Aphrodite's garment and decoration and in her power and ability to captivate both in her finery and without it. I think it's especially useful in exploring the importance of finery, jewellry and adornment in representations of Aphroditic beauty.

"Some of the small-scale copies are heavily jeweled, especially those from the eastern Mediterranean, for example the Hellenistic gilded terracotta statuette in the Çanakkale Museum (Fig. 5) in which the goddess wears, in addition to the armband on her (right) arm, the following: a necklace with multiple pendants; cross-bands extending over both shoulders and hips, with a cascading pendant in the center; a coiled snake armband on the left arm and another snake on her left thigh, and a twisted anklet on her right leg. (The left leg has been restored, and might also have featured an anklet.)"

"Jewelry is especially associated with Aphrodite in Greek literature. As seen above, in the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, the goddess adorns herself with gold jewelry, dress-pins, and earrings in the shape of flowers (162–3)..."

Finally, and to me, the most important one in the argument for an interpretation of Hyacinthus as fat, beautiful and fundamentally Aphroditic comes from Brilmayer's brilliant brilliant thesis done on Aphrodite's work and influence in Archaic Greek Poetry which does away with all of that masculine preoccupation with physical proportion, measurement and bodily ideals for a focus on a Sapphic Aphroditic ideal centered in clothing, ornamentation and, most importantly cunning as symbols of Aphrodite and ultimately a feminine idealised form of beauty. This paper also discusses Pandora and Helen in these terms and it is just kind of a wonderful read tbh.

"Combining Homeric and Hesiodic elements with her own ideas, she [Sappho] alters the way female beauty is viewed. For example, the Homeric war chariot – a symbol of male, military prowess - comes to symbolise the totality of Aphrodite’s power uniting in itself male and female qualities. Having addressed the concept of beauty directly, Sappho then concludes that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. With the help of Helen of Troy and her beloved Anaktoria, Sappho sets out to reinvent the concept of female beauty as a godlike, subjective quality that may be expressed in many ways, yet remains inspired by Aphrodite."

The conclusion to all of this of course is that Aphroditic ideal beauty is much more fluid compared to its stricter Apolline masculine standard. The nuances and understandings of both are of course, constantly being studied, analysed and scrutinised but really, if Dionysus who was both bearded and clean shorn, effeminate, birthed and rebirthed (and twice gestated!) and strongly associated with vegetation can be popularly portrayed as fat and handsome, why can't Hyacinthus?!

[lynx-224]

rip pre tlo annabeth you would’ve loved the casual tiktok trend

[moddieeeex]

OH MY GOD(s) YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE STRAIGHT UP FORGOTTEN TO POST SINCE I'VE BEEN BACK??!?

MY IMMORTALS BANNERS I GOT PRINTED ALL GIANT FOR RETREAT.

[aphrodite-in-culture]

Jing Cherng Wong, Gabriel Blain, Fernanders Koak, Asim Steckel, Hugo Puzzuoli, Kira Wigg Aphrodite from Immortals Fenyx Rising, 2020

[lunarnovaking]

Greek Mythology: Aphrodite

Disney Hercules (1997)

Blood of Zeus

immortals fenyx rising

Gods school

Record of Ragnarok

mythic warriors

[kezia7702]

You know what I find cute in immortals fenyx rising, is when Athena told Fenyx that Aphrodite told her she kill the monster that Typhon unleashed from Tartarus, and Fenyx in response tell Athena that she’s glad the two of them are talking. To which Athena says that she’s something, but at the same time she still acknowledge that Aphrodite is her sister-in-law and that she “love” her.

That is so cute, I can’t believe that despite the myth portraying them as hostile to each other. Immortals managed to make these two secretly care for each other, and when I saw the two of them chat with each other it was even cuter.

When Athena recognised that she’s been treating Aphrodite really badly and that she managed to find it in her heart to forgive her, Athena was super sweet to help her show the world she’s more than beautiful. To which that sweet moment was ruined when Aphrodite propose a makeover, and that’s where Athena draw the line.

But there’s still no denying that they have the sweetest sister bond in that game🥰

[fortnite-headcanons]

Immortal Aphrodite is jealous of Harpy Haze's wings.

Fortnite Headcanon #273

[alicenskylark]

Hunting The Huntress

Millennia ago Zeus banished the lovers of his daughter Artemis to the stars.

Only one escaped this fate…

It’s love at first quip for Ancient Greek poet Sappho of Lesbos and the Olympian goddess of the hunt Artemis. For their relationship to persevere they must content with Artemis’s disapproving and intolerant father, the mighty Zeus—tyrant king of Olympus and all-around bad guy. Managing to avoid his wrath for decades, life is great for the poet and huntress until one day Artemis mysteriously goes missing.

Two and a half millennia later the reincarnated soul of Sappho, a Parisian musician named Sabine Moineau arrives in Toronto to continue her search for her lost love. Along the way she navigates the demands of Aphrodite, the goddess of love for whom she works as part of her deal for immortality. She performs at concerts, meets the taciturn gods and goddesses calling the city home, and encounters a sorceress, a nephilim, beautiful women and horrible monsters in her quest to reunite with Artemis.

A story of urban fantasy and erotic fulfilment, Greek mythology in the modern era, brimming with adventurous heroics in the depths of hidden sanctuaries and between the sheets, Hunting the Huntress delivers it all.

[this-is-radiant-gaming]

[lilislegacy]

did anyone else ever find it odd how easily zeus offered percy godhood? and how it almost seemed like he secretly wanted percy to accept? well i did, and after thinking long and hard about it…

i don’t think percy understood what turning down godhood really meant

demigods do tasks for the gods because they don’t have to follow any rules. they aren’t controlled by anyone or anything. demigods are a strange hybrid - not god, not human. they are in between the laws of immortal and mortal. they are not supposed to exist. yet they do, which is what makes them so extraordinary.

percy is crazy powerful. of course, there’s the aspect of raw power. he has domain over air (storms/hurricanes), land (earthquakes and volcanic eruptions), and sea (monster waves, tsunamis, floods, basically anything that involves water.) he can control bodily fluids. he has super strength (with one hand, he held up an unconscious annabeth who was being pulled down by both arachne AND the forces of tartarus). he has super speed (he moves faster than bullets in TTC). no matter how badly you hurt him, he automatically heals and regenerates the second he touches water (an ability no other demigod has). he’s an extraordinary swordsman. very skilled in combat and warfare. he’s smart, and thinks of plans quickly. but he also has a great deal of social/poltcial power… i mean, he’s a leader and hero to both the greek and roman camps. if he says “attack,” all demigods, greek or roman, attack. no question. do you have any idea how threatening that is to the olympians? he’s also best friends and has an empathy link with the lord of the wild, which basically means all of nature is by his side too, including all land creatures. he’s also prince of horses, which means pegasi too (both of which are extremely useful in battle). and of course all sea creatures, including the mythical ones like krakens and leviathans. not to mention many of the gods really like him. hermes, hephaestus, athena, aphrodite, and dionysis have all gone out of their way to help him. artemis holds him in high regard, especially since he saved her. apollo literally considers him his friend! and poseidon - his dad, the god who is the biggest threat to zeus - is fiercely protective of him and cares about him a great deal. many minor gods also like him because he demanded them to be given more respect and for their kids to be welcomed at the camps.

percy unknowingly has more power, both physical and social/political, than anyone should ever have. he may have absolutely no idea, but it must scare the living daylights out of zeus. by accepting zeus’s offer to become a god, percy would have submitted himself to the control of zeus. zeus would be his king and ruler. zeus would then have complete control over him.

but percy said no. therefore, percy remains out of zeus’s control.

percy had no idea what he was doing. but thank the gods he made that choice. thank the gods he’s an incredible person. thank the gods percy jackson has no desire for power, because he has more of it than anyone should ever be able to have.

[iobsessoverfictionalmen]

The Temptation of the Immortals (8)

Warnings: cursing, canon typical violence for the Percy Jackson series, spoilers for the Percy Jackson series, nightmares, the gods being absent parents, references to Greek Mythology, mentions of starvation and trauma.

“Go away!  I hate you!”  Alexander screamed as his bedroom door slammed closed.  Bryan rested his hand flat on the door as his heart twisted upon hearing his son’s words.

“Alexander…”

“Go away!”  His son repeated, muffling his sobs into his pillow.

“I did what I thought was right.”

“You were wrong and you could’ve stopped at any time but you let him take her away!”

Bryan’s hand fell from the door and to his side limply.  The worst part of it was that Alexander was right; he could have made a different choice.  Then Alexander wouldn’t be screaming through the door at him but Bryan hadn’t been thinking clearly when the god of wine appeared in his office. 

When the duo arrived in the museum after Dionysus had explained the events leading up to this point and they had made the deal, Bryan had been so certain that he was doing the right thing – how could he trust you with Alexander when monsters could attack the both of you at a moment’s notice?  No, the best option was to separate you two and hope the monsters left Alexander alone. 

Because he had time to examine the situation and Alexander was safe, Bryan could see that the god had manipulated him by appealing to his feelings as a father and Bryan gnashed his teeth quietly when everything had become clear.

“Fucking hindsight.”

“I’m sorry Alexander.”

Bryan received no response.  Not that he had expected one; he and Alexander were far too similar in their personalities and appearance for Alexander to accept his apology when he was this upset.  Bryan walked away from his son’s bedroom and into his study and it was there that he felt a presence that he hadn’t felt in a long time.

“Well well, look who made a mess of everything.”  Aphrodite drawled as she sat in one of Bryan’s chairs with her legs crossed.

“You should take a page out of (Name)’s book, she didn’t enter a house unless she was given permission to do so.”

Aphrodite chuckled humourlessly, “How did you manage to screw things up so badly?”

Bryan ignored her and poured himself a glass of scotch, “You should have been honest with me when we met.”  He berated her after he had downed the contents in the glass.

“I was,” Aphrodite stated in an unbothered tone.  “You were the one didn’t put two and two together then even with the public revelation that the Greek gods still existed because Zeus took another mortal lover.”

“If I had made that connection, nothing would have fucking happened between us.”  Bryan growled.

“Too bad, so sad.  You have a son because of it.  Moving on,” Aphrodite twirled her hand.  “What are you going to do now?”

“What can I do?”  Bryan set the glass down roughly on the countertop, “Dionysus isn’t going to let his daughter out of his sight and I doubt she will want anything to do with me after what I said to her.  My own fucking son doesn’t want anything to do with me!  Do tell how I can improve this situation because from where I’m standing it feels like a fucking festering pile of filth!”

Aphrodite rolled her eyes and Bryan found himself wondering what had attracted him to the goddess in the first place.  He had the disturbing feeling that it was the other way around and Aphrodite’s next words confirmed it.

“Ares is an ass most of the time and that includes when it comes to his kids.  Despite the similarities that the two of you share, I thought you would be different and for a time, you were.”

Bryan scoffed.

Losing her patience, the goddess stood up, “Did you think it was a coincidence that my daughter answered the phone that night?  Or that Piper sent over a demigod that could see how Alexander’s life at school was about to mirror her own?  I assure you, there were other demigods that Piper could have chosen to be your son’s tutor and I know for a fact that a good portion of them would have been out of the door because of the way you spoke.”

The goddess disappeared in a huff and Bryan’s study smelled like roses for the next five hours.

[demigoddessqueens]

Can I request headcanons of Hades, Ares, Dionysus, Hermes and Apollo (Blood of Zeus) falling in love with mortal fem s/o who is gentle, kind, soft spoken and lonely; she can sing, dance, tame wild animals, loves nature and plays with her magical lyre please?

Of course!! I need to get focused for S2 soon 😄

Masterlist 10

Hades

He’s a lonesome soul who is not used to such a lovely presence, with the exception of Persephone, so he welcomes your visits whenever you come

Ares

He treasures your presence and attention given that it reminds him of Aphrodite, and you make him feel like the protective warrior he is

Dionysus

You fit along perfectly with the god of wine, dancing to the song you crafted from your lyre during the lavish festivities he throws together

Hermes

Such a sweetheart who adores the finer things in immortal life (aka YOU) and despite his speedy nature, the quieter and slower moments spent with you and the arts are more treasurable

Apollo

Truly a match made in the Olympian heavens with you!

He always supports your endeavors, sneaking off to see you whenever he can, and always spares a dance and song for you as long as you indulge him as well