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imageticthings · 1 year
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Detail of ceiling paiting “L'Apothéose d'Hercule” (Apotheosis of Hercules), 1733–1736, by François Lemoyne, Château de Versailles 
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diioonysus · 8 months
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roman & greek gods + art
#souls on the banks of acheron by adolf hieremy-hirschl: hermes#the triumph of bacchus by diego velazquez: bacchus#diana the huntress by guillaume seignac: diana#jupiter and juno mount ida by james barry: juno & jupiter#apollo by charles joseph natoire: apollo#pallas and the centaur by sandro botticelli: pallas/athena#prometheus bound by peter paul rubens & frans snyders: prometheus#jupiter enthroned by heinrich friedrich fuger: jupiter#head of mars by unknown: mars#the birth of venus by sandro botticelli: venus#the abduction of psyche by william adolphe bouguereau: eros & psyche#venus adonis and cupid by annibale carracci: venus#diane the hunter by giuseppe cesari: diana#venus demanding arms from vulcan for aeneas by charles-joseph natoire: vulcan#hermes and athena by bartholomeus spranger#athena and pegasus by theodoor van thulden#orpheus and eurydice with pluto and proserpina by peter paul rubens#the apotheosis of hercules by francois lemoyne: neptune#allegory of air by antonio palomino: hera & iris#iris by john atkinson grimshaw: iris#morpheus awakening as iris draws near by rene-antoine houasse: morpheus#flora and zephyrus by jan brueghel the elder & peter paul rubens: zephyrus#a song of springtime by john william waterhouse: flora#justice and divine vengeance pursuing crime by pierre-paul prud'hon: nemesis#night and sleep by evelyn de morgan: nyx & morpheus#hemera goddess of the day by william-adolphe bouguereau: hemera#eos by evelyn de morgan: eos#selene and endymion by ubaldo gandolfi: selene#thetis bringing the armour to achilles by benjamin west: thetis#bellona with romulus and remus by alessandro turchi: bellona
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slverblood · 2 months
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tfw you think you've beaten the grief of child loss by having an immortal daughter but instead must know that immortality was leeched and used to imprison her in torment for a century, that she will always be a target for similar attempts in the future
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kitsubee13 · 3 months
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Percy Jackson from @velinxi 's Young Gods au as François Lemoyne's Neptune in The Apotheosis of Hercules.
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tylermileslockett · 1 year
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Heracles 12: Apotheosis
         In great despair, and unbearable pain, Heracles journeys to the Oracle of Delphi where Apollo tells him to build a pyre and let Zeus decide his fate. Heracles trusty nephew, Ioles, assists, and after building the pyre Heracles ascends, asking his friends to light the funeral pyre ablaze.  None would obey, until the warrior and archer, Philoctetes, agrees and is gifted Heracles bow and arrows. With the pyre burning, lightning shoots down from the heavens, spreading the flames. Heracles ascends to Olympus and no bones can be found amongst the pyre ruins.
         Now an immortal in Olympus, Heracles finds resolution with Hera who adopts him as a son. He is wedded for a fourth time, this time to Hebe, goddess of youth and cupbearer to the Olympians.
         An Apotheosis is when a character becomes deified as a god. Heracles divine spirit ascends to Olympus, while the mortal shell or phantom part of his soul, his shade, is seen by Odysseus wandering in Underworld in the Odyssey; thus there is a duality to his spirit in the afterlife. Heracles was one of a select number of mortals or demigods to be granted a place amongst the Olympians, such as Dionysus or Ariadne, amongst others. A full list can be found in the “Deified Mortals” page on Theoi.com
According to Hesiod, Heracles had 17 children, while Diodorus puts the number at 33. Heracles had descendants which are known as Heraclidae, especially through Hercules son Hyllus, who becomes a Dorian king and conquers the Peloponnese after beheading King Eurystheus. The play “Children of Hercules,” by Euripides focuses on the descendants seeking protection from the wrathful King Eurystheus. While Apollodorus gives a more detailed account of the political intrigue and violent tribulations of the Heraclidae after Heracles’ death. These tales show the importance of descendants to carry on a powerful family legacy. 
I'd you share this image I'll totally light your funeral pyre...you know... if I'm passing by! Xoxo❤️🤟😁🏛
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modeus-the-unbound · 3 months
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How do yall think the Tower/Apotheosis would react to learning she is just a fragment of the Shifting Mound?
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In the fanfic I wrote I decided to characterize it similar to a demi-god like Hercules or a superhero realizing they are standing in front of an Eldritch power literally beyond their comprehension and raging against them before being snuffed out like a candle.
But how does the rest of the Slay the Princess community feel she would act? Respond in the tags, notes, reblogs, however ya wanna.
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emperornorton47 · 27 days
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Sketch for Apotheosis of Hercules
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lux-vitae · 2 years
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L’Apothéose d'Hercule (The Apotheosis of Hercules) by François Lemoyne (1731-1736)
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subnocteperumbras · 2 years
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The Apotheosis of Hercules, ceiling painting by François Lemoyne
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aconstantallegory · 7 months
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i have a fit that's of the following:
all simple casual but with
a watch depicting la primavera
a jacket with a pattern from the apotheosis of hercules
what do i add to this i want to look like a walking art gallery
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mistleaneous-chaos · 2 years
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Alright so I have a theory about ways people can become gods asooooo
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Ok so basically what we have to do first is look back on the methods some demigods have been using to become Higher Beings in this world.
A - Rebirth: Miquella, who tried to be reborn in his Haligtree, but was then taken. And now Mohg is trying to infuse him with enough blood to become a god. So essentially his method is that of Rebirth, in which he ascends via his egg
B - Death of the Soul: Godwyn, whether intentional or not, ascended to a higher state after his death, but because he died an improper death he was unable to do anything. But Fia implies that when death is restored to the order, Godwyn will be able to become the Prince of Death fully, meaning that Death is a manner in which a demigod may become a god
C - Death of the Body: Ranni cast away her mortal body, but not her soul. This method is extremely similar to the method in which Hercules became a god, called Apotheosis. In that he basically died and cast off his mortal part to become a Greek God, which is a mythology Elden Ring has taken uh, a good bit of inspiration from (See: Marika and Radagon's whole weird deal)
All of these methods though have one thing in common, which is casting away a previous life, which could be referred to as Death. But the reason it worked for Ranni and "Worked" For Godwyn (As in he did ascend in a way) is because of the Rune of Death. Meanwhile Miquella is still dreaming in his egg.
Then we have to go all the way back to Marika, who sealed Destined Death in the first place. What if she did so because that was how people could become Gods, as she was also an Empyrean and had to ascend somehow
And this leads to how I think Miquella's return will be explained in the DLC. I believe that Miquella will be allowed to die in the egg now that the Rune of Death is unleashed, but he will also be allowed to finally be reborn. Then we probably will have to fight him but he's gonna be weird and fucked up because this is a fucking Soulsborne game and of course they're gonna have the DLC boss be weird and fucked up but also Raw as hell.
Honestly this is all just copium because I want Ashen Mist Heart 2 an for there to be more lore shit and it just turned into this crackpot theory about death and Miquella coming back so, yeah.
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queen-of-peace · 10 months
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The Apotheosis of Hercules
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paganimagevault · 1 year
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The female burial at Karagodeuashkh, Scythian or Sindo-Maeotian, 340-315 BCE
I couldn't find a lot of concrete info on all this, a lot of it was varied speculation on who the buried was and what the trinkets might represent. The finds may have been from a Sindo-Maeotian elite, of possible Scytho-Greek manufacture. Though some of the sources I looked at say the Sindi were a Scythian tribe, themselves. Others say they were something else. The headdress may feature the deceased woman's apotheosis or deities, or a combination of the two. Unfortunately I couldn't find info on the male buried with her.
Some general geographical info from Strabo: "Upon sailing into the Corocondametis, we meet with Phanagoria, a considerable city, Cepi, Hermonassa, and Apa turum, the temple of Venus (Apatura). Of these cities Phanagoria and Cepi are situated in the above-mentioned island on the left hand at the entrance of the lake; the others are on the right hand in Sindica beyond the Hypanis. There is Gorgipia, but the royal seat of the Sindi is in Sindica near the sea, and Aborace.
All those who are subject to the princes of the Bosporus are called Bosporani. The capital of the European Bosporani is Panticapæum, and of the Asian Bosporani, the city of Phanagorium, for this is the name given to it. Phanagoria seems to be the mart for those commodities which are brought down from the Mæotis, and from the barbarous country lying above it; and Panticapæum, the mart for the commodities which are transported thither from the sea. There is also in Phanagoria a magnificent temple of Venus Apatura, the Deceitful. This epithet of the Goddess is derived from a fable, according to which the giants assaulted her in this place. Having obtained the assistance of Hercules she hid him in a cave, and then admitted the giants one by one into her presence, and delivered them over to Hercules, thus craftily to be put to death.
The Sindi, Dandarii, Toreatæ, Agri, Arrhechi, and besides these, the Tarpetes, Obidiaceni, Sittaceni, Dosci, and many others, belong to the Mæotæ; to this people belong the Aspurgiani also, who live between Phanagoria and Gorgipia, at the distance of 500 stadia [from the Mæotis?]. Polemon, the king, entered the country of these people under a show of friendship, but his design was discovered, and they on their part attacked him unawares. He was taken prisoner, and put to death.
With respect to the Asian Mæotæ in general, some of them were the subjects of those who possessed the mart on the Tanaïs; others, of the Bosporani; and different bodies have revolted at different times. The princes of the Bosporani were frequently masters of the country as far as the Tanaïs, and particularly the last princes, Pharnaces, Asander, and Polemon."
-Strabo's Geography, Book 11.2
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grandhotelabyss · 5 months
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Jumping off your comment on Substack that Poe invented avant-garde poetry and pulp fiction, and Jane Austen invented romance fiction, what other authors invented genres? What was the most recent genre invented?
I was being deliberately provocative with that statement. Often it's hard to name a single inventor. Why are all these genres invented in the last three centuries? Because of print culture and mass literacy's explosion of discourse. Back before the printing press and mass literacy, you didn't need that many genres; tragedy, comedy, epic, and romance were enough. And most modern genres are, as critics like Northrop Frye would insist, developments of these. (Austen writes comedy; Poe writes romance.) But still, with so many more opportunities to create, more is created, so a few further generalizations can be made. Walter Scott invented the historical novel at the same time as Poe and Austen were inventing everything else. And though I credited Austen with the realist novel in its modern form, Balzac had a hand in that, too, turning Scott's approach to the past as living continuum onto the present itself. Plenty of authors invent sub-genres of broader genres. Poe gives us modern horror in general by modernizing the Gothic, itself devised as the return of modernity's repressed by Walpole and Radcliffe, in the same way that Austen modernizes the domestic sentimental novel of Richardson and Rousseau by synthesizing it with the comic epic of Fielding. These innovations flow into others, from the realistic novel of ideas in George Eliot, the proto-modernist novel of consciousness in Henry James on Austen's side to the further techno-modernizations of the Gothic in Stoker, Stevenson, and eventually Lovecraft on Poe's. The superhero is invented in the 20th century out of pulp influences, synthesizing the Poe-like detective (itself a romance derivative: the modern knight-errant) with Wellsian science-fiction scenarios (themselves descended from the romance's enchanted landscapes); the inventors here, not quite literary or artistic geniuses, are Siegel and Shuster, who probably would have cited Hercules and Samson. Going back to high literature, the bildungsroman is invented in the 18th century as the epic itinerary of the modern soul in an alien society: Defoe and Fielding, Rousseau and Goethe. The bildungsroman becomes the existential novel in the late 19th century, often mediated by Poe's own influence, his injection of the immobilizing irrational into the narrative of development, as with Notes from Underground, and flowing from there into Hamsun, Camus, Sartre, Dazai, Ellison, and into the present. Dostoevsky more than anyone else can also perhaps also be credited with the novel of ideas, though, as I said, George Eliot provides a stabler English version. The synthesizers and the inventors, the last and the first, can be hard to tell apart. Austen and Poe stand at the end as well as at the beginning of traditions, each looking back to the ruins of an older order. Walter Benjamin: "every great work founds a genre or dissolves one." These two gestures are the same gesture. In Ulysses we find Austen's domestic realism and rational psychology fused with Poe's formalism and irrational psychology at the apotheosis of modern fiction and the birth of the 20th-century novel. Kafka and Borges each come out of Poe's innovation to create something new and indefinable we are still living with, still annotating, still working on, too "still in it" to quite name it. Woolf is unimaginable without Austen, yet not quite deducible from Austen, and still a regulating influence. It's an infinite topic. As for the most recent genres and their inventors, someone younger than me will have to answer; go ahead, tell me to read One Piece; tell me to play video games; you won't be the first.
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jepsolell · 2 years
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🫐Azul para acompañar las comidas del rey en el Palacio Real de Madrid / Blue for the King’s lunch in the Royal Palace of Madrid 🇪🇸Esta sala fue usada en tiempos de Carlos III como sala de conversación, y sería más tarde que cambió su toponimia debido a su uso: “pieza de comer”. Es aquí donde el monarca comía en solitario y sin fastos, acompañado de un pequeño séquito de sirvientes. En la actualidad, la decoración subsistente procede de los reinados de Carlos IV y Fernando VII, pero la bóveda es una obra maestra de la época del “Rey Político” (Carlos III): pintada por Mengs, representa “La apoteosis de Hércules”, personificando al Rey. Lo más destacado de esta antecámara son 4 retratos de Carlos IV y la reina María Luisa de Parma, obra de Francisco de Goya: en el primero, aparecen de gala, el Rey con uniforme, y la Reina con traje de Corte (la podéis ver en la parte centro-derecha de la foto). En las segundas aparece él con uniforme de caza y María Luisa como maja. Debajo, dos bustos de los reyes de Juan Adán. Finalmente, un reloj muy importante destaca en esta sala (derecha) diseñado por Dugourc, realizado (la maquinaria) por François-Louis Godon y esculpido por Jean-Marie Duval. 🇬🇧 This room was used in the time of Carlos III as a conversation room, and it would be his son Carlos IV who changed its name due to its use: “dining room”. It is here that from 1788 the monarch ate alone accompanied by a small retinue of servants. Currently, the surviving decoration comes from the reigns of Carlos IV and Fernando VII, but the vault is a masterpiece from the time of the "Political King" (Carlos III): painted by Mengs, it represents "The Apotheosis of Hercules", impersonating the King. The highlights of this antechamber are 4 portraits of Carlos IV and Queen María Luisa de Parma, the work of Francisco de Goya: in the first, they appear in full dress, the King in escort uniform, and the Queen in Court dress (which you can see in the center-right part of the photo). In the latter, he appears in a hunting uniform and María Luisa as a maja. Below, two busts of the kings of Juan Adán. (en Palacio Real De Madrid) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfR4ylZIBKk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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jekyllj · 2 years
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Apotheosis of Hercules - Francois Lemoyne
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