How tf have I ricocheted into two Greek mythology fandoms that have no business being this good while still unfinished that I have also joined in the most convenient time plausible.
Art by John Martin: "Christ Stilleth the Tempest", 1852
John Martin was born in 1789 in Haydon Bridge, England, to a poor family living in a one-room cottage. At age fourteen, he studied heraldic painting as a coachbuilder’s apprentice - later on he earned his living as a glassmaker - in 1812 he decided to independently work as a painter and soon gained popularity.
Circe Fun Fact: (and possibly the last one I’m doing)
In some versions of Circe’s myth, she bears several sons for Odysseus, the most well known being Telegonus. He, the son, ends up killing Odysseus. Sometimes after Odysseus is dead, Circe revives him, and others Penelope, Telemachus, Telegonus, and Circe all bury him together.