#greek myth retellings

[rustic-space-fiddle]

WIP of Penelope with her forever-unfinished shroud.

[greekmythcomix]

To explain my chicken obsession:

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Me: I’m enjoying drawing chickens for this commission.

Husband: ha ha Greek Myth Chickens!

Me: 🤔

I now present to you,

🏺Greek Myth Chickens 🐓

ILIAD EDITION

(drawn and originally posted in May 2021, coloured and reposted Jan 2023)

1) Egg-chilles and Patro-cluck (Achilles and Patroclus)

2) Mene-lay-us and Al-eggs-andros (Paris) (Menelaus and Alexandros [Paris])

3) Egg-amemnon (Agamemnon)

4) Aph-roost-ite and Helen of Spur-ta (Aphrodite and Helen of Sparta)

5) Nest-or (Nestor)

6) Androma-beak, Peck-tor, and Astyan-egg (Andromache, Hektor and Astyanax)

7) At-hen-a and Egg-dysseus (Athena and Odysseus)

8) Preen-am and Peck-uba (Priam and Hekuba [Hekabe])

9) Brood-seis (Briseis)

10) Diom-egg-es (Diomedes)

EDIT: Greek Myth and Roman History chicken MASTERPOST - https://www.tumblr.com/greekmythcomix/725538723329179648/greek-myth-roman-history-chickens-master-post Here Be More Chickens Cosplaying

(See next post for last 3 Iliad chickens- https://www.tumblr.com/greekmythcomix/722218945873051648/iliad-chickens-continued-11-lay-jax-tel-capon )

[medusaspeach]

bby god sketches

[unbizzarre]

The Odyssey, but if Odysseus just got to stay home and chill with his son and goddess bestie.

been obsessing over this musical project lately.

Can't stop imagining the moments Odysseus missed. Little mischievous joys, teaching moments etc. In this scene, Odysseus teaches Telemachus how to braid hair and Athena shares profound wisdom with two of her favorite mortals.

[hades-bat]

just imagine a boy flirting with a girl in ancient greece and he tells her "you're prettier than aphrodite" and instead of blushing and saying "thank you" she goes BRO ARE YOU KIDDING ME ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND WHY THE F*CK DID YOU SAY THAT DO YOU WANT ME F*CKING DEAD OR WHAT

[septemberkisses]

— The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

[sothisisablog]

People that hate Hades in the adaptation have never read actual Greek myths and it shows. Him just wanting his hat back and not caring that his siblings are fighting is very accurate. Hades immediately being terrified by the mention of Kronos. Also accurate. Kronos ate most of his kids. Which included Hades. He wouldn’t have forgotten that easily.

[tampire]

Cronus being self aware

[aoiveaeart]

… Look at me … |🌿✨| Medusa and the blind woman she loved

Lot’s of people loved Catradora as my Medusa AU so I decided to share this piece here today. Happy holidays!

[whitevesper]

[achilles teaching patroclus to drive]

achilles: you’re driving and suddenly you see clytemnestra and agamemnon walk into the road. what do you hit?

patroclus: the brakes obviously

achilles: wrong. agamemnon. you should always hit agamemnon.

[nachtdereulen]

[greekmythcomix]

Me: dislikes Theseus, likes minotaur, likes papercraft

Me: makes entire Labyrinth and Knossos Palace paper Playset so can kill Theseus at hands of minotaur

They also interlock to make one big Playset:

And by the way the Labyrinth walls move 👀 (and you can use it as a game board - game instructions included)

And also it’s also available in colour:

You can get your own here (https://greekmythcomixshop.Wordpress.com) if you fancy it. (These things are how I keep the rest of my main educational site free and free from ads)

[medusaspeach]

The Sirens were monstrous sea nymphs from ancient greek mythology, better known for their role in the Odyssey. They lured sailors in with their bewitching song, causing ships to be destroyed on the rocky cliffs of their island.

In another version of this myth, Demeter is angry that the Sirens didn't prevent Persephone's kidnapping and curses them to die when a mortal is able to resist their song.

The sirens are sometimes described as the daughters of Gaia. Other sources say their father is the river god, Achelous, and their mother is Melpomene or Terpsichore. There are others but I won't list them all.

I drew this before the prologue OTL

[mysticmiav]

Really digging this Hermes design

Gonna clean it up cuz I also just like the look of the whole thing lol also his fingertips are supposed to be golden tipped and his lower lip too but it'll look clearer once I clean it up I think

[hades-bat]

Apollo and Athena hanging out :3

[unironicallyroyal]

Poseidon: just say you’re sorry

Odysseus: I’m sorry your snitch son started with me

Tbh he was just a more polite Percy Jackson