valentine doodles
its not about fuckin. problematic romance or whatever the myth isn’t ABOUT romance it’s about demeter and persephone’s separation. death took her child and her heart broke. The world withered from her grief. its okay if you all hate your moms and wanna run away with a guy with face tattoos or whatever the fuck but making demeter the antagonist to a forbidden romance plot means you’re illiterate sorry
New infographic/poster/thing: Ancient Greek Pottery
This is my last big project of the holidays as it’s Back To School on Monday!
More info and the full version on GreekMythComix.com
Have a great Back To School!
Just living out my Princess Mononoke dreams~
reminder that hektor talks to his horses about how wonderful andromache is
Blasphemous II + concept art by Juan Miguel López Barea
“Moreover, the language she uses of herself evokes the heroes of Greek epic and specifically Achilles - “equal to the gods, save for death alone”. Death gives Polyxena the opportunity to confer herolike status upon herself, while condemning the Greeks for the life and the assault they would have subjected her to.”
— Casey Dué, The captive woman’s lament in Greek tragedy
odysseus made their marriage bed with his own hands. with his own hands
almost a week of school left i am doing it for him.
twenty years across the sea
The Trojan prince Troilus brings his horse to a fountain to drink, while Achilles (to the left; not visible) lurks in ambush. Detail from an Etruscan red-figure stamnos, part of a pair known as the “Fould stamnoi”. Artist unknown; ca. 300 BCE. From Vulci; now in the Louvre.