no okay but persephone. when you listen to the soundtrack it's like she's a party girl she drinks and has fun but you guys dont understand because every single time she took a drink she grimaced. every single time. not once did she enjoy herself, because it wasn't her indulging in her wants it was her coping. and even!! even during livin it up on top when everyone takes a drink there's a moment of silence where they all look almost disgusted by it. none of them enjoy it it doesn't taste good to any of them yet still they drink it??
and then UGH okay because lady of the underground i was under the impression that she was interacting with the workers and whatnot like making the cracks in the wall that orpheus was about to break down but there's no one on stage. the only people on stage are the musicians, hermes, and persephone. none of the workers are there. she's singing to herself. do you understand do you get it?? especially with why do we build the wall right before that because I didn't realize persephone was in that song?? and the whole time she looks terrified. she Doesn't want to be here she Doesn't want to engage with this (my mom compared the song to being at a maga rally and she was 100% correct) but she does anyway, perhaps because she's forced to. and the look of heartbreak when eurydice appears; the way eurydice is confused and put off at first, but it doesn't take long for her to learn the words and join in????
eurydice and persephone is a whole other thing because I never realized how much of a relationship they had. like persephone is quick to be friendly with her, and eurydice is enthralled by that attention. but then during chant when persephone is singing about like the earth dying and people starving she's looking at eurydice walking by. she's looking at her and she looks heartbroken, she's reaching out to her but she can't reach her because she's not there. she watches as the fates strip eurydice of everything she has, and then that look of despair changes of one to fear as hades' eyes land on eurydice as he declares he'll find someone else who will be grateful. and I know that like flowers can be like an analogy for sa but I really felt it during that part. not so much in songbird vs rattlesnake? but definitely during the end of chant like AJHVSGDJAS.
and then like I said when eurydice enters the underworld persephone looks shaken. because she knows eurydice, and she knows orpheus, and- idk man. imagine being in hell and someone you know shows up, but you know they can't leave and you know they're soon to become a shell of who they once were. like. yeah
EDIT IF YOURE READING THIS CHECK THE REBLOGS THE ONE WITH BLUE'S TAGS IS THE BEST YOU SHOULD REBLOG THAT ONE NOT THIS ONE!!!!
Ball point pen and blue sharpie sketch that definitely isn't anatomically correct but was really fun to do. I forget how nice scribble art can be. There's some random lyrics thrown in from a couple songs playing on repeat in my head. I haven't posted anything in a long while and I thought this might be fun to share.
Bearded vulture! I fear the birds have me entranced. I'll have to stop neglecting my beloved buildings soon, but for now I'll give the birds my appreciation. This was a lot of fun to do!
Here's my second brush with plein air art. This was so much fun to do, despite it being a chilly day lol. I recently went on vacation with my husband and there was this beautiful old courthouse in the center of an absolutely beautiful downtown. I only had time to draw the bell tower on top of the court house before it got too chilly.
Another pigeon study, this time actually finished rather than just a sketch. I'm really really happy with how this turned out. I'm particularly happy with the shadows around the eye.
Leo taking Dino out (of the bunker) to eat (food that was packed for them in the bunker)
Tap for better quality
It's enrichment :)
Also 500 FOLLOWER CELEBRATION DTIYS INFO BELOW:
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Alright so as of when I'm writing this it is August 11th, the DTIYS will run for a month but I didn't want it to end on 9/11 so I'm posting this on the twelfth! (I'm going to repost this a bunch until then - sorry)
Rules:
1. Repost this & follow me if you aren't already (please :)
2. Choose to do one of the following:
-redraw this image in your style (background is not required)
-color this image in your style, (lineart below)
-draw any turtle in my au with Dino just being cute, or just Dino if you'd prefer
3. Post before September 12th (or leave an ask if you need an extension I'm usually chill about it) & tag me!
(If you decide to color you have to leave my signature 🙏)
All entries will be entered into one of those wheel websites and 2 people will win free colored bust/icon commissions
Here are the color-able pictures, one with the web bit over the hole in Leo's shell in case you dont want to have to color that lol
Feel free to ask if you have any questions, thank you again for 500 followers ❤️
So I ended up having some 50s fun with this idea. I thought it would be fun for Leo to take Dino to an ice cream parlor. I had him dress up to give the full experience. And then I realized there'd be no ice cream 😔 so my genius of a husband suggested jello! This would also be my first finished attempt at drawing one of the turtles, so thanks for the excuse to doodle @artisticgargoyle This was so fun to do!
Leo taking Dino out (of the bunker) to eat (food that was packed for them in the bunker)
Tap for better quality
It's enrichment :)
Also 500 FOLLOWER CELEBRATION DTIYS INFO BELOW:
⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
Alright so as of when I'm writing this it is August 11th, the DTIYS will run for a month but I didn't want it to end on 9/11 so I'm posting this on the twelfth! (I'm going to repost this a bunch until then - sorry)
Rules:
1. Repost this & follow me if you aren't already (please :)
2. Choose to do one of the following:
-redraw this image in your style (background is not required)
-color this image in your style, (lineart below)
-draw any turtle in my au with Dino just being cute, or just Dino if you'd prefer
3. Post before September 12th (or leave an ask if you need an extension I'm usually chill about it) & tag me!
(If you decide to color you have to leave my signature 🙏)
All entries will be entered into one of those wheel websites and 2 people will win free colored bust/icon commissions
Here are the color-able pictures, one with the web bit over the hole in Leo's shell in case you dont want to have to color that lol
Feel free to ask if you have any questions, thank you again for 500 followers ❤️
Here's another bird study of a fluffy lil guy. It was originally going to be just a pencil sketch like my pigeons but I felt like depriving my cardinal of color was just too much of a slight.
I think we, as a general community, need to start taking this little moment more seriously.
This, right here? This is asking for consent. It’s a legal necessity, yes, but it is also you, the reader, actively consenting to see adult content; and in doing so, saying that you are of an age to see it, and that you’re emotionally capable of handling it.
You find the content you find behind this warning disgusting, horrifying, upsetting, triggering? You consented. You said you could handle it, and you were able to back out at any time. You take responsibility for yourself when you click through this, and so long as the creator used warnings and tags correctly, you bear full responsibility for its impact on you.
“Children are going to lie about their age” is probably true, but that’s the problem of them and the people who are responsible for them, not the people that they lie to.
If you’re not prepared to see adult content, created by and for adults, don’t fucking click through this. And if you do, for all that’s holy, don’t blame anyone else for it.
Except this is the last line of consent before the actual work. So if you’re at this button you have already done the following:
1) chosen to go onto AO3 in the first place
2) chosen the fandom you wish to read about
3) had the chance to filter for the things you do want to see like a specific pairing or a specific AU
4) had the chance to specifically filter out any tags you don’t want to see like, oh I don’t know, incest and non-con and dub-con and paedophilia
5) had the chance to set the rating level if you wish to remove any explicit content at all
6) have read the summary of the story, which aren’t always great but are the only indicator of what the story will be like writing wise so something about it was good enough for you to click on it.
7) have read the tags of the story which will tell you what is actually in the story. If you have used filters to remove stories with things you don’t want then there shouldn’t be anything in here that’s a shock to you but maybe there is. That’s why the tags are there for you to check for yourself.
8) Then you have to actually click on the story. You cannot see anything other than the summary or the tags without personally deciding that you are going to open and read this story.
9) Only here, at step number nine, do you get to the adult content warning pictured above. You have been through eight different steps, the last six of which have also been opportunities for you to see that this has adult content. And AO3 has *STILL* stopped you to ask one last time “are you sure you want to read this because it has things that only adults should see in it”.
If after this point you are reading incest and paedophilia then it’s probably because you specifically went looking for it.
Interest in greek mythology rises anew with the new number of retellings and adaptions...and misconceptions all around...
Claims like "that never happened" or "that's the roman version" are around a lot...but even if you wanted to learn more, where would you even start looking? Where do you begin your research for your next fic, or next discussion? Well...That's for you!
Here's a list of source names, links to access them, maps, family trees & more
Where to access the texts:
ToposText
Database, interlinks all names and places, has almost all sources translated, can find all name mentions of place or character in the sources, has a map with the places
Perseus Collection Greek and Roman Materials (and Scaife Viewer)
Digital Library, nearly all main greek and roman sources, including OG language text and dictionary for those languages (is instable at times, try coming back a few hours/days later and it should be up again)
Theoi Greek Mythology
Database, has summary posts for individual heroes, creatures, gods and events, as well as many translations, has a search function
Most of these places have older translations for the epics, poems and hymns (with older language), places like Poetry In Translation and https://www.gutenberg.org often have newer translations available for free, though…with a bit of digging most translations even recent ones can be found online :)
Comparing several translations is also good if you want to make any arguments about what a text says without being able to read the text in the original language, does the text really say that or is it just this translation?
It also doesn't hurt to research a little about the author of a work as well to get context for which time and sociopolitical and personal situation they were writing in (it helps to do a quick search into the history of ancient greece too, i.e. epic writers writing during the 7th century BC had different agendas than playwrights of the 5th century during the persian wars, athenians during the conflicts with sparta, or later hellenistic writers after Alexander the Great)
Wikipedia: CAN be used, it's a good starting point, but check the sources cited as much as you can, rather than believing what the page itself says
Links to Maps
Ancient Greece Maps – Ancient Greece: Φώς & Λέξη
User:MaryroseB54 - Wikimedia Commons
Cyowari - Professional, Digital Artist | DeviantArt
Some of the Realms of Greece in the Heroic Age by Yaulendur on DeviantArt
Late Bronze Age Mediterranean Trade, c. 1400-1200 BCE: Empires, Merchants, and Maritime Routes of the Ancient World - World History Encyclopedia
Translators:
Translate to Ancient Greek Online
https://logeion.uchicago.edu
Wiktionary
Ancient Art
Resources
Harvard Art Museums
Family Tree:
(Compiled by a friend, not exhaustive) - Note that there are often various different versions of lineage for many characters, so this only represents ONE of many possibilities)
Family Echo
Books
Oxford classical dictionary.pdf
Brief History Of Ancient Greece.pdf
168679208-Ancient-Greece.pdf
Complete Greek Drama
The Ancient Epic Cycle and it's ancient reception A companion.pdf
Final Note
These things should not be gatekept, its time to share them freely
I wish I could offer even more sources via academic books and papers but I fear this would exceed my abilities considering the vastness of the topic of Greek Mythology! But this is a starting point :D Have fun!
Google Scholar has a lot of secondary sources (scholia commentary & theories), books about history, society, politics, flora & fauna, religion, culture, etc. of the time both of history and mythical history…if you have a friend in academia with university access (if you don’t have it yourself) you can ask them to check if they have access to the papers/books otherwise hidden behind insane paywalls, because a LOT of them are available as pdfs!
I also wish I had more visual/audio sources but this is smth I cant change :") I'm sure there's some good videos on youtube out there...somewhere x)
Feel free to contact me if you have more sources you want to add or any links don't work
Here is the Post as DOCs to share outside of tumblr
