take hold of the stars.

Luca (aka Sterling, iykyk) they/them | adult | hellenic reconstructionist I write and draw. Occasionally.

[cheddar-baby]

theres not enough horror media predicated on being envious of the other victims in the story

[zmpl]

before we start posting that july is gay wrath month let’s consider that july is disability pride month first and foremost. the “be gay do crimes” memes can wait

[zmpl]

before this post breaches containment and people start going “why not both hehehe” i want you to seriously consider the very long history of disabled people’s existence being pushed aside and/or seen as secondary. i promise you it’s not going to hurt to hold onto the memes and give disabled people space for visibility and celebration.

i say this as a disabled trans person whose trans identity is made front-and-center to the (mainly cis) people who know i’m trans but my identity as a disabled person is brushed off by the very same people.

[grimmgoetia]

lil simon wip :3 hes sketchinnnn

[monstermonger]

All day the stars watch from long ago my mother said I am going now when you are alone you will be all right whether or not you know you will know

look at the old house in the dawn rain all the flowers are forms of water the sun reminds them through a white cloud touches the patchwork spread on the hill the washed colors of the afterlife that lived there long before you were born see how they wake without a question even though the whole world is burning

Rain Light - WS Merwin

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[mini-wrants]

Outdoor in sun perfec t place for president to do speech! Outdoor very warm very soft put old man on green lawn under sun. Put old man in warm sun. no problem ever in warm sun because good view and audience can see long speech. Nice podium outdoor sunny perfect place for old president can trust warm sun to give nice view to President good luck to President. friend sun.

[selkiese]

wawa

[2seeitall]

Temple of Apollo, Corinth, Greece

[feefal]

Mermaid in decay

[moonstruckdraws]

Harmonia

Okay, NOW all of Aphrodite and Ares’ kids have designs yippie hoorah

Now I feel like Harmonia is Aphrodite’s “mini-me” (if Eros didn’t exist) so she is mostly based on Aphrodite in appearance and personality. Long hair, head wings, lots of pearls, roses

Not a lotta Ares, but I plan for that to come in through color. I also wanted to give her skin blemishes or a birthmark to kinda reflect Ares’ scars somehow. Or you know

Just give her stretch marks lmao. But none of that’s visible so that’s for another day

But here’s the other thing. Freckles? Familar way of dressing?

Yeah that’s Elektra influence. I think it’d be fun if Harmonia’s body morphed just a little bit because she was brought up by Elektra. Kinda like how adopted kids will act look like their adoptive parents in some sense. So I gave her freckles and her choice in clothing is similar to Elektra

Also I saw these ankle thingies and thought they were cool because they were rose shaped so I slapped those on and called it a day.

Despite harmony being her thing, i like to imagine she’s stubborn. Idk takes after her parents. They’re both stubborn lol

[faer1etale]

Palace pets but its greek mythology

[faer1etale]

bringing this back in honor of Aphrodite's fat fucking goose and occasional swan

[callmealioness]

Nossis of Locri and Aphrodite

I love to learn about how women worshipped the gods in ancient times. Nossis was a poet from Locri (modern Italy) in 3th century B.C who dedicated many poems to Aphrodite.

Left: Bust of Nossis | Right: Clay tablet depicting Aphrodite and Eros made in 475 B.C Locri

“Let’s leave for the temple and go to see Aphrodite’s

Sculpture—how it is made so finely in gold.

Polyarkhis dedicated it after she earned great

wealth from the native glory of her body.”

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“I expect that Aphrodite will be pleased to receive

As an offering from Samutha, the band that held her hair.

For it is well made and smells sweetly of nektar,

That very nektar she uses to anoint beautiful Adonis.”

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“There is nothing sweeter than love: all other blessings

Take second place. I even spit honey from my mouth.

This is what Nossis says. Whomever Kypris¹ has not kissed,

Does not understand her flowers, what kinds of things roses are.”

¹ Kypris is another name for Aphrodite. It means Cyprian.

[freakoutgirl]

"all you ever do is complain" that's not true. I also resent.

[freakoutgirl]

and love..........

[junestrings]

a lot of people dont care about insect biomass collapse bc when they hear we are losing 2.5% of the insect biomass per year they just imagine the cockroach and housefly population decreasing by that much. they dont realize those are among the only ones that will remain unbothered

[junestrings]

you can make a little oasis right where you are, and it matters

[headspace-hotel]

every year of restoring native plants I see a great increase in the insect populations, and loads of new insects i never saw before (all of them harmless--the insects that are harmful or parasitic on humans are the main ones being unaffected by the decrease in insect populations)

(a large part of) the problem is Plant Sameness. we must restore plant diversity

[sparrowlucero]

i wish more stuff looked like that season of doctor who where they were smearing vaseline on the camera

[sparrowlucero]

the noticeable overexposure of the film coupled with the tactile "ugliness" of the environments and costumes looks so good to me. genuinely dreamy

[prinnay]

[ PrismColor ]

[jacobpking]

Greek mythology's first couple ✨⬛

[carpe-astrae]

"To Zeus of the Thunderstorm"

O Ombrios, O Skotitas, O Keraunios, O Hypatos! Brilliant light in the heavens! Trumpet of thundering might! O great storm!

You who inspire equal parts fear and awe in the hearts of men,

As your great dark-clouded chariot rears on the horizon.

O roaring, luminous king, brightening the darkness with an incomparable gleam,

The sharp bolts of light that are yours alone to weild!

For no other among gods or mortals could bear such force and majesty.

Those flashing spears you throw with perfect aim, piercing through obscured skies,

And the fearsome rolling tremors that echo your great voice,

Herald your passing overhead, O holy Olympian Lord!

How blessed are we to be in the presence of your vigor, the just strength that sows life-giving rain upon the fields of the good,

And strikes down with fiery bolts the crude ambitions of the wicked!

Yours is the mercy to allow judgement to pass over us, and the right to let it pour down.

The storm is your greatest incarnation, O Zeus on High, for in it is your might, your glory, your justice and generosity, your venerable and unconquerable reign!