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antigonick

—my old love for him, like a songbird's rib cage picked clean.

—Sharon Olds, excerpt of "Years Later", in Stag's Leap

#i don't fully understand this hence i must reblog

myfairylily

sigridsminde

#this means so much to idek where this is

gleanling

Emily Dickinson

#i #emily dickinson #hope is the thing with feathers indeed

menelaiad

The Adventures of Odysseus illustrated by Alexey Kapninsky (2001)

#myth: greek

thoodleoo

my mutuals when i start aeneidposting again

#myth: greek

stingrayextraordinaire

Hades: There is a strict “no pets” rule on Olympus, unfortunately.

Hades: That does not include Zeus’ high horse, which makes regular appearances.

#GASPING #myth: greek

thoodleoo

waiting in line at delphi to ask the pythia if the god is mad at me

#myth: greek

thoodleoo

which epithet for an olympian god that drives me a little insane are you

artemis apankhomenê (the strangled one)

dionysus taurophagos (the bull-devourer)

hermes hegetor oneiron (chief of dreams)

aphrodite epistrophia (she who turns)

demeter thesmophoros (the bringer of law)

poseidon gaieochos (who holds the earth)

Voting ended onMay 22, 2023

apollomes-supremacy

"Perseus was such a coward, he killed Medusa while she was asleep!!!!!" Good for him. Work smarter not harder

#myth: greek

sol-thorne

So I uhhh... I finished the Iliad. I had a lot of fun but there were so MANY weird ass funny moments that I HAD to draw. Enjoy my personal retelling of these bits. (The designs for the characters are very undocumented and definitely not final though).

PART ONE:

Part two over there!

#must have this doodle on here #myth: greek

thoodleoo

pushing that boulder up a hill for all eternity all by yourself, handsome?

#lel #myth: greek

sol-thorne

PART TWO of my stupid Iliad doodles.

Here's part one.

#oh my days this is everything #WHY ARE YOU RUNNING #myth: greek #Achilleus

ancientcharm

Beryl intaglio with portrait of Julia Domna, wife of the Emperor Septimius Severus (A.D. 193–211) and mother of Emperor “Caracalla” (A.D. 211–217)

Date: circa 200 AD. Dimensions: H. 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art.

#art: rome

syro-malabar-baby-deact

Am I ignoring my thesis and frantically searching for English translations of all five volumes of Ponniyin Selvan? Hmm? Nope! Why would you think that? Ahaha I would never! 😉

foolgobi65

Ponniyin Selvan Book 1: Fresh Floods | Kalki R Krishnamurthy | download | Z-Library. Download books for free. Find books

Ponniyin Selvan Book 2: Whirlwinds | Kalki R Krishnamurthy | download | Z-Library. Download books for free. Find books

Ponniyin Selvan (Book 3): Sword of Slaughter | Kalki | download | Z-Library. Download books for free. Find books

Ponniyin Selvan Book 4: The Jewelled Crown | Kalki R Krishnamurthy | download | Z-Library. Download books for free. Find books

the above are the first 4 books translated by the late pavithra srinivasan! the fifth i think came out this year but i cant find it online yet. so when you get to the fifth, you'll have to read the narayanan translation which is serviceable but not as good. Have fun!

Ponniyin Selvan All Volumes | C. V. Karthik Narayanan | download | Z-Library. Download books for free. Find books

#lit #Son of Ponni