wings of wax

icarus of the fearless flight | hiatus

[okayodysseus]

troy is falling and helen’s brought her axe (m.m.); a modern aesthetic for the greek heroines

[mostlyfate]

moodboard // circe goddess. sorceress. enchantress of magic. (for anon!)  

[likeicarusundone]

Ariadne

Her grief did make her glorious. (x)

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

Anne Sexton, from Complete Poems of Anne Sexton; “The Papa and Mama Dance,”

[hayleylkiyoko-moved]

— THE POETRY OF SAPPHO

[lifeinpoetry]

“I want to know how to strip the griefstorm from the flesh / flense the spirit scrape it down to the clean bone unbreaking”

— Leslie Harrison, from “[Snowfields],” The Book of Endings

[memoryslandscape-deactivated202]

“The past beats inside me like a second heart.”

— John Banville, from The Sea (Vintage International, 2006)

[sosoukoku]

w h i c h   w o r l d w i d e   d e I t y   a m   I?  tagged by @shakespeareanlovc and @diceeury

Persephone, greek goddess of the spring and the underworld

[eliamatrell]

poems ⋯ A SOLILOQUY FOR CASSANDRA by wisława szymborska.

❝ I loved them.    But I loved them haughtily.    From heights beyond life.    From the future. Where it’s always empty— ❞

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

“It is clear why love took me to the shore of death, but why did it bring me back?”

— Linda Gregg, from In The Middle Distance: Poems of L. G.; “The Soul,”

[taargaryen]

aphrodite, goddess of beauty from the greek mythology

[sunlitday]

moodboard: Percy Jackson

“My name is Percy Jackson. I’m twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York. Am I a troubled kid? Yeah. You could say that.”

[lacetulle]

Ziad Nakad | Fall/Winter 2019 Couture

[saurons]

‘Anaxagoras said to a man who was grieving because he was dying in a foreign land, “The descent to Hades is the same from every place.”’ — Book 2: Socrates, his predecessors and followers: Anaxagoras, 6 by Diogenes Laërtius

[aly-naith]

100 aesthetic summer challenge

#70 Mermaids

[kavorunagisa]

@magnusmangobane & @meiradynams mythology challenge gods & goddesses: kumiho

“The Kumiho is bound by supernatural forces, living a life connected to humanity yet outside the human realm. Like werewolves and other shape-shifters, the Kumiho’s existence is the envy of some, but a curse to the creature.”

[betsydobsons]

Persephone

According to Greek Mythology, Persephone, the queen of the underworld, was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the goddess of harvest and fertility. She was also called Kore, which means “maiden” and grew up to be a lovely girl attracting the attention of many gods.