Mythologically

Just a big Greek Mythology nerd.

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• ORPHEOUS AND EURYDICE •

I, too, once had ideas, Zagreus. Ideas, and inspirations. It was so very wonderful, to have a muse...".

Orpheous, from the game Hades

[xxrrisxx]

You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.

Madeline Miller

[realistsnightmare]

"One must imagine Sisyphus happy"

The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus

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Everyone who is into dark academia now used to either have an obsession with Greek mythology, were really into poetry and philosophy, tried to be motivated for school, loved history or considered themselves either a Ravenclaw or a Slytherin.

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• ARES •

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Aphrodite 🩷

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My first ever attempt at a montage in that style, inspired by Apollo and Hyacinthus 🪻

If you’d like one, ask in the comments, I’ll do projects about Greek mythology only!

Cyn

More of these in general?

We want more of these montages!

Not really the vibe

Voting ended onFeb 25, 2025

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• DEMETER • OLYMPIAN •

Demeter (/dɪˈmiːtər/; Attic: Δημήτηρ Dēmḗtēr [dɛːmɛ́ːtɛːr]; Doric: Δαμάτηρ Dāmā́tēr)

Goddess of the harvest🌾, agriculture, fertility, and sacred law

Daughter of Kronos and Rhea 🌸

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The willow does not weep. She hangs, she sways, she hums along the earth’s breaths

Sarah Maria

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• ARES • OLYMPIAN •

Ares (/ˈɛəriːz/; Ancient Greek: Ἄρης, Árēs [árɛːs])

God of war and courage

Son of Zeus ⚡️ and Hera

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This is who we are, a product of the war

Unknown

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• HERA • QUEEN OF THE GODS • OLYMPIAN •

Hera (/ˈhɛrə, ˈhɪərə/; Ancient Greek: Ἥρα, romanized: Hḗrā; Ἥρη, Hḗrē in Ionic and Homeric Greek)

Goddess of marriage, women, marital harmony, and the protector of women during childbirth🤱🏻

Daughter of Kronos and Rhea 🌸

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Here are the women with ancient anger in their veins and the cruelty of a goddess in their hearts

You will beg before her, you will scream; but Hera never flinched from the words of a mortal.

So why should she?

Do not stand in her way. She will burn down your kingdoms, herself with it, if it meant your ruin.

Medea /// (d.s)

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Just putting that here if people are looking for a cool playlist with metaphors and references to Greek mythology (possibly Roman too) or that simply have a mythological vibes? (lol)

It is a work in progress, so if anyone as suggestions of what I should add to it, feel free to comment ❤️‍🔥🪽

Cyn

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• DIONYSUS • OLYMPIAN •

Dionysus (/daɪ.əˈnaɪsəs/; Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος Diónysos)[3][4] He was also known as Bacchus (/ˈbækəs/ or /ˈbɑːkəs/; Ancient Greek: Βάκχος Bacchos)

God of wine 🍷, vegetation, fertility, festivity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre 🎭

Son of Zeus ⚡️ and Semele, Princess of Thebes, Goddess of the Bacchic frenzy

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I will not water myself down to make me more digestible for you. You can choke

Unknown

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• APHRODITE • OLYMPIAN •

Aphrodite (/ˌæfrəˈdaɪtiː/ , AF-rə-DY-tee)

Goddess of love, lust, passion, pleasure, beauty, and sexuality❤️‍🔥

Daughter of Zeus ⚡️and Dione ( Homer’s version) or Uranus (Hesiod)

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But beauty is about finding the right fit, the most natural fit. To be perfect, you have to feel perfect about yourself- avoid trying to be something you’re not

Aphrodite- The lost hero

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• HADES • AÏDONEUS • KING OF THE UNDERWORLD •

Awides ("unseen").[8] The earliest attested form is Aḯdēs (Ἀΐδης) Aïdōneús (Ἀϊδωνεύς) and the inflected forms Áïdos (Ἄϊδος, gen.), Áïdi (Ἄϊδι, dat.), and Áïda (Ἄϊδα, acc.)

God of the dead and the riches

Son of Kronos and Rhea 🌸

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I have stood for thousands of years and have not faltered; the day I met you, my legs shook

Unknown

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• THANATOS • THE PERSONIFICATION OF DEATH ITSELF •

Thanatos (UK: /ˈθænətɒs/;[2] Ancient Greek: Θᾰ́νᾰτος, Thánatos, pronounced in Ancient Greek:[tʰánatos] "Death",[3] from θνῄσκω thnēskō "

God of nonviolent deaths

Son of Nyx, goddess and personification of the night

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Greed may do your bidding, but death serves no man

Unknown

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• ATHENA • OLYMPIAN •

Athena or Athene

Goddess of war, of wisdom, of handicraft

Daughter of Zeus ⚡️ and Metis

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You don’t have to carry a weapon to be a warrior. Anyone who fights for what they want is a warrior.

Mrs Morco