[tridentandtales]

Bronze statue of Hypnos (personification of sleep) with wings sprouting from his temples

Roman copy of a Greek statue, 350 - 200 BCE

The British Museum 1868,0606.9

[ilions-end]

okay i've come to appreciate seneca for his banger lines but wow already on the FIRST PAGE of his medea???

MEDEA: Bring death on this new wife, death on the father-in-law and the whole royal stock. For the bridegroom I have a worse prayer in store: may he live. May he wander through unknown cities in want, in exile, hated and homeless may he seek out other men's doors, by this time a notorious guest; may he long for me as his wife and—I can make no worse prayer—for children resembling their father and resembling their mother. My revenge is born, already born: I have given birth.

[agapidraws]

Ares & Harmonia dancing in her wedding 💙

[blumineck]

Here we go again!

More of my stuff

[butchaeneas]

Hans Friedrich Schorer after Paolo Fiammingo Triumph of Cybele 1634 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

[embroidered-vines]

Lord Hermes devotional drawing

[viktorello]

Apollo! God of the silver bow 🌟

[hadrian6]

"Satyr's Head with Antlers," 17th-century sculpture by Christof Angermair German 1580-1633. ivory. Bavarian National Museum. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

[tractim]

Dionysus with the head of Pentheus! I couldn’t decide which version to post, so have both of them 🎭

[aziscribs]

the last demigods and children of the sea for @anchisiades 🩷🩷

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[morsaclizombi]

[figbythistle]

Quick sketch of Hermes, messenger of the gods, and some carrier pigeons. Inspired by this wonderful post by @vdoes and a conversation with some lovely friends about Hermes naturally being associated with pigeons because they are carriers of messages! Hermes is one of my faves AND I love pigeons very much.

[thatsnotmarty]

[mxmorbidmidnight]

Nazis will never be welcome in paganism. They have no space in our communities, we will have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to nazis. You have no right to the cultures, gods and religions you hijack to spread your disgusting ideologies. You will find no refuge or comraderie amongst pagans.

Reblog to let nazis know they’re not welcome here.

[hildegards-abbey]

A peacock

Breviary; Northern Germany, 2nd half of the 15th century: Harley MS 2975, f. 73v

[temperamentalgreen]

Trinkets of the Mountain Mother

[theoxenia]

“The Greek-Egyptian god Serapis likewise was thought to afford protection. On one side of a gem functioning as an amulet, the figure of Zeus Serapis is displayed, with the inscription on the reverse reading nika ho Serapis ton phthonon (“Serapis conquers envy/the Evil Eye”). Another glass amulet is inscribed with words, Me[g] a to onoma Sarapis (“Great is the name of Serapis”). The inscription, Eis Zeus Serapis, Baskanosdarêsetô (“Zeus Serapis is unique, let the Evil Eye be flayed”) protected a house. A similar inscription affixed to a house read, Eis Zeus Serapis, Baskanoslakêsetô (“Zeus Serapis is unique, let the Evil Eye be banished”). The gods provided charis, “generous benefaction,” which was the opposite of baskania and phthonos. Charis originally meant “emanation from God, human, or animal bearing blessing” which was the antithesis of an Evil Eye and envy. The gods effected good fortune through their blessing glance of charis. The eyes of Zeus, Apollo, and the Muses brought light and blessing. Minerva in particular, was considered the goddess of the blessing look, which baskania could not endure.”

Beware the Evil Eye: The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World, Volume 2 by John H. Elliott