#asterios oc

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Although Chrysanthe and Asterios are both royals, they have quite different backgrounds. I was reading in a book I bought recently that the Minoans might have had access to monkeys through their trade partners such as Egypt. This was proposed as a possible inspiration for the monkeys in Minoan frescoes. Asterios came from a more modest Mycenaean territory with less access to wealth. Even if nearby courts had exposure to monkeys, he sure as hell didn’t.

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Another style test for my Maite project. This is Asterios, A Mycenaean Prince and another character who is about Maite and Lykao’s age.

I shortened his hair after cross referencing with some Mycenaean artwork.