#cosmetes

[vforvaggelis]

Κοσμητής, τρίτος αιώνας μ.Χ. Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό

Cosmetes, 3rd century AD. National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

[iniokhi]

A Rulers Nature

"How many times must I tell you not to undermine me in front of the others, you know we cannot  afford to showcase our weak links. We must be display unity not dysfunction." Through gritted teeth the queen  scolded  her king.

[comethespringarchive-blog]

The goddess handed her father one of the cookies she was baking, stress baking was her thing. Still she turned her head with her brows raised, "Hey, Daddy."

[mintynaiad]

".... Why are you here?" The last time Menthe had seen Zeus, he was visiting Hades in the Underworld and Hera had accompanied him. The naiad had been forced to dress up and play lady of the palace during his visit.

[iniokhi]

Behined closed doors||

"50, 51, 52...." Hera counted as she gently brushed away the knots from her golden locks with the silver brush her son Hepheatus had beautifully crafted.  It was a theraputic habit she had developed with the years; it aided her in holding her sanity as  everything around crumbled into a consuming chaos. " 72, 73-- Why must you always interrupt me?" She demanded, her tone gentle, covering the irritation behined as the ornate door created a powerful echoe, inside their quarters. With a nonchalant motion the goddess rose her head, taking a wiff of the air around her. " You smell of alcohol. Where have you been?" She paused, making sure that her indifferent expression had not been distorted, "Or the better question, with who have you been?" She smiled callously, the bitterness never leaving her heart.

[iniokhi]

"Though it was forced, at first, I truly loved you. Yet as the seasons changed and the years began to drag their nails down my spine, your cold nature froze my fragile heart, and like frost my hatred expanded engulfing everything in sight. — It is all your fault "                                                 —Hera