Oh my god wait. What if the blessings of the gods manifested physically? Like if a god takes an interest in you, EVERYONE is going to see it, for better or worse. And if you lose their favour? Everyone can see that, too
Jason with a peacock tail and feather-crest, both of which go faded and limp when he turns on Medea, so that they drag on the floor and get in the way
Pollux with eagle wings instead of arms, so Castor acts as his hands and that’s why they’re inseparable. When Castor dies and Pollux splits his immortality with him, they each get one arm and one wing, so one can’t fly without the other
Odysseus with a forked tongue and fangs—a subtle feature that he can hide when he needs to. When Athena feels like being helpful (like when she disguises him as a beggar) she’ll cast an illusion over it, but Penelope immediately recognises him by his lisp
When Athena gives Diomedes the blessing of seeing through the gods’ disguises, he also gets owl eyes and the ability to turn his head 180 degrees. This helps when Odysseus tries to stab him in the back on the Palladium heist
HERACLES WITH BULL HORNS. I have nothing to add I just think that sounds sick as hell
Helen grows beautiful golden feathers instead of hair. Nothing useful, just an obvious sign of her heritage that adds to her appeal to the suitors: whoever wins her hand gets to walk around with a physical symbol of Zeus’s favour
Atalanta with antlers that snap when she gets married, leaving jagged shards behind that won’t go blunt and can’t be sharpened down. She can have her husband, but he can’t touch her head without risking badly cutting himself. This can either be one final blessing or a curse depending on how consensual you interpret the marriage
Hector has pristine white raven wings, making him even more terrifying to the Achaeans, flying into battle like divine intervention, and a symbol of hope for the Trojans. Achilles plucks the feathers off his corpse, but they won’t stop growing back. Still, Achilles has a cloak made from them and wears it into battle, turning Troy’s symbol against them
Paris gets dove wings, but he tells everyone they’re too small to fly with because he’s a coward and doesn’t want to have the same responsibilities as Hector. Then he flies away from the duel with Menelaus in front of the entire army, and that’s when Troy finally loses what’s left of their respect for him
Right Dioscuros, west pediment sculptural complex, Marasà sanctuary ca. 450-400 BC. Greek civilization, Parian marble. Museo archeologico nazionale di Reggio Calabria, Italy
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Castor and Pollux (or Polydeuces), twin half-brothers (heteropaternal superfecundation) in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as Dioscuri or Dioskouroi
Their mother was Leda, but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, the king of Sparta, while Pollux was the divine son of Zeus, who seduced Leda in the form of a swan. They are sometimes said to have been born from an egg, along with their twin sisters Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra.
Epizephyrian Locris (Locri Epizefiri) = Locris on (epi-) the west (Zephyrus, the west wind)
The last of the Greek colonies founded on the territory of present-day Calabria.
One of the most culturally dazzling cities of Magna Graecia during the Greek Classical and Hellenistic periods and Plato described it as a city "governed by beautiful laws"
Ares is everyone’s grandpa, cause wth, why does he appear in everyone’s family tree?
Dionysus, Asclepius, Heracles, Helen, Clytemenestra, The Dioscuroi (these last ones are siblings so idk), uuuh… Menelaus & Agammemnon, Acteon ( @artemiz0npawz Aktaion mentioned, pookie), and probably ETC.
Or perhaps I’m just obsessed with him and his genealogy, that could also be
Attic red figure column-krater, attributed to Group of Polygnotos, ca. 450-400 BC. Museo Archeologico del Sannio Caudino.
The death of Talos in order: a female (ig she is one of the Phaeacian slaves that Arete gives to Medea), Medea, an argonaut kneeling, Talos between two more argonauts (perhaps the Dioscuri?) and tiny Thanatos (He is so cute😭😭😭😭) Bleeding to death is very sad 😔
Not good at drawing horses, but it worked out ok! Here we have the Dioscuri, sprawled out in the night sky. Done on mixed media paper with black ink and white charcoal! I’m following a special inktober list this year with Greek mythology because it’s my favorite. Also this was very hard to get photos of.
