#pasiphaë

[curtvilescomic]

Pasiphaë and the White Bull by Milo Manara

[princessofghosts-posts]

Gods freaking out over Nico di Angelo [pt.5] (feat. Hazel)

Note: This is set during House of Hades

Pasiphaë to Hazel: You can't beat me!

Hazel: Watch me!

Hazel reopening THE Labyrinth using the mist,deceiving her,making her believe she has won,when she was actually losing:

Pasiphaë,strangely impressed and frightened by her skills: And you just learned how to do that–!?

Hazel: Yes,it's called improvisation. My brother Nico taught me that one.

Pasiphaë,realizing who's name is that: As in Nico di Angelo?

Hazel,clueless: Yes-? You know him?

Pasiphaë,realizing that the sister of the demigod who condemned her husband's ghost,in THE Labyrinth, has just confronted her by reopening THE same Labyrinth: ...YOU,CHILDREN OF THE UNDERWORLD ARE THE WORST! First my husband,and now me?! I never liked him,but at least I never condemned him! But then your brother happened and everything went to shit! And now you want to do the same to me?! Hazel Levesque you aren't getting away with this! My Labyrinth will not be used against me again!

Hazel,confused because Nico never told her anything about the labyrinth or everything else: I– ok?

Mewhile Nico is having a full PTSD flashback because half of his trauma is back and his sister is battling Minos's wife: I already played this games before....

[afaljaarad]

Los helenos eran muy raros

[jack-o-laa]

Where are my greek myth enjoyers⁉️

[scriptorsapiens]

Classicstober Day 3: Asterion (𐀀𐀮𐀳𐀪𐀃)

To those who don't know (or didn't play Supergiant's Hades) the Minotaur was born with a name: Asterion. There's a lot that I take away from the name, it's history, and it's implications, but I think the shortest version is "the worst monsters are the ones we make ourselves," so for him I wanted to show a tender moment between Asterion and his mother, the nymph Pasiphaë.

My rant about the Minotaur and my design thought process is under the cut.

Asterion was not a name pulled out of nowhere. It was the name of Minos' adopted father, the man who raised him and his brothers. Pasiphaë choosing to name him that implies that either A) Pasiphaë had a really cruel sense of naming conventions, which is not unlikely given her character or B) the baby Asterion was just that; a baby. Not really a monster, not yet, just a strange child who would be ruined by his adopted father. Seeing Classical art of Pasiphaë affectionately holding a baby Asterion (which partially inspired this piece) seems to support the latter, and given Minos' characterization it makes sense that he would see more value in a monster than another son.

Something that lots of retellings leave out is the presence of nymphs and gods in these stories. Pasiphaë (𐀞𐀯𐀞𐀁) was no mortal queen, she was the daughter of the sea-nymph Perse and The Sun (Helios), as well as a powerful sorceress. To reflect her divinity I always draw Pasiphaë as a glowing, terrifying white entity with inborn red accents (that latter trait being inspired by a line from Madeline Miller's Circe).

Her clothes are mostly based on a Minoan style (ask me about my thoughts on Minos and Minoan appearances) but instead of a tailored tunic Pasiphaë wears a bit of a call-forward to a chiton. This also allows her to bare her breasts, as IMHO most goddesses keep it all out, especially such a wild, nature based child of the Sun and the Sea. The colors are very rich to show how wealthy Minos is. I know the ancient Greeks equated the sun to silver more than to gold, but I wanted Pasiphaë to wear some bright yellow-gold as her primary palette.

Modern habit die hard, I guess.

[illustratus]

Daedalus and Pasiphaë by Jean Lemaire

[liocto]

queen pasiphae

design by ig @tamattuta ❤️

[blackwolfmanx4]

King Minos: Hey Unc, I need your help to make me more popular.

Poseidon: Here's a white bull. Bring it back when you're done.

King Minos: Wow, what a nice looking bull! .... My bull.

(meanwhile)

Poseidon: That little shit!! 😠

Aphrodite: What's the matter? Ohh, your nephew was supposed to sacrifice that white bull wasn't he?

Poseidon: Yeah he was! But you know what? I got something funny for him. Go pull a prank on Minos's wife.

Aphrodite: Hey Pasiphae, you want some beef in your taco?