Greek mythology DOES include WINGED dragons/drakons/serpents/ lil mans
Thrace, Perinthos, Severus Alexander, AD 232-235
EGYPT, Alexandria. Faustina II Regnal year 14 of Antoninus Pius (150/1 CE)
(cant find a date or place something Hadrianapolis)
Cyzicus, Mysia; Unknown issuer, c. 450-400 BCE
Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
"For Triptolemos, the elder of Metaniera's sons, Demeter prepared a chariot of winged Drakones (Dragons)"
thank you ovid for letting us have at least giving medea winged serpents
Ovid, Metamorphoses
"[Medea flees Thessalia (Thessaly) after the murder of King Pelias :] Had she [Medea] not soared away with her winged Serpents (Serpentes), she surely must have paid the price. Aloft, over the peak of shady Pelion . . . she fled, and over Othrys . . . [Until] at last, borne on her Vipers' (Vipereae) wings"
Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica
"[Medea] with Winged Serpents cleaves the air, dripping with murder"
Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica
"Circe was borne away [from the land of Colchis] by winged Dracones (Dragon-Serpents)"
150 CE Roman sarcophagus
Asclepius riding a winged serpent based af holy cow
Pautalia, Thrace; Caracalla (198-217 CE),
theres probaly more out there but im tired af and gotta take a bio test in a hour
Nico: I would like to ask you a couple of questions about cereals...if I can and you have time,of course.
Dementer,stunned and starting to feel excited at the same time: Of course I have time! Finally someone that realize the power of cereals and their nutrients! Please,ask away,I will be glad to answer you.
Nico,starting to regret his life choices: So...during my time with the Seven,we went to Venice,and we meet this god...
Demeter,listening carefully: and?
Nico,explaining to her how he got trasformed in a corn plant by Triptolemus,while his sister was dying and their friend was defeating a city full of monsters in order to get barley cakes,and they didn't even know what barley looked like: Since I don't want to have the same experience again,could you please teach me more about cereals?...please?
Demeter:...I can see why your father want to make you stay in the palace forever-
Nico,hopefully: Thanks...? So?
Demeter: I...I don't think it would do you wrong if you knew more about cereals. Especially after...this.
Nico: Thank you divine grandmother,I really don't want to be a plant anymore. It happened too many times.
I think we should start considering Triptolemus to be Demeter’s adopted son, in the same way that Thetis is Hera’s adopted daughter
First of all, the proof is in the pudding!!! Hyginus calls him Ceres’ alumno, which would translate to nursling or foster child
Second, we have quite a few texts where Triptolemus takes Demophon’s place as the child that Demeter nurtures when she arrives to Eleusis after the abduction of Persephone (eg. the one pictured above, Ovid’s Fasti, De astronomia). But even if you ignore this version of the story — which I’m guessing most do, since the Homeric Hymn is by far the most popular account of this narrative — he’s still her protégé and bearer of her legacy !!!
Also, every artwork featuring him gives off ‘loving mom telling her kid to be home before 9’ vibes
Gotta admit I have no clue who this is so I'm gonna document myself finding out thru a definitely not thorough at all Google search in real time right here
Okay so he's a god? Some kind of agricultural god I think he seems to be associated with Demeter a bunch
Okay so when Demeter was disguised as an old woman after Persephone got abducted she went to the king of Eleusis and he was like "nurse my sons woman" that's weird
Triptolemus got one drop of that godly titty juice and immediately grew from a baby to a man LOL that's some greek myth shit
DEMETER IS METAL AS HELL HOLY SHIT SHE WANTED TO THROW TRIPTOLEMUS' BROTHER INTO A HEARTH TO MAKE HIM IMMORTAL TOO? LMFAOOOO she's a sweetheart though aw why's she just making everyone immortal
Okay Triptolemus gets a chariot drawn by giant snake dragons? Hell yeah
Now he's a living plough and he flies thru the sky educating the world on agriculture that's chill as hell 🗣️🗣️ and after Persephone comes back she's just like "oh hey new brother you're chill as hell" and joins him on his little agricultural-education adventure? I love this guy
Ahh the story is a little different in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter but idc I like this one more it's funny
Now onto Triptolemus' agricultural education adventure™.. his names kind of a mouthful so I'm just gonna call him lil trippy from now on that's his rapper persona
Lil trippy's agricultural adventure™ brings him to Scythia, where the king gets jealous of lil trippy's major drip and tries to kill him so he could get the credit for the amazing harvest that year instead. Mama Demeter ain't cool with that and throws him to get eaten by a lynx before sending lil trip-trip back to his chariot and back on his adventure™
The same thing happens in Getae, but the king steals one of lil trippy's dragon snake guys instead?!! AND TRIES TO KILL THAT LITTLE GUY?? NOT COOL?! Mama saves trippy again and he's off on his adventure™ once more
There seems to just be a bunch of stories like this so I'm gonna skip over them I think this is just another case of everyone from every city wanting a piece of that ice cold lil trippy drip in the mythos
I'm sure there's more about him, but I'm out of time! I'll try to draw him soon for sure, I'll reblog this with a doodle when I'm back home this weekend 🩷 he's real cute!
uncique puer monstrator aratri alii
Triptolemum, alii Osirim volunt: quod magis verum est, ut dicit Propertius, vel Tibullus; nam Triptolemus frumenta divisit. quod munus ei Ceres dedit propter humanitatem patris Icari, qui eam, cum Proserpinam raptam in coniugium a Plutone quaereret, in Attica suscepit hospitio. bene autem tacuit de nomine et generaliter ait 'puer'; nam non unus aratrum toto orbe monstravit, sed diversi in diversis locis. alii talem de hoc Triptolemo fabulam tradunt. Ceres cum Proserpinam filiam quaereret, ad Eleusinum regem devenit, cuius uxor Cyntinia puerum Triptolemum pepererat, seque nutricem pueri amore ducta simulavit reginae. sed nutrix recepta cum vellet alumnum suum inmortalem reddere, interdiu eum lacte divino alebat, noctu in ignem clam obruebat; itaque praeterquam solent mortales crescebat. id sic fieri cum pater admiraretur, nocturno tempore observavit. cum Ceres vellet puerum in cinere et in igne abscondere, pater exclamavit. illa irata Eleusinum exanimavit, Triptolemo alumno suo aeternum beneficium dedit: nam ad fruges portandas currum draconibus iunxit deditque ei, quibus ille vectus orbem terrarum frugibus obseruit. quem, postquam domum rediit, cum Cephalus rex interficere voluisset, re cognita iussu Cereris Triptolemo regnum tradidit. qui accepto regno oppidum constituit et ex patris nomine Eleusinum nominavit Cererique sacra primus instituit, quae θεσμοφόρια graece dicuntur. Varro de scaenicis originibus vel in Scauro Triptolemum dicit, Nigidius sphaerae barbaricae sub virginis signo aratorem, quem Horon Aegyptii vocant, quod Horon Osiridis filium ab hoc educatum dicunt. ergo Osiris significatur, ut Philostephanus περὶ εὑρημάτων; vel Epimenides, qui postea Buzyges dictus est secundum Aristotelem.
(Servius, Georgics, 1.19)
I really hope Macaria gets her own Hades game, and if not here's some of my ideas
It's like the opposite of Hades 1
Mac has long brown hair that kinda looks like Persephones hairdo pre-underworld, yellow and white based clothes, two green eyes, and oh yeah white wings, all weapons kinda float on her back. Very nice, kind, and sweet. More of Hallyday, joyous, flowers and rainbow vibe game
Mac is trapped on the mortal world, raised by Persephone, because that curse is like the opposite for her, she can't live in the underworld, lives in Persephones old farm
Trained by Chiron, taking Skelemesus(how do you spell??) Role. Also Triptolemus is here, mortal turned God by Demeter during Persephones disappearance, and Cyrene, amazing Hunter and Shepherd princess/queen turned Naiad, lover of Apollo and Ares too
Plot: The Primordal gods and Titans are awaking, aka they were all, mostly, asleep before this and will wake up and choose violence
Mainly Gaia, who's upset about the Titan things. The Olympians can't help cause they gotta deal with Typhon, so Mac gets help from minor gods and some Titans- Hebe, fun cus, Asclepius, bless his soul, Triton, nervous cus, Iris, gossip girl/hermes job, Nike, probably challenges you like Nem in Hades 2, Tyche, the IDK, Eros, seductive but is married(put shoulerd guards because of THE INCIDENT), Psyche, distant, loss vibe, but a sweetheart, Aeolus, laying down on a couch looking cloud, baby girl, Prometheus, holds tourch thats all I ask for, Themis, blindfold looking straight at you with hands on sword in the ground, stoic.... probably others, comment below
For Nyx kids this time around, basically everyone's who left, but primarily Phil(Philotes) Friendship Incarnate, the bestie who's like Hypnos, never met him though, she doesn't hang out with her other family, except Hemera! Also here, like the opposite Nyx, kinda duh Day Incarnate, also you wake Aither, Light Incarnate, same vibe as giddy Hypnos kinda. But then gets the worst Nyx kids, Oizys, Distress Incarnate, pessimism pro, Momus, Satire Incarnate, ridicules you for everything, the worse, more annoying Hypnos greeter, Dolos and Apate, Fraud and Deceit Incarnate, makes your job harder and kills you half the time, Geras, grumpy old man, anddddd Achlys, Misery Incarnate, who I make Nyx AND Erebus kid because the Chaos and Nyx kid might be too weird... also Asleep Primordal... but awakes, very much like Charon, they are best friends, enemies, and closest siblings, both taught by Erebus and hisses/growls to speak, also will kill you UNLESSS you offer her stuff, dumb enough to fight Charon... but he's also dumb enough to fight her so...
Also Erebus is here, who I like to say is all their dad because I love him, defiantly loving father who's been denied fatherhood too many times
Wake during the fight with Tartarus, who also wakes. They have beef. Fought each other and put eachother to sleep, on the day Eris was born, when the Twins were barely a year old(the order is different for reasons). Basically Erebus is gonna visist his entire family, also favors Charon because he's the first kid who he could ACTUALLY RAISE- looks at Hemera, Aither, and the Fates- let's not talk about Moros, Nemesis, Geras, Phil, Hypnos, Than, Eris, and Momus
Also others you awake- Oceanus, Pontus, Ananke, Astreaus, Uranus(maybe), Gaia, and other primordals/Titans prob, comment below for ideas
Other characters: Hippolytus, hates his dad(Theseus) loves Artemis(as in a Motherly figure/best friend, depending on how you see em) also loves his actually mom, Jason and Perseus hanging out together(congrats if ya got that reference), Atalanta, challenge you in everything and likes to berate Jason, Hippolyta, hates her Ex loves her son, Otrera, person you fight because why not?, Keto(Ceto) goddess of Sea Monsters, person you fight because I want that design, Midas, like takes Charons job for most of the game, also Pasithea, with children, help her get to Hypnos, others I don't know GIVE IDEAS
Weapons: main Scythe, because yes, at one point gets dual Swords, one is Aspect of Erebus, because yes, throwing knives, Aspect of Oizys, idk feels right, some type of spear thing, Aspect of Iris and Nike for those, whip? Aspect of Megeara because I'm funny, shields, either Aspect of Heracles or Achlys, and one for Perseus and Athena, mirror shield plus Medusa head one, Hammer/Mace, a Hypnos Ascpet it's funny guys, probably Momus too, and I don't know... that's all I got
For Romance options, I feel like Phil because she's very like Mac, Oizys for that Nemesis/Melinoe type, maybe an Iris one? She shows up in person eventually after you get her fountain, and if you wanna be REALLY funny, Meg or Than depending what ya chose for the first game
Finally, you get a big quest known as Phil's Tea Party, basically everytime you god a minor god or Nyx kid to join her Tea Party, at the end get the whole family, please, Phil loves her family despite them not loving her
