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If nobody got me I know the 7 other Diomedes girlies (gn) on Tumblrdotcom got me

Can I get an amen ☝️

one thing that annoys me in modern depictions of the hellenic gods is how often Hephaistos is represented as an old man. none of Zeus and/or Hera’s other children are usually represented as old by most modern artists, but he often is. or when he isn’t, he’s entirely able-bodied. are people aware that someone can be disabled without being old ? it’s annoying. the worst thing is art of him where he’s both old and able-bodied, what’s even the point there

ClassicsTober day 6 : Medea

This took me So. Much. Time. But the process was interesting, I have to admit, I can see I got a bit better since the prior painting of Medusa so let's keep experiment ! :)

We talk a lot about Hades being villainized more than he deserves but we don’t talk enough about how Athena is almost always erased in adaptions, I get writers not wanting a Deus ex machina solving their heroes problems (that trope originated from Greek mythology ironically lol) but Athena’s relationship to those heroes is still extremely important to their characters, but especially Odysseus and Heracles, so erasing her always makes the story feel like it’s missing something.

petition to change “written by a woman” into “written by euripides”