Hades: Sometimes When I Hear False Rumors About Myself I Am Like "Damn Bitch, What Did I Do Next?".

Sandro Botticelli, La Primavera, detail - c.1478-82

Zephyrus "The Gentle One" & Flora The herald of Spring, Zephyrus (god of the west wind) is known as the most gentle among his brothers. When he descends, he melts the winter snow, bringing with him life-giving winds, warmth, and the joy of spring. As a result of Zephyrus kissing Chloris, a nymph, she became Flora, the goddess of flowers and new growth.

The Iliad - The Flight of Anchises | L´Iliade - La fuga di Anchise

by Fabio Fabbi

Doodle of Achilles and Ajax playing dice based on this black figure vase painting by Exekias

The fact that most translations and commentaries I’ve read says that

alius Latio iam partus Achilles, natus et ipse dea

Now/already another Achilles has been born [Latio], and he too is the son of a godess

refers only to Turnus really downgrades the ambiguity in this statement. Because Latio could mean in Latium, in which case it’s Turnus. But it could also mean for/on behalf of Latium. And it’s Aeneas who’s been consistently called the son of a goddess and who will take Achilles’ place at the end when he essentially recreates the Trojan War in Italy. 

This is the ambiguity of prophecy where it refers to two people at once. It’s not just Turnus because, in the end, Turnus isn’t the inheritor of Achilles. Aeneas is.

Greek mythology from A to Z:

[H] - Hyacinthus (Ὑάκινθος) was a beautiful young man who became the lover of the god Apollo, although he also had the affection of Zephyr, the god of the west wind. During a game of discus, Apollo threw the discus, and Hyacinthus ran after it trying to impress the god. However, he was struck by the discus and died. Apollo, distraught at the youth’s death, forbade Hades to claim his soul; instead, he turned him into the flower of the same name.

Norse mythology from A to Z:

[N] - Njörðr is a god associated with the sea, seafaring, wind, fishing, wealth, and crop fertility.

“No one can weave as well as I—not even the Goddess Athena!” Arachne boasted, unaware of who else might be listening in. 

Revisiting one of the most memorable greek myths from my childhood, the weaving contest of Arachne and Athena. 

Norse mythology from A to Z:

[S] - Sigyn is a goddess and wife of Loki.

Telemachus: And then, I went to Sparta and met your best friend-

Odysseus: Diomedes was in Sparta?

Telemachus: No, your other best friend.

Odysseus: Agamemnon’s ghost?

Telemachus: No, his brother-

Odysseus: Castor? That’s Agamemnon’s brother in law silly.

Telemachus: No, the person you went to Troy for.

Odysseus: Aw, Helen said we were best friends? That’s sweet.

Telemachus: No, her husband.

Odysseus: I always knew Paris liked me deep-down.