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Apollo: I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy, unless of course, we’re talking about my enemy the lore olympus version of me.

Apollo: Fuck you lore olympus version of me.

Greek mythology from A to Z:

[B] - Bia (Βία) was a Titan goddess and the personification of force.

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.

Achilles: Can you see us on the mountain?

Thetis: No. Why do you ask?

Achilles: No. Reason.

*later at the mountain*

Achilles: SHE COULDNT SEE US. FOR THREE YEARS.

Patroclus: Oh?

Achilles: FOR THREE YEARS. SHE COULDN'T SEE US. FOR. THREE. YEARS.

Patroclus: Mhm.

Achilles: THREE. YEARS.

Patroclus: Mhm.

Achilles: WE COULDVE BEEN FUCKING. FOR. THREE. YEARS.

Patroclus: Mhm.

Chiron: i ship it.

Thetis: What the fuck

Ares: But, Father, don't you care about my feelings too?! Zeus: Aww, Ares. Zeus: No, of course not.

“Death of Hyacinthus”

Out of jealousy, the west wind Zephyrus causes Apollo’s discus to strike Hyacinthus and kill him. Apollo creates hyacinths from the prince’s blood so that his soul lives on through the flowers.

For composition & characters, I took inspiration from Tiepolo’s “Death of Hyacinthus” and Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus.”

Follow-up piece from the Apollo/Hyacinthus I painted last year. Notes, process & closeups can be found below the cut

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Did you know that Antilochus was among Helen's suitors?

peleus: my son cannot be a suitor. he is only 6. far too young.

meanwhile nestor: [presenting helen with what can only be described as a fresh out the womb baby] a great husband, no? a real charmer.

─James Jebusa Shannon (Auburn,New York, 1862 - London,1923) 

Norse mythology from A to Z:

[H] - Huldra is a very elusive and seductive creature of the forest. 

The huldra is a stunningly beautiful, sometimes naked woman with long hair; though from behind she is hollow like an old tree trunk and has an animal’s tail. In Norway, she has a cow’s tail and in Sweden she may have that of a cow or a fox.

tail, habits, proof