Agamemnon: How Did None Of You Hear What I Just Said?

Hermes finding a lost soul 🦋

I wanted to draw Hermes in his role as psychopompos and I remember reading somewhere that butterflies represented souls in greek mythology. I'm not really sure on that but I liked the idea :)

Aeneas please 🥹

pretty boy

ʟʍǟօ աɛ ʟօʋɛ ǟ ɢօօɖ ʍɛʍɛ

All the star signs in my comic, Realta Part 2!

Part one

Greek mythology from A to Z:

[I] - Iris (Ἶρις) was the goddess – or, better yet, personification – of the rainbow, and a messenger for the gods.

Greek mythology from A to Z:

[A] - Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) was the god of poetry, art, archery, plague, sun, light, knowledge and music

art honoring Hermes

here's the third set in the series i'm doing on art honoring the gods as i finish my art history degree; Apollon and Artemis can be found under these links. here are my favorite pieces honoring Hermes :>

Disclaimer: Most artists throughout the neoclassical period (in particular, but not limited to) used Hermes/Mercury interchangeably for a myriad of cultural and religious reasons. I do understand that Hermes and Mercury are syncretized deities with very different aspects in Greek and Roman society respectively.

In order: 1) Souls on the Banks of the Acheron by Adolph Hiremy-Hirschl, 1898, Belvedere Palace, Vienna. 2) Detail from Palazzo Clerici Ceiling Fresco by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740, Milan. 3) Hermes (Engraving) by William Blake Richmond, 1866, University of Toronto Library. 4) Mercury Attaching his Wings by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, c. 1744, on display in the Louvre, Paris. 5) Hermes by Jules Alexis Coulan, 1914, Grand Central Station. 6) Elevation of the Great Elector to Olympus by Charles-Amedee-Philippe van Loo, 1751, City Palace, Potsdam, Germany. 7) Detail from Mercury Exhorting Aeneas to Leave Carthage by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1757, Palazzina di Caccia, Stupinigi. 8) Mercury and Psyche by Reinhold, 1857, Staatliche Museum, Berlin.

Therapist: What do you have to do if someone rejects you? Zephyrus: Kill them using their loved ones as a weapon. Therapist: no-

Venus and Anchises by William Blake Richmond (1889-90)

Once more for those in the back.