Doodle Of Achilles And Ajax Playing Dice Based On This Black Figure Vase Painting By Exekias

Agamemnon: What is that?

Patroclus: My to-do list.

Agamemnon: That's a piece of paper with Achilles' name on it.

Achilles blushes wild

Patroclus winks

Agamemnon: Oh dear lord!

Norse mythology from A to Z:

[F] - Frigg wears many hats in Norse mythology. She is often described as “foremost among the goddesses”, and was the wife of Odin. She was the Queen of the Aesir and the goddess of the sky. She was also known as the goddess of fertility, household, motherhood, love, marriage, and domestic arts.

Norse mythology from A to Z:

[V] - Valkyries is a group of maidens who served the god Odin and were sent by him to the battlefields to choose the slain who were worthy of a place in Valhalla.

Greek mythology from A to Z:

[A] -  Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) was the god of medicine, son of the god Apollo. Asclepius was given to the Centaur Chiron, who raised him and taught him medicine and the healing arts. At some point, Asclepius healed a snake, which in return taught him secret knowledge - snakes were considered divine beings that were wise and could heal.

Greek mythology from A to Z:

[B] - Britomartis (Βριτόμαρτις) was a goddess of mountains and hunting, who was primarily worshipped on the island of Crete.

Persephone: what are you drinking? I said no alcohol so close to bedtime

Dionysus: ma, it’s just tea!

Persephone: tea???

Dionysus:

Dionysus: -quila

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 :)

Slavic mythology from A to Z:

[A] - Alkonost and Sirin (Алконост и Сирин)

Alkonost in Russian legends is a bird of paradise with the head and hands of a girl. Legends say that Alkonost carries eggs to the depths of the sea in the middle of winter. Alkonost is singing so beautifully that the one who has heard it forgets about everything in the world.

In the medieval Russian legends, Sirin is definitely considered to be a bird of paradise, which sometimes flies to the earth and sings prophetic songs about future bliss, but sometimes these songs can be harmful to humans. Therefore, in some legends, Sirin acquires a negative value, so that it is even beginning to be considered a dark bird, the messenger of the underworld.

Pallas Athena

Greek mythology from A to Z:

[A] - Amphitrite (Ἀμφιτρίτη) was the ancient Greek goddess-queen of the sea, wife of Poseidon, and eldest of the fifty Nereides