women of greek mythology - aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη)
Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. Her Roman equivalent is the goddess Venus. According to Hesiod’s Theogony, she was born when Cronus cut off Uranus’s genitals and threw them into the sea, and she arose from the sea foam (aphros). According to Homer’s Iliad, she is the daughter of Zeus and Dione. Because of her beauty, other gods feared that their rivalry over her would interrupt the peace among them and lead to war, so Zeus married her to Hephaestus, who, because of his ugliness and deformity, was not seen as a threat. Aphrodite had many lovers—both gods, such as Ares, and men, such as Anchises. She played a role in the Eros and Psyche legend, and later was both Adonis’s lover and his surrogate mother. Many lesser beings were said to be children of Aphrodite. (+ more) [1] [2]
the midas touch / figures of myth
Mount Olympus
Mount Olympus was a palace hidden in the clouds and surrounded by large walls built by Cyclopes so that men cannot enter. The palace inside Mount Olympus where many gods lived was enormous so that the gods could dwell there in their true forms. There was a zoo inside Olympus that housed many animals including lions, bears, eagles, tigers, stags etc. Zeus and Hera, his wife, won the rule over Olympus when Zues, Poseidon and Hades drew straws to determine who should be the ruler of what. Poseidon doesn’t live on Mount Olympus by choice while Hades and Momus do not live there because they were banned.
REMIX MEME → orpheus and eurydice for anonymous
I was never following you. I was leading you down.
how to get to Hadestown—
you’ll have to take the long way down
through the underground, under the cover of night
laying low, staying out of sight
ain’t no compass, brother, there ain’t no map
just a telephone wire and the railroad track
keep walking and you don’t look backHADESTOWN—a retelling of the orpheus myth, set amid a post-apocalyptic american depression era, with music from the anais mitchell folk opera.
featuring Kerry Washington as Eurydice, whose hunger drives her to Hadestown in search of work // Christina Hendricks as black market queen and singer Persephone // Michael Kenneth Williams as her husband and big boss Hades // and Sahr Ngaujah as Orpheus, the poet and musician, who goes down to Hadestown in search of his runaway love.
(also starring B.D. Wong as the fleet footed Hermes, a travelin’ man whose advice guides Orpheus into Hadestown, and Kelli O’Hara, Audra McDonald, and Lea Salonga as the three Fates, Persephone’s backup singers.)
BLESS YOU
Norse Mythology; Gods & Goddesses - Freya - Goddess of love, fertility, and battle.
orpheus & eurydice (at the mercy of the underworld) / figures of myth
poseidon (god of the sea) / figures of myth
hades (god of the underworld) / figures of myth
(via The Lady of the Lake by Kali Ciesemier : FICTION — LightGreyArtLabShop)
Part of the FICTION section of the Girls: Fact Fiction exhibition, featuring 100 illustrators and designers who have portrayed their favorite women, heroines, and inspirations.
