facinaoris:

( x )

nereiids:

^{briannawenttowonderland:}

^{mythology meme: ½ mythological objects- The Apple of Discord}

^{Athena was the goddess of wisdom, but on one occasion she did a very foolish thing; she entered into competition with Hera and Aphrodite for the prize of beauty. It happened thus: At the marriage of Peleus and Thetis all the gods were invited with the exception of Eris. Enraged at her exclusion, the goddess threw a golden apple among the guests, with the inscription, “For the Fairest.” Thereupon Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena each claimed the apple. Zeus, not willing to decide in so delicate a matter, sent the goddesses to Mount Ida, where the beautiful shepherd Paris was tending his flocks, and to him was committed the decision.}

^{The goddesses accordingly appeared before him. Hera promised him power and riches, Athena glory and renown in war, and Aphrodite the fairest of women for his wife, each attempting to bias his decision in her own favor. Paris decided in favor of Aphrodite and gave her the golden apple, thus making the two other goddesses his enemies. Under the protection of Aphrodite, Paris sailed to Greece, and was hospitably received by Menelaus, king of Sparta. Now Helen, the wife of Menelaus, was the very woman whom Aphrodite had destined for Paris, the fairest of her sex. She had been sought as a bride by numerous suitors, and before her decision was made known, they all, at the suggestion of Odysseus, one of their number, took an oath that they would defend her from all injury and avenge her cause if necessary. She chose Menelaus, and was living with him happily when Paris became their guest. Paris, aided by Aphrodite, persuaded her to elope with him, and carried her to Troy, whence arose the famous Trojan war, the theme of the greatest poems of antiquity, those of Homer and Virgil.} 

facinaoris:

“Love for you was such a flood
and you drowned in her-
in the softness of flesh,
in the sweetness of breath,
in the sun that slept her veins.” ( x )

facina-oris:

MYTHOLOGY MEME - [3/9] GREEK GODS/GODDESSES: HADES

“To Plouton [Haides].

Plouton, magnanimous,

whose realms profound are fixed beneath

the firm and solid ground,

in the Tartarean plains remote from sight,

and wrapt for ever in the depths of night.”

stupidscalptattoos:

mythology meme
   Lucy Liu as Pallas Athene

When Achilles was able to speak, he said, “Why now,
daughter of Zeus, have you come here? Is it to see
the intolerable contempt of King Agamemnon?
I am telling you, and I promise that it will happen:
Soon he will pay for this insolence with his life.” (x)

bctrogues:

greek mythology meme: [3/7] gods

↳ athena

Although her mother’s identity is a subject of great debate, most agree that Athena was born in full battle-gear from Zeus’s head, and gave a mighty war-cry. Her eyes were said to be terrifyingly bright and either grey or blue, and she carried the head of a gorgon on her shield to intimidate and scare her enemies. In any case, Athena was the virgin goddess of wisdom and crafts, but at the same time a goddess of war and heroics.

sevcnty:

mythology meme - achilles, the greek war hero

whose wrath had burnt so bright, that the gods themselves descended.

baroquepearls:

Follow Me Down - A Mix for Orpheus and Eurydice

“My wife is the cause of my journey. A viper she trod on diffused its venom into her body, and robbed her of her best years. I longed to be able to accept it, and I do not say I have not tried: Love won. O gods of this world, placed below the earth, I beg you, by these fearful places, by this immense abyss, and the silence of your vast realms, reverse Eurydice’s swift death.”

[listen here]

sevcnty:

mythology meme - paris, whose fate was stained with blood. 

who held a prophecy on his shoulders, and carried it all the way to war. ( x )

bctrogues:

greek mythology meme: [7/7] gods

↳ hephaistos

The son of Hera and Zeus, Hephaistos was thrown down from Mount Olympos in his youth, resulting in him having a permanent limp, for which he compensated by crafting a pair of leg supports of gold. Although he was considered unattractive by the other gods, he was respected for his skills in metalworking and other similar crafts. Hephaistos was the god of fire, and the god of smiths and craftspeople.