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Which Greek Goddess are you? | Athena
goddess of wisdom and war
born of the head of Zeus, she is the goddess of wisdom. she represents the side of war that is ruled by s t r a t e g y and t h o u g h t.
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” — Aristotle
good morning and friendly reminder that scholars have identified today, june 6, as the day patroclus was killed.
patroclus died 3233 years ago today.
greek mythology edition ~ ares
“Cry ‘Havoc!’ said he who fought chaos with chaos and let slip the dogs of war.
ATHENA, goddess of wisdom and war
which greek goddess are you? challenge
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“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” ―Salvador Dali
“The Iliad” (Gr: “Iliás”) is an epic poem by the ancient Greek poet Homer, which recounts some of the significant events of the final weeks of the Trojan War and the Greek siege of the city of Troy (which was also known as Ilion, Ilios or Ilium in ancient times).
@femmefatalenet‘s gtkm → day seven (favorite mortal woman) — cassandra of troy
cassandra was a daughter of king priam and of queen hecuba of troy in greek mythology, cursed to speak true prophecies that no one believed.
a common version of her story relates how, in an effort to seduce her, apollo gave her the power of prophecy: when she refused him, he spat into her mouth to inflict a curse that nobody would ever believe her prophecies. another version has her fall asleep in a temple, where snakes licked (or whispered in) her ears so that she could hear the future. in modern usage her name is employed as a rhetorical device to indicate someone whose accurate prophecies are not believed by those around them. (x)
myth moodboard // hera
Queen of the Gods and Olympus Goddess of marriage, women, childbirth, heirs, kings, and empires.
@femmefatalenet | event one | favorite goddess | p e r s e p h o n e · queen of the underworld
persephone stands in a courtroom and hades smiles. for here, she is a queen.
@femmefatalenet | modern day goddesses | A T H E N A
poseidon || greek god of the sea
“For his sake Poseidon, shaker of the earth, although he does not kill Odysseus, yet drives him back from the land of his fathers. But come, let all of us who are here work out his homecoming and see to it that he returns. Poseidon shall put away his anger; for all alone and against the will of the other immortal gods united he can accomplish nothing.”
goddess of t h e h e a r t h, a r c h i t e c t u r e, a n d d o m e s t i c i t y
s u n a n d l i g h t
Persephone was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and the queen of the underworld. She was abducted by Hades, the god of the underworld, infuriating her mother who made the crops wither and the earth barren. Zeus intervened and tried to bring Persephone back to the world of the living; however, Persephone ate the seeds of a pomegranate that Hades had given to her, binding her to him for one third of the year. Thus, it was decided that Persephone spend four months in the underworld and eight months on earth with her mother. The period in the underworld corresponded to the winter season, during which Demeter would make the soils barren due to her grief, while her return marked the start of the spring.
mais je n'avais pas voulu non plus qu'un enfant qui m'aimait mourût à vingt ans. — but i had not desired, either, that a boy who loved me should die in his twentieth year.
Marguerite Yourcenar, Mémoires d’Hadrien.
Zeus, the fierce one, was the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, the child of Cronus and Rhea, the youngest of his siblings. In most traditions, he was married to Hera but nevertheless was also infamous for his erotic escapades. After reaching manhood, Zeus saved his siblings from their father who devoured each of his children as they were born in fear of being overthrown. After the fall of the Titan-gods, Zeus and his brothers, Hades and Poseidon, shared the world.
The gods envy us. They envy us because we are mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.
