#zeusforpresident

the olympians are the major deities of the greek pantheon, commonly considered to be zeus, hera, poseidon, demeter, athena, apollo, artemis, ares, aphrodite, hephaestus, hermes, and either hestia or dionysus. hades and persephone were occasionally included as part of the twelve olympians.

the women of greek mythology → cr - d

“the moon is a loyal companion.”

Blood, the blood they share, reddens the moon and darkens the sun. // The Earth descends into eternal twilight.

• tattooed young Hera who redefines what it means to be feminine (ex: x )
• Apollo enjoying counterculture modern music that isn’t what your grandaddy listens to because the god of music loves all music
• Hermes dropping the internet connection of late-night bloggers when he thinks they need to get more sleep
• Aphrodite at the forefront of modern fashion, not just for mainstream fashion but all types of beauty
• Apollo keeping tabs on the mental health of all his followers because mental illness is illness too
• Hera rejecting political campaigns and bringing together queer couples because the goddess of marriage knows better than some old congressman what marriage is
• Zeus traveling the world enjoying the various diversity of his world under culturally-appropriate disguises in each country, stopping to perform quiet blessings to people who deserve it and yet who never know who that strange older man was who helped them or gave them exactly the sort of wise guidance they needed
• Ares annoying Apollo by constantly demanding updates on the wellbeing of his injured veterans and wanting to know what Apollo plans to do about their combat-related injuries and mental illnesses
• Ares whispering in the ears of anti-war protesters to keep world governments from using nuclear weapons
• Ares deflecting bullets in a firefight to protect police officers chasing a gunman and casually pushing criminals’ vehicles off the road in car chases before they can hurt any innocents
• Athena on the ground in the Middle East, following around military scouts and diverting attacks before they even notice them
• Hermes disguised as a male nurse, quietly walking between beds in terminal care facilities, easing pain in everyone he passes by
• Hades patiently explaining the whole “yes, I’m that Hades” “yes, this is that underworld” “no, no one’s going to torture you with fire” thing to every single person who enters his realm and never getting frustrated no matter how many times the Christians ask him about hell
• Poseidon getting a drink in the local bars in small coastal towns because he likes to listen to the tall tales the fishermen tell as they come in from their crab boats
• Hephaestus gleefully inventing new creations because smithing is so much more interesting with modern technology
• Demeter convincing Zeus to sabotage the political lobbying of big agricultural corporations to protect her beloved small-time farmers
• Hestia strolling through the suburbs calming down family arguments in the neighborhoods she visits
• Artemis taking her responsibility for the wellbeing of young ladies seriously and invisibly sitting next to every heartbroken teenage girl crying her eyes out over some lost highschool love
• Dionysus impersonating bartenders and demanding patrons’ car keys when they’ve had too much
• Gods that aren’t stuck in the ancient past

chryseis was agamemnon’s war prize in greek mythology. when agamemnon refused to return her to her father, her father called on apollo to swarm the land with plagues. forced to give her back, agamemnon was enraged, but he sent odysseus to return her anyways. in later mythology, she was renamed astynome and cressida.

modern mythology aesthetics ; athena

« athena was a complex character, a girl you wouldn’t want to reckon with. you could say she had it all, the beauty and the brains. beneath her perfect complexion, she possessed a passion for law and literature. she’d spend countless nights burying herself in books, trying to grasp onto an idea. she held a certain demeanor that made people cautious and careful around her, as if she were glass. but she had a soft soft inside of her thick walls of intergity built around her. she would spend hours and hours at muesums, adorning art, melting herself into it. but she was a piece of art, multifaceted and composite. »

Artemis was often described as the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. She was the Hellenic goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and protector of young girls, bringing and relieving disease in women; she often was depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows. Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of music, truth and prophecy, healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister, the chaste huntress Artemis.